Maracujá
November 2020 --> 14 years natural!!!
Nah, sis. Between the daily micro aggressions and me already dealing with two severe chronic illnesses...I'm straight right where I am
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The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc
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Nah, sis. Between the daily micro aggressions and me already dealing with two severe chronic illnesses...I'm straight right where I am
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BrownSkinPoppin
formerly NaturallyBri87
Do y’all think there will be a spike in coronavirus due to the protests? Thousands and thousands of Americans across a lot of cities were in the streets, although most had masks on obviously it was hard to social distance. I’m interested to see how this will affect the coronavirus cases/deaths
It's possible. But there are a few things that are in our favor. A lot of the people wore face masks during the protests to protect their identity. Also they were outside. Which decreases the viral spread. So one can only hope.
I'm very concerned about this as well. I don't want any the the protesters getting sick especially when they fight for justice.
Maracujá
November 2020 --> 14 years natural!!!
It would've gotten worse regardless of these protests. Watched a video of a lady explaining how it happened in 1918 - 1920. Basically, as @mochalocks mentioned, there will be a resurgence around August / September. And from what the lady said, again at the beginning of 2021 and then it will end. So we're basically looking at a 1 - 2 years window here.
This is why personal leadership is so important: there's no one here to take care of us, but ourselves. I've been following the guidelines: only going out when necessary. They have reopened the borders here. They will reopen schools as well. It's a real catch 22: many have to work to provide for their families, so they have no choice but to go to work. Many women have no experience with homeschooling, so they are being forced to send the children to school. It's a disaster waiting to happen.
I think so. By the middle of this week, there should be a spike from all those who ignored COVID-19 over the Memorial Day weekend. By next weekend, we will probably see a spike resulting from the protests too. Even if many people were wearing masks, many others were not, and many people wear their masks incorrectly. Although protesters tend to be younger and less likely to become seriously ill if they catch it, they can still transmit it to older family members, etc.
ETA: A lot of the cases in late March in the metro NY area were linked to Purim celebrations among religious Jewish communities, with many of those celebrations held outdoors. Being outdoors while moving may offer some protection, but proximity and duration of contact increase risk, as does loud speech/chanting (which is why religious institutions are considering not allowing singing and communal prayers upon reopening). So the increased risks may negate the benefit of being outdoors.
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mochalocks
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yes. From what l saw on the news here in NYC... of course no social distancing and some did not have on a mask.
Like I just mentioned to one my co-workers we might be like this for 2- 3 years now.
Black Ambrosia
Well-Known Member
Can you share more details? What caused the resurgences at those intervals and why did it end when it did in 1920?
Black Ambrosia
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I wonder if we'll see this in passenger vehicles
To Disinfect a Police Car in a Pandemic, Software Cranks Up the Heat
Over the last two months, law-enforcement agencies around the country have increasingly found themselves transporting people infected with the coronavirus, and facing the challenge of how to quickly and effectively sanitize their vehicles.
“We’ve been doing it by hand, wiping down the seats and interior with 70 percent alcohol and water,” said Robert Martinez, deputy commissioner for support services at the New York Police Department. “But with the virus, you can’t see it, so you don’t know if you’re getting every surface and every nook and cranny.”
Now Ford Motor, a major supplier of police cruisers, has come up with an answer. The carmaker has developed a software update that can raise the interior temperature to 133 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, which it says is enough to eliminate the virus.
Mr. Martinez said that it would take time to install software updates on all the Ford vehicles in the New York police fleet, but that the method seemed promising. “This is a pretty comprehensive, sure way of knowing that you killed the virus, or even bedbugs or other things,” he said.
The feature is available on the Ford Police Interceptor S.U.V.s for the 2013 to 2019 model years. Some 176,000 of those vehicles were sold, making it one of the top models used by law enforcement.
To be sure this approach would be effective, Ford turned to Ohio State University, where researchers examined the ability of high heat to destroy viruses in vehicles. The researchers performed tests using a coronavirus similar to the strain that has caused more than 100,000 deaths in the United States, said Jesse Kwiek, an associate professor of microbiology at Ohio State.
A solution containing the virus was spread on the carpet, plastics and other materials used for the interiors of Ford’s police vehicles, and those parts were heated to 120 degrees for 15 minutes, Mr. Kwiek said.
At that temperature, the study concluded, the protein that is a crucial component of the virus’s structure unravels. “Of all the materials we tested, we were never able to recover infectious viruses for any,” he said.
Bill Gubing, Ford’s product line manager for S.U.V.s and passenger vehicles, said the automaker heard of the problem of decontaminating police vehicles in March as the coronavirus began spreading rapidly across the country.
“Our engineers thought about how an autoclave is used to sterilize medical instruments,” Mr. Gubing said, referring to the heated containers used at high temperatures and pressures. The engineers envisioned “a way to do something like that with a vehicle,” he said, “because we have a perfect heat source right there,” the engine.
