Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #69

[CharlestonGal]

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-go...-georgia-overriding-local-mask-orders-1518435

When it comes to wearing masks, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to keep the decision-making power in the hands of local leaders.

On Wednesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order overriding local mandates requiring people to wear masks in public. The news prompted one Florida lawmaker to call for DeSantis to follow suit, but the governor isn't likely to grant his request.

"Governor DeSantis believes in a bottom up decision making process and not from the top down," the governor's press office told Newsweek. "The needs of each community may differ, a cookie cutter approach does not work in a diverse state such as Florida, and he supports all local efforts to defeat this virus."

 

[10ofRods]

I wonder where the 8% figure came from. Was it based on medical science, or did someone in leadership just pull that number out of the air? Frankly, if they chose a figure that is higher than the WHO recommendation of 5%, then rising rates were totally predictable.

It comes directly from the test results. The same results that each county submits to the CDC and to the State.

It is higher than WHO recommends, which is why the governor has done what he's gone and basically gone back to Stage 1 (sometimes with even more restrictions) for the some 30 counties or so that are causing that number to be what it is.

San Francisco County, OTOH, is fine (low positivity rate, lots of testing, few deaths, etc). It gets to stay in whatever stage it's in.

It was certainly not pulled out of the air and anyone who wishes to calculate it can go back through the already published data and come up with the same number. My own county has seen a rise in positivity (which is one of the things that gets a county on the watch list) along with too few ICU beds in several cities. So we don't get to have in person school until that changes.

 

[margarita25]

Kemp says schools will grapple with COVID risk 'like with a stomach bug or a flu'

“Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday he believes children need to be in schools and said the news media has unfairly played up the risk of going back to class, likening an outbreak of COVID-19 in schools to that of a stomach bug or the flu.“

[...]

“The CDC notes: "If children meet in groups, it can put everyone at risk. Children can pass this virus onto others who have an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19."

The long-term implications of COVID-19 in children are also not yet well understood.”

 

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[SA55]

the only way to prepare for a power outage is with a generator-and they cost a fortune

I know - time to stop stocking the freezer ( no more room anyway) and add more to pantry

 

[HongKongPhooey]

After Dr. Fauci got in bed on my side, I moved to my ex-husband's side and took a piss there....LOLLLL

Jeeez Louise

 

[tresir2012]

Here is a link to the CDC positivity graph and raw data.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Updated July 10, 2020

 

[tresir2012]

After Dr. Fauci got in bed on my side, I moved to my ex-husband's side and took a piss there....LOLLLL

Ok now you are having us on.

 

[margarita25]

University Hospitals, NASA Collaborate to Decontaminate PPE

“”So what we're looking at is a way to decontaminate masks on site, so that they're available for workers that are caring for coronavirus patients to use,” said NASA Research Engineer Sharon Miller.

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and NASA Glenn Research Center decided to pursue two different methods: Atomic oxygen and peracetic acid. Atomic oxygen is made when ozone is heated which then kills the virus,it's also a method nasa uses to clean their space ships. Peracetic acid is a chemical disinfectant that University Hospitals researchers said kills nearly 100 percent of viruses.

“We’re hoping it helps people everywhere, because that's kind of our charter — 'For the benefit of all.' So, in partnership with the University Hospitals, we're looking at ways that we can have like a small portable device that treats the PPE. ... In our case, we're looking at ozone. We have a small ozone generator that flows into a heated box with PPE that allows like a batch treatment on site,” said Miller.”

 

[tresir2012]

Australian State Orders 'No Dancing, No Singing, No Mingling' To Halt COVID-19

And no dreaming about sleeping with Dr. Fauci

 

[pocketaccent]

California. Looks like a sound plan.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces which California school districts can reopen in the fall

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new guidelines Friday to determine which school districts are allowed to reopen classrooms in the fall.

In order to resume in-person class instruction, a county must have been off the state's COVID-19 watch list for 14 consecutive days. Districts in counties on the watch list will only be able to do distance learning.
...
The state's former guidelines for reopening schools recommended mask wearing for students, but now face coverings will be required for students in third grade and older. Face coverings are recommended but not required for kindergarten, first graders and second graders.

Masks will be required for all teachers and staff, who will also be required to get tested for the virus regularly..

The governor also announced new rules on when schools will be forced to close back down:

• A classroom cohort has to go home when there is a confirmed COVID-19 cases.

• The school also has to close when multiple cohorts have cases or if 5% of all teachers and students test positive.

• An entire school district must close when 25% of its schools close within a 14-day period.
• ...

 

[Satchie]

The "power" inclusion bothers me - no idea how to prepare for extended power outage. Thinking of all that food in the freezer..........

