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The say it can remain on vegetables for 24 hours, pick up vegetables with surgical gloves/food handlers gloves and just wash outside home.
COVID-19 in The USA
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The say it can remain on vegetables for 24 hours, pick up vegetables with surgical gloves/food handlers gloves and just wash outside home.
I have two nieces, one nephew and two brothers in law that work in healthcare. One brother in law hasn't slowed down because his practice is considered an "essential service." The other is a dentist and is only seeing emergency patients. He's still paying his employees even though they may not do anything for days at a time. I just talked to him a few minutes ago, and he is expecting some government assistance with paying the employees. The two nieces are nurses and have both been sent home. The nephew is a doctor doing his residency at Temple and he says the hospital is a ghost town right now waiting for the COVID-19 influx.
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The hospitals cutting healthcare workers pay and benefits is really alarming considering the storm that’s about to hit. I hope the govt steps in and helps out with this soon.
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Manufacturing 'sophisticated' ventilators to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients
Apr. 01, 2020 - 1:57 - Scott Whitaker, Advamed CEO, explains the complicated process of manufacturing ventilators and how his company is working around the clock to meet demand
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6146310548001#sp=show-clips
Apr. 01, 2020 - 1:57 - Scott Whitaker, Advamed CEO, explains the complicated process of manufacturing ventilators and how his company is working around the clock to meet demand
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6146310548001#sp=show-clips
As a critical care physician, feel that my comment bears some weight. It is true that mechanical ventilators are very sophisticated. In an emergency however, history has demonstrated that improvisation is possible using dedicated personnel and simple cheap circuitry that is available everywhere. In my experience this mode of ventilation combined with current methods of monitoring could easily be applied during the current pandemic.
See reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351016/
See reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351016/
The Russians are coming, the russians are coming.......................... bring Aid to the US https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/01/russia-sends-planeload-medical-supplies-us/
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A staggering 1,400 NYPD officers have tested positive for coronavirus — and the 911 calls keep coming
https://www.theblaze.com/news/a-sta...or-coronavirus--and-the-911-calls-keep-coming
https://www.theblaze.com/news/a-sta...or-coronavirus--and-the-911-calls-keep-coming
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A virus expert out of a research facility in Massachusetts that's working with the Government was explaining the research on Foxnews. I don't know if it was a slip but he mentioned the National Virus Depository being located in Galveston Texas and researchers from around the world do research out of their on viruses.
My first thought, I was born their, second thought, damn place does get hurricanes, third thought, it's a flat small island
sigh
My first thought, I was born their, second thought, damn place does get hurricanes, third thought, it's a flat small island
sigh
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/coronavirus-texas-austin-spring-break-cabo.html
28 Texas Students Have Coronavirus After Spring Break Trip
A group of about 70 students from the University of Texas at Austin celebrated spring break in Mexico, but returned to find that 28 had tested positive. Dozens more are being monitored.
College students from all over the country crowded the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on March 11. Students also traveled to spring break destinations in Mexico, Alabama, Tennessee and elsewhere, and some of them are now testing positive for the coronavirus.Credit...Saul Martinez for The New York Times
By David Montgomery and Manny Fernandez
I know these kids are young and dumb, but isn't it odd that 28 got infected in Mexico..where the numbers are pretty low?
Now, 28 of them have tested positive for the virus and are self-isolating. Dozens more are under quarantine and are being monitored and tested, university officials said Wednesday.
PRANKSTERS IN A PANDEMIC
Some bad behavior has crossed the line into criminal terrorist acts.
The Austin outbreak is the latest to result from a group of college students who ignored social-distancing guidelines, went on traditional spring break trips and have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Many of them appeared to be under the mistaken impression that young people were not as vulnerable to the coronavirus as older people. Students at the University of Tampa, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and other colleges have tested positive after returning from spring break trips to Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and elsewhere.
The defiant attitude, at a time when millions of Americans were hunkered down at home and staying away from school, work and relatives, was embodied by Brady Sluder, a young man on spring break in Miami who declared on a packed beach in a widely shared television interview: “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.” Mr. Sluder later apologized on Instagram.
THE GREAT LEVELER
Regardless of wealth, hospitals are all facing shortage of equipment in Los Angeles.
In Austin, health officials with the city government and the university have contacted every young person who was on the chartered plane, using flight manifests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the authorities said. City health officials used the case to urge residents of all ages to stay home and to avoid nonessential travel. Four of the 28 students who tested positive had not shown any symptoms of the coronavirus.
