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

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
This man leads an organization that puts sinks in public places so the homeless in Atlanta can wash their hands, protect themselves and stay alive.









Christian Artist Installs Sinks in Downtown Atlanta So Homeless People Can Wash Their Hands
By Ashley Downs
Published March 29, 2020 at 7:17am

On March 19, in Atlanta, Georgia, a team of volunteers gathered to help the homeless fight back against coronavirus.

Among them was two-time Grammy-winning musician and Atlanta resident Lecrae Moore.

The “Messengers” singer is an active member of his community and consistently preaches servanthood and Christ-likeness in the lyrics of his music.

“When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘What is the homeless community doing about these warnings?’” Lecrae said to WSB-TV.

So he reached out to his friend Terence Lester, speaker, activist and executive director of the nonprofit organization Love Beyond Walls.

Together, Lecrae, Lester and other members of the organization met to assemble and install 15 handwashing stations throughout local parks and bridges.

https://www.westernjournal.com/chri...ntown-atlanta-homeless-people-can-wash-hands/
 
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Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
The were asked to deploy. This is a disaster relief organization run by the Graham family with close ties to a Christian Television Network.

Samaritan's Purse Disaster Aid arrives in Central Park on Sunday, March 29th. The field hospital of 68 beds should be up and running in 48 hours. A 'sister' site and field hospital was dispatched to Cremona, Italy.

New York Field Hospital Deployed in Central Park:

  • 68 bed Emergency Field Hospital
  • Composed of a Respiratory Care Unit
  • With ICU Capability
  • Highly Trained Doctors and Nurse and Support Staff with infectious disease experience
  • They respond in the name of Jesus Christ just as the Good Samaritan did.










 
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Ganjababy

Well-Known Member
This is so true. I once went to a house party of a cohort after our graduation and her bathroom was stocked with the hospitals industrial cleaners. What shocked me was the fact that she had no shame. Anyone with any sense would have hidden the stuff away knowing that your colleagues may see your stolen stash lol.


People like her prompted those in charge to implement the stock machines (forgot the name) that stock and dispense all the equipment. So now you have to swipe stuff out under your name. Masks were not usually included. You could just collect them from the store rooms. But I think that’s about to change.

Someone upthread posted about people stealing masks from their hospital. My husband saw a sign coming home from work yesterday "We have disinfectant, gloves and masks, call ###-###-####. I have read articles in which staff have said that they started locking up the PPE.

It's a valid question AND he probably doesn't appreciate the number of masks a hospital goes through every day, especially in a situation like this.

business insider reports that people are stealing masks from hospitals

https://www.businessinsider.com/people-stealing-masks-from-hospitals-and-research-facilities-2020-3
 

UmSumayyah

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If you live on self sufficient country land it's a lot easier to avoid coming into contact with the pathogen altogether. It's also a lot easier to protect yourself from the unprepared when they run out of resources and feel emboldened to "try it" on the prepared. Even with better medical facilities density counts. Many times people in townships or census designated areas are transported or flock to the city's hospital when they need the city hospital's resources. I am not sure if the pandemic development will cause local officials to restrict those common practices but I really think if you actually need to go to the hospital right now you are in for a journey whether you live in the city or country and the existence or physical proximity of a resource won't necessarily make it available to one who needs it as more folks need it. I think in either case the same resources are going to be stretched as a bottom line. Whereas, if you are trying to avoid getting sick from this thing and don't have and existing condition, the built-in social distancing and available resources on the land of someone with country living is definitely an advantage right now.
Right. They aren't stacked into apartment buildings like sardines and have guns for the coyotes that come in the night for the chickens.
 

UmSumayyah

Well-Known Member
Many people in the comments weren't having it, for example:



----1 month ago
Yeah, attempts to stay ahead of global pandemics are all just BS. We should just ignore it until there are millions infected, and then worry about it. -- I hope it's clear this is sarcasm. Persons who understand the risks posed by emerging threats get worried early. People who don't quite understand the dangers snipe at others until it's far too late. -----------

Masks, gloves, and Lysol started being thin on the shelves in February, because the skeptics started preparing. Once the CDC declared a pandemic everyone else freaked out.

