Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #31

[PayrollNerd]

OT: Isn't today the day that @PayrollNerd was going to look for a dog?? I need a PUPdate on this very important situation!

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

 

[LadyL]

Single mom of 6 who beat stage 4 breast cancer dies from coronavirus

 

[zecats]

for anyone who can’t access that link (I couldn’t for some reason) here’s the link to coumos executive order with the details

Guidance on Executive Order 202.6 | Empire State Development

Here, I'll just post the list

List of essential businesses (allowed to remain open):

Healthcare

• Research and laboratory services
• Hospitals
• Walk-in care health facilities
• Veterinary and animal health services
• Elder care
• Medical wholesale and distribution
• Home health care workers and aides
• Doctor and dentist offices
• Nursing homes, residential health care facilities, congregate care facilities
• Medical supplies and equipment providers

Infrastructure / Transportation

• Utilities (power generation, fuel supply and transmission)
• Public water and wastewater
• Telecommunications and data centers
• Airports and airlines
• Bus, rail, for-hire vehicles, garages

Manufacturing

• Food processing (food and beverage)
• Chemicals
• Medical equipment and instruments
• Pharmaceuticals
• Safety and sanitary products
• Telecommunications
• Microelectronics and semiconductors
• Agriculture and farms
• Paper products

Retail

• Grocery stores (all food and beverage stores)
• Pharmacies
• Convenience stores
• Farmer’s markets
• Gas stations
• Restaurants and bars (take-out / delivery only)
• Food delivery services
• Hardware and building material stores

Services

• Trash and recycling collection, processing and disposal
• Mail and shipping
• Laundromats and dry cleaning
• Building cleaning and maintenance
• Child care
• Auto repair
• Warehouse (distribution and fulfillment)
• Funeral homes, crematoriums and cemeteries
• Storage (for essential businesses)
• Animal shelters, care or management

Finance

• Banks
• Insurance
• Payroll
• Accounting

Technology

• Logistics
• Technology support

Construction

• Electricians
• Plumbers
• Emergency repair
• Construction related to essential infrastructure

Safety

• Law enforcement
• Fire prevention and response
• Building code enforcement
• Security
• Emergency management and response
• Defense and national security (U.S. government and contractors)

Sanitation

• Building cleaners and janitors
• General maintenance
• Disinfection

Other

• News media
• Homeless shelters
• Congregate care facilities
• Food banks
• Residential facilities
• Doormen
• Essential government services
• Government-owned or leased buildings

Non-essential businesses (ordered to close)

• Barbershops and hair salons
• Tattoo and piercing salons
• Nail salons
• Other personal care service such as hair removal businesses
• Casinos
• Gyms and fitness centers
• Theaters
• Retail shopping malls
• Amusement parks
• Bowling alleys

 

[PommyMommy]

Coronavirus Update (Live): 274,078 Cases and 11,352 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer

Coronavirus Cases: 274,077

Deaths: 11,354

Recovered: 90,622

Active Cases (Currently Infected Patients): 172,101

Closed Cases (Cases which had an outcome): 101,976

 

[LadyL]

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

thank you for giving her a happy ending!

 

[CeeCeeCat]

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

Squueee! What a beautiful girl. Athena, you can relax now, little one. You’re in good hands and - as our vet tells each new arrival here - for the first time in your life, you’ve landed with your paws in the butter.

 

[Really?]

“California’s nearly $50-billion agricultural industry is bracing for a potential labor shortfall that could hinder efforts to maintain the nation’s fresh produce supply amid the widening coronavirus outbreak.

The immediate concern centers on a backlog in the recruitment of foreign guest workers because of the virus-related shutdown of consul offices processing agricultural H2-A visas in Mexico.

The expected bottleneck in recruitment of temporary agricultural workers arises weeks before harvest time for crops such as strawberries and lettuce that heavily depend on the foreign crews along the state’s central coast and in Salinas Valley, according to growers and labor contractors.”

-more at link

Erm........there are plenty of people not working to fill these spots........I mean ....in a pinch. No?

 

[Gardener1850]

Chloroquine is not a miracle drug.

It is an old old drug that is losing efficacy in much of the world, in combating specific types of malaria.

And it is a nasty drug to take, with very unpleasant side effects that make it poorly tolerated as an anti-malarial drug for long term use

I'm glad Dr. Faucci keeps stepping in to correct the non-medical enthusiasm about it's use.

Here are a list of it's side effects:

• Anxiety

• attempts at killing oneself

• back, leg, or stomach pains

• black, tarry stools

• bleeding gums

• blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin

• blood in the urine or stools

• blurred or decreased vision

• change in near or distance vision

• chest discomfort or pain

• chills

• cold sweats

• confusion

• continuing ringing or buzzing or other unexplained noise in the ears

• cough

• dark urine

• diarrhea

• difficulty in focusing the eyes

• difficulty with speaking

• difficulty with swallowing

• disturbed color perception

• dizziness

• dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position

• double vision

• drooling

• fast, slow, irregular, or pounding heartbeat

• feeling that others are watching you or controlling your behavior

• feeling that others can hear your thoughts

• feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there

• fever

• general tiredness and weakness

• halos around lights

• headache

• hearing loss

• inability to move the eyes

• increased blinking or spasms of the eyelid

• joint or muscle pain

• large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs

• light-colored stools

• loss of balance control

• lower back or side pain

• muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness

• muscular pain, tenderness, wasting, or weakness

• night blindness

• nausea

• overbright appearance of lights

• painful or difficult urination

• pale skin

• pinpoint red spots on the skin

• puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue

• red skin lesions, often with a purple center

• red, irritated eyes

• restlessness

• shuffling walk

• skin rash, hives, or itching

• sore throat

• sores, ulcers, or white spots on the lips or in the mouth

• sticking out of the tongue

• stiffness of the limbs

• sweating

• swollen or painful glands

• tightness in the chest

• trouble breathing

• tunnel vision

• twitching, twisting, or uncontrolled repetitive movements of the tongue, lips, face, arms, or legs

