Posted on 05/12/2020 5:35:05 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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Corona Virus Daily Thread #52 COVID-19 5/12/2020
Are you feverish? Do you have a major headache or back and hip pains? Do you feel dizzy or sluggish without difficulty breathing (that invisible anoxia thing)?
No to all. It’s just the walk tires me out. I’m going to try doing two a day, maybe a shorter one at night. A little dangerous around here lately, though.
One guy broke into 12 restaurants.
Including our local Italian place.
And they let him back out again, to avoid lawsuit if he gets corona in prison.
Ima notta gonna forgetta dat!
Have you called your doctor? Maybe he or she can get you tested.
“Fauci’s ‘Inconvenient’ Policy - If public-health officials are calling the shots they should understand the costs.” (2020/04/01)
-see https://www.wsj.com/articles/faucis-inconvenient-policy-11585767119?mod=article_inline
Whoa! BIG news. Only 2 months since we heard it. I didn’t see anything new in this news.
Thanks. Anyone can get a free test in NYC. You just call 311. I’m saving my free test for when they call me back to work if that happens. I really think it’s the mask I was using, a surgical mask that cuts off your O2 supply. Plus being totally inactive for 2 months.
Mexico - It appears the risk of dying from COVID-19 illness in the age group 0f 50-59 is 5 times higher in Mexico than in Germany.
The age of COVID-19 related deaths is younger in Mexico than in Europe.
For example the risk of dying from COVID-19 illness in the age group 0f 50-59 is 5 times higher in Mexico than in Germany.
Our county has so far only had 9 cases-1st was in early April. 8 of those have recovered. Only one was hospitalized and died. That person was only 20 years old. Only one was source unknown-the others were from contact. I am so glad we don’t live in a hot spot.
HOw are you doing RummyChick, I have been thinking about you all day.
Eight more sailors from USS Roosevelt test positive for coronavirus a second time
BY MARINA PITOFSKY - 05/16/20 08:33 PM EDT
Thanks.
Positivity rate not going up, hope it’s just poise.
But....
More than 700 new cases of coronavirus reported after testing at meatpacking plants in Amarillo region
Gov. Greg Abbott says the cases were detected by targeted testing at meatpacking plants.
BY JUAN PABLO GARNHAM MAY 16, 2020
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/16/700-new-coronavirus-cases-amarillo/
Now “That page does not exist”.
Wow, I missed her post. I hope she checks in soon
Karens on steroids - Mask the rage: How to talk to people who don’t wear face coverings - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mask-the-rage-How-to-talk-to-people-who-don-t-15273357.php
BECAUSE, LA
LA makes coronavirus tests available to all residents, but many go unused amid nationwide shortage, report
[edited out of order for clarity]Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, has repeatedly said the United States is lacking in adequate testing.
“The city pays $137 per test and 75,000 tests are available each week, but in the two weeks that the mayor expanded testing, only about 57,000 tests have been used on average each week....residents can get tested as frequently as they want, officials have said...Garcetti’s plan to allow any resident in Los Angeles to receive a test was an attempt to make sure that testing kits were not going to waste.
Los Angeles partnered with Curative-Kora, a startup that created a faster and easier way to test for the coronavirus without having to rely on supplies that were scarce or in high demand. The new test got emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the tests have been used in Los Angeles since March.
The mayor’s office could not immediately be reached for comment on what they plan to do with the unused testing kits.
CHINA
China confirms US accusations that it destroyed early samples of the novel coronavirus, but says it was done for ‘biosafety reasons’
...Liu Dengfeng, an official with the Chinese National Health Commission’s science and education department, said in a Beijing briefing on Friday that the samples were destroyed to “prevent the risk to laboratory biological safety and prevent secondary disasters caused by unidentified pathogens.”
He insisted that this was not done to cover-up or hide samples from other countries, but was done strictly for biosafety reasons.”The remarks made by some US officials were taken out of context and intended to confuse,” Liu said.
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