Posted on 03/06/2020 9:37:20 AM PST by weston
Thsnks! Perhaps I should have opened it first before asking the question. LOL
@dougducey
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Arizona is working to keep our health care professionals safe. Today, Arizona received:
60k+ N95 masks
244k surgical face masks
26k+ face shields
22k+ surgical gowns
90k sets of gloves
and more from the Strategic National Stockpile.
Governor Abbott has waived regulations to get more nurses in Texas hospitals
“Allowing temporary permit extensions to practice for graduate nurses and graduate vocational nurses who have yet to take the licensing exam.
“Allowing students in their final year of nursing school to meet their clinical objectives by exceeding the 50% limit on simulated experiences.
Allowing nurses with inactive licenses or retired nurses to reactivate their licenses.”
More ‘puter maintenance.
Thanks for the reply. Guess I will give it a shot. I certainly do not have a lot of other things to do today.
:)
Did he say that his own hospital has 100 people with the C virus? That is a lot for one hospital.
LOL! Well I must confess I did wonder if something nefarious was going on.
You know we all like to make fun of slow Joe Biden, but anyone who has had a family member or a friend with Alzheimer’s knows how truly devastating it is. I feel so sad for him in the way he is being used. Even by his wife.
I am glad we already have Trump’s “Right to Try” executive order or law. I look forward to the rallies in the fall. Right to Try is one of Trump’s great accomplishments. I realize this is different from using a new not-fully-vetted was drug, but it sounds good.
DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
Politico scaremongering. DoJ may deny.
Those family members or friends are not out in front of the world calling President Trump a liar and cheat. And those family members or friends are not vying to be the most powerful person on the free world and taken seriously as they do it.
I think Ruby was my favorite of his songs. Thanks for the reminder, Vlad.
Yes and the retail stores are closing one by one,the few are only management. I’m on a day to day basis as of today.
Yes and they are needed.
Los Angeles County health officials advised doctors to give up on testing patients in the hope of containing the coronavirus outbreak, instructing them to test patients only if a positive result could change how they would be treated.
The guidance, sent by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to doctors on Thursday, was prompted by a crush of patients and shortage of tests, and could make it difficult to ever know precisely how many people in L.A. County contracted the virus.
The department “is shifting from a strategy of case containment to slowing disease transmission and averting excess morbidity and mortality,” according to the letter. Doctors should test symptomatic patients only when “a diagnostic result will change clinical management or inform public health response.”
The guidance sets in writing what has been a reality all along. The shortage of tests nationwide has meant that many patients suspected of having COVID-19 have not had the diagnosis confirmed by a laboratory.
In addition to the lack of tests, public health agencies across the country lack the staff to trace the source of new cases, drastically reducing the chances of isolating people who have been exposed and thereby containing the outbreak.
For years, state and local health officials have been warning that steep cuts to federal grants meant to boost preparedness for a pandemic would mean there wouldn’t be enough equipment and staff on hand to respond in the crucial, early stage. Those fears have come to fruition now, officials said.
A front-line healthcare provider who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity said county doctors are interpreting Thursday’s letter and other advice coming from senior L.A. County public health officials to mean they should only test patients who are going to be hospitalized or have something unique about the way they contracted the virus.
The letter also says that, with the increasing availability of tests at private labs, the Department of Public Health will focus on testing aimed at detecting and preventing outbreaks in hospitals and “congregate living settings,” such as nursing homes.
I’d bet money the health provider that was the source is a union official. Here in Texas, many were tested in private labs. I’d also bet that private labs are prohibited in one way or the other.
The nurses and other hospital staff will wait wait until a time like this to go on strike. They’ve closed down hospitals before.
Pray none of their contracts are up for renewal.
Yes he did say about 100 cases. I believe it was Lennex Hill Hospital in NY.
Prayers for the families.
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