sidewinder Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 21 minutes ago, felser said: Delayed in USA from April 18 to June 20. Could be optimistic.
Brad Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 Flu like symptoms does not in and of itself mean she has anything serious other than the flu. I’ve had a cold or allergies for a month and have visited both my regular doctor and ENT and everything looks fine. When I get a cold a sinus infection usually results but this hasn’t happened this time. I’m hoping it’s the same for your wife.
David Ayers Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Brad said: Ahhh! The song is Life during Wartime, which I mentioned above. Usually it’s me that doesn’t get any of the references. By Talking Heads, I should have said. Edited March 19, 2020 by David Ayers
porcy62 Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Over here there are billions of funny meme on whatsup and facebook, we didn't lost our sense of humor yet. Edited March 19, 2020 by porcy62
Coda Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 If you're really into tracking numbers and want to see trends: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
mjazzg Posted March 19, 2020 Report Posted March 19, 2020 I work for a charity supporting older people, we have received hundreds of offers of help. Sadly, we have also been advised by the police of the first instances of doorstep scammers targeting the old. F###### scum.
felser Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 Pennsylvania Governor just closed down all "non life-sustaining" businesses. My emotions cringe, but my head says it's the right move. The statistics bear it out.
Guy Berger Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 I think it’s worth reading up on prior flu pandemics. I know it’s sometimes a little Pollyannaish to say “we’ll get through this” but... we will, even if there are hard times ahead.
Jim Duckworth Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 Update: thanks to all of you who expressed concern for Mrs.Duckworth-she was perscribed some exremely powerful antibiotics and these are returning her to a healthier state. This suggests that she developed an infection following a standard illness rather than influenza. There is now testing near where I live, but it is very, very limited. We are expecting to have testing somewhat more available by early next week. We fully expect to be able to have her tested at that time, but I expect that the outcome will be good.
Brad Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 37 minutes ago, Jim Duckworth said: Update: thanks to all of you who expressed concern for Mrs.Duckworth-she was perscribed some exremely powerful antibiotics and these are returning her to a healthier state. This suggests that she developed an infection following a standard illness rather than influenza. There is now testing near where I live, but it is very, very limited. We are expecting to have testing somewhat more available by early next week. We fully expect to be able to have her tested at that time, but I expect that the outcome will be good. Great news!
JSngry Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 14 hours ago, felser said: Pennsylvania Governor just closed down all "non life-sustaining" businesses. My emotions cringe, but my head says it's the right move. The statistics bear it out. Hey, I was on the phone just yesterday to a CS rep for a PT billing department who was located outside of Harrisburgh, and when I asked her were they taking precautions about working in the office and such, here response was, "not really...we're just hoping it all blows over, to be honest with you" OOOPS!!!!!!
kh1958 Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) Saxophonist Marcelo Peralta Is First Jazz Musician to Die of Coronavirus By Michael J. West The jazz world has suffered its first COVID-19 casualty. Marcelo Peralta, an Argentine saxophonist renowned for his innovative approach to the avant-garde and South American musical traditions, died March 10 at a hospital in Madrid, Spain. https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/saxophonist-marcelo-peralta-is-first-jazz-musician-to-die-of-coronavirus/ Edited March 20, 2020 by kh1958
ghost of miles Posted March 20, 2020 Author Report Posted March 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, kh1958 said: Saxophonist Marcelo Peralta Is First Jazz Musician to Die of Coronavirus By Michael J. West The jazz world has suffered its first COVID-19 casualty. Marcelo Peralta, an Argentine saxophonist renowned for his innovative approach to the avant-garde and South American musical traditions, died March 10 at a hospital in Madrid, Spain. https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/saxophonist-marcelo-peralta-is-first-jazz-musician-to-die-of-coronavirus/ Damn. Had not heard him, but he sounds as if he was a very interesting musician. Just turned 59, seems way too young to be leaving the planet.
