Posted on 05/23/2020 8:51:48 AM PDT by riri
Memorial Day Weekend Corona Virus Thread
One of our locals is President of the Texas Funeral Home Directors Association. He has been to the Valley to assist with body bags, refrigerated trailers, etc to deal with the influx of bodies due to the Pandemic.
He stated he was initially skeptical. Here is interview on his experience in the valley.
Sobering read, and also a video.
https://dailytimes.com/promotions/article_3ba1c852-cc45-11ea-9abd-c3dbb1357888.html
Japan records highest daily infection rate since the beginning of the outbreak
The Health Ministry reported 981 new Covid-19 infections
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-24-20-intl/index.html
New Covid mutation ‘helping outbreaks spread faster’
A new mutation of Covid-19 is now the most dominant strand of the virus globally and forming clusters quicker in the UK than the original virus from Wuhan, an expert has warned. Professor Nick Loman of the University of Birmingham, who is part of the Covid-19 Genomics Consortium, said the mutation, known as D614G, has an observable impact on cases in humans. While it is not thought the new form of the virus causes a greater risk of death, or lengthier hospital stays, it is helping outbreaks spread more rapidly across the world. Prof Loman also said he suspected the new mutation would not impact the process of finding a vaccine for Covid-19, particularly given its prevalence globally.
No space for bodies: Mississippi county to bring in refrigerated cooler as deaths mount
“COVID-19” impact: USA facing shortage of aluminium cans
https://www.alcircle.com/news/covid-19-impact-usa-facing-shortage-of-aluminium-cans-57543
So sad.
Flubros will be doing somersaults to deny those deaths. Yeah, uh huh, they all died of ingrown toenails or the hiccups.
bkmk
96 Alaska seafood processing workers positive for virus
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Nearly 100 workers at a seafood processing plant in Seward have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been taken to Anchorage and put in quarantine.
https://apnews.com/3a2aca9e9355c2b118802a06dee03c2c
Another COVID Mystery: Why Some Fall Ill Twice
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200723/another-covid-mystery-why-some-fall-ill-twice
BREAKING - McDonald’s declares mandatory masks required for all US customers starting from August amid the worsening #COVID19 outbreak in America
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1286705523325308929
@FirstSquawk)
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: CALIFORNIA REPORTS BIGGEST 1-DAY RECORD OF 159 COVID-19 DEATHS
Georgia:
+4813 cases
+82 deaths
+399 hospitalizations
Texas Man Dies of COVID-19 After Visit by Granddaughter Infected at Party
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-man-dies-covid-19-after-visit-granddaughter-infected-party-1520181
Man, she’s going to have to live with this for the rest of her life. “Living like it’s 2019” means you CANNOT visit grandma and grandpa. You have to choose between “normal” and family. Call them on the phone, skype/facetime/zoom with them or whatever.
Grandpa was 80 years old. Lot’s of people dismiss these older folks dying. Meh, they’re old! For perspective, the average 80 year old male will live to be 87.
McDonald's now requiring masks.
Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Walgreens and CVS are among the companies who say they will still serve customers who refuse to wear masks to avoid confrontations between shoppers and their workers.
Pictures of what FR flubros said didn't exist. Austin's convention center turned into 100 bed CV hospital.
New CDC guidelins: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html “For most persons with COVID-19 illness, isolation and precautions can generally be discontinued 10 days after symptom onset1 and resolution of fever for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and with improvement of other symptoms.”
Two weeks before Austin teachers begin their inservice meetings but 9 schools are closed due to nearly 698 employees in quarantine.
Most of those are the cleaning crews. If they can’t be safe with all those disinfecting products, just wait for all the students to arrive.
COVID patients at increased risk of ‘dire outcomes’ including leg clotting and amputation
https://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/quality/covid-increased-risk-leg-clotting-amputation
FL total reported: 12,194 new cases, +505 new hospitalizations after 511 the day before (both all time highs), Miami-Dade County +3,424 new cases, 2nd highest daily.
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