The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

[lavaflow99]

I was just about to say, it was either Florida or Mississippi. Yeah get you and your babies away from that fool. Even if the governor doesn't do a mandate, you would THINK that the doctors would have some act right about them.

You would think.

Several doctors have had their licenses suspended for not wearing masks in their offices or tweeting about not needing masks. Let's add this practice group to the list of shame.

Family Doctor's License Suspended After Refusal to Wear Mask​

Family Doctor's License Suspended After Refusal to Wear Mask

Steven LaTulippe, MD, says neither he nor his staff wear masks at their Oregon clinic, and he urged patients not to wear them, either.

www.medscape.com

 

[Crackers Phinn]

Ya'll know I don't go no place but home and work but I had to drop my car off at the the body shop that is walking distance from our warehouse. I get in there and everybody is spread out and wearing masks with protective barriers at their desk between them and the customers and the place seemed ventilated so I was "ok bet!" As soon as I had an INKLING of feeling kind of safe, I hear the kind of chewing where you know food is flying out of somebody's mouth. I look around and see dude three desks away with his mask free mouth eating an apple like everybody else in the room ain't there inhaling his possibly seasoned by covid food breath! I got up, walked out and called from outside and told the girl to bring my paperwork out when she was done cuz I can't be in no place with unmasked people.

 

[Black Ambrosia]

Got this today from Kroger. Antibody testing is only $25 and you get results back in 15 minutes.

Click here to schedule.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

i just had to switch pediatricians because our doctor wasn’t wearing a mask during my youngest check up and invited me and my children to take ours off (we did not). I also saw 2 other doctors in the hall without masks. I was beyond disappointed and a little disgusted

I took my oldest in to our new doctor and the precautions being taken are above and beyond.

OMG!
My kids' Pediatrician told us that for the next 12 months, they don't anticipate going without masks themselves, even if later on people are not required to wear them. Its good you left. That's ridiculous.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

Cross Posted: If you are uninsured or have a loved one who is uninsured, today is the last day to enroll in Obamacare.

I have had health insurance AND short term disability insurance for over 10 years. The disability came in handy when I had to take 2 maternity leaves due to having my oldest child at just short of being 6 mos pregnant.

Investing in short term disability insurance (and life insurance if need be) NOW is important bc I suspect COVID-19 will be considered a "pre-existing" condition. So even if you survive and develop something else as a result---your pre-existing condition will increase your life insurance rates and you may not get approved for disability insurance in time. For example, you can't get pregnant then at 4 weeks pregnant decide you want disability insurance. The pregnancy is considered pre-existing and you won't be covered for being absent for the actual pregnancy.

 

[TrulyBlessed]

 

[Everything Zen]

How are you feeling today @Crackers Phinn

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

I was just about to say, it was either Florida or Mississippi. Yeah get you and your babies away from that fool. Even if the governor doesn't do a mandate, you would THINK that the doctors would have some act right about them.

It’s really bad here. People who I know have received an education and I thought knew their stuff have lost all reason. This is the first time in awhile I’ve thought about moving.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

How are you feeling today @Crackers Phinn

Less sore than yesterday, still a lil tender. For the fourth time in 10 months I'm isolating from DH which sucks. I'm also stuck driving a Khia Soul until my car is repaired. I swear this car been talking to me since I picked it up. Every time I put my foot on the accelerator to go above 50, the car be like "Ayyyyyyeeee, whachudoin!?!?!?!"

 

[Crackers Phinn]

Hell. Go To.

BTW - This dude is a drunk driver who killed a college student some time ago.

 

[sunshinebeautiful]

I'm so sad. We are never going to get out of this mess.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

Hell. Go To.

BTW - This dude is a drunk driver who killed a college student some time ago.

I'd bolt the door every single time and go up on the fines. What a horrible human.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

Hell. Go To.

BTW - This dude is a drunk driver who killed a college student some time ago.

Yep...here he is:

N.J. gym owner defying shutdown order faces backlash over fatal drunk driving crash

Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith said in an Instagram video Wednesday that he took responsibility for his actions 13 years ago.

www.nj.com

 

[meka72]

I was in a car accident yesterday. I'm a little sore today but overall seem to be a'ight. I normally go to the ER to get checked out even for minor scraps but NOPE during a pandemic. I'm still having some anxiety because the cop kept sticking his head in the passenger side of my car and he was wearing a gator which might as well be a tissue for all the breath it keeps from getting out. I had my mask on the entire time so hopefully nothing will come from it.

I know they stick their heads in the car to see if they smell weed but if I was a cop, I wouldn't be tryna inhale nothing in somebody's enclosed space these days. Whatever arrest quota bonus you get cannot possibly be worth it.

