Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #35

[musicaljoke]

Italy has reported an increase in deaths of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Another 743 people have died as a result of coronavirus. At least 6,820 people have died in Italy so far. There are at least 69,176 confirmed case of coronavirus in the country. Italy coronavirus death toll rises by 743 in last day

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Oh crap! I was so hopeful that the numbers had started coming down.

Please God, bless Italy.

 

[Ursamajr]

How can we even think this will be over by Easter? The Olympics are postponed, and that's in late July. At least the Japanese and IOC have a handle on safety.

I don't know. It would be severely irresponsible and downright negligent to believe and act like everything will be back to normal by easter.

 

[margarita25]

Amazon employee tests positive for COVID-19 at Katy-area site

 

[roche.analisa]

Spring breaker who went viral after saying 'If I get corona, I get corona' apologizes

That is an impressive young man. Read the whole thing, very mature.

 

[jjenny]

That is an impressive young man. Read the whole thing, very mature.

You should see his original statement first before declaring him mature.

 

[JaneEyre]

How can we even think this will be over by Easter? The Olympics are postponed, and that's in late July. At least the Japanese and IOC have a handle on safety.

It’s utterly delusional, in my opinion.

 

[katydid23]

Let's be realistic a couple of million......

So that leaves 330 million that are still alive. Couldn't those 330 million get back to work?

 

[justbeachy]

Regarding this latest cruise ship debacle: Since it left from Argentina and was scheduled to end in Chile, WHY is it coming to Florida?? Why is the US allowing this?

If the countries at the beginning and end of the scheduled itinerary won't allow it to dock, then why aren't these cruise ships heading back to the country under which they have opted to register? This latest one, the Holland American Zaandam, is registered in the Netherlands. So, fuel up and head home. Don't make it OUR problem. MOO

A cruise ship with 42 people experiencing flu-like symptoms is headed to Florida

 

[cass523]

NJ

A Wegmans customer faces charges of terroristic threats and harassment after coughing on a worker at the grocery store chain’s Manalapan location and claiming he had the coronavirus, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday.

The governor didn’t provide many details about the incident during his daily briefing, other to say “it demonstrates active law enforcement” is ready to respond to people who violate orders put in place in reaction to the outbreak.

The unidentified man was charged with terroristic threats, harassment, and obstruction. The man, who wasn’t named, refused to identify himself or provide identification to police for 40 minutes, Murphy said.

The governor said the man was in an argument with the woman and then “coughed on the woman and told her after doing so that he had the coronavirus.”

‘Knucklehead’ who coughed on Wegmans worker charged with terroristic threats, N.J. Gov. says

 

[jjenny]

Regarding this latest cruise ship debacle: Since it left from Argentina and was scheduled to end in Chile, WHY is it coming to Florida?? Why is the US allowing this?

If the countries at the beginning and end of the scheduled itinerary won't allow it to dock, then why aren't these cruise ships heading back to the country under which they have opted to register? This latest one, the Holland American Zaandam, is registered in the Netherlands. So, fuel up and head home. Don't make it OUR problem. MOO

A cruise ship with 42 people experiencing flu-like symptoms is headed to Florida

I have no idea why US is allowing this. It's not like we need more corona cases.

 

[MsJosie]

So Sedgwick County, Wichita area in Kansas, starts “shelter in place” at midnight Tuesday or Wednesday 12:01am. One store, non essential merchandise, has decided to do their own thing, For the rest of this week, They told customers to contact them and they would be allowed to get what they needed by shopping out the back door. The owners will not be in the store every day this week....Then the owner said, next week, just call in orders and pick up the merchandise at back door. The owner said they would be there most of each day.

Can they do that? Not as I understand the rules that were set down.

It is people like this who bend the rules to fit them that hurt trying to get this virus under control.

Stay safe everyone....if people would listen we can get the curve to go down and we can resume our activities ... but it never will be like it was. This will change most of us.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I have no comment on the following article yet. I need to ponder it for awhile. I’m not sure how I feel. I’m a Cherokee & Choctaw generational lineage descendant. My older son is the supervising game tech for the Choctaw Nation casinos. They closed all casinos and corporate last week. He’s on call at home until further notice.

The Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed separate lawsuits against several insurance companies Tuesday seeking judicial rulings that financial losses to their casinos and other businesses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are covered by their business interruption insurance policies.

The insurance companies have not specifically denied that these are covered losses at this point, but such denial of coverage has taken place in Louisiana and other locations, said Michael Burrage of Whitten Burrage, the Oklahoma City law firm that filed the lawsuits on behalf of the tribes.

Burrage said the lawsuits simply seek declaratory judgments that these are covered losses.

In an effort to help stem the spread of COVID-19 in Oklahoma,the Chickasaw, Choctaw and other Oklahoma tribes have temporarily closed their casinos, resulting in yet to be determined financial losses. The tribes also operate hotels, travel plazas and other businesses that have been impacted in various ways by the virus.
Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Tribes sue insurance companies over business interruption coverage

 

[Ursamajr]

Spring breaker who went viral after saying 'If I get corona, I get corona' apologizes

I... yeah I don't... yeah. Yeah hold on I need to calm my breathing. What can I say thats nice... um... I'm glad he has apologized and has seen the error of his ways. I hope that little @#$! didn't pass COVID to anyone. Sorry. Sorry. Breathe.

 

[Henry2326]

So that leaves 330 million that are still alive. Couldn't those 330 million get back to work?

Which 330 million do you want to send? Who has the virus, who doesnt....
That's why testing is imperative....without it, we will spread it continously.....

 

[bluedivergirl]

Do you remember getting the smallpox shot in your upper arm that looked like little polka dots? I can still see mine.

Mine was given on my upper thigh. Peds told my mom he gave the vaccine there because the scar would fade more.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Mine was given on my upper thigh. Peds told my mom he gave the vaccine there because the scar would fade more.

Did it? Can you still see it?

 

[Ursamajr]

That is an impressive young man. Read the whole thing, very mature.

What are the chances that he wrote that. Because he put his name was out there, I would be shocked if the family didn't employ and have a spokesperson write this.

 

[Lilibet]

This was one of my biggest fears when I started following all of this (in February? Feels like 10 years ago at this point). I made sure to get my son's inhalers refilled then so I have some on hand. I still have his nebulizer that he used when he was younger and I've held onto it in case of emergency. Now I'm glad I did. Very scary for people with asthma to be without their inhalers.

Be careful with the nebulizer though. Coronavirus apparently was spread in the air at the nursing home in WA partly due to use of nebulizers...before they realized they were dealing with COVID-19.


Firefighters are now grappling with the idea that coronavirus may have already been circulating at Life Care for weeks and that they, and Life Care workers, residents and visitors, had not been warned to take precautions, And that they may have inadvertently helped spread the virus farther.

In the days leading up to last Friday, Life Care staff and first responders were using nebulizers and CPAP machines to treat patients. “We essentially aerosolized it,” one first responder said, because before last Friday, that was standard protocol to treat patients.

“We made it worse,” he said.

The ominous days leading up to the coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area

 

[jjenny]

What are the chances that he wrote that. Because he put his name was out there, I would be shocked if the family didn't employ and have a spokesperson write this.

My feelings exactly. I kind of doubt he wrote it himself.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Critical inhaler medication shortage looms as coronavirus cases soar
I found this out today when trying to get a refill on one of my daily inhalers. None in stock.

I'm sorry to hear this. Thankfully, I have not needed to use ProAir for many months and always have a spare in my purse. I do one puff daily of Qvar (cortico-steroid) to control my cough variant asthma. When last prescribed, I got a 90-day supply and have only used one so far.