Coronavirus prep
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Our public schools are having different responses. Some have canceled classes for the next week and some haven't. I'd love to hear the rationale behind the decisions. How did these school districts meet with city health officials and have conversations with each other and come to different conclusions? Edit: Apparently the other school districts have come on board with cancelling class for the next week or two after seeing the response of some others.
On the other hand, Six Flags is closed through the end of the month, jury duty for the county is suspended for 30 days, and all local universities have extended SB a week and then are going to online only through mid-April.
I'd rather San Antonio doesn't become another Seattle or NY. If we can take preventative measures NOW, we can slow the spread, ideally limit the spread, and more drastic measures won't be required. People just aren't taking it seriously, because "it's only one case" at this point.7 -
Public school systems are closing for at least two weeks around here, the governor called it.
So for some dark humor, I've checked some books out of Overdrive to read while potentially self-quarantining:
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The Stranger Beside Me (about Ted Bundy)
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I was going to go to Costco for potting soil, traffic was backed up for two lights in both directions and the parking lot was FULL - not a single visible parking spot, even at the road... I nope’d out of there pretty quick!
ETA: this was at 10:30 AM!7 -
Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates.
Sort of comical, but not, you know? 4 -
You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.8 -
We had a couple of ladies who had been in Italy about a week ago. They both have since come to church. I don't think they were in northern Italy but I'm still concerned, especially as we have so many older people in our church. I think we're ok but the potential is still there. Someone earlier mentioned that we as Americans needed to start thinking less individualistic and more communal; I think this is a good example of that need.
A gentleman in our church has also left to visit his daughter in Virginia who also just got back from a trip to Italy right before it closed. We'll have to see if he refrains from coming to church.5 -
Several people have covered what MD's response is, so I won't beat a dead horse. My workplace is planning on implementing social distancing measures. That includes having non-essential onsite personnel work from home and having essential onsite personnel (like me and everyone else who does lab work) split into two groups, where one group works 3 days (e.g Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) and the other group works another 3 days (e.g Thursday, Friday, Saturday). The groups are not allowed contact with one another, except through phone/email.7
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You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.
Yes! But you seem them do it all the time. And you often see professional players wiping their hands on the bottom of their shoes and then taking out their mouth guard.
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You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.
Yes! But you seem them do it all the time. And you often see professional players wiping their hands on the bottom of their shoes and then taking out their mouth guard. indeed.
Currently listening to Trump's press conference. Apparently Google is helping to create a website for people to evaluate symptoms and risk factors, find testing at drive-thru test stations and expedite lab results.2 -
Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
The 1st thought for many when they planned to play games in empty arenas was the protection of the crowd. As they thought it through, they correctly decided to cancel the games altogether to save the athletes from infecting each other. Basketball is a sweaty sport with a good amount of bodily contact.
Also, if players are doing this on camera in an arena, they are probably doing similar things, in general, all day.5 -
CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »Public school systems are closing for at least two weeks around here, the governor called it.
So for some dark humor, I've checked some books out of Overdrive to read while potentially self-quarantining:
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The Stranger Beside Me (about Ted Bundy)
I love Overdrive! Hardly have to go to my library anymore.
Earlier this week I heard an interview with Dr. Robin Cook, author of many books, including "Pandemic" and "Outbreak." I've just downloaded those books, and noticed that Netflix is offering titles with the same names (but of different origins.)
Dr. Cook said he's been terrified of this scenario for 40 years and lamented how woefully under-prepared we were for it.5 -
kshama2001 wrote: »CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »Public school systems are closing for at least two weeks around here, the governor called it.
So for some dark humor, I've checked some books out of Overdrive to read while potentially self-quarantining:
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The Stranger Beside Me (about Ted Bundy)
I love Overdrive! Hardly have to go to my library anymore.
Earlier this week I heard an interview with Dr. Robin Cook, author of many books, including "Pandemic" and "Outbreak." I've just downloaded those books, and noticed that Netflix is offering titles with the same names (but of different origins.)
Dr. Cook said he's been terrified of this scenario for 40 years and lamented how woefully under-prepared we were for it.
Love him too. I’ve read most of his books.
Dr. Osterholm, (was state of MN epidemiologist, I don’t know if he still is) has been saying the same for years.0 -
Assuming this bit of scaremongering is making the rounds on Facebook.
My niece just posted a breathless notice from "Member of Stanford Board" that it's too late once you start showing symptoms, your lungs are already 50% filled with fibroids! Japanese doctors recommend you check yourself daily by seeing if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds. If you start to cough you're probably infected.
Absolutely nothing mentioned about what you should do if you dont have symptoms but think you're sick (because duh, nobody's handing out tests for people with no symptoms) or how the heck people recover from their lungs being 50% filled with fibroids.