Only one of these groups is looking for toilet paper and clorox right now.
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Well, well, well. Looky here...there is no one standing near or next to the president.

He is up there by himself. He steps away from the people as he invites to the podium. He lowers the microphone for them. They don't touch it, except for Pence who is the only one who touched the mike. He is no longer talking about himself, but deferring to people in front of him, asking, "Isn't that right?"

Attention:
The narrative is changing! Remember your history regarding this event and the lack of support of the administration. They are changing the formal narrative.

Listen to Pence:
"...as America begins to put in practice the President's guidelines..." That same president who just five weeks ago said coronavirus was a hoax. He has changed his strategy and tactics. He will probably be re-elected in 2020.

I see the administration is taking the 'kinder, more gentler approach'. Interesting, turnaround-for them.But I saw where Trump, still had to take a chomp out of someone, a black female reporter.


Then...old Trump is BACK!

During a coronavirus task force briefing, President Trump interrupts PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor after she asks about his previous claim that governors don't need all of the equipment they are requesting to fight the pandemic.

Yamiche Alcindor, a natural and cute as a button!
[email protected]
Send her some love!
(from her twitter account-not sure it is up to date)


So then, they get to another journalist who says he has a question. But the reporter says, I do have another question but I would like to give my colleague, Yamiche, that same black lady, a chance to ask her question. Who w as that guy?

Trump say, "Go head". And let's her ask her question.

Yamiche doesn't back down. I love you Yamiche!

Here is her email if you want to send her some love and gratitude for not being scared and using her position of privilege and power to get answers for the American people.
[email protected]
(from her twitter account-not sure it is up to date)

Media figures also saluted CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond for handing the microphone back over to Alcindor to complete her follow up question, which Trump then answered.

Jeremy Diamond, White House Correspondant
[email protected]
(His email if you want to send him a note.)



https://www.mediaite.com/news/repor...uestion-takes-her-mic-at-coronavirus-presser/
 

B_Phlyy

Pineapple Eating Unicorn
The 2 nurses tested negative for COVID-19. One came back today and the other is coming back tomorrow.

Since the number of cases in Chicago is increasing, we've been told to wear surgical masks all day everyday. Only exception is during lunch since our lunch room is away from patients. We also have to take our temp twice a day.
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
The 2 nurses tested negative for COVID-19. One came back today and the other is coming back tomorrow.

Since the number of cases in Chicago is increasing, we've been told to wear surgical masks all day everyday. Only exception is during lunch since our lunch room is away from patients. We also have to take our temp twice a day.

Will you be keeping your mask on when interacting with your colleagues?
 

Kanky

Well-Known Member
If you live on self sufficient country land it's a lot easier to avoid coming into contact with the pathogen altogether. It's also a lot easier to protect yourself from the unprepared when they run out of resources and feel emboldened to "try it" on the prepared. Even with better medical faculties density counts. Many times people in townships or census designated areas are transported or flock to the city's hospital when they need the city hospital's resources. I am not sure if the pandemic development will cause local officials to restrict those common practices but I really think if you actually need to go to the hospital right now you are in for a journey whether you live in the city or county and the existence or physical proximity of a resource won't necessarily make it available to one who needs it as more folks need it. I think in either case the same resources are going to be stretched as a bottom line. Whereas, if you are trying to avoid getting sick from this thing and don't have and existing condition, the built-in social distancing and available resources on the land of someone with country living is definitely an advantage right now.

I agree. Once the work from home thing started we moved into the house with a pond and a horse farm and just a few other houses nearby. Worst case scenario fishing, gardening and fighting off a few neighbors trying to steal my fish and garden. :lol:
This is so true. I once went to a house party of a cohort after our graduation and her bathroom was stocked with the hospitals industrial cleaners. What shocked me was the fact that she had no shame. Anyone with any sense would have hidden the stuff away knowing that your colleagues may see your stolen stash lol.


People like her prompted those in charge to implement the stock machines (forgot the name) that stock and dispense all the equipment. So now you have to swipe stuff out under your name. Masks were not usually included. You could just collect them from the store rooms. But I think that’s about to change.