JSngry Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 If I'm going to be leaving this planet, I'm hoping to do it the Charles Earland way.
catesta Posted March 20, 2020 Report Posted March 20, 2020 4 hours ago, JSngry said: Hey, I was on the phone just yesterday to a CS rep for a PT billing department who was located outside of Harrisburgh, and when I asked her were they taking precautions about working in the office and such, here response was, "not really...we're just hoping it all blows over, to be honest with you" OOOPS!!!!!! That PA list has been totally changed up now and a lot more businesses are able to continue operations. I think we are all hoping it blows over, but yeah, if you can, stay away from the office. I'm actually hiring people. Labor has been way tight prior to all this and we are in what is considered to be "essential or critical infrastructure maintenance" , public safety, fire risk reduction, etc.etc., so I can likely offer work and good pay for some. We are still in the office everyday and my people still out doing what they do. It sucks, but....
Dan Gould Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 Three months to 100,000 cases worldwide. 12 days to another 100,000. That thermometer data map I linked is now live: https://healthweather.us/ It obviously depends on the distribution of the products (they were supposed to be sending out some large number free to people to increase distribution) for true accuracy. NYC doesn't look so bad on their data which is certainly not where they are in reality. I heard that by Monday or Tuesday they might be out of hospital beds. Hillsborough county where I am looks bad but there's a trend in the right direction.
Brad Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 Our county, Morris County, is in the mild band. As of yesterday, we had 35 cases, better than the more urbanized parts of NJ.
ghost of miles Posted March 21, 2020 Author Report Posted March 21, 2020 Not good: Louisiana medical worker describes terrifying lung failure from COVID-19, even in his younger patients
David Ayers Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, ghost of miles said: Not good: Louisiana medical worker describes terrifying lung failure from COVID-19, even in his younger patients Not good.
ghost of miles Posted March 21, 2020 Author Report Posted March 21, 2020 "The tragedy of Italy now stands as a warning to its European neighbors and the United States, where the virus is coming with equal velocity. If Italy’s experience shows anything, it is that measures to isolate affected areas and limit the movement of the broader population need to be taken early, put in place with absolute clarity, then strictly enforced." Italy, Pandemic's New Epicenter, Has Lessons For The Rest Of The World ... IMO our initial response was even worse than Italy's.
soulpope Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: "The tragedy of Italy now stands as a warning to its European neighbors and the United States, where the virus is coming with equal velocity. If Italy’s experience shows anything, it is that measures to isolate affected areas and limit the movement of the broader population need to be taken early, put in place with absolute clarity, then strictly enforced." Italy, Pandemic's New Epicenter, Has Lessons For The Rest Of The World ... IMO our initial response was even worse than Italy's. As this is called "no politics" edition, it is impossible to compare .... but let`s state at least Italian government tried their best without knowing better, whereas ....
ejp626 Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 What is so incredibly frustrating is that the experts basically have an idea how to beat this, which is to do extremely widespread testing and then isolate the folks who have caught it (and apparently maybe put them into forced isolation, as there are individuals who are breaking quarantine, though this seems to be fairly rare). However, there are simply not enough chemicals and swabs for the tests, and not enough labs and technicians. It's taking close to 5 days to get a test response back in Ontario, which is completely unacceptable. So in North America, we are flying blind. We seem to have finally gotten to the other side of the toilet paper hoarding crisis (there was still some on the shelves at the store this evening), so I guess that's a small victory... The next couple of weeks are going to be really tough, when the pain of all these measures doesn't seem to be having a major impact on bending the curve (because of how many people will just start showing symptoms from having caught the virus up to 10 days beforehand).
sidewinder Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, ejp626 said: We seem to have finally gotten to the other side of the toilet paper hoarding crisis (there was still some on the shelves at the store this evening), so I guess that's a small victory... The next stage after that is booze flying off the shelves. Noticeable increase of that here after the pubs shut up shop.
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