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

Jmartjrmd

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STATE WATCH
March 25, 2020 - 05:21 PM EDT
California governor, big banks agree to 90-day mortgage grace period

BY J. EDWARD MORENO
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Wednesday that major banks have agreed to a 90-day grace period for mortgage payments in the state.

During a Wednesday briefing, Newsom said more than 200 banks, including Wells Fargo, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bank, agreed to the moratorium for homeowners.

"Families should not lose their homes because of COVID-19. Very pleased that Wells Fargo, Citi, JPMorgan, and US Bank have agreed to a 90 day grace period for mortgage payments for those impacted by #COVID19," he tweeted, calling it a "big sigh of relief for millions of CA families."




Newsom also said 4,305 hotel rooms across the state have been made available for the homeless in California via an emergency grant.

The state is also restricting intake into to the California prison system, focusing on isolating prisoners and not mixing prison populations.

Monday's briefing came less than a week after the governor called for a statewide stay-at-home order to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Newsom said he wasn't confident the lockdown would end in early April, saying experts will make a more definitive move in the next six to eight weeks.


Newsom also announced California has distributed 24.5 million surgical masks and ordered 100 million more. He said California is "pulling its weight" when it comes to finding and purchasing the medical equipment needed.

The governor's announcement comes as the Senate mulls a $2 trillion stimulus bill.


 

shelli4018

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My niece appears to be going through the crappy phase of this illness. Woke up yesterday unable to catch her breath due to mucous and incessant coughing. Ended up vomiting. Said she felt bad the night before and took a sleep aid. I asked her NOT to do that. It sounds dangerous to me to take a sleep aid with a condition that effects breathing.

She threw up a few times last night. But she’s up and hanging in there this morning. The NY health department said they cannot see her until next week for testing. Add a week to get results back and it’s safe to say she will be riding this thing out at home. That’s basically what they’re telling her.
 

meka72

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I hope she makes a complete recovery.

My niece appears to be going through the crappy phase of this illness. Woke up yesterday unable to catch her breath due to mucous and incessant coughing. Ended up vomiting. Said she felt bad the night before and took a sleep aid. I asked her NOT to do that. It sounds dangerous to me to take a sleep aid with a condition that effects breathing.

She threw up a few times last night. But she’s up and hanging in there this morning. The NY health department said they cannot see her until next week for testing. Add a week to get results back and it’s safe to say she will be riding this thing out at home. That’s basically what they’re telling her.
 

dancinstallion

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My niece appears to be going through the crappy phase of this illness. Woke up yesterday unable to catch her breath due to mucous and incessant coughing. Ended up vomiting. Said she felt bad the night before and took a sleep aid. I asked her NOT to do that. It sounds dangerous to me to take a sleep aid with a condition that effects breathing.

She threw up a few times last night. But she’s up and hanging in there this morning. The NY health department said they cannot see her until next week for testing. Add a week to get results back and it’s safe to say she will be riding this thing out at home. That’s basically what they’re telling her.


Sorry to hear this. I hope she makes a quick recovery. Is she taking any supplements? Vitamin c at least?
 

qchelle

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Mother, 36, 'dies of coronavirus' in her flat after being told she was not a priority when she called 999
  • Kayla Williams called with fever, cough and severe pains in stomach and chest
  • NHS staff told the mother of three to take care of herself at Peckham home
  • Paramedic then told her husband hospital would not take the patient
  • They said she was not a priority and Ms Williams died in south London flat
A mother of three has died in her flat after calling 999 and being told she was not a priority despite displaying symptoms of coronavirus.

Kayla Williams died of suspected Covid-19 at her apartment in Peckham, the day after call handlers told her to look after herself at home.

The 36-year-old's life was cut short on Saturday, when paramedics came to her south London address.



Husband Fabian Willams told the Guardian that his wife was suffering a cough, high fever and severe chest and stomach pains on Friday.

Documents have revealed that she was being treated as a suspected coronavirus case when she was told to stay at home.

Mr Williams said: 'I called 999 because my wife was breathless, she was vomiting and she had pains in her stomach.

'As I was talking to them she was getting worse and they told me to put her on the floor and to make her body flat.'

A paramedic came over to perform some tests on the patient at 8.32am but told the couple the hospital wouldn't admit her.

Mr Williams said. 'She told me the hospital won't take her, she is not a priority. She did not stay very long and she went outside to write her report and posted it through the door.'

When his wife's condition worsened the next day, Mr Williams ran her a bath and helped to dress her.

He left her to rest in the lounge and then came back to find her slumped over. 'She was already dead,' he told the paper.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...wkmhMlPtmJU_OFlfy63-Jyc2UsUbfK46cAgX_rw8s6KtI
 

Chicoro

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Vomiting. I remember seeing a video of a woman in China vomiting. She was being taken away by the police in China. She fell to the ground and got sick.

I never see that as a symptom for Covid-19. Now, this is the third mention of vomiting.

Let's add that as something to watch for. The woman in the China video looked as if she might have been vomiting blood.
 

Ganjababy

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Yes gi problems is one of the signs in some patients. Vomiting and/or


COVID-19: 'Digestive symptoms are common'

New research into data from more than 200 people who received medical care for COVID-19 reveals that almost half of this group experienced digestive symptoms, such as loss of appetite and diarrhea.


Recent findings suggest that a significant number of people with COVID-19 may experience digestive symptoms.
As the world races to find the best ways to cope with the new coronavirus, researchers continue to contribute to our understanding of COVID-19, the disease that the virus causes.

The exact symptoms are a main point of interest. As with many other viral infections, SARS-CoV-2 infections cause different symptoms in different people.

But which symptoms are the most common, and which others are still likely to affect a significant number of people?

Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.

According to information from the World Health Organization (WHO), three of the most common symptoms are a fever, coughing, and some difficulty breathing.

However, people with COVID-19 have reported many other symptoms, including digestive ones.

While the WHO still consider digestive symptoms to be uncommon, a new study from the Wuhan Medical Treatment Expert Group for COVID-19 suggests that such symptoms may be more widespread than specialists had thought.



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The American Journal of Gastroenterology — analyzed data from 204 people who received medical care for COVID-19 between January 18 and February 28, 2020.

The patients had an average age of 54.9 years, and of the total, 107 were male and 97 female.

When they presented to a hospital, 99 of the 204 people — or 48.5% — were experiencing digestive symptoms.

The main digestive symptoms among the study cohort were a lack of appetite, in 83 individuals, and diarrhea, in 29.

Other symptoms included vomiting, in eight individuals, and abdominal
pain, in four.

The study authors also note that seven of the patients with COVID-19 had no respiratory symptoms but did experience digestive symptoms.

Moreover, the digestive symptoms among the larger group grew more severe as the severity of COVID-19 increased, the researchers report.

Overall, they determine, people without digestive symptoms appeared to be more likely to recover from COVID-19 and be discharged from the hospital than those with digestive symptoms, at a ratio of 60% in the former group to 34.3% in the latter.

Given these findings, the authors advise that “The index of suspicion may need to be raised earlier in at-risk patients presenting with digestive symptoms, rather than waiting for respiratory symptoms to emerge.”

In the study paper — the first author of which is Dr. Lei Pan, from Binzhou Medical University Hospital, in China — the investigators emphasize that:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covid-19-digestive-symptoms-are-common

Vomiting. I remember seeing a video of a woman in China vomiting. She was being taken away by the police in China. She fell to the ground and got sick.

I never see that as a symptom for Covid-19. Now, this is the third mention of vomiting.

Let's add that as something to watch for. The woman in the China video looked as if she might have been vomiting blood.
 
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nycutiepie

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My niece appears to be going through the crappy phase of this illness. Woke up yesterday unable to catch her breath due to mucous and incessant coughing. Ended up vomiting. Said she felt bad the night before and took a sleep aid. I asked her NOT to do that. It sounds dangerous to me to take a sleep aid with a condition that effects breathing.

She threw up a few times last night. But she’s up and hanging in there this morning. The NY health department said they cannot see her until next week for testing. Add a week to get results back and it’s safe to say she will be riding this thing out at home. That’s basically what they’re telling her.
I’m sorry to hear. I would try the homemade remedies they’re saying works. Drinking hot liquids, gargling with salt or vinegar, etc.
 

Peppermynt

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/tech/dyson-ventilators-coronavirus/index.html

James Dyson designed a new ventilator in 10 days. He's making 15,000 for the pandemic fight

By Nada Bashir, CNN Business

Updated 10:31 AM ET, Thu March 26, 2020


London (CNN Business)Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country's National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients.

James Dyson, the company's billionaire founder, confirmed the order in a letter to employees shared with CNN on Wednesday.
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'Desperate' shortage of ventilators for coronavirus patients puts manufacturers on wartime footing
"A ventilator supports a patient who is no longer able to maintain their own airways, but sadly there is currently a significant shortage, both in the UK and other countries around the world," Dyson wrote.
Dyson said the company had designed and built an entirely new ventilator, called the "CoVent," since he received a call 10 days ago from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume," Dyson added, saying that the new ventilator has been designed to "address the specific needs" of coronavirus patients.
A spokesperson for the company, which is best known for its vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, said the ventilators would be ready by early April. Dyson, who has wealth worth $10 billion according to Bloomberg, wrote in his letter that he would also donate 5,000 units to the international effort to tackle the pandemic.
"The core challenge was how to design and deliver a new, sophisticated medical product in volume and in an extremely short space of time," he added. "The race is now on to get it into production."
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Healthcare workers in many parts of the world are having trouble enough critical supplies, such as masks, gloves and ventilators, to deal with the influx of patients suffering from the highly contagious virus.

A second UK firm, Gtech, is also working to produce ventilators and has submitted two examples to the government for assessment. The company specializes in cordless vacuum cleaners and garden power tools.
In the United States, Ford (F) has announced that it's working with 3M and GE Healthcare to produce medical equipment including ventilators and protective gear. GM (GM) and Tesla (TSLA) have also pledged to make ventilators.
 

Jmartjrmd

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Given this outbreak, how do y"all feel about no fathers allowed in the delivery room?
what about also restricting them from visiting baby until baby goes home? Appropriate or going to far?
 

OhTall1

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Given this outbreak, how do y"all feel about no fathers allowed in the delivery room?
what about also restricting them from visiting baby until baby goes home? Appropriate or going to far?
Since PPE seems to be hard to come by, unfortunately I don't think that giving masks and gloves to people who aren't required to be in the delivery room makes sense right now.
 

meka72

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My bestie has it. . . she has chills, fever, no taste (i think she means no appetite) and then she said she is burning up hot. I am praying for her speedy recover, she is home alone in another state.
I hope your friend gets better soon. Does she have a friend group that can help her out?
There are a couple of articles above that discussed that no taste or sense of smell could be a sign of C19.
 

SoniT

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I hate that we are all going through this. All this unnecessary stress. I have to pick up a prescription tomorrow and had to take my husband to drop off and pick up his car today. I take all the precautions (hand washing, disinfecting, etc) but I still worry that I can catch it. Also, my father asked me to order some groceries online but the delivery dates are unavailable. I'm going to make sure that my daddy is taken care of so I'll just have to get the groceries and drop them at his house.
 
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