Coronavirus

[Fradi]

Here there is no issue with masks anymore, you can by thousands if you want at Cosco, Walmart or every pharmacy.
No issue with buying hand sanitizer or protective gloves either. I bought a couple of KN95 masks ( made in China) at Walmart $6.90 each.
The only item still hard to come by is Clorox wipes. Managed to pick up two 80per canisters at my local Pharmacy last week.
Other than that grocery stores are full you can get pretty much anything you want like before, prices on some items have increased slightly.
People here seem to be abiding by the rules and wearing masks inside all public buildings, so that is good news.

 

[The Nature Boy]

I don’t think K-95’s are same as n-95’s?

The only mask that an individual who wants to protect themselves from assholes is a N-95. That’s my understanding. Some person wanting protection from people who think covid is a cold and a mask is not needed will not be served by a surgical mask. Not with a cloth covering.

I can tell you in UK we have to keep N-95 for a day, longer if possible. Like they tell us if it’s not soiled after a day wear it another. They are tough to find at a chemists/pharmacy. Amazon will deliver a month out, again, these are n-95 masks. If your vulnerable a surgical
Mask or face cloth won’t do shit unless the other person your with is wearing one. And if your in a country where people think covid is made up bullshit, well? Here in U.K. it’s not a political thing about wearing masks. It’s an asshole/Karen thing. My family in the states can’t get N-95 readily. My colleagues have to use them sparingly in the states. I would defer to my Canadian colleagues to weigh in on what N-95’s are in CHUM or the Jewish hospital for example. I know @ CHUS you can get them, but not as readily as pre covid.

 

[IamNY]

No surprise here, looks like the border shut down is being extended 30 more days:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-us-border-closure-extended-1.5725589

 

[cloudsurf]

No surprise is right. The US is still number 1 in the world in cases and deaths.
Some countries are planning or even implementing a second total shut down. Are they in a second wave ?
Israel is a good example of what happens when a government lets their guard down. From less than a hundred cases a day in June to 4000 a day in September.
Winter will be bad . The world is close to a million deaths and since countries in Asia and South America are under reporting deaths....who really knows.
The flu , colds and covid19 combining for a 3 punch in a couple of months.
How effective will the covid19 vax be and when will it be distributed to the general population ?
The only solution I have is what science is telling us. Stay away from crowds, sanitize and wash hands, and wear a mask.
Speaking for myself.....I`m bending my own rules, and I`m not a hermit completely.

 

[IamNY]

No surprise is right. The US is still number 1 in the world in cases and deaths.
Some countries are planning or even implementing a second total shut down. Are they in a second wave ?
Israel is a good example of what happens when a government lets their guard down. From less than a hundred cases a day in June to 4000 a day in September.
Winter will be bad . The world is close to a million deaths and since countries in Asia and South America are under reporting deaths....who really knows.
The flu , colds and covid19 combining for a 3 punch in a couple of months.
How effective will the covid19 vax be and when will it be distributed to the general population ?
The only solution I have is what science is telling us. Stay away from crowds, sanitize and wash hands, and wear a mask.
Speaking for myself.....I`m bending my own rules, and I`m not a hermit completely.

Not for long, India will pass the US in another week or two. The coronavirus hasn't mutated so a second wave doesn't look like its's going to happen. A second shutdown is not a second wave. Winter might not be as bad as we think. I'm not a doctor, but right now many people are cleaning hands, wearing masks, social distancing and taking the yearly flu vaccine so hopefully that will limit the amount of influenza this year. And with the coronavirus vaccine expected in the next few months we might have a reasonable chance for normalcy by the summer. Science is definitely the way to go, cleaning hands, masks, social distancing, I can totally agree with you there.

 

[sene5hos]

Fauci: US could see up to 200,000 deaths

<p>NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hot spots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country.</p>

www.timesleader.com

NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hot spots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the dire prediction of fatalities on CNN, adding that millions in the U.S. could become infected.

