Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #75

[HongKongPhooey]

I have heard of severe leg and back pain so elbow pain would be no surprise. To me.

Agree back and leg, but I dont remember elbow specifically.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Lockdown to ease further in England from Saturday

Hmmm not convinced this is great timing with all the holiday makers coming back from overseas, but I imagine these businesses are on the brink

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The very word "only" spells out the lack of concern.
Only unhealthy kids, only the elderly, only those with pre existing conditions.

So that's okay then, phew!

It's ONLY the unhealthy kids dying. It's ONLY the elderly dying. It's ONLY people with preexisting conditions dying. What should we call these people who determine the ill and elderly are worth less? They make choices and encourage choices that harm and even kill a segment of our society because they value their lives less.

 

[oviedo]

I so agree with you: it is terrifying to think of schools opening. OMG - the spread of the virus is going to get so much worse----- it's a given.

9 quarantined after student tests positive for COVID-19 at school in Winter Park

It’s terrifying ! At least some are still discussing F2F
Orange County board still discussing if children should return to face-to-face classes

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I want this virus gone, this is beyond a joke!

I want the whole world to wake up and it's all been a collective dream.

 

[ilovewings]

9 quarantined after student tests positive for COVID-19 at school in Winter Park

It’s terrifying ! At least some are still discussing F2F
Orange County board still discussing if children should return to face-to-face classes

I am convinced many people really don't understand what a pandemic is nor how contagious the virus is--- they just don't understand---there are lots of not so bright people out there

 

[ilovewings]

This is a STATE agency requiring POSITIVE employees to continue working. The test were done at the STATE lab. Our governor is a doctor.

Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute email to staff: If positive, but asymptomatic, keep working

The facility was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak late last month. The Danville Register & Bee acquired the email shortly after it was sent out.

The email sent on Aug. 4 to SVMHI staff — and meant to be shared with clients — informs them that coronavirus testing would take place on Aug. 5 with results returned by the following Monday.

[snipped]

However, those who are positive but are showing no symptoms must resume work, according to the email from SVMHI Chief Operating Officer Robin Crews.

"If asymptomatic, CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] recommends PPE precautions, but continued work routine," she wrote in the email.


Voice messages left for Crews were not returned by deadline Thursday.

Isn't a good deal of the problem of the spread of the virus is that ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE ARE SPREADING IT????

 

[TootsieFootsie]

A man in his 20s was confirmed as the youngest COVID-19 victim today. But details about his death remain limited.

Coronavirus Victoria: Man in his 20s becomes youngest COVID-19 victim

 

[SouthAussie]

This is a STATE agency requiring POSITIVE employees to continue working. The test were done at the STATE lab. Our governor is a doctor.

Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute email to staff: If positive, but asymptomatic, keep working

The facility was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak late last month. The Danville Register & Bee acquired the email shortly after it was sent out.

The email sent on Aug. 4 to SVMHI staff — and meant to be shared with clients — informs them that coronavirus testing would take place on Aug. 5 with results returned by the following Monday.

[snipped]

However, those who are positive but are showing no symptoms must resume work, according to the email from SVMHI Chief Operating Officer Robin Crews.

"If asymptomatic, CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] recommends PPE precautions, but continued work routine," she wrote in the email.


Voice messages left for Crews were not returned by deadline Thursday.

I think that linked article's title/inference/assumption is incorrect.

Even in the body of their own article it says ......

"If the test is COVID-19 positive, they must isolate," she wrote in an email. "Staff who have received a positive test result are referred to [the Virginia Department of Health's] local health department and are placed out of work until VDH clears them to return to work. We follow the CDC guidelines for returning to work for staff who are COVID-19 positive."


The CDC's advice is that if a staff member of a critical infrastructure (SV Mental Health is a 72-bed psych hospital) is exposed to a covid positive person they can continue working - if asymptomatic - as long as precautions are taken, and it goes on to list the precautions. And if that staff member becomes sick, they must be sent home immediately.

Communities, Schools, Workplaces, & Events

 

[JerseyGirl]

Florida Governor DeSantis’ address earlier this week:

A number of school districts that launched in-person instruction this week and many more that are planning to open up over the next few weeks.