• uncontrolled movements, especially of the face, neck, and back

• unusual bleeding or bruising

• unusual tiredness or weakness

• upper right abdominal or stomach pain

• vomiting

• yellow eyes and skin

We've stopped taking it now that we are negative for Corona Virus and our fevers lifted days ago, but we didn't have ANY of those side effects at all. All drugs have long lists of "possible" side effects, but some people also experience no side effects at all. Everyone needs to check with their dr for anything they take because everyone has different personal reactions, health conditions and other meds that may interact. MOO.

 

[Oddsocks]

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

Yay! Beautiful Athena! <3

 

[Henry2326]

CALIFORNIA....have tested 2400 out of 10 MILLION PEOPLE.....GEEZ....10% positive....

#LIVE: According to L.A. County officials, you can be negative for #coronavirus today and positive tomorrow, so take the "Safer at Home" order seriously. If you leave the house for an essential outing, use social distancing. LA County, city issue new 'Safer at Home' restrictions on businesses, activities ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter
ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter

#LIVE: As of March 18, about 2,400 people have been tested for #coronavirus in L.A. County, 10% tested positive. LA County, city issue new 'Safer at Home' restrictions on businesses, activities ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter

#LIVE: 61 new cases of the #coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours for LA County. The median age for the cases is about 47 years old. LA County, city issue new 'Safer at Home' restrictions on businesses, activities ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter
ABC7 Eyewitness News on Twitter

 

[SkylarSid]

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

Aww. You can look at her and tell that she is going to loving and wonderful family member.

 

[Henry2326]

GERMANY

In Berlin, the majority of the 868 people positively tested for #SARSCoV2 are below 40y old - 10 less than 5y. Just 44 are hospitalized, 18 need intense care - and one patient now died. Coronavirus: Derzeit 868 bestätigte Fälle in Berlin - Berlin.de #COVID19
Hinnerk Feldwisch-Drentrup on Twitter

 

[papillon2126]

Yesssss!!! We just got her at 1:30 today! This is Athena. She is 5 years old. She had an unexpected surgery this morning to be spayed because another appointment was cancelled. So she is on the struggle bus for sure. Walks like she’s drunk. Pain meds and antibiotics for a bit.

Quiet, shy, housebroken and looked terribly guilty for throwing up on the rug. I told her it was ok. She loves the backyard and watches the planes go overhead. The squirrels are sitting in the oak tree squawking like crazy. She keeps looking up at them.

She appears to have been neglected and may have had puppies in the last year. Her skin is in rough shape. She came from a couple counties away. I suspect she’s had a rough time of it recently. She will blossom here I’m sure.

Oh, I'm so glad that she has someone like you to love and take care of her. It sounds like your home and yard is just what she needs and just wait and see what she gives you in return!!

 

[mickey2942]

More than 90 hours of puppies and kittens on TV is happening - CNN

I have been watching "Too Cute" every night this week. We can't have enough baby animal time, right now!

 

[Simply Southern]

SITTING ON MY HANDS......AND BITING MY LIP....

President Trump does not think a national lockdown order is needed as the US continues to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Trump doesn't think a national lockdown order is "necessary"

I've been on the fence with my feeling about a national lockdown. We need it, should do it, but.....should we not let folks in areas with no active cases continue to work. We need production to continue for food and meat processing plants, factories making medical supplies, etc. Yes, restaurants and bars, social gatherings are a must, closing schools, nationwide, but each local community and state need to make those decisions.

Yes, coming from the one who has a Governor who does NOTHING. The only way Virginia will close is if tbe President or Amazon does it. Amazon owns Northam.

Moo

 

[Henry2326]

SOUTH CAROLINA

Just In - State health officials investigating 45 new cases of coronavirus in South Carolina
The new cases include one in Charleston County, one in Berkeley County, and two in Orangeburg County State health officials investigating 45 new cases of coronavirus in South Carolina #chsnews #scnews
Live5News on Twitter

 

[afitzy]

Mask Project Links:

The mask posted by Deaconess Hospital is CDC approved design. Here is article that discusses this issue further:

Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff

Here is a FB Group based in Pacific NW (people from all over the US are part of the group) and they have a mask design and much information on their page. IDK if their mask is CDC compliant but it appears they have multiple medical places in the PNW signing up to take their masks. They have 2 patterns on the FB Page and videos for construction guidance.

Crafters Against Covid-19 ***PDX***

 

[Henry2326]

I hope @elonmusk is sincere with his willingness to manufacturer ventilators. If his @SpaceX already makes life support systems for astronauts, then he can mobilize the resources to make ventilators for #COVID19. Elon Musk offers to make ventilators for coronavirus patients | Space
Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter

 

[Sundog]

Made in Italy, by Chinese workers

This is very sad, so much human misery, like the Turkish immigrants in Germany, Mexican immigrants in the United States, Haitians in Quebec, and many others in so many countries and states.

 

[Henry2326]

OKLAHOMA

BREAKING: I’ve just been informed @Paycom CEO and Founder Chad Richison plans to donate $2 million to Oklahoma Food Bank.
He also sent this letter to @GovStitt urging him to take swift action to protect Oklahomans. Abigail Ogle on Twitter

Abigail Ogle on Twitter