“The virus often hides in the healthy and is given to those who are at grave risk of being hospitalized or dying,” Dr. Mark E. Escott, the interim medical director and health authority for the city of Austin and Travis County, said in a statement. “While younger people have less risk for complications, they are not immune from severe illness and death from Covid-19,” the disease caused by the coronavirus.
FLORIDA SHELTER IN PLACE
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, said on Wednesday that he will order the state’s more than 21 million residents to largely stay at home.
U.T. Austin canceled classes on March 13 and resumed instruction online on Monday.
“The incident is a very strong reminder of the importance of taking seriously the warnings of public health authorities on the risks of Covid-19,” said J.B. Bird, director of media relations at the university.
I know they shouldn't have gone on this trip. Isn't it odd that 28 got infected on the trip in Mexico where the numbers are low?
28 Texas Students Have Coronavirus After Spring Break Trip
A group of about 70 students from the University of Texas at Austin celebrated spring break in Mexico, but returned to find that 28 had tested positive. Dozens more are being monitored.
College students from all over the country crowded the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on March 11. Students also traveled to spring break destinations in Mexico, Alabama, Tennessee and elsewhere, and some of them are now testing positive for the coronavirus.Credit...Saul Martinez for The New York Times
By David Montgomery and Manny Fernandez
I know these kids are young and dumb, but isn't it odd that 28 got infected in Mexico..where the numbers are pretty low?
- April 1, 2020Updated 3:22 p.m. ET
Now, 28 of them have tested positive for the virus and are self-isolating. Dozens more are under quarantine and are being monitored and tested, university officials said Wednesday.
PRANKSTERS IN A PANDEMIC
Some bad behavior has crossed the line into criminal terrorist acts.
The Austin outbreak is the latest to result from a group of college students who ignored social-distancing guidelines, went on traditional spring break trips and have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Many of them appeared to be under the mistaken impression that young people were not as vulnerable to the coronavirus as older people. Students at the University of Tampa, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and other colleges have tested positive after returning from spring break trips to Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and elsewhere.
The defiant attitude, at a time when millions of Americans were hunkered down at home and staying away from school, work and relatives, was embodied by Brady Sluder, a young man on spring break in Miami who declared on a packed beach in a widely shared television interview: “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.” Mr. Sluder later apologized on Instagram.
THE GREAT LEVELER
Regardless of wealth, hospitals are all facing shortage of equipment in Los Angeles.
In Austin, health officials with the city government and the university have contacted every young person who was on the chartered plane, using flight manifests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the authorities said. City health officials used the case to urge residents of all ages to stay home and to avoid nonessential travel. Four of the 28 students who tested positive had not shown any symptoms of the coronavirus.
“The virus often hides in the healthy and is given to those who are at grave risk of being hospitalized or dying,” Dr. Mark E. Escott, the interim medical director and health authority for the city of Austin and Travis County, said in a statement. “While younger people have less risk for complications, they are not immune from severe illness and death from Covid-19,” the disease caused by the coronavirus.
FLORIDA SHELTER IN PLACE
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, said on Wednesday that he will order the state’s more than 21 million residents to largely stay at home.
U.T. Austin canceled classes on March 13 and resumed instruction online on Monday.
“The incident is a very strong reminder of the importance of taking seriously the warnings of public health authorities on the risks of Covid-19,” said J.B. Bird, director of media relations at the university.
I know they shouldn't have gone on this trip. Isn't it odd that 28 got infected on the trip in Mexico where the numbers are low?
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Yep, all kinds of nasty viruses are kept there. It's well known about around here..
TexasFreedom
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A personal story. A friend is a nurse, call him Bob. Bob was told a couple of weeks ago to stay home (surgical nurse, no surgeries planned). Oh, did I mention he's in one of the 'hot' states/cities? Bob's wife was a confirmed CoVid 19 case a week ago (also in medical field). Youngest teenage kid also showing signs, awaiting results. Most likely positive as well. Hospital calls Bob back to work, need help. They give Bob one N95 mask & tell him to write his name on it, it'll be the only one he gets this week. Other nurses tell Bob that he's working all the CoVid19 cases, since he's already been exposed. Did I mention that Bob hasn't been tested yet? He said all of the 'rules' have been thrown out and they're doing everything ad hoc. All kinds of rules are being broken to keep things running. Lots of cases. Moving CoVid patients around the hospital is 'creative' (draping bags/fabric over them to catch airborne droplets).