The company developed an update for the vehicles’ engine-control software that creates a sanitation mode that can be activated by pressing a series of buttons on the steering wheel. The software checks whether there is enough gasoline to keep the engine running for the 80-minute process, and prompts officers to ensure that no one is in the vehicle and no sensitive electronics remain inside.
With the doors and windows closed, the software heats the interior to 133 degrees. After 15 minutes at that temperature, the vehicle’s air-conditioning comes on to cool off the interior.
Mr. Gubing said the process should not damage interior parts. Metal would be unaffected by 120-degree heat, he said, and plastics typically melt at 212 degrees or higher.
To Disinfect a Police Car in a Pandemic, Software Cranks Up the Heat
Over the last two months, law-enforcement agencies around the country have increasingly found themselves transporting people infected with the coronavirus, and facing the challenge of how to quickly and effectively sanitize their vehicles.
“We’ve been doing it by hand, wiping down the seats and interior with 70 percent alcohol and water,” said Robert Martinez, deputy commissioner for support services at the New York Police Department. “But with the virus, you can’t see it, so you don’t know if you’re getting every surface and every nook and cranny.”
Now Ford Motor, a major supplier of police cruisers, has come up with an answer. The carmaker has developed a software update that can raise the interior temperature to 133 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, which it says is enough to eliminate the virus.
Mr. Martinez said that it would take time to install software updates on all the Ford vehicles in the New York police fleet, but that the method seemed promising. “This is a pretty comprehensive, sure way of knowing that you killed the virus, or even bedbugs or other things,” he said.
The feature is available on the Ford Police Interceptor S.U.V.s for the 2013 to 2019 model years. Some 176,000 of those vehicles were sold, making it one of the top models used by law enforcement.
To be sure this approach would be effective, Ford turned to Ohio State University, where researchers examined the ability of high heat to destroy viruses in vehicles. The researchers performed tests using a coronavirus similar to the strain that has caused more than 100,000 deaths in the United States, said Jesse Kwiek, an associate professor of microbiology at Ohio State.
A solution containing the virus was spread on the carpet, plastics and other materials used for the interiors of Ford’s police vehicles, and those parts were heated to 120 degrees for 15 minutes, Mr. Kwiek said.
At that temperature, the study concluded, the protein that is a crucial component of the virus’s structure unravels. “Of all the materials we tested, we were never able to recover infectious viruses for any,” he said.
Bill Gubing, Ford’s product line manager for S.U.V.s and passenger vehicles, said the automaker heard of the problem of decontaminating police vehicles in March as the coronavirus began spreading rapidly across the country.
“Our engineers thought about how an autoclave is used to sterilize medical instruments,” Mr. Gubing said, referring to the heated containers used at high temperatures and pressures. The engineers envisioned “a way to do something like that with a vehicle,” he said, “because we have a perfect heat source right there,” the engine.
The company developed an update for the vehicles’ engine-control software that creates a sanitation mode that can be activated by pressing a series of buttons on the steering wheel. The software checks whether there is enough gasoline to keep the engine running for the 80-minute process, and prompts officers to ensure that no one is in the vehicle and no sensitive electronics remain inside.
With the doors and windows closed, the software heats the interior to 133 degrees. After 15 minutes at that temperature, the vehicle’s air-conditioning comes on to cool off the interior.
Mr. Gubing said the process should not damage interior parts. Metal would be unaffected by 120-degree heat, he said, and plastics typically melt at 212 degrees or higher.
Maracujá
November 2020 --> 14 years natural!!!
Been trying to find the vid, but no luck. It ended in 1920, because there was a healthcare reform. Before that, not everyone could afford proper healthcare. Hope some ladies working in the field can correct me, if I'm wrong.
Yes. Lots of people crowded together yelling and spraying germs everywhere. Then they will blame the increased deaths on black folks.
This will "malfunction" and mysteriously cause the black folks locked in the back to die of heatstroke. They need to give the cops some clorox wipes and lysol spray and move on.
HappyAtLast
Simplicity & Peacefulness
I definitely foresee deaths due to "malfunctioning". But the other flaw is this is an 80-minute process (?) Idk how many backseat riders are in those cruisers each day, but no way can they take cruisers out of commission for 80 minutes to disinfect between riders.
discodumpling
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I went to my 1st social distance birthday party today. Came home and jumped in the shower! It was fun. It was needed. It was the perfect way for me and DH to get back into the world. It was us and 4 other couples we call framily. Full disclosure:
We started off timid but after the champagne, tequila and the vodka was flowing it was like corona virus who? Folks masks were on and off, up and down. So yeah I'm home drinking orange ginger tea and saying my prayers!
If I'm all good this week I'm gonna visit my parents next weekend.
We started off timid but after the champagne, tequila and the vodka was flowing it was like corona virus who? Folks masks were on and off, up and down. So yeah I'm home drinking orange ginger tea and saying my prayers!
If I'm all good this week I'm gonna visit my parents next weekend.
