COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (8 Viewers)

[Saint_Ward]

We also have something to the tune of 16 million less people.

Which is all the more shocking about how many cases you all got compared to us. Per Capita, y'all crushed it.

 

[Twyst]

Hearing from my family there is quite a bit of spread down bayou lafourche over the weekend and a grocery store, popeyes, a restaraunt and a couple of other places had to close because employees got sick

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Do you think the protests will affect the numbers?

Yes. It's just a matter of degree.

I assume that any time there are large gatherings the risk goes up, and there will be an increase in cases, but while I saw zero social distancing at the protests I also saw a lot of masks and mostly young people. And it was all outdoors (as far as I know) so hopefully it will be minor blip and/or easily contained.

But we are staying in Phase I for another month because the mayor is mad that families went to the beach for Memorial Day, so I think the numbers are kind of irrelevant at this point.

We are in a post-data environment here in Orleans.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

Been getting peppered by emails from Vitalant to give blood. Feel guilty but also uncomfortable about giving right now. Today they announced that a COVID19 antibody test is now part of the procedure. That may be the impetus for me to schedule a donation.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Hopefully we don’t see this from the people who recover
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In the fall of 2009, one of us, Beth, was hit by an illness she suspects was H1N1 flu, which was circulating then. In 2012, the other, Brian, developed a sudden fever, which his doctors said was also likely of viral origin.

Neither of us recovered, and we’re both disabled to this day.

The long-term illnesses that can follow viral infections can be devastating — and are devastatingly common.

In 2015, the nation’s top medical advisory body, the Institute of Medicine, estimated that between 800,000 and 2.5 million U.S. residents live with the illness or illnesses awkwardly named myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

An estimated three-quarters of these cases were triggered by viral or bacterial infections.

Now, as a new pandemic virus is burning through the world and causing many deaths, researchers are raising alarms that the novel coronavirus and the covid-19 disease it causes will also leave in its wake a potentially large population with post-viral problems that could be lifelong and, in some cases, disabling...........

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/could-covid-19-cause-long-term-chronic-fatigue-and-illness-in-some-patients/2020/05/29/bcd5edb2-a02c-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

*fewer

 

[St. Geezy]

I am simply pointing out the hypocrisy of our politicians as it relates to the radical altering of our lives due to their edicts.

It's not personal with the mayor. I don't know her. I'm picking on Cantrell because I live in New Orleans and she is most directly responsible for restrictions that most directly affect me. At some point I'd like my elected politicians to not be a walking contradiction who simultaneously condescend with moral judgement. So when she's still erecting signs at the local park saying a toddler is prohibited while simultaneously celebrating a large gathering of people and sharing a tweet branded by the symbol of the Russian revolution, yeah...I'll take notice and say something. The juxtaposition reveals the absurdity of the guiding principles behind her governance.

Speaking of personal, I believe it's you that has made it so. If the main substance of your argument is to attack my integrity, we can't expect any sort of meaningful exchange.



With the slightest bit of charitable reading on your part you'd understand that that is not the case. Graduations and playgrounds are used as contrasting examples to exhibit clear contradictions in principle. As mentioned, it is absurd that my daughter cannot climb a ladder or that a graduate cannot walk across a stage while the mayor is celebrating impromptu gatherings large enough to shut down one of the widest streets in the city. More importantly, it's absurd that she is doing so while entire industries are in ruins threatening the livelihood of a huge percentage of the local population. People's careers are on life support. They are burning through savings and making difficult decisions about leaving the city altogether. If that's really necessary to save hundreds of thousands of lives, then a little consistency and sense of scale is a fair request.

I apologize for attacking your integrity and for making this personal. I want to be more open-minded about your side of things and more open-minded in general.

What is your ideal scenario? What specific changes to current policy are you advocating for?

Something I am learning about this Covid debates is typically both sides want the same things, but just disagree on the time frame or a few nuanced policies here and there. In the end, the middle ground is the best solution to appease all parties, and in my eyes, this is being achieved not just here, but throughout the nation.

 

[Goatman Saint]

Hopefully we don’t see this from the people who recover
======================
In the fall of 2009, one of us, Beth, was hit by an illness she suspects was H1N1 flu, which was circulating then. In 2012, the other, Brian, developed a sudden fever, which his doctors said was also likely of viral origin.

Neither of us recovered, and we’re both disabled to this day.

The long-term illnesses that can follow viral infections can be devastating — and are devastatingly common.

In 2015, the nation’s top medical advisory body, the Institute of Medicine, estimated that between 800,000 and 2.5 million U.S. residents live with the illness or illnesses awkwardly named myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

An estimated three-quarters of these cases were triggered by viral or bacterial infections.

Now, as a new pandemic virus is burning through the world and causing many deaths, researchers are raising alarms that the novel coronavirus and the covid-19 disease it causes will also leave in its wake a potentially large population with post-viral problems that could be lifelong and, in some cases, disabling...........

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/could-covid-19-cause-long-term-chronic-fatigue-and-illness-in-some-patients/2020/05/29/bcd5edb2-a02c-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html

I was speaking with someone who had a family member who survived hospitalization for this. After a very serious fight, 3+weeks on ventilator, she of course is on physical therapy, doesn’t have control enough of her hands to drink out of a normal drinking glass (think almost a Parkinson’s effect) and may potentially be on dialysis for at least some period of time. Of course her lungs are so trashed she can barely walk at all without losing her breath.
Before getting sick she ran marathons at 60. The doctors aren’t sure how long this will last, or if she will get better, or how quickly.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I was speaking with someone who had a family member who survived hospitalization for this. After a very serious fight, 3+weeks on ventilator, she of course is on physical therapy, doesn’t have control enough of her hands to drink out of a normal drinking glass (think almost a Parkinson’s effect) and may potentially be on dialysis for at least some period of time. Of course her lungs are so trashed she can barely walk at all without losing her breath.
Before getting sick she ran marathons at 60. The doctors aren’t sure how long this will last, or if she will get better, or how quickly.

i do wonder about athletes who contracted COVID, but are not cleared
will they have lingering effects that compromises their performance?

 

[Goatman Saint]

Ya know it’s hard to say. This persons family is very active, healthy all that. But even 6 weeks after being infected, the 3 that had it bad, but not quite hospital bad are still showing positive tests, and still showing the effects. They are not what they consider normal, and they are late 30s. Some of the other family members are fine, but the three that had it bad are still suffering from being easily run down and just “off” as she put it. While athletes have great medical care, it doesn’t mean they can heal any quicker in these ways.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Been getting peppered by emails from Vitalant to give blood. Feel guilty but also uncomfortable about giving right now. Today they announced that a COVID19 antibody test is now part of the procedure. That may be the impetus for me to schedule a donation.

Mine is now doing the same. I donated back in April. I'm due again in 2 weeks.

They had a protocol. You had to schedule an appointment. Sanitize upon entry. Wear a mask. They did some extra cleaning.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

Some of the biggest money launders are alphabet agencies.

Nah, the agencies that you're talking about handles business well outside of the banking system.

 

[superchuck500]

Thread re: WHO concerns:

 

[James Spader]

Nah, the agencies that you're talking about handles business well outside of the banking system.

Still money laundering my man. Also, look up Saddam and Atlanta Fed.

 

[St. Widge]