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Post by lynnerself on Apr 4, 2020 15:20:26 GMT -5
My niece is very sick. Fever, chills, cough, vomiting. She is a Walmart employee. Apparently Missouri won't test her unless she is sick enough to go to the hospital. (Or maybe Kansas, I'm not sure which side if KC she lives in,)
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 4, 2020 16:04:55 GMT -5
My niece is very sick. Fever, chills, cough, vomiting. She is a Walmart employee. Apparently Missouri won't test her unless she is sick enough to go to the hospital. (Or maybe Kansas, I'm not sure which side if KC she lives in,)
I'd drive to the hospital every damn day until they either admitted me or tested me. Of course, I have money and insurance, so I have the luxury and privilege to do so.
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Post by lynnerself on Apr 4, 2020 16:49:31 GMT -5
The thing is, it doesn't really matter if she is positive or not. Treatment is the same and she is self guaranteeing for 14 days.
But it's these kind of things that make me suspicious of all states numbers. ETA: I guess it would be nice to know if she was immune or not going forward.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 5, 2020 7:08:53 GMT -5
The thing is, it doesn't really matter if she is positive or not. Treatment is the same and she is self guaranteeing for 14 days.
But it's these kind of things that make me suspicious of all states numbers. ETA: I guess it would be nice to know if she was immune or not going forward.
This. So driving to the hospital every day is doing nothing but taking up resources that others in worse condition could be using. It sucks, but staying home is the best thing she can do for herself right now. ETA: I don't believe you can be immune going forward. There have been links posted here, stating that you can catch it again after recovering. I'm sorry, I don't remember which thread(s) to direct you to.
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Post by lynnerself on Apr 5, 2020 10:05:32 GMT -5
No, most experts believe you will be immune, although no one knows for sure. That's why the research toward plasma therapy and the development of the antibody test.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 5, 2020 11:20:39 GMT -5
Just found out a gal I worked with is in a coma. She is 30. She didn't have asthma or anything else that I know of.
Also just heard the current rate of survival if you are put on a ventilator is 20%.
I talked to several nurses here that say they have shut down everything they can, but didn't have the wave of patients yet, so if someone in my family shows symptoms, I will check with them, and if they are still in 'prep and wait' mode, I won't wait until my people fall into a coma to push for help.
I was once told that I was a terrible mom (and they pitied my children) because I let my children play outside, when clearly predators would come and take them. I would feel like a far worse mother if my child dies because I thought someone else deserved health care and they didn't.
In reality the care isn't quite the same. Drinking a Gatorade fights dehydration. So does getting an IV. Guess which one works better. Watching your symptoms - a medical staff has a different knowledge level to watch someone. What the hell am I looking for? Come back if it gets bad. Define bad, please.
Plus, if the hospital really believes you should go home, they can at least test you.
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Post by Tiny on Apr 5, 2020 12:55:08 GMT -5
But now my son is hoping he has had it and is past all of this. I told him to wait until the anti-body test confirms it. My husband got a nasty little something in late January, and I was down for a week or so I know it was during the Oscar's, so Feb 9th. What are the chances that some mild version passed through my family? And, did it mutate so we are still at risk? If I had to hazard a guess about if you all have had it... Do you live in or travel routinely to a Big City (one with 100,000 or more people) with a lot of little outlying areas with big populations? So, your "Thyme4Change Land Area" has say more than 500,000 people? (I'm just guesstimating at some densities my local Big City has 3 million people and the BigCityLand Area has 6 million). To have gotten COVID10 back in January/early February - you needed to have access to someone who traveled internationally OR someone who worked someplace with people who traveled domestic/internationally ALOT. So, I'd guesstimate - high level people in corporate offices with offices around the US or World. Or retired people who "travel" ALOT for long periods of time to exotic places (like europe or cruises or safaris - not traveling to visit the grandkids in the next state or 'snowbirding' to their US winter home). I'd think back to the people you had had prolonged contact with during the week or two BEFORE symptoms started and how likely those people (or some immediate family member) had TRAVELED to Europe (Italy, and the Mediteranian coastal countries) , mainland China, HongKong, or Japan (or had been a cruise that had made stops in Asia Pacific and/or Europe) By the end of February - the virus was making it way out into the general public. So late Jan/Early Feb - you probably needed to have had some prolonged access (time to have breathed their air alot or touched alot of things that they touched) to someone with an international or US Traveling connection. That would be my best guestimate for how to guess if you've had Covid19 in January/early February. January/February was still "flu season" and the 2019/2020 flu season started early and hard and lingered. So you all may have just had the plain old "flu".
