Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #68

[CharlestonGal]

Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 | Nature Medicine

Although COVID-19 is most well known for causing substantial respiratory pathology, it can also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. These conditions include thrombotic complications, myocardial dysfunction and arrhythmia, acute coronary syndromes, acute kidney injury, gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatocellular injury, hyperglycemia and ketosis, neurologic illnesses, ocular symptoms, and dermatologic complications. Given that ACE2, the entry receptor for the causative coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is expressed in multiple extrapulmonary tissues, direct viral tissue damage is a plausible mechanism of injury. In addition, endothelial damage and thromboinflammation, dysregulation of immune responses, and maladaptation of ACE2-related pathways might all contribute to these extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.

 

[Bravo]

Heyya Bravo ... it finally rained here.

Torrential apparently over night. Many of our neighbours have flooded basements. Disaster restoration can get to them until Monday. Thankfully we are fine. So life goes on even in a pandemic.

 

[10ofRods]

One more quick vent and then I will stop talking about my family....but....here is an example that happened just today...in the past months, since March...my sisters and brothers have all worn masks, sat outside with my parents (even though they really tried hard to get them to come inside the house) and distanced themselves outside very carefully...sometimes they would just leave stuff on the front porch for them and wave bye as they left.

Today, all has changed. Now they are inside my parents house (mind you after hanging out with quite a few people last night) and sitting in their small kitchen with them looking at a video on a tablet all together..(family video )

This is what happens...and yes, I do feel it in myself...at times, but then I know myself. I would rather sleep at night then not- worrying about if today was the day I got Covid because of my actions.
Sorry to keep on...will stop now...LOL

You are awesome. Yes, it is lonely. You can also sleep well knowing you didn't give CV to a vulnerable person, either.

 

[ilovewings]

Here's another thing I noticed today that I hadn't considered before. We get a lot of grocery pickup orders at Walmart. We put an opened cooler in the bed of our pickup, call the number, give them our name and they bring the order and put it in the cooler. Usually the worker pauses at the window and apologizes because they aren't allowed to touch the lid to close it. Today when I called the girl couldn't find my name or order. She spelled my name and asked if it was correct. Those letters couldn't possibly have spelled my short common name (not Tillicum). Another worker found the order and the first girl brought it out. Her mask was under her nose unlike all the others before. After she left, my husband got out to close the lid and the cooler was already closed.

Did she not care? Is she just irresponsible? No IMO she can't read. How many people aren't following the guidelines because they can't read the guidelines?

i have seen several employees of different businesses with their mask below their noses
and i mentioned to a couple of them-- i think it is ignorance- it is like they tbink as long
as they wear a mask it is enough

 

[10ofRods]

Internal CDC document show that their experts think "reopening schools" is the greatest risk.

 

[Sulamith]

i have seen several employees of different businesses with their mask below their noses
and i mentioned to a couple of them-- i think it is ignorance- it is like they tbink as long
as they wear a mask it is enough

I was in my small town grocery store and a lady clerk was wearing her mask ON HER CHIN!

 

[Bravo]

I was in my small town grocery store and a lady clerk was wearing her mask ON HER CHIN!

And folks wonder why this thing is exploding

 

[24Roses]

Iowa numbers today: As of 10:00 a.m today, we have 743 new confirmed cases and 6 more have passed away. We now have a total of 34,499 confirmed cases (by 11:00 a.m. IDPH had 34,528) of which 26,081 have recovered (IDPH has 26,094 at 11:00 a.m.) and 748 have passed away.July 11: 743 cases, 331 recoveries, and six deaths
Iowa COVID-19 Information
Here is also some news from late yesterday:
Experts expect uptick in COVID-19 cases following Fourth of July celebrations
Demand for COVID-19 Testing Increases; Some Face Issues with Getting Test Iowa Appointment | who13.com
COVID-19 Outbreak Worsens At Fort Dodge Prison; Mount Pleasant Inmate Tests Positive | who13.com
Urbandale reconsiders plan to bring students back for in-person classes

 

[Deleted member 39678]

It's encouraging overall.
Fingers crossed; *a holiday weekend each upcoming month in Ontario

Small town Ontario,
But hardly anyone stopped at the hand sanitizing station when I was grocery shopping,
and few wore masks,
the cashier wore it under her nose
and the older gent in line removed his mask completely as he wearily hung over his buggy, at the finish line?