I live in a rural area with frequent and sometimes prolonged power outages, so this is something I'm always prepared for. It means I don't keep a fully stocked freezer, and instead keep canned/boxed/jarred food, water, and so forth.

We have definitely had situations where some people were unprepared, or ran out of essentials, and that's when neighbours and authorities become so essential. People who go out and check that their neighbours are okay. The volunteer fire department setting up generators at local warming centres where people can go and charge their phones and connect with help. Stores that stay open on a cash-only basis.

So I think everyone should have some things on hand that they can eat and drink for a few days, without cooking or having to microwave it, and have clean drinking water. Some of that could come out of a freezer. It's outlined in emergency preparedness guidelines, like on the CDC website.

But if it got to the point of extended power outages in heavily populated urban/suburban areas, IMO the last thing you would care about is losing your freezer full of food, or hopefully you could share it with a community kitchen, because by that point it can't just be everyone for themselves any more, it becomes necessary for people to start cooperating with each other.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I've left my prescription at a Pharmacy that will deliver if you can't pick it up. It's one of their regular services but this is the first time I thought it might be something I could use, just in case we get locked down again. Regional New South Wales, Australia here.
. You just need to phone them before a certain time the day before.

1. Make sure you have your prescriptions ready to go / try to get a 90 day refill prescribed and get it now. This will ensure you don’t have to go to the pharmacy, or face any posssible shortages. Also see if your pharmacy delivers.

 

[MimosaMornings]

And now he has to live with that. Incredibly sad and could have been avoided

He didn’t even tell them he was sick?
What the heck?

 

[CSIDreamer]

Why are we worrying about power outages? Jmo

 

[CharlestonGal]

Feinstein proposes withholding COVID-19 relief from states without mask mandates

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called on the Senate on Thursday to support an amendment to the next coronavirus relief bill that would bar states that do not implement mask mandates from receiving stimulus funding.

In a statement from the senator's office, Feinstein announced her intention to introduce the amendment and stated that it was time for Congress to step in and force states to implement such mandates to stop the virus from spreading.

“Wearing masks in public should be mandatory. Period. [Senate Majority] Leader [Mitch] McConnell [R-Ky.] said the Senate will take up the next coronavirus economic relief bill later this month. At that time, I intend to offer an amendment to prohibit sending funds to states that haven’t adopted a statewide mask requirement," said Feinstein, a member of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration.

“My hope has been that other governors would show the leadership to institute their own mask mandates, but so far that hasn’t happened. It’s time for Congress to step in. This is a matter of life or death, and partisan politics shouldn’t play a role," she continued.

 

[margarita25]

the only way to prepare for a power outage is with a generator-and they cost a fortune

And it must be noted that if you go this route, there are major safety cautions which need to be adhered to.

Quick link / Red Cross:
Safe Generator Use

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I agree re cheese. I usually keep one 1kg block of cheese in the fridge and a spare, for sandwiches. Then it disappeared here. When it came back and was limited I bought one block, then another, now I keep 3 blocks in the fridge. One is half gone now so maybe time to order another one with my next delivery.
If I have cheese, I can always make a sandwich, sometimes with mustard, sometimes with chutney, and being Aussie, sometimes with vegemite.
Cheese goes with all sorts of things.

I’ve realized since March what I do and don’t want to live without. I’ve realized I don’t want to live without cheese and mustard lol, especially if I’m stuck eating sandwiches all the time. I think this is what you should think about: what can and can’t you live without. If you are stuck in your house during the cold months, what will you want? I have some extra teabags and coffee. I’ve also learned certain things don’t last around here, like some snacks, so I’ve been focusing on more “meal based” items for “sustenance”.

 

[LadyL]

i love salmon patties-- so i buy Demings Red So keye

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I love salmon patties--- so i usually buy Demings Red Sockeye Salmon- however, my supermarket doesn't have it so i thought i would order several cans on Amazon-- the usual price for this product is 7.99- Amazon price? 16.00-- I am like WHAT????
so i went on Kroger on line and they have the product for 7.99-
what the heck is with Amazon- what a rip

3rd party suppliers cost more and charge more
many of them also price gouge

funny story - I ordered an 18-pack of wagon wheels cause I miss my childhood and never see them for sale anywhere
it was $20 - my husband told me it was overpriced - I said it's like $1 per piece - not bad?
they came in and were really small
and Walmart also now has the 18-pack for $5

 

[tabitha111]

Not the dreaded ruler whack across the knuckles!

well that along with measuring how close you are to a boy at a dance, or how short your uniform skirt was!!