Incubation is between 2 and 14 days for 95% of cases... if your parents are elderly or have potential comorbidities, it might be best to wait until the following weekend. But hopefully, you weren’t exposed today.
I had to go to Lowe’s today. People seems to have forgotten about COVID and kept invading my 2 meters space. So annoying.
I saw 2 Chinese girls and I was admiring their colourful face masks. I noticed they looked embarrassed . They avoided my gaze and it kind of stuck in my head but I did not dwell on it. It was not the “avoid eye contact out of respect” look. These kids were Canadian born and bred. They looked ashamed but I did not really think about. They saw me looking at their masks, which I did for a little too long because I was looking at the fabric design, thinking how cute they looked.
it just occurred to me that maybe it was COVID related. How sad. What is this world coming to.
I saw 2 Chinese girls and I was admiring their colourful face masks. I noticed they looked embarrassed . They avoided my gaze and it kind of stuck in my head but I did not dwell on it. It was not the “avoid eye contact out of respect” look. These kids were Canadian born and bred. They looked ashamed but I did not really think about. They saw me looking at their masks, which I did for a little too long because I was looking at the fabric design, thinking how cute they looked.
it just occurred to me that maybe it was COVID related. How sad. What is this world coming to.
Maracujá
November 2020 --> 14 years natural!!!
Been going through the same thing: some will judge you for wearing it, others will judge you for not wearing it.
C@ssandr@
formerly known as "keyawarren"
It was not hard, their eyes were not covered. Plus they looked down on the ground and continued to do so.
I also had on a mask. I cannot read minds but I felt that they thought I was staring at them because of the “Chinese” virus.
Stormy
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Oh my God! I'm sorry for your loss of colleagues and family. And you're right, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Stormy
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I was just thinking this! They'll leave 'em in there on purpose.
Transformer
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biznesswmn
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NSFW language
covid across the aisle smh
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nycutiepie
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My God. They are scum and pure evil. I pray for all those that were exposed. They will reap what they sow. Disgusting
Everything Zen
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^^^ And this is why I don’t have a problem with Antifa
Our side needs grimey folk too:
Michael Avenatti, Anthony Weiner, B613...
Our side needs grimey folk too:
Michael Avenatti, Anthony Weiner, B613...
vevster
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George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus on April 3rd and was STILL positive after his death on 5/25. Asymptomatic.
The virus in Floyd, the report says, was “asymptomatic but persistent,” leading to the positive postmortem test.
source: ny daily news link
The virus in Floyd, the report says, was “asymptomatic but persistent,” leading to the positive postmortem test.
source: ny daily news link
sunshinebeautiful
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What in the world?! Still after 2 whole months?!
vevster
Well-Known Member
That is the scary part about this virus. You can be asymptomatic and spread this thing far and wide.....
Tomorrow is my aunts father’s funeral. He died from COVID in a nursing home. She was very close to her dad. He was a lovely/loved man. I feel so bad for her. She is home alone grieving.
I’m not depressed. But I’ve been crying everyday for one reason or another. Today I cry for my aunt. She lost 2 adult children and both her parents. She has been my guru, mother figure and mentor. So I feel her pain. If it was not for her I don’t think I would have even gone to university. She believed in me and encouraged me when no one else saw my potential. She is special. Once while we were eating at a restaurant, the waitress called me to one side and asked me who she was. The waitress said she could feel that she was a good person. I knew exactly what she meant. If I had not known my aunt I would have thought that this waitress was crazy. She was not even black. But she said she felt my aunts good aura emanating from her and she was curious. I’m hurting because she is hurting.
I know that even if there was no covid her father would have died eventually. But still. It took him away a year or two earlier.
but the saddest thing is that this lady has to grieve alone because she is high risk. At least before she had her family and church (she is also a pastor), but now she is alone due to social distancing and the fact that she is high risk.
I’m not depressed. But I’ve been crying everyday for one reason or another. Today I cry for my aunt. She lost 2 adult children and both her parents. She has been my guru, mother figure and mentor. So I feel her pain. If it was not for her I don’t think I would have even gone to university. She believed in me and encouraged me when no one else saw my potential. She is special. Once while we were eating at a restaurant, the waitress called me to one side and asked me who she was. The waitress said she could feel that she was a good person. I knew exactly what she meant. If I had not known my aunt I would have thought that this waitress was crazy. She was not even black. But she said she felt my aunts good aura emanating from her and she was curious. I’m hurting because she is hurting.
I know that even if there was no covid her father would have died eventually. But still. It took him away a year or two earlier.
but the saddest thing is that this lady has to grieve alone because she is high risk. At least before she had her family and church (she is also a pastor), but now she is alone due to social distancing and the fact that she is high risk.
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That is what makes so many of the current protests even more dangerous; in New York City, at one point something like 30% or 40% of the police department was out sick after testing positive. They have been "counterprotesting" and many officers are deliberately NOT wearing masks. I saw something where a journalist asked an NYPD police sergeant why they were not wearing masks, and the answer made it clear that being without masks was a calculated choice on their part.
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