Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #63

[oviedo]

Yes, and we know they don't like going to bars and parties. So we are all safe.

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
22.3% of tests that came back yesterday in Collier County, Florida were positive. Collier County is where the NBA champion Toronto Raptors are currently staying as they prep for next month's trip to Disney.
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oh goody....

 

[SoCalDavidS]

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
22.3% of tests that came back yesterday in Collier County, Florida were positive. Collier County is where the NBA champion Toronto Raptors are currently staying as they prep for next month's trip to Disney.
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oh goody....

We're talking about a sizable group of 20-40 year old Male Humans, breathing, sweating and banging into one another for 48 or more minutes over a 2-3 hour period. They can All be counted on to be responsible, I'm sure.

Houston, we have a problem.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

There weren't just BLM protests (at least at those quite a few people wore masks). There were also "open everything up" protests. And majority of those people refuse to wear masks. And look at that.
"One of the organizers of the Reopen Maryland movement said he has contracted the novel coronavirus."
https://thedailyrecord.com/2020/06/26/reopen-maryland-organizer-covid-19/

Yeah....many of those doing handwringing over the protests of a man's murder conveniently forgot that those fine "liberate" folks shot down our progress well before any of the rest of it.

All of the protests and rallies are problematic, but those early "liberate" protests were actually egged on by the people at the top who are supposed to protect us, as well as the paychecks of those who protested for financial reasons. Those crying over not getting their hair colored are different story altogether . They ruined it for everyone early on, and I guess the protests that came after came from a place of nihilism - "we may as well do it for a just cause."

 

[weepingangel]

Baseball
Giants offer non-season ticket holders $99 cardboard cutout in stands (report)


According to ESPN, season-ticket holders for the San Francisco Giants will have an opportunity to have cardboard cutouts of themselves in the stands after the team announced its stands will be empty due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For fans who don’t own season tickets, the price of a cutout of themselves in the stands is $99.

 

[MrX]

BREAKING-
Florida is shutting down ALL ALCOHOL consumption in ALL BARS.
Todays new cases hit 9,000 as the virus runs rampant in the state.
Over 1,000 new cases in Orange County (Orlando) as Disney World preps to open July 11.

Perfect - because of all the outbreaks traced to a corner tavern. As opposed to, say, churches. So much for Texas and Florida - where next, oh ye Mother's of Prevention?

Saddest day of this whole thing - a scapegoat to rally against!

 

[anneg]

It's very hard. My mother was the opposite and really worried about "germs" after her various surgeries. At some point, older people do get ready for the inevitable and about what truly makes them comfortable and happy (even if their kids are pulling out their hair). I will likely be in your mother's group if I survive to 80 and this is still going on - I'll have had enough of trying to live longer. My dad fully expected to die from his one surgery (after a fall) and he was disappointed to wake up from anesthesia.

He didn't know they called in specialists in geriatric anesthesiology just for him. One thing worth noting: after surgery, many older people aren't quite as strong, mentally, as they were before and the doctors told me that was normal - they just didn't tell me that before Dad had his surgery.

If old folks who prefer to take their chances could have minor symptoms or die from COVID-19 without pain and suffering, it might be a reasonable way to die. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[JerseyGirl]

This is a local link for the task force briefing that is scheduled to begin at 12:30.

LIVE STREAM: White House task force holds briefing as coronavirus cases surge

Pence says U.S. in 'better place' on coronavirus even as new cases rise in 16 states

 

[SoCalDavidS]

Pence says U.S. in 'better place' on coronavirus even as new cases rise in 16 states

..........

 

[SoCalDavidS]

This will brighten your day.

Barista Gets $31K in Tips After Refusing to Serve Woman Not Wearing Mask

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Pence says U.S. in 'better place' on coronavirus even as new cases rise in 16 states

During the briefing, it was obvious that the Task Force members deliberately avoided the use of the word "mask". Reporters were unable to get officials to respond to questions about wearing masks.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Good news.

Cuomo, de Blasio wrong to limit worship services, condone mass protests: federal judge

De Blasio had "simultaneous pro-protest/anti-religious gathering messages" when he "actively encouraged participation in protests and openly discouraged religious gatherings and threatened religious worshipers," Sharpe said in his federal order.
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He added, "This decision is an important step toward inhibiting the suddenly emerging trend of exercising absolute monarchy on [the] pretext of public health. What this kind of regime really meant in practice is freedom for me, but not for thee.”

