Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #29

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Ohio State University's president announced today that two members of the university community have tested positive for coronavirus and are self isolating. One person just returned from travel to the west coast, and the other to the east coast.
Students have already left for remote learning, so this is probably administrators, faculty or staff. MOO
Perfect, they covered both coasts.....not!
 
It is all over the United States now and running rampart. So many are taking precautions - for weeks people have been buying up all the cleaning supplies and yet it is still marching.
Our local news had a gym owner on, during his segment he sprayed Lysol on a machine, then immediately wiped it off.
Lol.
 
I just received a call from one of my alternating physical therapists. All Beaumont Hospital non-essential services will remain closed for now by order of CDC. My therapist asked me a couple of questions about my progress in treatment thus far, and I reminded her that I had only had four sessions following my initial intake evaluation. My PCP recommended 8-12 weeks of physical therapy for bursitis in my right hip, so I doubt that I am anywhere near termination of treatment. I want my case to remain open and hope to continue therapy when the outpatient facility reopens. I made a list of all my stretches/exercises and can continue to make progress at home. Hopefully, I will not lose ground during the lapse in active therapy.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you and your families. I'm taking frequent breaks from COVID-19 discussion and media coverage. I need to maintain a calm spirit and positive attitude.
 
Don’t forget to wipe your car door handles down. I did a mini detailing in mine yesterday.

Thank You for the good advice. It bears repeating and BBM. I haven't seen my car in a long time. Unground parking, I was wondering if it was worth visiting it. How many days can a car sit there without being started in mild climate?
 
‘Cannot survive:’ Las Vegas mayor asks governor to reduce business shutdown

Of course. Because casinos are essential! Public health crisis is irrelevant.

Mayor Goodman had her chance to make a responsible decision, to close businesses until April 1st, at least. When she didn't provide the leadership, the governor stepped up.

Mayor Goodman has a demonstrated lack of public responsibility to her constituents in Las Vegas.

The casinos are the only livelihood for more than half a million people. It's going to be a very tough year for millions.

And I doubt there will be any rational plan for reopening things, either.
 
I think a long time. I have one I rarely drive, but when I wanna get her out, she starts right up.
Thank You for the good advice. It bears repeating and BBM. I haven't seen my car in a long time. Unground parking, I was wondering if it was worth visiting it. How many days can a car sit there without being started in mild climate?
 
I am not so sure about this..Florida and S.C. have had sunshine and warmth and the cases keep mounting. Kenya, Sudan and other warm and sunny locations also have increasing case loads.
yes, close to 90 for last 10 days even here in Central florida.
FLORIDA
100 NEW CASES since yesterday evening.
Community Spread heavy in Broward Co. and
Miami-Dade Co.
Governor says order for 500,000 swabs for testing have NOT arrived.
Also need PPE for frontline healthcare people.
Testing is still stifled due to lack of components.
7 deaths so far.
Orlando Mayor says all local hospitals are at
capacity w/ untested respiratory and pneumonia problems.
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a84116-6851-11ea-b199-3a9799c54512_story.html

A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies

If Britain and the United States pursued more-ambitious measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, to slow but not necessarily stop the epidemic over the coming few months, they could reduce mortality by half, to 260,000 people in the United Kingdom and 1.1 million in the United States.
 
Happy about the Navy ship coming to NYC, but it's going to take awhile, bbm

"When will Navy hospital ships deploy?
@ChiefPentSpox
says USNS Comfort is undergoing maintenance in Norfolk that is 'not a days issue, it's a weeks issue.' USNS Mercy in San Diego is 'ready to go much sooner' in 'days not weeks.'"

Elizabeth McLaughlin on Twitter

If only it had undergone maintenance sooner?

jmo

I found this in the WAVE, local paper in Norfolk, the Pilot has a pay wall.

Norfolk-based USNS Comfort ‘floating hospital’ heading to New York City to give aid during outbreak

The Comfort would be used to treat patients with other medical needs and not those diagnosed with the coronavirus, the Navy emphasized.
 
So
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a84116-6851-11ea-b199-3a9799c54512_story.html

A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies

If Britain and the United States pursued more-ambitious measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, to slow but not necessarily stop the epidemic over the coming few months, they could reduce mortality by half, to 260,000 people in the United Kingdom and 1.1 million in the United States.
So difficult to comprehend 1.1 mil are expected to die. Well actually 2.2.
 