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Post by Spellbound454 on Apr 6, 2020 14:34:10 GMT -5
Boris Johnson... PM of the UK is in intensive care
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Post by swamp on Apr 6, 2020 14:39:20 GMT -5
Boris Johnson... PM of the UK is in intensive care While I don't want him to die, and I feel for his family, but what did he expect. He was out there gladhanding everyone and downplaying the risk.
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Post by swamp on Apr 6, 2020 14:42:41 GMT -5
A local nurse has COVID, but so far has not been hospitalized. She is about 30 with no underlying health conditions. She is documenting her symptoms on FB, not as a "look at me, poor me" cry for attention, but as a PSA for "look, this is serious, do what you're told." He husband now has it too, but his symptoms seem limited to headache, fever, and diarrhea.
She describes it as feeling like she is being hugged too tight/being squeezed and she can't get a full breath. She has her own oxygen saturation meter and will go to the hospital when the situation warrants it.
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Post by justme on Apr 6, 2020 14:56:54 GMT -5
And I’m mad and screaming because the fucking liberals won’t let us quarantine NY. Cuomo is threatening lawsuits. Meanwhile, you can see the spread from NYC into my state And Cuomo, a liberal, didn’t shut his state down as early as PA. And de blasio, another liberal, didn’t shut the nyc schools down until after ours. So they created a shut show in the very blue NYC that is now infiltrating my state. Then threatening lawsuits when governors and the president want to shut the down. But yes, democrats are handling this so much better. I don't think anyone is claiming the Dems are doing a better job. Just wishing Trump had taken this seriously from the start, not spent weeks claiming it was a Dem hoax or a deep state/fake news lie. Even now, Trump could declare the whole country is on a two week shut down, but he's leaving it to the states and cities to determine how they want to handle this in their individual areas, which, as you rightly point out, is a shit show. I don't know if the Florida Gov is a Dem or GOP, but he royally screwed up not shutting down the Florida beaches for spring break. Obviously he listened to the local businesses who get a big chunk of money from spring break, and not to the doctors. Same for the GOP Gov of Georgia who only yesterday decided to declare a two week shelter in place rule - way, way too late for Atlanta. For your area, maybe your politicians will be wily like my local county executive was - when Kemp finally shut down the state, he did NOT close the state parks, and we have a very popular one in our county. We also are rural and, so far, have just one CV19 positive resident. So our county executive, annoyed that the governor didn't shut our state park, shut down the road LEADING to our state park, which is totally legal (according to our county lawyer). So sure, the park is open, but you'd have to ninja your way into it illegally, And yes, our county executive is a GOPer, and so is the mayor of the nearest city to us, and I'll give him full credit for shutting down churches/theaters/restaurants weeks ago, back when there were only a handful of CV019 victims in that city. So far, they have managed to limit their cases to about 50, which is great for a city that size. So i agree with you, let's be critical of the dumb asses and praise the smart government employees, regardless of political party. But you have to admit, Trump spent from January until March claiming this was 'not a thing' - and that was a dumbass thing. Let's celebrate that he now seems to be letting the medical professionals chart our national course for us, for the most part. Definitely GOP. Voldemort's predecessor and I've likened him to Pettigrew - both for how he's rather lockstep to what Voldermort was doing in the state and his relationship to trump.
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Post by justme on Apr 6, 2020 14:58:29 GMT -5
The thing is, it doesn't really matter if she is positive or not. Treatment is the same and she is self guaranteeing for 14 days.