The difference a few months make is amazing. When I had the flu in January the PA gave me masks and some other stuff and it didn’t seem to be a big deal. Now people are desperate for basic supplies.
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Did you all know the president of Holland America Cruise line is black? His name is Orlando Ashford. (Saw him because of the Corona virus cases on ships currently going through the Panama Canal.)







My leadership, and [that of former HAL evp/current Seabourn/Cunard North America president] Rick Meadows, have established a company with incredible core competencies. It’s a well-running entity. What I was looking for in the next phase of Holland America Line was not to replace Rick or myself but to take the organization to another level,’ Kruse explained. ‘Orlando will help revitalize and re-engineer.’




Ashford recently toured the ships and had time to go behind the scenes and meet with officers and crew.

Ashford is not daunted about coming in at the top in a business he doesn’t know. ‘I’ve taken on big roles at big organizations before. I like a challenge,’ he said. ‘The cool thing is I’m inheriting a brand with lots of people around me with deep knowledge of the cruise industry.’

He’ll contribute expertise in human capital — which ‘Talentism’ identifies as creativity and the ability to innovate, factors that fundamentally drive growth today.

Some years ago, Ashford moved his family with two young sons from Atlanta to Istanbul to take charge of the Coca-Cola Co.’s human resources group for 90 countries in Eurasia and Africa. He managed ‘everything from Moscow to Cape Town,’ and interacting with so many different cultures changed his life in terms of personal and professional growth.

Prior to HAL, he was president of the Talent Business Segment for global consultancy Mercer, and living in Connecticut. Previously he served as svp, chief human resources and communications officer of Mercer’s parent, Marsh & McLennan Companies. Before the Coca-Cola job, he was vp global human resources strategy and organizational development for Motorola.

https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog...lland-america-line-president-orlando-ashford/

 

UmSumayyah

Well-Known Member
Someone upthread posted about people stealing masks from their hospital. My husband saw a sign coming home from work yesterday "We have disinfectant, gloves and masks, call ###-###-####. I have read articles in which staff have said that they started locking up the PPE.

It's a valid question AND he probably doesn't appreciate the number of masks a hospital goes through every day, especially in a situation like this.

business insider reports that people are stealing masks from hospitals

https://www.businessinsider.com/people-stealing-masks-from-hospitals-and-research-facilities-2020-3
Forgot to add... I agree. He does seem like a nightmare to work for.
 

Jmartjrmd

Well-Known Member
Did you all know the president of Holland America Cruise line is black? His name is Orlando Ashford. (Saw him because of the Corona virus cases on ships currently going through the Panama Canal.)







My leadership, and [that of former HAL evp/current Seabourn/Cunard North America president] Rick Meadows, have established a company with incredible core competencies. It’s a well-running entity. What I was looking for in the next phase of Holland America Line was not to replace Rick or myself but to take the organization to another level,’ Kruse explained. ‘Orlando will help revitalize and re-engineer.’




Ashford recently toured the ships and had time to go behind the scenes and meet with officers and crew.

Ashford is not daunted about coming in at the top in a business he doesn’t know. ‘I’ve taken on big roles at big organizations before. I like a challenge,’ he said. ‘The cool thing is I’m inheriting a brand with lots of people around me with deep knowledge of the cruise industry.’

He’ll contribute expertise in human capital — which ‘Talentism’ identifies as creativity and the ability to innovate, factors that fundamentally drive growth today.

Some years ago, Ashford moved his family with two young sons from Atlanta to Istanbul to take charge of the Coca-Cola Co.’s human resources group for 90 countries in Eurasia and Africa. He managed ‘everything from Moscow to Cape Town,’ and interacting with so many different cultures changed his life in terms of personal and professional growth.

Prior to HAL, he was president of the Talent Business Segment for global consultancy Mercer, and living in Connecticut. Previously he served as svp, chief human resources and communications officer of Mercer’s parent, Marsh & McLennan Companies. Before the Coca-Cola job, he was vp global human resources strategy and organizational development for Motorola.

https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog...lland-america-line-president-orlando-ashford/

I saw him talking this morning. I saw that Flordia is saying they aren't going to let them dock either unless certain conditions are met. Holland America needs to be working their hiney off to get those people off the ships. They can't just say help they need to make a plan and take action. They sent one ship to try and create separation on the other ship but they still mixed sick and well passengers together. 4 dead onboard one confirmed to be American. I feel for them..they can't float forever but the company needs to fioot the bill for the resources that would need to be used to medically treat all on board and plus the cost for housing them. They have 2000 or more passengers plus crew.
Moreover there are at least 140 that will possibly need immediate medical care.. wherever they dock it's going to be taking away limited resources in the area to treat them. But as a human being I hope someone can help them soon.