I hand sanitized multiple times and Darth Vadered it in my mask the whole treck, and wore gloves at the Instateller machine.

ETA *

I just got home from the grocery store. Last week everyone was wearing their masks. This week I saw two lady's with a small child who were without masks. Everyone else was wearing their masks and doing so properly.

I wonder what is going on in the minds of the people who are in a store and they are the only ones not wearing a mask?

 

[Tate123]

I just got home from the grocery store. Last week everyone was wearing their masks. This week I saw two lady's with a small child who were without masks. Everyone else was wearing their masks and doing so properly.

I wonder what is going on the minds of the people who are in a store and they are the only ones not wearing a mask?

I'm grateful that they are very strict here. If you don't have a mask on you are not getting in to a store or bldg.

 

[MsArk]

So familiar. My family (except for a few who have remained consistent in their no masks, believe its a hoax anyway) have rationalized their recent behaviours with "I want to live in the moment" "XX had a negative test a week ago! so stop with the lectures" "I am very fit, if I get it I will probably not die (she is in her late 50's though)"
all of these remarks as my family travels, flies on planes, crowds into living and dining rooms eating together, goes on boat rides together (I guess that is okay, since its outside? shrugs shoulders) mingles with college age nephews and their girlfriends (who have been on protest marches, out here and there, coming and going, driving to see friends, etc) goes into the hospital to visit my father, hangs there for hours (yes, I do think he needed visitors, but its an added risk), stays over at my parents home (who are NOT careful in the least bit) and then mingles with everyone again...
to me its disturbing...because the bigger picture is- they were all so careful (minus the ones I spoke about) before, very careful....now its me that's the spoilsport and no fun. I see that this virus will NEVER go away unless we get a vaccine, because if they are acting like this..what's the rest of the US acting like?

Oh Tabitha... I am so sorry you worried. I have a great niece who just turned 21 who also goes everywhere. She was at my parent’s house this morning visiting my 87 yo parents (who finally caught on and are being careful now). My mom was discharged yesterday from a 2 week hospital stay after breaking her hip. I know my parents were happy to see her but my first though was the covid risk. My sister, her grandparents, have a beach house in Florida and they also have been back and forth this summer. My sister asked me to go with them in a couple of weeks. I just can’t.... I don’t want covid nor do I want to pass it on the anyone, my parents first and foremost. It is so frustrating...like walking in a mine field.

 

[MrX]

Las Vegas.

Well, last weekend there weren't many people out and about near the NYNY. This weekend is a different story. It's still not "full on summer Vegas," but I'd say it's halfway there.

Almost no one wearing masks (but the ones who are vary a great deal in age, and it doesn't look like anyone cares that they're wearing them).

People are trying to socially distance on the sidewalks (but the interior cam of the Bellagio's conservatory shows that people are forgetting and walking through other groups or right next to other groups).

1004 new cases in Nevada yesterday (and most of the population is in Vegas). Nevada only has 3 million people total. Both of the main casino towns have high rates of new cases.

Before this surge, Nevada had the typical 5% death rate per case diagnosed. Rt has risen again to 1.26.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...-orders-bars-closed-again-in-hotspot-counties

It may sound like a small thing, but not being able to sit at a bartop video poker machine would keep me from going, and we are huge fans. I can't quite figure out why closing off two out of every three bartop machines wouldn't work, but very little since March has made sense to me.

 

[tabitha111]

I just got home from the grocery store. Last week everyone was wearing their masks. This week I saw two lady's with a small child who were without masks. Everyone else was wearing their masks and doing so properly.

I wonder what is going on the minds of the people who are in a store and they are the only ones not wearing a mask?

