pperc15 any thoughts on the relative success of Germany keeping the death rate so low? have googled a few things but most of what I’ve read says more or less “we don’t know why the death rate has been so suppressed in Germany”
Same here in SC. I went to urgent treatment the week before valentines day with a slight fever assuming it was flu. Doc there didn't test for flu - just gave me tamiflu and told me to gtfo. I got over the worst symptoms within 2-3 days but coughed like a fool for 4 weeks. At one point (I attributed this to the wife running the vacuum and stirring up allergens) I had to go sit in the cold on the back porch for about an hour so I could breathe. Used an old albuterol inhaler I had around and took some benadryl and went to bed. The coughing was ridiculous. I'm still not right but the coughing has greatly slowed down. In hindsight I wish I had taken the flu tests back in early February. It was a week after I flew through both Atlanta and Memphis airports. I haven't had a flu-like sickness since I was like 12 and I'm 49 now. So relatively not a person that gets sick often.
I know pharmacies are one of the few entities allowed to stay open in Italy...I'm wondering if they've had any shortages with medications and are there any shortages expected to occur here?
So Gov Wolf is shutting down a bunch of the south east section of Pennsylvania. Only pharmacy, hospitals, gas stations and grocery stores are asked to stay open.
One of my friends is a doctor in Washington and has been posting reminders/updates. Here's his writeup below. COVID-19 Update Here’s what happening: As the situation develops and the panic/fear of the unknown continues to rise, I wanted to share the latest updates with everyone. Currently as of this writing, there are 2655 confirmed cases in the U.S. and 56 deaths, 40 of which have been in my home state of WA. This is about a 2% mortality rate. As more and more people get tested, the mortality rate should decrease but there is no way knowing for sure. The issue is with testing. We don’t have enough so this is one of the major problems currently. Secondly, who the virus affects will directly affect the mortality rate. As previously mentioned, the virus is most deadly to those who are elderly (esp 80+) and those who have underlying health conditions and/or are immunocompromised that’s why appropriate measures need to be taken. Here’s what we should be doing: -Again, stay calm. I am by no means saying we shouldn’t worry. We need to be careful, we need to be thoughtful of others but we don’t need to panic. There’s no need to buy all the masks and TP from your local stores. Think of the community. Think of all the doctors and nurses and sick patients who need these. - Continue to practice good hand hygiene. Wash your hands frequently, especially when going out to public places. Wash for at least 20 seconds. If you have mild cold symptoms, stay at home and monitor (no need to get tested). If you have persistent fever of >100.4 or 38.1 with cough, muscle pain and/or shortness of breath, call your doctor for testing and further guidance. Again, per CDC most will have a respiratory viral illness other than COVID-19. The overall risk of transmission is still considered low. - Avoid large gatherings period. If you are sick or aren’t sick, stay away from large crowds period. For example, avoid museums, concerts, conferences. This will help protect our vulnerable communities. - Continue social distancing. Whenever possible try to maintain a distance of 6 feet from others/the general public. - If you have loved ones in the hospital or nursing home, avoid visiting if possible. I understand certain situations where it may be end of life, but if possible would try to limit non essential visits. - Over 60 or with underlying health diseases such as diabetes, heart disease or asthma? Please avoid all air travel. For all others, if you decide to travel, be mindful of your surroundings. Due to the ultra high filtration systems in airplanes now (as good as ones in hospitals/ICUs) the risk of transmission is very, very low. Healthy travelers do not need to wear face masks. I would recommend bringing disposable wipes with you, however.
Appreciate it; just wondering if you’d stumbled across something more substantial than my cursory Google search. It’ll be very interesting to see how they (along with the Scandinavian countries) do over the next few weeks. By all accounts Italy has a great healthcare system and they’re getting overwhelmed while some of their neighbors seem to be doing much better based on the stats.
I’m guessing this time next week they will do the same for my county and we will close down our shop. Kinda scary not knowing how long we will be closed and not able to make money to pay the bills coming in.
Be proactive and find ways to make customers feel comfortable about buying food at your place they want to stay home but still eat, it’s a bit of an opportunity maybe.
Nationwide? Not sure. but think it’s almost a certainty for states like WA and NY especially where Cuomo is being super aggressive. For better or for worse the response in the US will be driven by local and state authorities.
Oh yeah we are in a small town and been there 40 years. Very good relationship with our customer base. Staff has been cleaning in between table changes and cleaning rails and often touched areas multiple times a day. We went away from our dine in menu that get re used multiple times a day to our take out paper menu that gets a single use and tossed in the trash after.
it’s not mandatory but people should take it as such. All state run Wine and Spirits in the county’s listed will shit down on Tuesday.
There are. But it's because many generics are made in China, and those supply chains have been disrupted obviously for some time
Harvard Professor of Genetics & Biology with an insightful thread Spoiler: synopsis the virus destroys the lung so patients can't take up oxygen and reduces the body's ability to carry oxygen Spoiler: rest of thread
On Friday we banned all our sales people in all 5 states from being in the trade. Drivers no longer getting customer signatures they’re taking pictures of orders as POD. They’ve also got disposable gloves per stop and sanitizing wipes.
can stream more periscope lotto selections from the office. (seriously though, I hope you aren’t impacted negatively.)
When you’re testing asymptomatic basketball players and politicians and getting a bunch of positives that doesn’t look good.
I could definitely be down to travel around, it just feels irresponsible, regardless of this post. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
I hope so coming back online now thankfully David is a very famous scientist with a bit of a shaky scientific history. He was the one who linked resveratrol (red wine) to aging. Subsequent clinical studies failed. As it turns out, humans aren’t yeast. Regardless, he’s very smart and probably has some interesting interpretations of the literature.
You should see the bell curve graph of posts in this thread. January through February, flat line. We are now in the Italy spike phase of things.
https://timmermanreport.com/2020/03/life-of-the-front-lines-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Alex is a clinician scientist, VC, and friend. He treats patients at Mass General Hospital in Boston. Please take this seriously. Everyone.
I saw Sidney Gish open for Margaret Glaspy in Cambridge. She just graduated from Northeastern. Talented girl
X You can freeze milk and lose very little nutritional value when it thaws, but the texture is all wrong.