I know a travel agent still trying to sell cruises because carnival has some as low as $50 pp. She's a nurse as well. When this thing started she was encouraging people to still travel because its "just the flu". I told her she was irresponsible as a nurse and travel agent. giving that advice. Now she begging to buy lysol wipes. She also kept quoting flu statistics to justify how this wasn't deadly or concerning. This is it's own thing. Can't compare the two.
 

Kanky

Well-Known Member
I saw him talking this morning. I saw that Flordia is saying they aren't going to let them dock either unless certain conditions are met. Holland America needs to be working their hiney off to get those people off the ships. They can't just say help they need to make a plan and take action. They sent one ship to try and create separation on the other ship but they still mixed sick and well passengers together. 4 dead onboard one confirmed to be American. I feel for them..they can't float forever but the company needs to fioot the bill for the resources that would need to be used to medically treat all on board and plus the cost for housing them. They have 2000 or more passengers plus crew.
Moreover there are at least 140 that will possibly need immediate medical care.. wherever they dock it's going to be taking away limited resources in the area to treat them. But as a human being I hope someone can help them soon.

I know a travel agent still trying to sell cruises because carnival has some as low as $50 pp. She's a nurse as well. When this thing started she was encouraging people to still travel because its "just the flu". I told her she was irresponsible as a nurse and travel agent. giving that advice. Now she begging to buy lysol wipes. She also kept quoting flu statistics to justify how this wasn't deadly or concerning. This is it's own thing. Can't compare the two.
I am so annoyed by this cruise ship situation. The passengers knew that they were taking a huge risk when they got on the ship. The writing was on the wall at that point.
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Yes. Partly because of the rules but also for piece of mind. They understand.

Good! Because I have seen at least two Italian videos that showed the doctors and staff wore the PPE around the patients, but were not so vigilant around other staff, and contracted the virus. I know you can't eat with a mask but many are saying staff need to be vigilant around other staff. Stay safe. Keep us posted.
 

Black Ambrosia

Well-Known Member
1/31 Trump banned travel from China to slow the spread. On 2/1 Washington Post was telling us to get a grip (that was the headline) about Coronavirus because it's not a big deal.

Most people listened to them and Fox and whoever else downplayed it at various times.

Other people decided that new virus + clear Chinese government coverup combined with silencing doctors + freaking out on their citizens = ignore advice of the news and start getting ready.
Thanks for posting. I've read good articles in The Washington Post but this clearly isn't one of them. Having said that, everything should be judged on it's own merit. This is where discernment comes in and this is a great example. Looking at the travel ban, you saw something wasn't right. Banning travel isn't a logical response to a virus that's comparable to the flu. Another clue is how they compared well documented flu data with very limited data on the virus. It's a flawed approach. Anytime you see inconsistencies in data you have to question the premise. Also, it's not an op-ed piece but it reads like one. It's the health reporter giving his take on people panicking about the virus. I don't look to the news to form my opinions for me. I look for articles with facts and data and then come to my own conclusions. This is the idea behind critical thinking.

I get that a lot of people take what they read at face value but we're all smarter than that. You (general you) can't complain about fake news and then not listen to any news at all. That just leaves you uninformed. And frankly, that's what they want. That's what the whole disinformation campaign has been about.
 

Peppermynt

Defying Gravity
From Apple News:

Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.

Times Square stood nearly empty on March 22. Intriguing new data suggest that stay-at-home measures may be working.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

By Donald G. McNeil Jr.

March 30, 2020

Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are contributing to rapid drops in the numbers of fevers — a signal symptom of most coronavirus infections — recorded in states across the country, according to intriguing new data produced by a medical technology firm.

At least 248 million Americans in at least 29 states have been told to stay at home. It had seemed nearly impossible for public health officials to know how effective this measure and others have been in slowing the coronavirus.

But the new data offer evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates, experts said.