Glad you’re not seriously hurt CP!

 

[meka72]

My great aunt and her adult granddaughter both tested positive for C19. My aunt was asymtomatic until 1-2 days before she was to end isolation. Luckily they had an oximeter and saw her oxygen drop to 83. She went to ER and was diagnosed with covid pneumonia. Doctors are treating her with remdisivir and said that she’s doing great.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

Yep...here he is:

N.J. gym owner defying shutdown order faces backlash over fatal drunk driving crash

Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith said in an Instagram video Wednesday that he took responsibility for his actions 13 years ago.

www.nj.com

Nobody hates his dumb only about what he's done in the past. It's his continued actions that will kill even more people that are the dang problem. People stay so caught up on having haters that they don't see the hateful POOH they doing in real time.

 

[meka72]

Tyrese has some tips for keeping yourself c19 free

 

[yamilee21]

Speaking of being COVID free... have any of you heard the convoluted explanations being given for why COVID-19 has NOT been the disaster it had been anticipated to be in sub-Saharan African countries (except South Africa)? Everything from “well, it’s probably much, much worse but there isn’t enough testing,” to the lack of travel and tourism, to the generally younger population, to “genetic” explanations. Occasionally there will be some grudging admittance that some African governments might have done things right, but the NGO “medical experts” being interviewed practically need their teeth pulled to get that out. What have those of you with ties to African countries been hearing about COVID there?

Similar things are being said about Haiti as well... that seems to be such a head-scratcher for the “experts” because the outbreak has been much worse in the Dominican Republic, and even though the border is “closed,” it is porous, and there has been a lot of voluntary repatriation, as well as a lot of deportations. In Haiti’s case, besides the youthful population, I think the explanation is fairly simple - people pretty much only go inside to sleep, otherwise they are outside much of the time. Also, windows are usually open, since there air conditioning isn’t readily available. I wonder whether conditions aren’t similar in a lot of the African countries that are confounding the “experts” with their low COVID rates.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

My state (SUnshine state) is a hot mess. The Sun-Sentinel (big paper out of my hometown of Ft. Lauderdale) did an expose on the whole thing with the dept of health and the coverup. It went viral in my circle bc we live here. This was right when that whistleblower got her home raided here the other day. We used to appreciate such investigative journalism. They did a lot of work. How is my state having NO REPORTED deaths on Election day and the day after? Yet next door to my job is a graveyard, and fresh graves are being dug WEEKLY...when before (I've been at this job 13 yrs now), it would been maybe a new grave dug 1-2 times/month.....

I want people to stop with this hoax crap.
My state is covering up so much. The numbers you see...ya'll need to add several percentage points. I think more people are dying than what's being reported. I say that because about 100 or so pages ago, I said our Gov. demanded Medical Examiners stop reporting COVID deaths. ME's have traditionally reported them specifically to the CDC during endemics or pandemics. Now that ME's can't do it...that creates a delay in reporting---add that to the fact that the whistleblower alleges she was told to lie, and manipulate the data and its hard to believe anything. Hospitals continue to report, but people who die in their homes, or with symptoms related to COVID before they had a chance to test land with the ME. THOSE numbers are the ones not necessarily being included. So I laugh when people say they are attaching COVID-19 as cause of death to everything...when in reality, its might not be attached enough. I'm just so tired.

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

Tyrese has some tips for keeping yourself c19 free View attachment 466327

I was hoping he would’ve gotten some mental health services by now...

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

Well MY state is picking a part of video of the first COVID vaccines being administered. Apparently because the nurse did not wear gloves (this is not required when administering vaccines according to OSHA guidelines) and the “angle” of the needle “looked funny”. They are saying that there is no real vaccine, this is a trick, etc.

 

[Lylddlebit]

More restrictions for medical procedures that people actually need but they want to require you to go to the doctor for simple birth control prescription refills. I am really irritated. I was able to bypass my annual by just using teledoctor instead of my normal doctor but I am still irritated and it's not just the process of getting birth control it's knowing I would want to be pregnant right now today if it didn't mean being potentially incapacitated during a pandemic. It also feels like the bottom line is bringing in money and standard practices rather than focusing on patient based care for things folks really need. Why would I be comfortable being pregnant right now if the health care system cares more about quotas than me and my baby? Vent over(I know it's more to it than that and there are valid reasons to go to the doctor each year...but I am still irritated).

 

[TrulyBlessed]

 

[B_Phlyy]

This morning I woke up in a panic thinking I had got it because I couldn't smell anything and my mouth was super dry. Turns out, my cat had slept on my face and I had fur in my nose and on my upper lip. Once I washed my face and moisturized, all is well.

