Coronavirus Thread: Worldwide Pandemic

[Serious]

Providence, RI. @No1

 

[Serious]

Yo wtf
@DEAD7

 

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A family friend from Belgium, but originally from Congo just died from the virus. She was 70 and had asthma and diabetes.

They went to Italy a few weeks ago and upon their return, the mom and the 30 year old daughter fell ill. The daughter recovered, but the mom died.

shyt is real out here.

Condolence breh!

 

[nyknick]

My friends sister in law is an OBGYN in NY.

She texted him earlier that there was a call with 300 OBGYNs across NYP. Apparently an expecting mother’s partner or husband at NYU had COVID didn’t experience symptoms until a day or two after the birth and exposed 15 staff members on L&D to the virus. NYP is going to issue and order that only the expected mother will be allowed in the room. No partners, family, etc.


My sister’s hospital in Dallas had to cut down of visitors as well, they had to bring security in to escort one individual out who wanted to stay with their relative but weren’t allowed to by new policy.

She has said that their experience in Dallas isn’t anywhere near what is being reported out of NY at this stage but they are still planning and increasing their supplies.

I have family that's due in a couple of weeks

Her OBGYN was downplaying the virus last time she went to see him. I stayed quiet when she told me because I know he was just trying to calm her down

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

If the numbers are right Iran could get ugly

 

[Shogun]

I noticed our death rate is low so far. I think Italy just lost control cuz they got overwhelmed.

Do we have more hospitals here per person?

This is just anecdotal, but if you’ve ever been to Italy everything just seems small, packed closely together. Roads are small, sidewalks are small....shyt, you could be on one side of the road and not be more then 6 feet away from people on the other side.

that plus their economy has been a disaster since the Euro.

 

[JLova]

So we still waiting on countries across the world to provide test kits, face masks and ventilators?



The shyt makes you want to punch air.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Why did Dollar Tree allow that? I got told I couldn’t buy more than 2 cans of tuna at Publix yesterday.

 

[The region 219]

Why did Dollar Tree allow that? I got told I couldn’t buy more than 2 cans of tuna at Publix yesterday.

Dollar tree is on one for that.

 

[CSquare43]

Cac: Doctor, please help me. [Choking, Gasping for Air as fluid buildup prevents 100% breathing capacity]
Doctor: [Looks to Nurse] Code Black. We can't do nothing for him.

I sold 40,000 single patient use stethoscopes between Thursday and Friday and could have sold at least double that.

We emptied our shelves of all the obsolete and discontinued scopes we had and it still wasn't enough.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

South Korea is neighbor to China and SK citizens absolutely hate them. Both the SK government and its citizens responded immediately once the word got out of China (plus you gotta take experience from SARS into account).

They were fully prepared, the people in the country generally did everything they could to limit spreading. That's why the famous 'Patient 31' story from SK is such a big deal. They had that virus locked down (a real lockdown) until one positively tested person ignored the guidelines and rulings.

It's always been said that Asian people are a collective people and this really shows it. Even a vast capitalist country like SK still has people realize the importance of the collective over the individual. That's why they follow guidelines and rules while the western people are hoarding toilet paper like idiots, running scams on mouth masks and not listening to the most basic government guidelines.

"Asian" is pretty broad there. You really think India or the Philippines displaying that same level of social cohesion? It's a pretty specific cultural subset that applies "collectivism" in that particular positive manner.

 

[MoneyTron]

You have to wonder what Germany is doing differently from Italy and Spain.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

You have to wonder what Germany is doing differently from Italy and Spain.

There is a distasteful joke to be made here...but I’ll leave it alone

 

[MushroomX]

I sold 40,000 single patient use stethoscopes between Thursday and Friday and could have sold at least double that.

We emptied our shelves of all the obsolete and discontinued scopes we had and it still wasn't enough.

That's just stethoscopes as well. Not a machine for respiration. So this virus aint nothing to fukk around with, because if it gets bad your in a hard place.

 

[analog]

Opinion | Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?

Very interesting read.

I think a pivot to this proposed measure may be required sooner rather than later as it seems better suited to a more active population, that has little regard for others. Current measure may not be worth the economic damage if people are simply ignoring orders.

As the virus is already circulating widely in the United States, with many cases going undetected, this is like sending innumerable lit matches into small patches of tinder. Right now, it is harder, not easier, to keep the especially vulnerable isolated from all others — including members of their own families — who may have been exposed to the virus.

If we were to focus on the especially vulnerable, there would be resources to keep them at home, provide them with needed services and coronavirus testing, and direct our medical system to their early care. I would favor proactive rather than reactive testing in this group, and early use of the most promising anti-viral drugs. This cannot be done under current policies, as we spread our relatively few test kits across the expanse of a whole population, made all the more anxious because society has shut down.

This focus on a much smaller portion of the population would allow most of society to return to life as usual and perhaps prevent vast segments of the economy from collapsing. Healthy children could return to school and healthy adults go back to their jobs. Theaters and restaurants could reopen, though we might be wise to avoid very large social gatherings like stadium sporting events and concerts.

So long as we were protecting the truly vulnerable, a sense of calm could be restored to society. Just as important, society as a whole could develop natural herd immunity to the virus. The vast majority of people would develop mild coronavirus infections, while medical resources could focus on those who fell critically ill. Once the wider population had been exposed and, if infected, had recovered and gained natural immunity, the risk to the most vulnerable would fall dramatically.