Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #69

[ilovewings]

I was wondering the same thing when I read this study. Will this not increase cancer risk? I also use the Emory hospital system so I find it interesting to at least know what treatments they are working on locally. I hope this is not something I ever need.

i hope i never need it either, but it is one time for 10 minutes--
you have to balance risk-benefit-- especially for older people-'
cancer takes years to develop

 

[JerseyGirl]

As late as March 6th, Dr. Fauci was saying that there was no need for social distancing or other mitigation strategies to be implemented across the country, other than in Seattle where there was community spread. Asked about other mitigation strategies, like eliminating more travel, etc., he said that no, we're not there yet as a country. He said that at that time, the White House Task Force was meeting daily, and on the phone several times a day.

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Social distancing not yet needed nationwide to fight coronavirus

March 11, 2020: Trump bans travel from Europe, Fauci shows support citing virus
US cases: 1,039; US deaths: 32

Trump announces a ban on travel from Europe during a national address from the Oval Office. The ban does not apply to U.S. citizens and excludes the U.K. and Ireland.

The next day Fauci tells House lawmakers that he supports Trump's travel bans calling the case for them "pretty compelling." He also calls the U.S. testing system "a failing."

"The idea of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it, we're not set up for that. Do I think we should be? Yes. But we're not," he tells the House Oversight Committee, after Trump said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Anybody that wants a test can get a test."

Tracking Trump and Fauci's tense relationship

 

[MrX]

What makes you think things might close if your numbers are improving?

(Sorry dont recall which state you are in)

Arizona - gotten a lot of bad press over the past couple of weeks, but he just announced that our R0 has dropped to below 1, which was surprising.

Doesn't sound like he's closing anything else, but referred to the current state of affairs being our "new normal for the foreseeable future," so it sounds like bars and gyms aren't reopening in 10 days, as expected.

 

[tresir2012]

Spoiled little brat. Very spry for 77 though!

That's what I thought. She had no problem getting up off the floor and then moving and sitting down again. She wanted a refund and I think they gave her it just to get rid of her in the end. She really did remind me of my sister.

 

[margarita25]

I'm fine, just getting a bit more easily tired doing things than before the virus, and losing more hair than I used to when brushing it, hopefully that will stop soon. I've done an antibody test at work, and have antibodies now, and I hope to be able to get a new one in September/October, to see how long the test stays positive.

This will be very interesting to see how your antibody test comes back in Sept/Oct. I’m sure you’ve seen the latest studies and reports that there appears to be fading of these antibodies. I’ve seen different time periods mentioned.

This makes me wonder, I wonder if the time period of the antibody fading is specific to the individual, say due to genetics or other conditions/factors. I would guess it is, but IANAD and have no idea.

I don’t think I’ve really read or learned anything about the specific variables which influence this antibody fading.

 

[ilovewings]

I was wondering the same thing when I read this study. Will this not increase cancer risk? I also use the Emory hospital system so I find it interesting to at least know what treatments they are working on locally. I hope this is not something I ever need.

i hope i never need it either, but it is one time for 10 minutes--
you have to balance risk-benefit-- especially for older people-'
cancer takes years to develop

 

[margarita25]

Blood types and coronavirus: Are certain types more vulnerable to Covid-19? - CNN

@mickey2942 , you’ll be happy to see:

BBM:
“However, some studies have people wondering if blood type affects coronavirus risk. One, for instance, suggests that people with Type A may have a higher risk of catching Covid-19 and of developing severe symptoms while people with Type O blood may have a lower risk.

A study published this week counters some these early findings, a reminder that scientific discovery is an evolving process. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital published a study Thursday that found no evidence that blood type affects whether someone develops severe symptoms (defined as intubation or death) from a coronavirus infection.”

 

[tresir2012]

March 11, 2020: Trump bans travel from Europe, Fauci shows support citing virus
US cases: 1,039; US deaths: 32

Trump announces a ban on travel from Europe during a national address from the Oval Office. The ban does not apply to U.S. citizens and excludes the U.K. and Ireland.

The next day Fauci tells House lawmakers that he supports Trump's travel bans calling the case for them "pretty compelling." He also calls the U.S. testing system "a failing."

"The idea of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it, we're not set up for that. Do I think we should be? Yes. But we're not," he tells the House Oversight Committee, after Trump said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Anybody that wants a test can get a test."

Tracking Trump and Fauci's tense relationship

It really shows how little was known about the virus then.

 

[CharlestonGal]

SC #3 in deaths today behind FL and TX.

 

[tmar]

150 Victorian health workers infected as new cases top 300

150 Victorian health workers infected as new cases top 300

Noel Towell and Michael Fowler

56 mins ago
At least 150 Victorian healthcare workers are infected with COVID-19, an increase of 36 cases in the health sector workforce in just two days.

As new cases of the killer virus soared to 317 on Thursday, the state's highest daily total yet in the pandemic, Premier Daniel Andrews said there were no plans for tougher lockdown restrictions, despite two more lives lost.

The deaths of two men in their 80s brings the state's death toll to 29, with 109 patients in hospital, 29 of them now in intensive care.

Five people in their 40s are among the intensive-care patients, prompting Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton to warn that COVID-19 was not just a disease of the elderly.
...
The Chief Health Officer said that despite the high number of new cases reported on Thursday, he was seeing increasing signs that the outbreak might soon be brought under control.