More restrictions for medical procedures that people actually need but they want to require you to go to the doctor for simple birth control prescription refills. I am really irritated. I was able to bypass my annual by just using teledoctor instead of my normal doctor but I am still irritated and it's not just the process of getting birth control it's knowing I would want to be pregnant right now today if it didn't mean being potentially incapacitated during a pandemic. It also feels like the bottom line is bringing in money and standard practices rather than focusing on patient based care for things folks really need. Why would I be comfortable being pregnant right now if the health care system cares more about quotas than me and my baby? Vent over(I know it's more to it than that and there are valid reasons to go to the doctor each year...but I am still irritated).

That's because we want to confirm all the details of your last period and see a negative pregnancy test. Having worked in an ob/gyn office and currently with a team of midwives, I've seen all manners of shenanigans around using birth control. Many women really are confused about reproduction and what the devices and meds for family planning can and can't do. People really need counseling before starting or continuing with there method. But I do understand your frustration.

 

[PatDM'T]

This morning I woke up in a panic thinking I had got it because I couldn't smell anything and my mouth was super dry. Turns out, my cat had slept on my face and I had fur in my nose and on my upper lip. Once I washed my face and moisturized, all is well.

Sorry you had a scare
but your cat story
made me feel all
warm and fuzzy inside.

Cats can do no wrong
in my eyes.

Spoiler

 

[Lylddlebit]

This morning I woke up in a panic thinking I had got it because I couldn't smell anything and my mouth was super dry. Turns out, my cat had slept on my face and I had fur in my nose and on my upper lip. Once I washed my face and moisturized, all is well.



That's because we want to confirm all the details of your last period and see a negative pregnancy test. Having worked in an ob/gyn office and currently with a team of midwives, I've seen all manners of shenanigans around using birth control. Many women really are confused about reproduction and what the devices and meds for family planning can and can't do. People really need counseling before starting or continuing with there method. But I do understand your frustration.

Yeah I definitely know the justification although my actual lifestyle and choices have never caused uncertainty on if I was pregnant or not. My pregnancies are always planned and on purpose lol. I digress, teledoctor helped me out short-term. I will see if good rx or another online venders can be a longer term fix. I am not feeling in person convenience/maintenance office visits until 1)the world becomes more stable 2) I have an actual medical need or 3)my risk-benefits analysis determines I need to go ahead and go(like actually deciding to get pregnant despite the pandemic). I was just irritated this morning so that inconvenience stirred up other covid things making me mad.

 

[awhyley]

I was hoping he would’ve gotten some mental health services by now...

The self-professed alpha empath needs yall to understand that if he catches Covid, people ain't loyal, which is why he's pictured wearing a SCARF on top of an actual mask. (I'm not even going to comment on his 90 degree mess)

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

Many women really are confused about reproduction and what the devices and meds for family planning can and can't do. People really need counseling before starting or continuing with there method. But I do understand your frustration.

You are spot on with this. The stuff people believe in regards to birth control and pregnancy floor me.

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

The self-professed alpha empath needs yall to understand that if he catches Covid, people ain't loyal, which is why he's pictured wearing a SCARF on top of an actual mask. (I'm not even going to comment on his 90 degree mess)

Got his whole family pouring buckets of sweat at night

 

[Crackers Phinn]

Speaking of being COVID free... have any of you heard the convoluted explanations being given for why COVID-19 has NOT been the disaster it had been anticipated to be in sub-Saharan African countries (except South Africa)? Everything from “well, it’s probably much, much worse but there isn’t enough testing,” to the lack of travel and tourism, to the generally younger population, to “genetic” explanations. Occasionally there will be some grudging admittance that some African governments might have done things right, but the NGO “medical experts” being interviewed practically need their teeth pulled to get that out. What have those of you with ties to African countries been hearing about COVID there?

Similar things are being said about Haiti as well... that seems to be such a head-scratcher for the “experts” because the outbreak has been much worse in the Dominican Republic, and even though the border is “closed,” it is porous, and there has been a lot of voluntary repatriation, as well as a lot of deportations. In Haiti’s case, besides the youthful population, I think the explanation is fairly simple - people pretty much only go inside to sleep, otherwise they are outside much of the time. Also, windows are usually open, since there air conditioning isn’t readily available. I wonder whether conditions aren’t similar in a lot of the African countries that are confounding the “experts” with their low COVID rates.

May not be the part of Africa anybody here cares about but Morocco is on fire with Covid. I made friends with some of the non Jewish locals and I apped to check in on them and the lockdown got a lot of the women over there catching hell. There's Berbers that live up in the mountains and without the ability to get down the hill and trade they have limited food and supplies. The men who have supplies are trading them for child brides. It's not that much better for poor women down the hills. Rape is how Covid is being passed in poor villages.