The company, Kinsa Health, which produces internet-connected thermometers, first created a national map of fever levels on March 22 and was able to spot the trend within a day. Since then, data from the health departments of New York State and Washington State have buttressed the finding, making it clear that social distancing is saving lives.

The trend has become so obvious that on Sunday, President Trump extended until the end of April his recommendation that Americans stay in lockdown. Mr. Trump had hoped to lift restrictions by Easter and send Americans back to work.

“That would have been the worst possible Easter surprise,” said Dr. Peter J. Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, who added that he thought the Kinsa predictions were based on “very robust technology.”

Kinsa’s thermometers upload the user’s temperature readings to a centralized database; the data enable the company to track fevers across the United States.

Owners of Kinsa’s thermometers can type other symptoms into a cellphone app after taking their temperature. The app offers basic advice on whether they should seek medical attention.

Kinsa has more than one million thermometers in circulation and has been getting up to 162,000 daily temperature readings since Covid-19 began spreading in the country.

The company normally uses that data to track the spread of influenza. Since 2018, when it had more than 500,000 thermometers distributed, its predictions have routinely been two to three weeks ahead of those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathers flu data on patient symptoms from doctors’ offices and hospitals.

To identify clusters of coronavirus infections, Kinsa recently adapted its software to detect spikes of “atypical fever” that do not correlate with historical flu patterns and are likely attributable to the coronavirus.

As of noon Wednesday, the company’s live map showed fevers holding steady or dropping almost universally across the country, with two prominent exceptions.

One was in a broad swath of New Mexico, where the governor had issued stay-at-home orders only the day before, and in adjacent counties in Southern Colorado.

The second was in a ring of Louisiana parishes surrounding New Orleans, but 100 to 150 miles away from it. That presumably was caused by the outward local spread of the explosion of infections in New Orleans, which officials believe was set off by crowding during Mardi Gras.

By Friday morning, fevers in every county in the country were on a downward trend, depicted in four shades of blue on the map.

Fevers were dropping especially rapidly in the West, from Utah to California and from Washington down to Arizona; in many Western counties, the numbers of people reporting high fevers fell by almost 20 percent. The numbers were also declining rapidly in Maine.

The parts of New Mexico and Colorado that had been slightly “warm” on Wednesday were in light blue, indicating that they were cooling. So were the Louisiana counties.

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As of Monday morning, more than three-quarters of the country was deep blue. A separate display of the collective national fever trend, which had spiked upward to a peak on March 17, had fallen so far that it was actually below the band showing historical flu fever trends — which meant that the lockdown has cut not only Covid-19 transmission but flu transmission, too.

“I’m very impressed by this,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a preventive medicine expert at Vanderbilt University. “It looks like a way to prove that social distancing works.”

“But it does shows that it takes the most restrictive measures to make a real difference,” he added.

For some hard-hit cities, Kinsa also sent The New York Times fever data plotted on a timeline of restrictions enacted by mayors or governors.

Those graphs, Dr. Schaffner noted, showed that simply declaring a state of emergency or limiting the size of public gatherings did not affect the number of people reporting fevers.

Smart thermometers made by Kinsa. By aggregating data on fevers, the company has tracked the flu in the United States.

Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

But closing restaurants and bars and asking people to stay in their homes produced dramatic results in all three cities.

For example, in Manhattan, reports of fevers steadily rose during early March, despite a declaration of emergency on March 7 and an order on March 12 that public gatherings be restricted to less than 500 people.

The turning point began on March 16, the day schools were closed. Bars and restaurants were closed the next day, and a stay-at-home order took effect on March 20. By March 23, new fevers in Manhattan were below their March 1 levels.

Last Friday, New York State’s own data showed the same trend that Kinsa’s fever readings had spotted five days earlier.

The state tracks hospitalization rates, not fevers. So many patients were being admitted to New York City hospitals, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said, that until March 20, hospitalization rates were doubling roughly every two days.

By Tuesday, the hospitalization rate took four days to double. This is roughly what the fever readings predicted, said Nita Nehru, a company spokeswoman.

Hospitalizations occur several days after symptoms like fever appear. “The cases being counted now had fevers five to 10 days ago,” she said.

