Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #78

[katydid23]

I feel your assessment is "an after the fact" description. Our country is capable of so much more than what we have had to experience.

The CDC has always been an organization providing leadership and guidance and diminishing them to "a pamphlet" is very sad to me.

Of course, states must take on individual responsibility for the particulars of their constituencies, but in the beginning, I was truly envisioning our governors working together with the strength of the CDC so we could really beat this thing "together"...

In the urgency and chaos of a global pandemic, trying to get fifty governors to 'work together' to beat this thing together is not very realistic, in my opinion.

How and Why would the governors of So Dakota and Montana try and communicate and discuss their current situations with the governors of NY and New Jersey? There would be no point and it would be a time and energy waster.


States are big and complicated, just by themselves. Trying to coordinate an entire nation, made up of 50 states, makes it unwieldy and impossible. JMO

 

[tresir2012]

Pfizer CEO says coronavirus vaccine could be distributed to Americans before year's end

Great news. Go Warp Speed.

 

[tresir2012]

In the urgency and chaos of a global pandemic, trying to get fifty governors to 'work together' to beat this thing together is not very realistic, in my opinion.

How and Why would the governors of So Dakota and Montana try and communicate and discuss their current situations with the governors of NY and New Jersey? There would be no point and it would be a time and energy waster.


States are big and complicated, just by themselves. Trying to coordinate an entire nation, made up of 50 states, makes it unwieldy and impossible. JMO

I agree it would be impossible. But I do remember some cooperation regarding loaning ventilators, so they can do it if necessary.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Doing OK, thank you. I think my issues were due to seasonal change, stress, lifestyle, etc. Allergies are usually a nightmare for me, from September to January.

Stress can play funny tricks. Glad you are ok

 

[Sundog]

I agree it would be impossible. But I do remember some cooperation regarding loaning ventilators, so they can do it if necessary.

Yes, and Vice President Pence as chair of the White House Task Force held regular phone calls with all the governors in the spring when the pandemic hit to discuss PPE, ventilators, hospital beds/surge capacity, and other issues.

 

[tresir2012]

Maine wedding is now linked to five COVID-19 deaths and 161 cases | Daily Mail Online

5 deaths and 161 cases so far, including a nursing home and a jail.

 

[CSIDreamer]

Indiana, US

2 new deaths 9/13

We have a new color coded assessment graph for each Indiana county. It progresses from lowest blue, to yellow, orange, red. Colors approximate. Attaching a screenshot of just the colors. The requirements for each color are at the link. The color graph updates weekly on Wednesday.

ISDH - Novel Coronavirus: Indiana COVID-19 Dashboard

 

[katydid23]

Yes, it's called the "United" States for a good reason. But, right now, CoVid is winning and no one remembers how to work in unity.

Our states have always worked individually to figure out their own laws and regulations. It is not a new thing. Different States have different demographics and needs. So we cannot work in 'unity' when we have individualised needs and requirements. JMO

 

[katydid23]

I agree it would be impossible. But I do remember some cooperation regarding loaning ventilators, so they can do it if necessary.

Oh I totally agree. Cooperating and helping each other is optimal.

I am responding to the complaint about them not all 'working in unison' with the CDC.

 

[tresir2012]

Indiana, US

2 new deaths 9/13

We have a new color coded assessment graph for each Indiana county. It progresses from lowest blue, to yellow, orange, red. Colors approximate. Attaching a screenshot of just the colors. The requirements for each color are at the link. The color graph updates weekly on Wednesday.

ISDH - Novel Coronavirus: Indiana COVID-19 Dashboard

Neato. I like the circle charts.

 

[katydid23]

Yes, and Vice President Pence as chair of the White House Task Force held regular phone calls with all the governors in the spring when the pandemic hit to discuss PPE, ventilators, hospital beds/surge capacity, and other issues.

EXACTLY, There were lots of group meetings with Governors, and often it was regional, which makes a lot more sense.

 

[tresir2012]

Oh I totally agree. Cooperating and helping each other is optimal.

I am responding to the complaint about them not all 'working in unison' with the CDC.

Oh sorry, well I'll have to back arrow and check that out. Late to the party. Not sure how it is known that they are or are not working with CDC or any other Gov agency. They may not get their Remdesivir if they don't cooperate. MOO.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Maine wedding is now linked to five COVID-19 deaths and 161 cases | Daily Mail Online

5 deaths and 161 cases so far, including a nursing home and a jail.

