Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #87

[Rose in SC]

A nurse in a strained El Paso hospital says the sickest COVID-19 patients are put in a doctor-less room called 'the pit' where they are given 3 chances to be revived before workers let them die

This sounds like the plot to a horror movie - sadly it's real life.

 

[Lilibet]

I have a question about the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna @10ofRods or anyone else with insight. If I receive one of these vaccinations, how will I know how long it will last? How soon would I be unprotected? With my annual flu shot I receive in September, I figure the protection it offers will fade by sometime in the spring, when less flu is circulating. Is this vaccination for Covid similar, I wonder. Has anyone given us that information? Thanks.

 

[Rose in SC]

I’m allergic to iodine so I bet this works. Hope it works regardless:

The Cardiff University report revealed that mouthwashes containing at least 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride (CPC) showed "promising signs" of being able to combat the virus.

It supports another study that found CPC-based mouthwashes are effective in reducing the amount of virus that an infected individual is producing.
Mouthwash 'kills Covid in 30 seconds', Cardiff lab tests find | ITV News

As long as it contains 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride, I guess it doesn't matter if it's alcohol free? I'm not familiar with the UK brand Dentyl used in this study. Does it contain alcohol?

The US brand Crest® PRO-HEALTH™ Mouthwash (which is sitting in my cart right now at Amazon, lol) does contain 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride according to this report (sponsored by Crest - report has nothing to do with the current Covid situation): https://www.dentalcare.com/en-us/professional-education/ce-courses/ce317/cetylpyridinium-chloridecpc

 

[MimosaMornings]

She said she celebrated her birthday by going to a restaurant with her friend: if i were betting, that would be my best bet as to how she got it. I sometimes want to go to a restaurant and sit down and have a meal, especially since there are so few people in restaurants these days but I keep recalling the CDC coming out with a report that there is a pretty high risk of getting the virus from dining in. I don't imagine she contracted the virus in her back yard.

“Eight miles from the nearest town, our ranch felt like a sanctuary. Until it didn’t.”

Your ranch is a sanctuary if you and your household stay at home.

 

[ilovewings]

“Eight miles from the nearest town, our ranch felt like a sanctuary. Until it didn’t.”

Your ranch is a sanctuary if you and your household stay at home.

When you start reading article you think, oh, they stayed on their ranch- wonder how they got the virus: then you continue reading and then she talks about going to a restaurant and doing all kinds of things that certainly were a risk (from low to high) for contracting the virus.

 

[BUF]

It's been exactly one year since the first case of COVID was found in china

 

[sds71]

@kasie
https://twitter.com/kasie/status/1328713127630958592
@ChuckGrassley
says he’s been exposed to coronavirus. At 87 years old, Grassley is the president pro tempore of the Senate.

 

[ilovewings]

It's been exactly one year since the first case of COVID was found in china

That certainly gives one pause: But nobody was aware of what was to come!!!!! sigh

 

[ilovewings]

I’m allergic to iodine so I bet this works. Hope it works regardless:

The Cardiff University report revealed that mouthwashes containing at least 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride (CPC) showed "promising signs" of being able to combat the virus.

It supports another study that found CPC-based mouthwashes are effective in reducing the amount of virus that an infected individual is producing.
Mouthwash 'kills Covid in 30 seconds', Cardiff lab tests find | ITV News

That would be a great thing--maybe i will start using mouthwash- just in case it proves to be true in clinical studies

 

[MimosaMornings]

When you start reading article you think, oh, they stayed on their ranch- wonder how they got the virus: then you continue reading and then she talks about going to a restaurant and doing all kinds of things that certainly were a risk (from low to high) for contracting the virus.

“I went in and out of businesses where others weren’t following mask guidelines. There’s no way to tell exactly where or how I got infected.”

Wonder how many people could tell exactly where they had been for the past two weeks prior to receiving such a phone call......

 

[BUF]

That certainly gives one pause: But nobody was aware of what was to come!!!!! sigh

To put this pandemic into perspective, everyone should think of what they were doing one year ago today on Nov 17, 2019, and what their lives are like today, one year later.

 

[Sprockett7701]

Yes, he was pretty quick!
Not to worry, our feathers aren't ruffled.

Things are looking much better today. They tested thousands yesterday and only found one more case, so far. Our Premier is much happier today.
We just have to wait it out for two weeks and make sure nothing else develops.
My niece and her two boys who live in the outbreak area got tested yesterday, and they are fine.

Thank goodness your niece and her boys are ok. I think after two weeks you guys should be ok too...fingers crossed. Hard and fast control is clearly the answer to being Covid free...

ETA Control is probs a bad choice of word, what I meant was hard and fast decision making by good leadership...

IMO MOO

 

[IceIce9]

Pediatricians call number of children with COVID "staggering and tragic" - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

yet some still think that kids aren’t affected by COVID

 

[Sprockett7701]

Pediatricians call number of children with COVID "staggering and tragic" - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

yet some still think that kids aren’t affected by COVID

Yeah...kids don’t get Covid do they?! Insert massive eye roll here at your own pleasure...Grrr

 

[Sprockett7701]

A nurse in a strained El Paso hospital says the sickest COVID-19 patients are put in a doctor-less room called 'the pit' where they are given 3 chances to be revived before workers let them die

In a 1st world country...mmmm okaaay. In all seriousness how more tragic does this have to get before people believe it’s real and take proactive actions to basically avoid killing an entire country?!

 

[drama_farmer]

Love this headline...

After Big Thanksgiving Dinners, Plan Small Christmas Funerals, Health Experts Warn

 

[anneg]

Love this headline...

After Big Thanksgiving Dinners, Plan Small Christmas Funerals, Health Experts Warn

Wow, that's an eye-catching headline! Will it open people's eyes to the dangers of family gatherings? Stay tuned.

 

[ilovewings]

Yeah...kids don’t get Covid do they?! Insert massive eye roll here at your own pleasure...Grrr

I remember experts saying with great certainty children don't get covid- I rolled my eyes right then----- knew that was BS

 

[anneg]

I have a question about the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna @10ofRods or anyone else with insight. If I receive one of these vaccinations, how will I know how long it will last? How soon would I be unprotected? With my annual flu shot I receive in September, I figure the protection it offers will fade by sometime in the spring, when less flu is circulating. Is this vaccination for Covid similar, I wonder. Has anyone given us that information? Thanks.

Well, I don't know the answer, but I suspect we don't have enough data yet. I wouldn't be surprised if, like the flu shot, it loses effectiveness over time.

I'm concerned too that it may prove to be less effective in older adults like DH and me (in our mid 70s). I think we may need to continue with the masks and distancing, etc., indefinitely.

 

[IceIce9]

I remember experts saying with great certainty children don't get covid- I rolled my eyes right then----- knew that was BS

Like I posted last week, we (the clinic I’m working in) have a 6 year old child in intensive care and no one can visit. All other family members have tested positive for COVID.