The slowing of new hospital admissions “suggests that our density-control measures may be working,” Mr. Cuomo said on Wednesday.

“People say these requirements — no restaurants, no nonessential workers — are burdensome,” he said. “And they are burdensome. But they are effective, and they are necessary. The evidence suggests that they have slowed our hospitalizations, and that is everything.”

Shown the Kinsa data, Dr. Howard Zucker, New York State’s health commissioner, called it “a great example of technology being able to show what we think we’re experiencing — and it’s consistent with our data.”

On Friday, the University of California, San Francisco, said its hospitals were not facing a huge surge of patients and gave the credit to the strict shelter-in-place orders imposed by Mayor London Breed on March 16.

On Sunday, Washington State also reported a downward trend following the imposition of its restrictions, based on data from deaths, coronavirus tests and information about people’s movements from the Facebook apps on their cellphones.

“People need to know their sacrifices are helping,” said Inder Singh, founder of Kinsa. “I’ve had friends text or call and say: ‘Inder, this seems overblown. I’m sitting at home by myself, I don’t know anyone who’s sick, why am I doing this?’”

Kinsa’s tracking of fevers in Miami-Dade County in Florida showed an even more pronounced trend, and the company had tried to raise the alarm.

In early March, Florida beaches and bars were packed with spring break revelers, despite warnings that crowding was dangerous. On Kinsa maps that normally look for flu trends, fever levels were soaring.

Mr. Singh tried to get the word out, but the San Francisco-based company is relatively obscure and almost no one paid attention.

”It was so frustrating,” said Ms. Nehru, the company spokeswoman. “For three days from about March 19 on, Inder was calling local government folks in Florida, The Tampa Bay Times and other papers. The government did absolutely nothing.”

“Plus, we were getting pushback on social media,” she said. “People were saying, ‘The testing doesn’t show this, you know, is your data wrong?’ and ‘Could it be that you were just selling more thermometers in Florida?’”

On March 12, a state of emergency had been declared, but according to Kinsa’s data, fevers were continuing to rise. Closing local schools on March 16 had little effect.

But on March 18, Miami’s bars and restaurants were closed, and within two days reports of fevers started to drop sharply, according to Kinsa’s data.

But the damage may have been done. Now Florida is reporting that coronavirus cases are soaring, and its hospitals expect to be overwhelmed.

Stephanie Keith for The New York Times

The dropping fever trend does not mean cases or hospitalizations will also drop immediately, Ms. Nehru pointed out.

Confirmed cases will keep going up for days, because people do not always go for a Covid-19 test the same day they feel feverish. Besides, many states are doing more tests every day.

The C.D.C. has declined to comment whenever it is asked about the company.

Mr. Singh said he had approached the C.D.C. about using his data as part of its own flu surveillance, but agency officers had insisted on him giving up the rights to his data if they did, and he refused.

Dr. Schaffner, an adviser to the C.D.C. on flu surveillance, said he was disappointed to hear that and would look into it.

The refinement Kinsa made on March 22 was to add “trends” — a map showing whether all fevers were increasing, decreasing or holding steady.

“Finally, people are asking us for our data,” Mr. Singh said Monday. “We’re talking with six states about them distributing more thermometers. People understand the value now.”

More on the coronavirus pandemic

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Coronavirus Slowdown in Seattle Suggests Restrictions Are Working

March 29, 2020

Donald G. McNeil Jr. is a science reporter covering epidemics and diseases of the world’s poor. He joined The Times in 1976, and has reported from 60 countries.

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shelli4018

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I’ve noticed an increase in anxiety when I go grocery shopping. Just noticing the number of people out with NO protection boggles my mind. Then spending a good chunk of time sanitizing everything when I get home is just stressful. Once everything is put away I can finally relax.

Luckily each outing is less and less stressful because I’m building new systems....a new way of being in public. We’re literally learning new skills on the fly, ladies. Once we’ve mastered them we’ll find a new normal. Things will become easier as they become habits.

Currently I’m working on:
1. personal protection stuff: mask, gloves, sanitizer/disinfectant.
2. Habits: hand washing, social distancing in public
3. Shopping plan: always make a list! Choosing the optimal time/place to shop.

What are you guys working on? Any tips or tricks you want to share?
 
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