“One of the five victims included Theresa Dentremont, an 83-year-old woman who died at Millinocket Regional Hospital on August 21 after contracting the virus.

Detremont did not attend the wedding, but hospital staff believed she may have been infected by someone who did.

She had been self-isolating at home with her husband for much of the pandemic given they fell into the high-risk COVID-19 category.”

How sad - this lady did not go to the wedding and had been self isolating at home - yet someone went to the wedding and then went to see her?

Owners speak after wedding reception at Big Moose Inn, license reinstated

“We understood that there could be no more than 50 persons in our largest room. We did make an error in the interpretation of that rule. Our interpretation was that we could take a wedding party of more than 50 persons, and split them between two rooms as long as it didn’t exceed our total capacity or a specific room’s capacity.”

So the Inn thought they could assign each group their own room and they would stay in their assigned room and not mingle at a post wedding party. Forget the masks. Sure.

 

[cass523]

I remember seeing something like this posted months ago.

(CNN) – A new type of dog-like robot could gather vital information from COVID-19 patients remotely, helping to keep down human exposure to the virus.

The robot – named “Spot” – comes equipped with an infrared camera and three other monochrome cameras to get the vital signs without a doctor present.

The cameras can measure skin temperature, breathing rate, pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation.

Researchers in Boston are testing one of the robots on volunteers.

While the idea is to use the robots in triage situations, their use could eventually be expanded to continuously monitor patients in their hospital rooms so busy doctors can check in on them virtually.

Dog-like robot could remotely measure vital signs of COVID-19 patients

 

[MrX]

ASU president accuses Tempe bars of violating COVID-19 protocols

While I wish Dr Crow would mind his own business, I visited a different Zipps location on Saturday morning and it was packed to capacity. The poor hostess seemed totally overwhelmed.

 

[ilovewings]

His behaviour is evidence, but as we all know, a professional psychologist would need to do an assessment.

Intermittent explosive disorder - Symptoms and causes

i respectfully disagree-- you cannot diagose that condition from your living
room

 

[SouthAussie]

One of the articles I posted said there were only 29 deaths but the other had over 500. What was the timeframe of that rise in LTC deaths? Your posts are from 1 and 2 months ago as one of mine was too and I had completely missed those numbers previously, till I read them in your link. I only really started looking since the FBI and DOJ got involved in the US.

Are there investigations ongoing in Canada and Australia? I am not aware of it if there are. There are not any in the UK AFAIK.

ETA I see you have posted the recent data in your additional reply. TY.

I think the federal govt (as well as the rest of the country) was really disturbed by the amount of Victoria's covid aged care deaths. I recall reading that ScoMo was sending the AUSMAT teams into Victoria, and posting the relevant links here.

Then the federal government's Department of Health have stayed involved, provided support, tried to get this issue of people working in multiple aged care homes - during covid - resolved. As per links provided a few pages ago.

Our aged care homes have had to meet a certain level of compliance for a while now, in order to receive accreditation. (There was a Royal Commission into issues in 2018 - interim report delivered in 2019. Opportunities for providing info to the commission are currently ongoing.)
That has been able to deal with conditions inside the facilities, as they try to pull themselves into line. But the issue of staff working at multiple aged care homes only reared its head due to covid.

IMO

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Interim Report
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Non-Compliance Checker | My Aged Care

 

[musicaljoke]

i respectfully disagree-- you cannot diagose that condition from your living
room

Well, then we agree, and that's why I wrote, "His behaviour is evidence, but as we all know, a professional psychologist would need to do an assessment."

 

[CSIDreamer]

ASU president accuses Tempe bars of violating COVID-19 protocols

While I wish Dr Crow would mind his own business, I visited a different Zipps location on Saturday morning and it was packed to capacity. The poor hostess seemed totally overwhelmed.

I'm with you on the MYOB thing.

 

[SouthAussie]

India seems to be in a hot mess. Rapidly escalating cases. Daily deaths now reaching over 1,000.



The second-most populous country in the world, with 1.2 billion people, India is responsible for nearly a third of all new cases being reported at the moment.

As Narendra Modi's Government continues to relax restrictions after a months-long national lockdown, the spread of the virus is accelerating.

After a slow start earlier in the year, India is reporting more new cases per day than we've seen before in one country.

Which countries are pushing the world's COVID-19 cases to new highs?