Wouldn't you personally start to worry that the virus was going into your nose and mouth (I mean, I understand cloth mask only stop so much, but still) if you are the only ones unmasked...I would kinda start thinking...omg...what am I doing?

 

[CharlestonGal]

They are such a sweet and caring couple.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter pose in face masks and call on the public to save lives - KEYT | KCOY

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter on Saturday urged the American people to “please wear a mask to save lives” as the country continues to battle the deadly coronavirus.

The couple’s Atlanta-based charity, the Carter Center, posted a photo on Twitter Saturday of the pair wearing white masks printed with the center’s logo. The picture was paired with the straightforward plea.

Carter, a Democrat, has before appealed to the public to do its part during the pandemic. In March, the former president asked donors to “forgo (their) next gift” to the Carter Center and instead support local groups working to ease the “suffering caused” by the pandemic.

The Carters established the Carter Center in 1982 in Atlanta, with initiatives that include fighting diseases in developing countries. One of the key accomplishments of the Carter Center is the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to 54 provisional cases in 2019.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

I'm grateful that they are very strict here. If you don't have a mask on you are not getting in to a store or bldg.

There's nobody at the door checking to see if you have a mask on. I imagine that once they are inside the store it may be difficult to remove them.

I wonder if the clerk said anything to them at checkout?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

One more quick vent and then I will stop talking about my family....but....here is an example that happened just today...in the past months, since March...my sisters and brothers have all worn masks, sat outside with my parents (even though they really tried hard to get them to come inside the house) and distanced themselves outside very carefully...sometimes they would just leave stuff on the front porch for them and wave bye as they left.

Today, all has changed. Now they are inside my parents house (mind you after hanging out with quite a few people last night) and sitting in their small kitchen with them looking at a video on a tablet all together..(family video )

This is what happens...and yes, I do feel it in myself...at times, but then I know myself. I would rather sleep at night then not- worrying about if today was the day I got Covid because of my actions.
Sorry to keep on...will stop now...LOL

For me, the sense of responsibility is immense. I'm not some kind of do-gooder saint, just a regular worryguts. My parents live 10 mins drive away but I've only seen them twice since March, from their driveway. I'm so anxious that I might somehow still be contagious, because I feel it lingering. Also I havent had the antibody test. When I feel confident in that, and can arrange it, I will have it.

They have food delivered and arent feeling lonely or anything. I think we're getting near to the time when I might feel ok about going to their garden, with masks and me bringing my own drink. Our county vale, pop approx 100k, reported two new cases last week. I dont know. At some point, we have to take a little step forward here but I'm so apprehensive.

 

[ilovewings]

i have a dilemma--i love my hair stylist but IMO he did something
reckless- he took a plane trip to North Carolina to visit a relative--
he took precautions--gloves,mask and even goggles-- tbe plane
was not full-- so he goes back to work the day after getting off the
plane-- to my way of thinking he is putting his co workers at risk
and his clients--at least for a period of 2 weeks-- i would not onsider
going to the sa!on for 2 weeks after he got off that plane--dont even
know if 2 weeks is enough time to be safe. i read things that 5 epidemiologists
wouldnt do, and that list included flying--- i have really lousy hair but
he makes it look as good as is possible-- what do ya all think?

 

[CharlestonGal]

And folks wonder why this thing is exploding

No longer wondering over here. Crystal clear.

 

[CharlestonGal]

i have a dilemma--i love my hair stylist but IMO he did something
reckless- he took a plane trip to North Carolina to visit a relative--
he took precautions--gloves,mask and even goggles-- tbe plane
was not full-- so he goes back to work the day after getting off the
plane-- to my way of thinking he is putting his co workers at risk
and his clients--at least for a period of 2 weeks-- i would not onsider
going to the sa!on for 2 weeks after he got off that plane--dont even
know if 2 weeks is enough time to be safe. i read things that 5 epidemiologists
wouldnt do, and that list included flying--- i have really lousy hair but
he makes it look as good as is possible-- what do ya all think?

Give it 3 weeks and see if he's still alive....?

 

[Bravo]

I hope you soon feel no covid aftermath HKP