People of Facebook, PLEASE! Anything attributed to nameless doctors, researchers and scientists is BOGUS! If you're worried (and who wouldn't be), check with the official CDC or WHO websites, and get the real information before panicking. Please. Dont be part of the problem.18 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »I think that people 1) don't understand the rapid timeline of the virus and 2) don't understand the process of creating testing resources.
Dec 31, 2019 - a few dozen in China have the virus
Jan 11, 2020 - 1st death in China
Jan 23 - Wuhan quarantined
Jan 30 - WHO declares an emergency
Jan 31 - US declares travel restrictions from those who visited China
Feb 2 - first non-Chinese death
Feb 14 - first European death
Feb 23 - Italy shuts down
Feb 29 - first death in US, further US travel restrictions
This is just 73 days into this, it moved at a breakneck pace, and even given our current knowledge, there are millions crying foul about the current measures being taken (schools off, entertainment events canceled, etc.)
To go from having a brand new virus sprung on the world to having tests for billions doesn't happen instantly, they have to be safe, reliable, and then mass-produced.
I don't want to get into political discussions, but every country in the World has moved faster than us on testing. Even S Korea. I find it really hard to believe we couldn't come up with tests. WHO offered them, we turned them down. Strongly feel it was because its danger was so extremely underestimated. The CDC knew how dangerous it was, Italian docs and Chinese docs have been screaming from the rooftops on deaf ears. Europeans see Americans as overly arrogant, without great reason. That American arrogance will be unimaginably costly to all of us. We, as a nation (hopefully united better by this), will be very humbled soon.
We are a great country, don't get me wrong, but this will tax everyone and we will have to rely on other countries for help now.
Yes, we could have bought tests from the WHO to use as a bridge before our own tests were on line and not doing that set us back weeks for testing. Penny wise, pound foolish.8 -
And if you don't share this post, you're a monster and dooming all your friends and family to a horrible fate because obviously sharing things on social media changes your fate 😩 If you don't comment on this post, I'll know you didn't read it!!!!!!Assuming this bit of scaremongering is making the rounds on Facebook.
My niece just posted a breathless notice from "Member of Stanford Board" that it's too late once you start showing symptoms, your lungs are already 50% filled with fibroids! Japanese doctors recommend you check yourself daily by seeing if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds. If you start to cough you're probably infected.
Absolutely nothing mentioned about what you should do if you dont have symptoms but think you're sick (because duh, nobody's handing out tests for people with no symptoms) or how the heck people recover from their lungs being 50% filled with fibroids.
People of Facebook, PLEASE! Anything attributed to nameless doctors, researchers and scientists is BOGUS! If you're worried (and who wouldn't be), check with the official CDC or WHO websites, and get the real information before panicking. Please. Dont be part of the problem.9 -
Assuming this bit of scaremongering is making the rounds on Facebook.
My niece just posted a breathless notice from "Member of Stanford Board" that it's too late once you start showing symptoms, your lungs are already 50% filled with fibroids! Japanese doctors recommend you check yourself daily by seeing if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds. If you start to cough you're probably infected.
Absolutely nothing mentioned about what you should do if you dont have symptoms but think you're sick (because duh, nobody's handing out tests for people with no symptoms) or how the heck people recover from their lungs being 50% filled with fibroids.
People of Facebook, PLEASE! Anything attributed to nameless doctors, researchers and scientists is BOGUS! If you're worried (and who wouldn't be), check with the official CDC or WHO websites, and get the real information before panicking. Please. Dont be part of the problem.
And some of my Facebook "friends" need to learn that just because there's a photo of some guy with a stethoscope in a white coat (or just looking serious in a lab coat), and a specific name and title, that doesn't mean that guy is the person with the name/title, that the name/title even exist, and more. SMH.
ETA: On FB, I'm trying to counter the main fake stuff with clear facts, calmly, when I think it may have a hope of doing some good.. Telling people one is in that moment trying to correct that they're ignorant and don't know how to vet facts . . . doesn't help make my case there, mostly. Hope you'll forgive me for venting a little here. 14 -
I admit I held my breath for 10 seconds.
C'mon, you did too.
Even if you didn't I'm using my Seattle excuse.22 -
You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.
Yes! But you seem them do it all the time. And you often see professional players wiping their hands on the bottom of their shoes and then taking out their mouth guard.
Okay, as a person who doesn't follow sports I have a question: WHY do they wipe their hands on the bottom of their shoes?1 -
I work as a corrections officer in a jail. Today the Regional Health District Doctor came and spoke to us. There is not a single confirmed case in our city yet. The Dr. said they are here however. He said this is not just like the flu, and it's mortality rate is indeed higher. He said there are not enough testing kits. He said this is a very bad situation, and it will get much worse. He said all of us will know someone who will get this. For any naysayers still out there, who think this is a media panic or like the flu, this is the Regional Health doctor, that I heard in person.16
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Grip - takes the dust off... that’s also what the mats are for on the sidelines that they use before they go in.You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.
Yes! But you seem them do it all the time. And you often see professional players wiping their hands on the bottom of their shoes and then taking out their mouth guard.
