Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #75

[dixiegirl1035]

YOU MAY BE A RECIPIENT of A FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE REFUND ​

I just got a check for a LARGE amount of money in the mail from Anthen BC BS!

Yes, I almost threw it away as junk mail!! A rebate on health care premiums.

States.....

The Affordable Care Act, requires insurances to send a rebate if medical expenses paid out are lower than expected, by Sept 30th.

Its real, I called BC.

Everybody check those letters we are inundated with and are usually junk mail. You could be a winner.

Happy Dancing in Virginia.​

I have Anthem BCBS.

Were you on an Obama Care BCBS Plan? Or an employer BCBS plan?

 

[Tillicum]

I'm afraid we'll be hearing about this situation in several states in the next few months.

Ohio will not enforce mask mandate at polls, worrying workers | WDTN.com

Secretary LaRose explained voters who show up without a face covering will be met at the door by a poll worker and then offered alternatives. They will be offered a mask and can vote outside, or if they insist they will be able to enter the polling location and vote without a face covering.

“If you say this is my right and I’m here to vote and I insist on it, then we’re going to keep everyone else away from you, we’re going to carefully hand you your ballot, check your ID and get you out the door with an I voted sticker,” said LaRose.

Governor Mike DeWine agreed with Secretary LaRose’s plan, both having said denying someone the right to vote because they aren’t wearing a mask would be wrong.

“We do not expect and we would not want anyone who works at the poll to be put in a position where they have to tell someone ‘Oh you can’t vote unless you put a mask on.’ We’re not going to do that,” said Governor DeWine, (R) Ohio.

 

[SouthAussie]

If that accuracy rate is true, sounds like the dogs are more accurate than actual lab tests. MOO

Sniffer dog tests were conducted at field hospitals in the UK (although I know others have been testing in the same way) to keep any margin of error very low.


Samples were taken from the armpits of suspected Covid-19 sufferers. These were then sniffed out by the dogs, without the need for them to come into contact with the people from which the samples were taken.

This isn't the first time such a trial involving sniffer dogs has been proposed.

Research has previously shown that dogs can detect the odour of disease at the equivalent dilution of one teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic-sized swimming pools of water.

Sniffer dogs can smell coronavirus with 92% accuracy - here’s how they are trained

 

[10ofRods]

Heard from my sister RNMSN in Maui, today. She said its very chaotic, runs on the grocery store, some in panic mode buying, jails releasing prisoners by the hundreds. Everyone worried the supply ships will not deliver food and medicine.

They have prided themselves on containment. She says everyone is shocked. it's hit the Island with a vengeance.

She's been keeping up with the mainland and Virginia in particular as that's where their family live. She seems ready and quite calm. One whole room devoted to food, household and medical supplies, she has accumulated since early March.

She's even convince the insurance company, in May to authorize a 6 months supply of medication for her husband.

Praying for all our Island neighbors.

My family is also as ready as they can be. I wish they had better healthcare. My big fear is. that the smaller, off-Oahu places, the doctors just aren't ready for this.

 

[beatrixpotter]

Heard from my sister RNMSN in Maui, today. She said its very chaotic, runs on the grocery store, some in panic mode buying, jails releasing prisoners by the hundreds. Everyone worried the supply ships will not deliver food and medicine.

They have prided themselves on containment. She says everyone is shocked. it's hit the Island with a vengeance.

She's been keeping up with the mainland and Virginia in particular as that's where their family live. She seems ready and quite calm. One whole room devoted to food, household and medical supplies, she has accumulated since early March.

She's even convince the insurance company, in May to authorize a 6 months supply of medication for her husband.

Praying for all our Island neighbors.

Wow. She's really on top of things. I hope they fair well. I was shocked to look at the worldometer number though and see the HI total is like one day in my state. And everyone here is acting like,"Ehh, your gonna get eventually."

 

[Bravo]

Night all. Be safe. Be kind.

 

[Simply Southern]

Just correcting a misconception ..... our federal govt does not have authority to close state borders. Our states have done that themselves. We have a constitution too.

Which two states did not do it? NSW and Victoria (although Vic finally has). The states who are struggling with the virus.

This illusion that we are all under govt control is just that ... an illusion. A huge majority of us are cooperative by choice. Because we all (or almost all) actually want to help each other to get rid of this virus in our country.

I find that we actually have more freedom, not less, than in the US. Most of us have never had to wear a mask yet, we are still going out to breakfast/lunch/dinner, reduced crowds attend our football games, our kids go to face to face school ....

I did not know that. That is AMAZING!!!! Thank you for sharing, I love to learn.

Ah, a simular pattern we have with many of our states in the US. Thinking they can beat the virus by taking a short cut. We were doing good, at the beginning. As soon as the death models dropped to 60k. Some let the horse out of the barn and we been trying to catch it since. I'm old, learned some folks just ain't gonna listen, its human nature.

This virus is so darn sneaky. It catches a host at any chance. Then acts differently in so many ways. Everyday, I hear of new symptom. It's forever changing.