 

[10ofRods]

If old folks who prefer to take their chances could have minor symptoms or die from COVID-19 without pain and suffering, it might be a reasonable way to die. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

The old person in question will at least have to go through the sense of suffocation that occurs before sedation and intubation. I know people don't think these things through. I also know that old people don't do well on intubation and it's getting less likely (so yes, then the person has oxygen via face mask and still struggles to breathe until organ failure occurs).

Some places, hospice care can help things along - but this is why I keep saying people need to really think, step by step: which doctor? which plan of action? which hospital? which decisions for varying outcomes?

A lot of us will not be lucky enough to be able to communicate much at the time of actual need.

 

[zecats]

This will brighten your day.

Barista Gets $31K in Tips After Refusing to Serve Woman Not Wearing Mask

I can't even go into my local coffee shop or any Starbucks without wearing a mask. No shoes, no shirt, no mask...no service. NJ here.

 

[10ofRods]

This will brighten your day.

Barista Gets $31K in Tips After Refusing to Serve Woman Not Wearing Mask

"A Karen in the wild." (From the article). Yes, it is a feel-good story for me. Good for Lenin for holding his ground. And although this person feels she might fall under the ADA, a reasonable accommodation would still be having her wait outside for service. No business is required to perform something unreasonable as an accommodation (such as build an elevator so that all people can get to the bottom of a cliff at a resort property).

 

[SoCalDavidS]

And although this person feels she might fall under the ADA, a reasonable accommodation would still be having her wait outside for service. No business is required to perform something unreasonable as an accommodation (such as build an elevator so that all people can get to the bottom of a cliff at a resort property).

I don't rightly know, because I did not look up her Facebook page, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that she probably doesn't even know what ADA stands for, let alone has a disability which would exempt her from wearing a mask. I imagine she feels like those people in Palm Beach, that the requirement infringes upon her rights to be served some overpriced coffee.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Baseball
Giants offer non-season ticket holders $99 cardboard cutout in stands (report)


According to ESPN, season-ticket holders for the San Francisco Giants will have an opportunity to have cardboard cutouts of themselves in the stands after the team announced its stands will be empty due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For fans who don’t own season tickets, the price of a cutout of themselves in the stands is $99.

GREAT! When I saw that stadium..somewhere in the EU or England.. with all those cutouts, I thought it would be a great marketing idea.... I hope all the teams do it. Great Fun.

 

[COSCitizen]

China must be laughing at us.

I think everyone in the world is laughing at us. Or sitting quietly in the corner, sobbing into their handkerchief. I think it is time to step away from the Internet today, so I don't join them.

 

[amandab]

I'd love to know the logic of someone who will wear a condom in the bedroom, but won't wear a mask in public.

 

[Lilibet]

Well, I have been so afraid of getting the virus and dying, leaving no one but the state to care for my grandson. It is for him that I have tried so hard to avoid germs. I only have gone to work and the store. My grandson hasn't left the house since school let out on March 13.

My Dad died yesterday, just laying out at the pool. I am picking up a rental car this afternoon and will be driving to San Francisco. I am afraid of the germs in a rental car. I'm afraid of the germs from hugs. I'm afraid of mortuary germs. I am afraid that I have no parents any more, and that I am alone (with my grandson)in this world. Sometimes I really feel that this life sucks. I feel lost, alone, and afraid.

Thanks for listening.

Oh @Recidivist! I’m wrapping you in hugs. I’m so sorry. You have us, so you’re not totally alone. But I understand the feeling when both parents are gone. Your fear is normal. You will take every possible precaution and get through this. You have more strength than you realize. What a wonderful grandma you are! I’m wondering if it would ease your mind if you have close friends who would be willing to take care of your grandson should the unthinkable happen. But in the meantime, keep us posted as you go through this tough time. We’re here. More hugs.

 

[mickey2942]

The old person in question will at least have to go through the sense of suffocation that occurs before sedation and intubation. I know people don't think these things through. I also know that old people don't do well on intubation and it's getting less likely (so yes, then the person has oxygen via face mask and still struggles to breathe until organ failure occurs).

Some places, hospice care can help things along - but this is why I keep saying people need to really think, step by step: which doctor? which plan of action? which hospital? which decisions for varying outcomes?

A lot of us will not be lucky enough to be able to communicate much at the time of actual need.

Which is why my husband and I did a comprehensive living will in February. Everyone should have one now. Along with the paperwork for a Power of Attorney. Get things organized now.

We put all of the information about accounts, benefits, in a file on our computer, "Death Information". Yes, it was grim. And we told our kids where to find the file.

Every thing is laid out. Including the funeral plans, who to call.

It is amazing how many copies of a death certificate people need, to switch utilities, close accounts, change title information, get survivor benefits. When my Grandfather died I needed no less than 25 copies of his death certificate.