He didn't mention that they are out of ventilators or that they're out of beds yet. Everyone in the hospital is scared sh**less. Complete unchartered territory. Imagine what it's like in 2nd/3rd world countries?
He didn't mention that they are out of ventilators or that they're out of beds yet. Everyone in the hospital is scared sh**less. Complete unchartered territory. Imagine what it's like in 2nd/3rd world countries?
Brent S
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I’m really greatful I got out of the medical field years ago. I can’t say how much I admire them right now for trying to help others though in a terrible situation.
The national guard have been nationalized. I predict the military draft will be activated this year as well. I also predict we will be attacked and at war sometimes this year.
In 12 hours we went from seven states with over 100 deaths to ten now. By tomorrow it may be twelve.US States with 100 or more deaths from COVID-19 as of 1 Apr 2020
New York .. 1,714 (+164 +11%)
New Jersey .. 267 (+69 +35%)
Michigan .... 259 (+75 +41%)
Washington .. 225 (+15 +7%)
Louisiana ... 239 (+54 +29%)
California .. 181 (+32 +21%)
Georgia ..... 125 (+23 +23%)
Brent S
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I hope your wrong about being attacked as we have enough problems allready.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...mble-to-brace-for-peak-crisis-is-15172994.php
New York's scramble to brace for peak crisis is warning for rest of U.S.
NEW YORK - The Empire State Building blinked red this week as New York became ground zero in the international battle against the coronavirus - a siren not just for battered Manhattan but for state and local authorities across the country racing to avoid a similar fate.
New cases this week drove the state's total above 75,000, surpassing China's Hubei province, where the virus emerged in December. The grim milestone was recorded as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, acknowledged having underestimated how overwhelming the situation would become. "It's more dangerous than we expected," he said.
That miscalculation, made especially stark by the rapid rate of infection in densely populated New York City, has forced the state to transform itself. Officials have sought to outpace a mounting death toll by pooling resources, erecting field hospitals, coaxing health-care workers out of retirement, pleading for reinforcements and desperately angling to outbid other states for lifesaving breathing devices and other equipment.
New York's scramble to brace for peak crisis is warning for rest of U.S.
NEW YORK - The Empire State Building blinked red this week as New York became ground zero in the international battle against the coronavirus - a siren not just for battered Manhattan but for state and local authorities across the country racing to avoid a similar fate.
New cases this week drove the state's total above 75,000, surpassing China's Hubei province, where the virus emerged in December. The grim milestone was recorded as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, acknowledged having underestimated how overwhelming the situation would become. "It's more dangerous than we expected," he said.
That miscalculation, made especially stark by the rapid rate of infection in densely populated New York City, has forced the state to transform itself. Officials have sought to outpace a mounting death toll by pooling resources, erecting field hospitals, coaxing health-care workers out of retirement, pleading for reinforcements and desperately angling to outbid other states for lifesaving breathing devices and other equipment.
That's the type of attack that's expected. Sabotage of our power grids.
DirtDiva
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...s-keep-control-federal-government-foots-bill/
Trump’s initial order called for National Guard troops in the three-hardest hit states — New York, California, and Washington — to operate under what is called Title 32. Under this federalized status, Guard troops still report to the governor, but the government picks up the cost. Normally, it is a 75-25 split, with states picking up the smaller portion, but Trump waived that split and the federal government will absorb the entire cost.
More states are expected to seek Title 32 status as the need arises, Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, told reporters Sunday night.
The move is important, said Lengyel, because “governors and adjutant generals know the best use of what’s needed in their states,. This will help with unity of effort and speed of responses.”
Though Guard troops won’t be used to enforce shelter in place or quarantine, they can be used to assist in law enforcement efforts, Lengyel said, something routine during other national disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and large fires.
Trump’s initial order called for National Guard troops in the three-hardest hit states — New York, California, and Washington — to operate under what is called Title 32. Under this federalized status, Guard troops still report to the governor, but the government picks up the cost. Normally, it is a 75-25 split, with states picking up the smaller portion, but Trump waived that split and the federal government will absorb the entire cost.
More states are expected to seek Title 32 status as the need arises, Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, told reporters Sunday night.
The move is important, said Lengyel, because “governors and adjutant generals know the best use of what’s needed in their states,. This will help with unity of effort and speed of responses.”
Though Guard troops won’t be used to enforce shelter in place or quarantine, they can be used to assist in law enforcement efforts, Lengyel said, something routine during other national disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and large fires.
They will be needed when the natives get restless, especially in NYC and LA.
