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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (7 Viewers)

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First off there is plenty of ventilators, just not enough R.T. to run them,. That is why I have been laughing at these ridiculous posts. I got suspended because I called out two fear mongers in this thread, even though there are others in here calling people fxxxxxxxx morons, fxxxxxx idiots and they continue to post.  Crazy times.
You were posting laughing signs on serious posts about people dying for days and you wonder why you were suspended. Shocked you weren’t banned. 

 
You were posting laughing signs on serious posts about people dying for days and you wonder why you were suspended. Shocked you weren’t banned. 
Wrong I laughed at a nurse that a fear monger posted about having two patients she was taking care of and she couldn't handle it.   She shouldn't have been ICU nurse,. She clearly doesn't have the mental makeup to handle the job.   That is why I was laughing because posters like you buy into the fear monger ng. It's absolutely funny and you have no idea why I was laughing over it.  I never laugh at someone dying,  I laugh at the stupidity of the fear mongoring posts and the people who have bit into this Hook line and sinker.  It is really sad.

 
I’m not calling BS, but can you post any specific data regarding those increased suicide rates?  I’ve heard people speaking out of fear that suicides would increase, but I have seen zero data on it. Thank you 
We usually get 3-5/ night/ 12 hour shift between overdoses and suicides.  Now we're getting 9-25 / night/ shift.  Right now since 7 we have had 3.  And it's 9pm.

 
Actually it is a media thing imo, if it wasn't for them, the hospitals In NYC would be business as usual.  But because of testing from this the overdoses and suicides have been flooding their hospitals because of all the fear mongering.  Heck our hospital alone has been hit by 3x-5x as many suicides and overdoses everyday that are taking up beds.  If the fear mongoring wasn't going on this wouldn't be happening.
Can we not allow blatant misinformation and lies into this thread?

 
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This has been going on since before January imo.   Why because I have a foster baby we took in in end of December,. We wanted him to get the Rsv shot but was told no because he was born at 29 weeks.  So a week later he is in the hospital with Rsv. He was getting worse so they put him on cpap, the R.T. had the heater on vent setting so there was a large amount of condensate in the tube and the night shift nurse was taking care of him and cleaning and accidentally lavaged our foster kid.  Thus creating a pneumonia and him having to be intubated after two weeks it finally cleared up and they began weaning him, when he got severely worse.  The Drs didn't no what to do or give because this was something they hadn't seen.  So they took an x-ray and he had a ground glass appearance.  Which now that is how they confirm covid.  Thankfully after almost two months on the vent he was able to come off. And is doing well.

 
I probably shouldn’t engage, but what the heck. I’m in a hot spot and here’s what is going on here. 21 deaths in my town of 30,000 residents in the past two weeks due to COVID-19. No reported suicides or overdoses in that time. We aren’t digging mass graves yet, so we have that going for us I guess. We’re pretty scared, but our town is hunkered down and doing what we need to do to flatten the curve. If that’s media based fear mongering, then so be it. 

 
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This has been going on since before January imo.   Why because I have a foster baby we took in in end of December,. We wanted him to get the Rsv shot but was told no because he was born at 29 weeks.  So a week later he is in the hospital with Rsv. He was getting worse so they put him on cpap, the R.T. had the heater on vent setting so there was a large amount of condensate in the tube and the night shift nurse was taking care of him and cleaning and accidentally lavaged our foster kid.  Thus creating a pneumonia and him having to be intubated after two weeks it finally cleared up and they began weaning him, when he got severely worse.  The Drs didn't no what to do or give because this was something they hadn't seen.  So they took an x-ray and he had a ground glass appearance.  Which now that is how they confirm covid.  Thankfully after almost two months on the vent he was able to come off. And is doing well.
By the way there was another poster who wished death on me and my family yet he is still posting.    Here is the kids that he wanted dead. https://i.imgur.com/r1jO7z6.jpg,. But he was never banned.

 
Oh I missed that. So Corona isn't really killing anybody? It's all overdoses and suicides brought on by the media?
Not sure how you got that out of what I wrote.  U also forgot about all the fools that are coming into ER because they have symptoms of Corona.