Yea, we have a lot illusions about the US and who can do what. But if we don't like one states rules, we just up and move to one we like better. We are experiencing this now. Folks are not liking the confines, cost of living in some cities, so they are moving cities and back to hometowns.

The virus has turned our world upside down.

 

[Simply Southern]

From the "Common Sense" file, AZ to address some of the blatant unfairness that resulted from June's re-closure of certain businesses. The most obvious example concerned restaurants that held "bar" liquor licenses. Although many of these places had long since become established as restaurants, they were forced to close, even though the closure order was aimed at dance clubs where young adults were gathering in huge numbers. In my opinion, this shouldn't have taken two months to correct. One of the side-effects of this has been open restaurant bars being "discovered" by people who's regular pub was closed down, resulting in exactly the kind of congregation that the order was meant to address.

Arizona businesses actually can apply to reopen despite COVID-19 metrics

Dr. Birx went on a road trip a couple week ago. Arizona was one of the first states she visited, She asked the governor to close the bars.

Hit up a bunch of states. She ask each governor to please close the bars. I guess drinking, we let our guard down.

Came to Virginia, said...CLOSE the bars, all our bars must serve food. Our Governor the ONLY governor that a doctors.

He issued an order for only the most eastern tip of the beach. Bars must stop selling alcohol at 10pm, and close at 12. This is a Covid hot spot, chicken processing plant and a beach resort area. CDCs been in twice.

Guess how that's working out?

 

[Simply Southern]

I have Anthem BCBS.

Were you on an Obama Care BCBS Plan? Or an employer BCBS plan?

Obama, I retired. The envelope said...network information enclosed. I almost threw it out, come today. My guardian angel stopped me.

I remember from the ACA, a profit limit was set. Based on medical expenditures, a limit set in admin cost and fix profit. I never expected rebates would be given.

With hospital, labs, and doctors closed to the public for awhile BC wasn't paying out a lot for medical care. Virginia hit the surge late,

 

[Simply Southern]

My family is also as ready as they can be. I wish they had better healthcare. My big fear is. that the smaller, off-Oahu places, the doctors just aren't ready for this.

They are more than ready, but I will double check with my sister. She kinda hops around the islands for work.

Kaiser is big. They send scans, MTI everything they can and network with a larger Kaiser facilitate in California We have much experience from the patient's perspective with my BIL and my sister in nursing admin. I've been impressed. Medical personnel easily and quickly shift to help Island sisters. Its an amazing culture to live and experience there.
Moo

 

[Cool Cats]

COVID-19 long haulers on months of debilitating symptoms: ‘They don’t know how to make me better

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has prompted more questions than science can answer. But of the many puzzles that remain, few are more perplexing — or urgent — than this one: Why do some people get sick and never get better?

This group of individuals, nicknamed the “long haulers,” are people of all ages, races and genders. Survivors of the virus who, months later, find themselves battling a constellation of debilitating side effects that disrupt their ability to function. In a study released by Indiana University School of Medicine this August, in partnership with COVID-19 nonprofit Survivor Corps, long haulers describe nearly 100 side effects, from fatigue and body aches to night sweats and neuropathy.

The study casts doubt on the idea that the COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that lasts only a few weeks, suggesting instead that it may be a vascular disease capable of wreaking havoc on the eyes, skin, heart and brain, long after the sore throat goes away. While some hospitals, such as Mount Sinai in New York, have launched recovery centers for post-COVID care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released little data on the longterm prognosis for those who survive.

In the interim, it’s the long haulers themselves who are helping demystify their strange new world. Karyn Bishof, a firefighter paramedic in Florida, is one of them. After coming down with sore throat, nausea and fatigue in late March, she tested positive for COVID-19 and was told her case was mild. But as the weeks went on, the symptoms didn’t go away. Over four months later, the fatigue remains constant and along with it, a host of other exhausting side effects.

“I'm dealing with drastic changes in heart rate ... My oxygen levels drop into the low 90, sometimes even the low eighties, I'm still dealing with headache, memory issues. I have a lot of trouble recalling things or sometimes finding my words,” Bishof tells Yahoo Life. “I'm still dealing with a runny and stuffy nose on and off. And then just a ton of other neurological issues, cardiac issues, chest pain, shortness of breath. I mean, the list goes on.”

Jessica Hulett, a writer in New York, has been battling similar effects. “The fatigue has been really persistent ... All I want to do is go to sleep from like two o'clock on every day, and some days I have to,” says Hulett. “I've also started having a lot of like cognitive difficulties. Like I can't remember things, I can't focus on things.

 

[oviedo]

White House warns of ‘widespread and expanding’ COVID-19 spread in Georgia

This is enraging. I am so angry at seeing this happen in my state and we only get this info due to a leak? The state is actively hiding how bad the situation is counting on most people not seeking out data themselves.

"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained the White House Coronavirus Task Force recommendations for Georgia, dated Aug. 9, from a source.

Dr. Melanie Thompson, principal investigator of the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, said it is frustrating that the report is only seeing the light of day because of a leak.