It was March 29, and we're almost at 200,000

 

[The Nature Boy]

More fake news by the dishonest media just writing about any ol thing and person. Must we believe this 1/68648382837293738273738373827382383848384848484841829383937393373837283738 odds??

UB Med. School grad dies of brain bleed after fighting COVID-19

Adeline Fagan was diagnosed with COVID-19 about two months ago. She graduated from UB's Jacobs School of Medicine last year and was a second year OBGYN resident in Houston.

www.google.com

 

[The Nature Boy]

Increase production of N-95’s, not K-95’s, but the real deals. Not by a little, but a shit load. Not just for health care workers, but make available for general population.

U can issue a mask mandate like Biden says, but not sure half the country would follow. For the half of the population that do want to be protected I guess make sure they have the proper masks that would protect them.

It’s highly likely that even after vaccine some will need masks

Not sure what’s involved in making a shit load of these?

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Had this video sent to me, interesting alternative ending.

 

[The Nature Boy]

My guess would be the ecmo and heparin likely no? Maybe you know more than me my merry friend? But my experience is that covid causes more clotting issues, not sure about the tendency to cause bleeding. Could be wrong though

 

[sene5hos]

COVID-19 : au diable les règles dans un resto bondé à Laval

Plus de 200 personnes ont festoyé et dansé samedi soir pendant que trois régions passaient en mode alerte.

www.journaldemontreal.com

Dance, almost no mask, many meetings, alcohol served after midnight. More than 200 people appeared to be completely unaware of the threat of COVID-19 during a party night at a Laval restaurant on Saturday night, Lordia.

The problem is alcohol. This is the reason why I drink alcohol right at home, because with my friends, my inhibitions, my rationality, disappear.

 

[Nutsinho]

covid survival rates

https://twitter.com/x/status/1308652790823051264

 

[IamNY]

^^^^I clicked on the CDC link but wasn’t able to find the data/survival rates posted to the above Twitter link.

 

[Zaeballo]

^^^^I clicked on the CDC link but wasn’t able to find the data/survival rates posted to the above Twitter link.

Table 1, second row, last column ("Current Best Estimate") here:

Healthcare Workers

COVID-19 guidance, tools, and resources for healthcare workers.

www.cdc.gov

 

[IamNY]

^^^^Got it. What the Twitter post did was convert it from an Infection Fatality Ratio to a survival percentage. Same info, just presented differently. With all the fake news happening I end up double checking everything. All good. Thx.

 

[sene5hos]

Yes it's true, but it still has 2 sides to a medal.

One is survival, and the other is the 200,000 dead.

If you had, like me, lost your mother in a CHSLD, the second side would be much heavier, no matter where in the world.

Thank God she died after only 4 1/2 weeks.

 

[sene5hos]

Québec mise sur des publicités-chocs de survivants à la COVID-19

Des vedettes québécoises ont été sollicitées pour participer à cette campagne de sensibilisation.

ici.radio-canada.ca

The decor is minimalist. We don't hear any music. All light is on a man in his 50s who is staring straight at the camera. Francis is a former entrepreneur who believed he was in great shape, until COVID-19 hit him hard and left him with the aftermath of a tracheostomy.

He was hospitalized for 45 days, 12 of which were in a coma.
Since then, he can no longer work. I was at a friend's house. We were chatting in the doorway, nothing more mundane than that, he explains before concluding by saying: Believe me, COVID-19 is serious.

 

[Robert 21]

President Donald Trump tweets he and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19 | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and his wife both tested positive for the coronavirus, an extraordinary development coming months into a global pandemic and in the final stretch of his reelection campaign in which he has flouted experts’ guidance on preventing the disease’s...

amp.cnn.com

KARMA KARMA KARMA

***32 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION***

 

[The Nature Boy]

It’s fake news. CNN has tendency to interview just any one. Today it just happened to be the White House chief physician.

 

[The Nature Boy]

Yes, the White House also said he’s currently got an IV drip of chlorox goin