"We're seeing an increase [in cases], but it's relatively slow," Professor Sutton said. "The rate of increase that is being modelled, it's also coming down close to one, where we expect that plateauing of cases. So they're all good signs. I think they're a measure we're getting it under pretty significant control."

 

[WichitaFalls]

Reading this article, I could almost feel the desperation the staff at this hospital must be feeling.

Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'

The emergency room overflowed with patients. Then, the next wave arrived. This time on stretchers.

"They were lined up along the walls in the ER," a health care worker inside a Navicent Health-owned hospital in middle Georgia told GPB News. "We never have had an influx like that. Since the Fourth of July, it has just exploded."

Staff members did what they always do. They tended to patients as best they could. For the sickest patients, staff searched for available beds in nearby hospitals. In previous weeks, the health care worker said, COVID-19 patients typically got transported to medical centers about 70 miles north to Atlanta or 160 miles east to Savannah.

This week, there was no room. Desperate, the health care worker said, administrators began checking available hospitals in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida

Link . . . Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'

 

[pocketaccent]

SC #3 in deaths today behind FL and TX.

Remain calm. CA and AZ not done yet with theirs.

 

[zecats]

Blood types and coronavirus: Are certain types more vulnerable to Covid-19? - CNN

@mickey2942 , you’ll be happy to see:

“However, some studies have people wondering if blood type affects coronavirus risk. One, for instance, suggests that people with Type A may have a higher risk of catching Covid-19 and of developing severe symptoms while people with Type O blood may have a lower risk.
A study published this weekcounters some these early findings, a reminder that scientific discovery is an evolving process. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital published a study Thursday that found no evidence that blood type affects whether someone develops severe symptoms (defined as intubation or death) from a coronavirus infection.”

No no...not type A! If this is true, at least I can say I never caught it when taking care of DH back in April...or at least not severely.

 

[Lavender Moon]

Pathetic. The richest country in the world, a super power can't provide adequate PPE.

Not to mention the "powers that be" have urged health care workers to use "best practices" and reuse that PPE.

 

[margarita25]

“The Kaiser Health Network reports that at least 795 American healthcare workers have “likely died of COVID-19 after helping patients during the pandemic.”

Some healthcare workers are pushing back for better protection. This week a Florida affiliate of the NNU filed complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over unsafe conditions at several hospitals in the state, including PPE shortages, reports the Florida Phoenix.

“We cannot expect our healthcare workforce to sacrifice their safety in order to continue to work,” Brown said. “This would be like sending soldiers into war without any helmets or armor.””

Why We May Run into PPE Shortages Again

 

[WichitaFalls]

Reading this article, I could almost feel the desperation the staff at this hospital must be feeling.

Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'

The emergency room overflowed with patients. Then, the next wave arrived. This time on stretchers.

"They were lined up along the walls in the ER," a health care worker inside a Navicent Health-owned hospital in middle Georgia told GPB News. "We never have had an influx like that. Since the Fourth of July, it has just exploded."

Staff members did what they always do. They tended to patients as best they could. For the sickest patients, staff searched for available beds in nearby hospitals. In previous weeks, the health care worker said, COVID-19 patients typically got transported to medical centers about 70 miles north to Atlanta or 160 miles east to Savannah.

This week, there was no room. Desperate, the health care worker said, administrators began checking available hospitals in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida

Link . . . Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'

More from this article. . . alarming to say the least.

The Navicent employee approached GPB News late Wednesday, saying hospital systems are not providing an accurate reflection of what staffers are seeing inside the walls of medical centers overrun with patients. The employee spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of getting fired, and NPR is not identifying the Navicent hospital where the employee works to maintain that person's anonymity.

"People will never understand if we do not tell the truth about how bad it really is," the employee said. "That's what makes us so angry."

 

[Lavender Moon]

A good day. I actually found Lysol wipes (small) at the grocery store. There were 6 cans. For a moment I thought about taking them all, but I took 3. Haven't seen them since mid-March anywhere.

Good for you practicing restraint and selflessness! I would've been so tempted to take them all...but I wouldn't.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Georgia really needs to get it together.

Governor sues Atlanta mayor, city council over mask mandate

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp went to court Thursday to block Atlanta from enacting tougher coronavirus restrictions and its mask mandate.

The move will set up a legal showdown between the state and local governments over efforts to contain the disease.

The state filed a lawsuit challenging Bottoms’ decision on July 10 to revert to “phase one” guidelines that push restaurants to close dining rooms and urge residents to leave home only for essential trips. It also challenges the city’s new mask requirements.

 

[WichitaFalls]

What is wrong with Gov Kemp. Everything he is doing is so countintuitive . . .
Georgia governor sues Atlanta mayor over city's mask mandate
CNN)Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday he is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over the city's mask mandate, claiming the measure violates his emergency orders.
"This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times," Kemp tweeted.
Georgia governor suspends all local mask mandates, encourages but doesn't require masks for residents - CNNPolitics

 

[WichitaFalls]

Georgia really needs to get it together.

Governor sues Atlanta mayor, city council over mask mandate

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp went to court Thursday to block Atlanta from enacting tougher coronavirus restrictions and its mask mandate.

The move will set up a legal showdown between the state and local governments over efforts to contain the disease.

The state filed a lawsuit challenging Bottoms’ decision on July 10 to revert to “phase one” guidelines that push restaurants to close dining rooms and urge residents to leave home only for essential trips. It also challenges the city’s new mask requirements.

LOL Great minds thinking alike. We posted article at the same time.