“These are public health data and they should be publicly available,” she said.""

Welcome to my world - Florida - and we are in court fighting about the executive order forcing schools to open for F2F classes - they will mediate next week but one side says it’s too dangerous (Teachers) and the other side (governor) saying open up everything’s fine kids are not affected yadayada - sadly we are doing Wills for teachers at a special rate (same for first responders nurses etc) what a world we are living in now
JMO

 

[oviedo]

Night all. Be safe. Be kind.

You as well

 

[SouthAussie]

Google and Facebook must be providing data to the govt.
The Victoria Chief Health Officer is currently in a presser ... he responded to a journo by saying "Google & FB geodata shows people's movements. We can see that movement in the city of Melbourne is currently down by over 90%"

He also says that he believes Victoria has peaked. They should be on the downslope now. Every day they were seeing 20-30 new clusters, now they are seeing daily new clusters in the single digits.
And the aged care situation seems to be stabilising (my opinion: we can likely thank AUSMAT for that).

https://www.smh.com.au/national/cor...ralian-death-toll-at-375-20200815-p55lzl.html

 

[KALI]

Hi Tessor.
No, overall, our government will not be paying their rent.
Rent payments were delayed, not absolved.
There are a few feeble programs, doing a lottery type help for your past due rent, but, nothing to help the Tsunami amount of people who have not paid their rent.
Why did they not pay?
My guess is that most of them could not.
Food is the number one, must pay.
Unlike many of us here, most people did not see this virus and the repercussions of it.
For most, it was life normal.
Until. They started losing their jobs and their businesses.
I'm pretty conservative, however, I disagree with this judges ruling.
As high and mighty as some of our judges think they are...
The first time media covers a story about a family being thrown out to the street... They'll probably
get over a million dollars from a go fund me page.
Plus, hysterically, this judge, has demanded that courtrooms, and lawyers show up to process eviction notice starting Monday
Aye, this Emperor has no clothes, better yet, no staff.
One thing Covid-19 has revealed to me, is how many government officials think that they are "all that".
Idiots.

Do they ever have to pay the rent owing under the previous moratorium or does the government pay the landlords for those months? If the tenant does not have to ever pay that back rent then why would they not have put some by from the previous $1,200 weekly amounts they have been receiving, so they could pay the future rent?

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Duke research shows that classrooms could limit the spread of coronavirus through air purifiers :: WRAL.com



This sounds too simplistic. It can’t be as easy as that, can it?

Geez. Maybe I need to get an air purifier to put by my desk. Hmm.

 

[Deleted member 158085]

No it isn't that easy, nor is if effective. It may clean out virus' in an empty room, but it cannot handle purifying while a group of people are in there.

We talked about this prior to Trump's church rally in Tulsa:

Phoenix Church Hosting Trump Claims That Air System Kills 99.9% Of Covid-19 Coronavirus

Trump Megachurch Went Too Far With COVID-19 Air-Purification Claims, Company Now Admits

What if I’m working with only two other people. Might it help? I really don’t feel good about my odds at work...

 

[SouthAussie]

What if I’m working with only two other people. Might it help? I really don’t feel good about my odds at work...

Maybe this could apply to a localised area of your work space? And may be better than nothing?


We've been asked by several CHOICE members whether an air purifier can help keep their home clear of germs, including the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The short answer is yes, but only to a limited degree. Many air purifiers actually are capable of trapping and even killing viruses, but they can only be expected to trap a small percentage of germs in the air in a typical home.

Do air purifiers filter and kill viruses and bacteria? | CHOICE

 

[tmar]

The coronavirus is mutating, just like most viruses, but the effect isn't as pronounced as some headlines suggest

The coronavirus is mutating, just like most viruses, but the effect isn't as pronounced as some headlines suggest

By Tegan Taylor

2 hrs ago

Yes, the virus has mutated since it was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December last year. And yes, certain mutations are more common in different parts of the world.
"The mere fact we see a mutation doesn't mean it's advantageous or disadvantageous."
Which mutations matter?
One recent study in the journal Cell describes a mutation called D614G in a key protein in SARS-CoV-2 and that it is becoming more common as the pandemic progresses.
The reason D614G has attracted more interest than many of the other mutations, which could fall anywhere among the 30,000-odd building blocks of the virus's genome, is that it's on the spike protein.
The D614G mutation is unlikely to impact the design of vaccines because it doesn't fall in a part of the spike protein that binds to protective antibodies, Professor Holmes says.

"However, there is some evidence the D614G mutation increases the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in a laboratory setting," he says.

 

[KALI]

Right. How many are sick enough for the hospital?
???

Young Adults Have Most Coronavirus Infections In CT

Connecticut residents in their 20s continue to have the most coronavirus cases out of any age group.

New data from the state Department of Public health showed 90 people between 20 and 29 years old tested positive for the virus between Aug. 2-8. The age group with the next most cases were people in their 30s with 79 cases.

People in their 20s also had the most number of cases when adjusted by population.