Oh Costco.....

Coronavirus: Costco Corporate Employee Dies But Campus Remains Open

Quotes from article:

An employee who worked at Costco Wholesale’s corporate headquarters near Seattle died Sunday after contracting the coronavirus disease COVID-19, according to an internal email obtained by BuzzFeed News, and some employees are upset the company is refusing to fully close the campus or direct all employees to work from home.

“The company has handled everything very poorly,” a Costco employee, who works in a nearby building on the campus and who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of losing her job, told BuzzFeed News. “Someone died and they’re still keeping the building open and having us come in.”

"Employees have to choose between a check or their health," said a second employee, who also asked to remain anonymous.

News of the employee’s death was first published by the Seattle radio station KTTH late Tuesday.

When contacted for comment by BuzzFeed News, a Costco spokesperson responded after this story was first published. She said the company had received several media inquiries about their response to the coronavirus outbreak and their measures to keep shoppers safe. "Costco is not staffed to respond individually to all these questions," she wrote. "While this statement may not specifically address your inquiry, please understand that we will not be able to respond to your specific questions."

For the past few weeks, Costco has kept its sprawling campus in Issaquah, Washington, open and its several thousand workers in the office, as employees voiced concerns and fears about their health and safety as the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to mount in the region.

“What is [it] going to take for Costco Execs to change their path?” one staffer wrote on an employee bulletin board March 6, when the county’s death toll had hit 10. “More cases? More deaths? A sudden quarantine that interrupts the whole campus?”


On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an emergency aid bill for the state after the number of confirmed cases topped 1,000. The bulk of patients, 569, live in King County and of the 52 people who have died in the state as of Tuesday, 43 of them were from that area.

Radio station KUOW reported earlier this month on a Costco memo requiring workers to continue to come into the office despite hundreds of other Seattle companies, including behemoths like Amazon and Microsoft, following health officials’ directives to let employees work from home.

In the email sent March 4, viewed by BuzzFeed News, the company’s senior leaders, led by CEO Craig Jelinek, explained that that while “some local companies are reportedly allowing employees to work from home,” Costco is a “retail business” and “a great number of Costco employees locally and across the country cannot work from home.”

Thus, Costco executives said, corporate employees must continue to go to the office to “support our retail business.”

“The decision may be unpopular with some, but we consider it a matter of equity and fairness,” they wrote.

Costco leadership said that employees who were unwell or at a higher risk of catching the virus could use their sick leave or PTO to stay home and that “these absences will be excused.”

A Costco employee told the Seattle Times earlier this month that the company has “every ability to let employees work from home and many successfully have and do.”
 
I'm going to weigh in here, give my wisdom, no charge :)

Humble eh? Just kiddin'.

My wife and I are in self quarantine. We're not going out. We don't have Covid-19, but we're going to lay low for a few days, likely for a few weeks, possibly longer.

I began to prep back in January. I saw the writing on the wall. I highly recommend, if able, build a supply of canned goods, rice, dried beans, pasta, pasta sauce, honey, sugar (if you use it), oatmeal in quantity, and grits.

I stocked up on soaps, paper products, and drinks too.

I am thinking this issue could carry on for quite some time, a range of 6 to 18 months or so.

I have a daughter who is an RN in a U.S. Hospital Emergency room. Pray for her.

I am confident we'll get through this time. Be smart. Wash your hands. Stay away from others. Stay home. Go for groceries. Otherwise, stay home. Order groceries and have them delivered if you can. Otherwise, stay home. Do not have close proximity interaction with anyone. Stay home.

Did I say stay home? Yes, if you can. Self quarantine. Only go out if you need food and/or water. Otherwise, stay home.

My wife and I, we will wait this one out. Sure, we had plans for the summer, but it appears they will not unfold for us. So be it.

It is a good time to check in with your neighbor, make sure they are ok, and have what they need. You could wash your hands well, disinfect to the best of your ability, and leave a care package at their door if they need something.

carry on.
 
Our local news had a gym owner on, during his segment he sprayed Lysol on a machine, then immediately wiped it off.
Lol.
I guess that made him feel safe. Maybe they need to plaster the guidelines everywhere how long the wet solution has to stay on the surface for it to be effective. And BTW, it take hand sanitizer three minutes to kill viruses according to my NP friend, but it can be a little faster if you vigorously rub it into your hands. The friction (which is what we do in proper hand washing) is what kills it.
 
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