Okay, as a person who doesn't follow sports I have a question: WHY do they wipe their hands on the bottom of their shoes?
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I don’t understand why people are stockpiling water. It’s not like the municipal water supply is suddenly going ro get turned off or infected with virus. I’m in CA and always have extra shelf-stable food on hand because of earthquake preparedness. Not to mention wildfire threats and PG&E power shutdowns. We picked up a few extra things yesterday so if we get any flu-like symptoms we can self-quarantine at home without having to go out and spread our germs around, whether they’re run of the mill flu or coronavirus. But y’all gotta quit watching the news, taking a few precautions is prudent but there is no reason to strip the store shelves.
I don't watch news anyway. But watching more news especially at this time can create more panic.1 -
cmriverside wrote: »
I admit I held my breath for 10 seconds.
C'mon, you did too.
Even if you didn't I'm using my Seattle excuse.
I did of course and started coughing when I exhaled because allergies are hell 9 -
Assuming this bit of scaremongering is making the rounds on Facebook.
My niece just posted a breathless notice from "Member of Stanford Board" that it's too late once you start showing symptoms, your lungs are already 50% filled with fibroids! Japanese doctors recommend you check yourself daily by seeing if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds. If you start to cough you're probably infected.
Absolutely nothing mentioned about what you should do if you dont have symptoms but think you're sick (because duh, nobody's handing out tests for people with no symptoms) or how the heck people recover from their lungs being 50% filled with fibroids.
People of Facebook, PLEASE! Anything attributed to nameless doctors, researchers and scientists is BOGUS! If you're worried (and who wouldn't be), check with the official CDC or WHO websites, and get the real information before panicking. Please. Dont be part of the problem.
And some of my Facebook "friends" need to learn that just because there's a photo of some guy with a stethoscope in a white coat (or just looking serious in a lab coat), and a specific name and title, that doesn't mean that guy is the person with the name/title, that the name/title even exist, and more. SMH.
ETA: On FB, I'm trying to counter the main fake stuff with clear facts, calmly, when I think it may have a hope of doing some good.. Telling people one is in that moment trying to correct that they're ignorant and don't know how to vet facts . . . doesn't help make my case there, mostly. Hope you'll forgive me for venting a little here.
I was working on that and my New Year's resolution was to be nicer online. Then, two days ago, I was told that all the deaths in Italy were a conspiracy to make one very high-level person look bad in the US and I lost my mind (still being told by one very well known TV "News" network). I sometimes have to just breathe and step away from the computer.17 -
Los Angeles County latest - 40 cases, 6 community spread. We'll see what the numbers are when testing increases.3
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Interestingly... all the Catholic schools and charter schools in NYC are closing next week, while the public schools remain open.
That's how it is in Chicago, but CTU is now demanding that CPS shut down too. I bet they do very soon.
I agree! The City council here is demanding public schools closed, but the mayor and chancellor of education are budging. I have a good feeling by Monday the pressure to close will be there.
As expected, our governor stepped in and ordered all public schools in the state closed.
New IL count, as tests continue to roll in, is 46 cases (14 new today), all but one of them in Cook County, the other still in Chicago metro, similar to the prior (although I expect most of the testing has been in Chicago metro vs. the rest of the state).1 -
This was at the store... kinda wish I had bought it. For one, as new as this is, and as little as they know, what does it contain? And then also to have to look back on in the future to compare known information...
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Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
No, not comical at all. And I have a very twist-y sense of humour. 1 -
moonangel12 wrote: »This was at the store... kinda wish I had bought it. For one, as new as this is, and as little as they know, what does it contain? And then also to have to look back on in the future to compare known information...
Dr. Dude has the perfect mix of sternness and scorn on his face. Wonder how many shots it took before the model got it juuuuuust right?
And with the situation being so fluid, how can a printed publication hope to actually have "The Latest on the Deadly Pandemic?" 7 -
moonangel12 wrote: »
Grip - takes the dust off... that’s also what the mats are for on the sidelines that they use before they go in.You know what I find interesting.... the amount of disagree reacts in this thread.Just had to share this. We are watching the championship of our state basketball tournament (televised- game is being played with limitations on spectators). During the player introductions, one player licked his fingers, wiped them on the bottom of his shoe, shook hands with the opposing player with the same hand, who then went and fist-bumped his teammates. Sort of comical, but not, you know?
That is just all kinds of gross regardless of what viruses are going around.
Yes! But you seem them do it all the time. And you often see professional players wiping their hands on the bottom of their shoes and then taking out their mouth guard.
Okay, as a person who doesn't follow sports I have a question: WHY do they wipe their hands on the bottom of their shoes?
Gotcha. Thank you!
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Some more information for all of you.
"News you can use: The public asked us many questions about the coronavirus. We're answering them".
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/12/coronavirus-reader-questions-answered-symptoms-testing-elderly/5012457002/
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