Posted on 03/13/2020 11:11:42 AM PDT by Mariner
Yesterday's thread is here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3823939/posts?page=1301
Not the best article, but some of the items made me smile - The Groceries That No One Wants to Panic-Buy - https://slate.com/business/2020/03/coronavirus-groceries-supermarket.html
“Except that you need to be sick enough to need an ICU, to be put in one.”
I laid out the numbers, do the math.
This thing puts a higher percentage of cases in the hospital and in the ICU, compared to the flu.
Starting a new thread as this one is over populated...
Day 17 thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3824800/posts
Good.
Greedy (fill in the blank).
It disgusts me when people try to skim a profit off those in need for just financial gain.
It may not be illegal, but it certainly is not right.
Not yet here.
I wipe mine off with lysol wipes. Have done that for years. Who knows what’s on the counter at walmart or kroger.
Then there’s this, an indictment of American’s preparedness in general:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kroger/comments/fj4a19/when_we_opened_the_doors_at_7_this_morning_people/
What a surprise.....
There is an argument for keeping 70+ folks off the streets, but there is no way any politician would dare state it.
Here is how it goes—
—Given that the hospital systems will be overwhelmed
—Given that hospitals will triage in that scenario
—Given that the triage scenario is to let the oldest die first
An elderly person _really_ needs to stay away from those hospitals!
My hospital- and many others- will have surge tents this week. Set up near ER’s for walk-in patients to be tested/evaluated.
He added:
“I think we have between 50,000 and half a million cases right now walking around in the United States.”
That number is quite p;ossible.
Early information about covid-19 was that symptoms occurred anywhere from two (2) to nine (9) days after exposure ,
and during that time, infected individuals were casting off formites which could infect others.
Therefore, those without symptoms would have felt no need to quarantine, thus spreading the disease wherever they traveled.
Thus, effectively broadening the infection .
In metropolitan area such as New York city, each person infected, although without symptoms, would be another case of "Typhoid Mary".
If they require the shower facilities to be disinfected between uses, it will slow down their use but it will also prevent the spread of the disease.
Prayers for you SE Mom!
*****
NBC 15 News
@mynbc15
Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19, offered the first of what he said will be “many steps” he will take to help with the coronavirus pandemic, pledging Saturday to donate more than $500,000 to relief efforts.
https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/1239231131582595073
OK
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Three additional individuals have tested positive for COVID-19. The cases are in Cleveland, Payne and Tulsa counties. There are currently seven cases in Oklahoma.
RELATED | Oklahoma-based airman is state’s third coronavirus case
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, four of the seven cases are confirmed positive and three cases are presumptive positive. The three presumptive positive cases tested positive at the state health department’s laboratory and are pending confirmatory testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
RELATED | Oklahoma Department of Health opens coronavirus hotline
Health officials have not released information about the patients who recently tested positive for the coronavirus. But county health officials are working with each case to determine close contacts and any further need for testing.
RELATED | Tulsa Health Department confirms 2nd presumptive positive COVID-19 case
Moving forward, the CDC is no longer confirming presumptive positive cases. All positive cases reported in the Oklahoma State Department of Health public health laboratory will stand as confirmed.
At least there wasn’t a riot
NY
BREAKING: New York’s new positive COVID-19 cases have hit 729 total, 69 new since last night.
19% of cases are in the hospital. 65 patients in the ICU. 46 patients intubated.
5272 total people tested, 442 since last night.
New York leads the nation in the most cases.
I know some churches here have gone to live streaming only and canceled all activities, and others have not.
MA
BOSTON — A health care worker at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a statement, the hospital said that patients and staff who may have had contact with the infected worker are being contacted. Brigham and Women did not specify where the employee worked.
Thank you.
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