 
Not from Lima, but close.  This area is pretty much business as usual.  About 30% of people are wearing masks.  The good thing is everyone is supporting the local restaurants.
Yeah we've been doing our part to help the restaurants.  You seem level headed,  I'll have to buy you a beer at Thisty's sometime when this crap is over.

 
Courtjester has mentioned before that he's immunocompromised, and that he's extremely worried (rationally so) about contracting covid-19.  The DQ thing may sound like an over-reaction, but all of us are in different places right now.  My high school daughter is still having a single friend over more or less daily, and we're fine with that as a way of mitigating the kind of stuff that he's talking about.  Everybody has to assess their own risk levels based on their household situation.
Yea my mom has been locked up for 3 weeks (hasn’t gone anywhere) and we are having her over for a few days for Easter. Can’t lie - worries me breaking the bubble a little but I think it will be ok. 

 
This study frustrates me.

In multivariable analyses, participants who were black, were living below the poverty level, and had low health literacy were more likely to be less worried about COVID-19, to not believe that they would become infected, and to feel less prepared for an outbreak...

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Conclusion:

Many adults with comorbid conditions lacked critical knowledge about COVID-19 and, despite concern, were not changing routines or plans. Noted disparities suggest that greater public health efforts may be needed to mobilize the most vulnerable communities.





 
why risk it?  has everyone else been locked up for 3 weeks?
Yea we haven’t been out of the house except for walks since March 12th. Mom hasn’t since March 25th when she picked up scripts at a pharmacy drive-thru. She says she hasn’t been close to a human otherwise since the weekend of the 13th. 

 
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Yea nobody else -  my only concern is she lives in a 55+ community so she could walk past somebody on her way to the car? But that seems like unnecessary panic. 
And maybe an.unnecessary visit. It’s been 3 weeks. It seems like a long time but it’s not. Not telling you it’s unsafe or not to do it but if you are even thinking it may be an issue why do it. It’s Easter during a pandemic. There will be plenty more holidays. Hope it goes well either way. Stay safe and that goes for everyone in harms way. Hopefully we kick the #### out of this virus soon and can move on. 

 
Allen county, Ohio.  They are attempted suicides and drug overdoses.  Otherwise they would go to the morgues.  But we still admit several each night.
Thanks for sharing. 

Looks like you have had only 1 CV death in the entire county (90+ age gentleman). That’s awesome. Demographics wise Allen county is incredibly young. Hope the folks out your way stay healthy.

Some interesting data about Allen County suicide, it has had only 80 total suicides from 2011-2016. The suicide rate in the county is only slightly above the national average. Once this situation is over it will be interesting to see the new suicide stats. 

Outside of the data, news reported an alarming increase in suicides in 2018 citing a 50% increase. Article here:  https://wpta21.com/2018/06/15/allen-county-alarming-increase-in-suicide-rates/

 
And maybe an.unnecessary visit. It’s been 3 weeks. It seems like a long time but it’s not. Not telling you it’s unsafe or not to do it but if you are even thinking it may be an issue why do it. It’s Easter during a pandemic. There will be plenty more holidays. Hope it goes well either way. Stay safe and that goes for everyone in harms way. Hopefully we kick the #### out of this virus soon and can move on. 
You’re not wrong but She’s 75 and just had her birthday vacation we planned for her cancelled. She hasn’t seen her grandson in a month, so that’s why we were thinking to do it. We did tell her we would let her know in the morning and if my wife and I just don’t feel comfortable we won’t. 

 
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You’re not wrong but She’s 75 and just had her birthday vacation we planned for her cancelled. She hasn’t seen her grandson in a month, so that’s why we were thinking to do it. We did tell her we would let her know in the morning and if my wife and I just don’t feel comfortable we won’t. 
I get it. Just wanted to pass along caution. I hope she gets to spend time with you and the family and it does sound safe. Think it all through for the trip over and make it extra safe. 75 deserves a break from the stress of this mess. Hope it happens and will love to hear how it turned out. 