Martin County Superintendent Laurie Gaylord told me she viewed re-opening her schools as a mission akin to a Navy SEAL operation. Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too would the Martin County School system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continued distance learning.

...

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Governor Ron DeSantis Delivers Address Regarding School Re-Openings and COVID-19

 

[JerseyGirl]

9/11 ‘Tribute in Light’ canceled over coronavirus concerns

Each year, twin towers of light shine into the night sky over Manhattan in honor of the thousands killed during the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, but the sky will be a little darker this year.

The 'Tribute in Light' was canceled because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The annual reading of the names was also recently canceled.

Nearly 40 people usually work in close proximity for several weeks to produce the 'Tribute in Light' each year.

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum will partner with NYC & Company and buildings throughout the city to light up their facades and spires in blue in commemoration of the 19th anniversary of 9/11.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Spain shuts nightclubs, bans outdoor smoking

All Spanish regions have agreed to order the closure of nightclubs and to ban smoking in outdoor areas when keeping a safe distance is impossible ... against meetings of more than 10 people, and warned young people specifically not to gather outside to drink alcohol.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Which countries have not reported any coronavirus cases?

Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
North Korea
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

 

[JerseyGirl]

Dubai International Airport Becomes the First to Deploy Coronavirus-sniffing Dogs

Dubai officials have begun taking sweat samples from visitors upon arrival to put under the noses of specially trained dogs.

The Dubai airport is the first real-world example where dogs are being used to sniff out COVID-19. The dogs also do their work from afar, never coming into direct contact with potentially infected or fearful humans. Samples are taken from travelers’ armpits and placed in steel containers designed to allow a dog’s snout to fit inside without disturbing the sample.

Test results, which are said to have a 92% accuracy rate, are returned in less than a minute.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Which countries have not reported any coronavirus cases?

Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
North Korea
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Only two surprises there!

 

[Trino]

9 quarantined after student tests positive for COVID-19 at school in Winter Park

It’s terrifying ! At least some are still discussing F2F
Orange County board still discussing if children should return to face-to-face classes

It's okay for businesses to close or have limited capacity, but it's okay to open schools?

 

[Trino]

Have you heard about the coin shortage?
America is literally out of common sense.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I think that linked article's title/inference/assumption is incorrect.

Even in the body of their own article it says ......

"If the test is COVID-19 positive, they must isolate," she wrote in an email. "Staff who have received a positive test result are referred to [the Virginia Department of Health's] local health department and are placed out of work until VDH clears them to return to work. We follow the CDC guidelines for returning to work for staff who are COVID-19 positive."


The CDC's advice is that if a staff member of a critical infrastructure (SV Mental Health is a 72-bed psych hospital) is exposed to a covid positive person they can continue working - if asymptomatic - as long as precautions are taken, and it goes on to list the precautions. And if that staff member becomes sick, they must be sent home immediately.

Communities, Schools, Workplaces, & Events

Yet for a normal person who is not working with patients, and has a close exposure, they are supposed to quarantine.

Makes absolutely no sense to me.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Dubai International Airport Becomes the First to Deploy Coronavirus-sniffing Dogs

Dubai officials have begun taking sweat samples from visitors upon arrival to put under the noses of specially trained dogs.

The Dubai airport is the first real-world example where dogs are being used to sniff out COVID-19. The dogs also do their work from afar, never coming into direct contact with potentially infected or fearful humans. Samples are taken from travelers’ armpits and placed in steel containers designed to allow a dog’s snout to fit inside without disturbing the sample.

Test results, which are said to have a 92% accuracy rate, are returned in less than a minute.

Whenever I read an article that states accuracy, I dismiss as not science based. One needs to know the % sensitivity, and % specificity (false positives/false negatives)

MOO

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Have you heard about the coin shortage?
America is literally out of common sense.

Yes. I have a relative that has a business off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. She sent out an SOS on her website about the coin issue almost a month ago, before it hit MSM. She went to multiple banks in her very rural town and couldn't get coins. Something about the shutdown and folks not using coins and the disruption in the system....

It's real, and MSM has talked about it for the last 3 weeks iirc.

Some demographics in not only rural, but low income suburban and large cities do not have bank accounts, much less credit cards. MOO