But it's these kind of things that make me suspicious of all states numbers. ETA: I guess it would be nice to know if she was immune or not going forward.
This. So driving to the hospital every day is doing nothing but taking up resources that others in worse condition could be using. It sucks, but staying home is the best thing she can do for herself right now. ETA: I don't believe you can be immune going forward. There have been links posted here, stating that you can catch it again after recovering. I'm sorry, I don't remember which thread(s) to direct you to. I've seen more articles coming out that they think what likely happened was either a false positive to begin with or they weren't fully recovered. Which makes sense with the rare outliers that supposedly had it twice.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 6, 2020 15:07:32 GMT -5
Boris Johnson being moved to ICU. Think that will get Trump's attention.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 6, 2020 15:09:15 GMT -5
Boris Johnson being moved to ICU. Think that will get Trump's attention. You say that as if Trump actually cares about Boris as a person. His response to the news was probably to ask who the successor is.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 6, 2020 15:09:19 GMT -5
Boris Johnson being moved to ICU. Think that will get Trump's attention. Unless it's affecting him he DGAF.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 6, 2020 15:15:23 GMT -5
Boris Johnson being moved to ICU. Think that will get Trump's attention. Doubt it. IIRC Boris snubbed him at the last world leader's meeting in favor of France and Germany. He's not going to care about someone who didn't show him proper respect.
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Post by deminmaine on Apr 7, 2020 7:41:02 GMT -5
A civilian worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard died of this yesterday. We are supposed to send a crew down there next week on an installation. I know from what is happening at Bath at BIW that the navy expects work to continue. Not sure where this is going right now. I am not too concerned for Boris or trump (sorry) but I am concerned about our crews.
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Post by sesfw on Apr 7, 2020 11:25:34 GMT -5
I am not too concerned for Boris or trump (sorry) but I am concerned about our crews.
Sad ....... these are tough decisions
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 7, 2020 12:51:53 GMT -5
Boris Johnson... PM of the UK is in intensive care While I don't want him to die, and I feel for his family, but what did he expect. He was out there gladhanding everyone and downplaying the risk. the UK and the US lead the world in growth rate in cases right now.
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 7, 2020 21:13:35 GMT -5
Didn't take long, did it.
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Post by deminmaine on Apr 8, 2020 8:35:51 GMT -5
Some of the best humanity has to offer right there. Hello in there John.
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Post by dondub on Apr 8, 2020 11:18:03 GMT -5
We have seen Bonnie perform this many times. Shortly after 9/11, with Ann Wilson of Heart on the duet, she played the Puyallup Fair. I cried my eyes out and always tear up now whenever I hear this. RIP John.
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Post by irishpad on May 10, 2020 19:29:02 GMT -5
Thanks Tenn for finding this thread. My mom lives in a small town, (under 1000) and today she found out that the daughter of her next door neighbor has covid. This daughter was the cantor at my dad's funeral 5 months ago. I think my mom's ok since that daughter has not visited her neighbor recently. But who knows. Wish I could visit mom but I have way to much exposure (Catholic priest, been called out on a lot of situations with the sick and dying) so know it is best not to visit mom at this point.
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Post by thyme4change on May 10, 2020 19:51:59 GMT -5
Roy Horn of Seigfried and Roy died from Covid.
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 10, 2020 21:02:28 GMT -5
I found out recently one of my clients died of it last month. She was 88, and had just moved into an assisted living facility a couple of weeks before it locked down.
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Post by teen persuasion on May 13, 2020 15:06:48 GMT -5
DH learned that the sister of his classroom aide has died from COVID-19.
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Post by thyme4change on May 13, 2020 17:09:08 GMT -5
Kinda feels like it is closing in.
I remember hearing someone say about the Spanish Flu that it was super rare that someone didn't lose someone. It seems like in today's age of social media and staying at least a little connected to so many people, we will all know someone that dies, or know someone that lost someone.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 13, 2020 17:58:12 GMT -5
the seven degrees of separation is down to 2 or 3.
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