 
As a country, the US is just nowhere near it.  It's another danger of being told that we are "over the peak".  No, we aren't.  Until the active cases in a country start going down considerably, you're not over a peak.  As long as active cases continue to go up, you're not over the peak.  It's when they start going down that you can safely assume the (first) peak is in the past.

Things we know social distancing can do:

1. Halt exponential growth in cases, ICU, deaths

2. Halt net daily growth numbers for hospitalizations and ICU.  This is net only and having lower numbers of people in the ICU is good in a sense and bad in another.  It's great for the staff in terms of what they can handle, but one of the ways they are freeing up space is that a lot of people are dying. 

Things we don't know if social distancing can achieve with THIS virus:

1. Reverse active cases and drive the number down to zero.  We've basically seen this happen in China with a unbelievably strict quarantine.  We saw it happen in South Korea with contact tracing, rapid testing AND the fact that they only had 10k cases. 
I’m responding pretty much exclusively to your posts in here because you for real seem to act like you’re smarter than everyone else and it’s annoying. We all watch the news too and have read plenty and are perfectly capable of forming our own opinions. 
 

What exactly is your agenda with all the negativity? There are plenty of people out there that feel like the risk is worth the reward to get back at things. Give it a rest and don’t feel like you constantly need to tell people why YOU THINK they’re wrong and say it as if it’s fact and not your opinion, which it is. 

There are a couple other guys who talk down to people that don’t share the doomsday takes you do, but yours are just constant. Give it a rest. 
 

 
I get it. Just wanted to pass along caution. I hope she gets to spend time with you and the family and it does sound safe. Think it all through for the trip over and make it extra safe. 75 deserves a break from the stress of this mess. Hope it happens and will love to hear how it turned out. 
Thanks! Will update. We also have the no contact thermometer I’ll hit her with when she shows up. 

 
I’m responding pretty much exclusively to your posts in here because you for real seem to act like you’re smarter than everyone else and it’s annoying. We all watch the news too and have read plenty and are perfectly capable of forming our own opinions. 
 

What exactly is your agenda with all the negativity? There are plenty of people out there that feel like the risk is worth the reward to get back at things. Give it a rest and don’t feel like you constantly need to tell people why YOU THINK they’re wrong and say it as if it’s fact and not your opinion, which it is. 

There are a couple other guys who talk down to people that don’t share the doomsday takes you do, but yours are just constant. Give it a rest. 
 
Hi TJ - the economic studies do not agree with your opinion that the risk is worth the reward. 

I would love to read the specifics around your opinion that “the risk is worth the reward”.  Do you have detail?

 
Thanks! Will update. We also have the no contact thermometer I’ll hit her with when she shows up. 
Funny you mentioned this. I was just going to ask if people are using thermometers on the regular.

We check daily. I am 97.1 degrees like clockwork. 11 of the last 12 times. Wife and kids are different almost every time. 

Wondering how common that is just out of curiosity. 

 
I’m responding pretty much exclusively to your posts in here because you for real seem to act like you’re smarter than everyone else and it’s annoying. We all watch the news too and have read plenty and are perfectly capable of forming our own opinions. 
 

What exactly is your agenda with all the negativity? There are plenty of people out there that feel like the risk is worth the reward to get back at things. Give it a rest and don’t feel like you constantly need to tell people why YOU THINK they’re wrong and say it as if it’s fact and not your opinion, which it is. 

There are a couple other guys who talk down to people that don’t share the doomsday takes you do, but yours are just constant. Give it a rest. 
 
Several sides to this story that doesn’t have an ending yet. I respect everyone’s opinion and appreciate the good, bad and ugly. Being informed is a must in times like this. Being too careful has usually not ended bad for anyone. It’s too early to determine who is right and who is wrong though recently it seems some want to claim victory. There is no victory and we may still be far from out of this but hopefully in the coming weeks we do see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

 
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Funny you mentioned this. I was just going to ask if people are using thermometers on the regular.

We check daily. I am 97.1 degrees like clockwork. 11 of the last 12 times. Wife and kids are different almost every time. 

Wondering how common that is just out of curiosity. 
We insanely are checking ourselves twice a day. Breakfast and before bed. 
 

we bought two before this started in case one broke. $110 total :bag:  

 
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