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

werenumber2

werenumber2

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Kanky said:
How do you all feel about the safety of eating takeout? I haven't eaten anything not cooked at home since this whole message started. :look: I don't believe that takeout cooked, plated and served by poorly paid people who won't get paid if they don't show up to work is safe. I think that they are telling us it is fine for the same supply chain type reasons that they are telling us not to wear masks. Grocery store supply chains aren't designed to feed everyone all of the time. In normal times people eat a lot of meals out and grocery stores can't keep up if we all stop eating takeout.
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I haven’t ordered from chain restaurants (most of them will be just fine without our business temporarily), but I have been helping to support our local restaurants and other small businesses
 
MzRhonda

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Ganjababy said:
I also do not see people having parties and going to the beach in other countries like the US. People are still not taking this thing seriously enough. They just charged some parents for child endangerment in new Jersey for having a bar mitzvah with 50 guests. In addition to that I do not see other countries’ healthcare workers wearing garbage bags as PPE. That says a lot...
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Because the person in the yt house did not treat it seriously initially called it a hoax and just the “flu” we have many people still feeling that way
 
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Kanky

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Crackers Phinn said:
I went to Arby's drive thru the other night and was just watching the workers. I wiped my card before handing it to the employee who had gloves on. I watched him take my card, type on a touchtone screen with a greasy ring around the number pads, touch the credit card reader and hand me the card back (which I wiped again) . He didn't make my food but I watched him put the containers in the bag all with the same pair of gloves. What made me pause was him getting the drinks for the car behind me and those same gloves touching the inside and outside of the cup lids. I wanted to get out the car and warn the people behind me but how do you do that with social distancing? I sanitized the containers and zapped the food in the microwave but I'm keeping unsealed food purchases to a minimum.
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So the gloves are basically just for show. :ohwell: It might actually be worse because they would probably wash their hands more often if they didn't have them on.

The CDC initially claimed that sharing food with friends and family was especially risky but later claimed that restaurant food was fine. I don't see how takeout can be less risky when the people making the food interact with large numbers of people and then with your food. They are touching and breathing on the food.
 
OhTall1

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Kanky said:
How do you all feel about the safety of eating takeout? I haven't eaten anything not cooked at home since this whole message started. :look:
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Same here. I'm torn because while I want to limit my exposure to the possibility of getting sick, I also understand that keeping these places open as long as possible keeps people employed and businesses open. I keep saying "maybe I'll stop someplace tomorrow" but tomorrow hasn't come yet for me.

And at this point, we've had a local Trader Joe's shut down because an employee tested positive. I'm worried about all of our food now.
 
ThirdEyeBeauty

ThirdEyeBeauty

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It is disturbing to know that the U.S. of A. does not have a back up of supplies for healthcare and other industries--even for households. Is the U.S. not prepared for disasters that affect supplies? Did government not prepare for this sort of thing? I guess not! Lack of supply happens when you outsource a lot of things. Smh
 
gn1g

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ThirdEyeBeauty said:
It is disturbing to know that the U.S. of A. does not have a back up of supplies for healthcare and other industries--even for households. Is the U.S. not prepared for disasters that affect supplies? Did government not prepare for this sort of thing? I guess not! Lack of supply happens when you outsource a lot of things. Smh
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no we have a goof ball in the white house.

Our President dismantled the nations pandemic team, when he first came into power. We had a team of 400 people.
 
TrulyBlessed

TrulyBlessed

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Kanky said:
How do you all feel about the safety of eating takeout? I haven't eaten anything not cooked at home since this whole message started. :look: I don't believe that takeout cooked, plated and served by poorly paid people who won't get paid if they don't show up to work is safe. I think that they are telling us it is fine for the same supply chain type reasons that they are telling us not to wear masks. Grocery store supply chains aren't designed to feed everyone all of the time. In normal times people eat a lot of meals out and grocery stores can't keep up if we all stop eating takeout.
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Same here. It’s going on a month since I’ve eaten out. I miss my favorite spots but I don’t want to take any chances for now. On the plus side my skin has been thriving since I’ve been cooking everything at home.
 
Crackers Phinn

Crackers Phinn

Either A Blessing Or A Lesson.
Kanky said:
So the gloves are basically just for show. :ohwell: It might actually be worse because they would probably wash their hands more often if they didn't have them on.

The CDC initially claimed that sharing food with friends and family was especially risky but later claimed that restaurant food was fine. I don't see how takeout can be less risky when the people making the food interact with large numbers of people and then with your food. They are touching and breathing on the food.
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Honestly, I think the workers see the gloves only function as something to protect themselves. You're right too that they probably wash their hands less because gloves bring an exaggerated sense of security but that's across the board. I cannot tell you how many different pictures of black people eating with gloves on in social situations wearing medical gloves where there's no obvious way they could have been washed or changed.

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I'm obviously not a scientist but I am a hypochondriac and that's almost as good as being a doctor :rofl: I do believe in the power of microwave ovens to kill anything in them for more than 30 seconds including nutritional content which is why I barely use ours in regular times. If it's true that the virus can't stand heat then I'm nuking everything that I can.

Sidenote: My bonnet and edge layer downer scarves been going in the microwave every day that I go out.
 
Lylddlebit

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Kanky said:
How do you all feel about the safety of eating takeout? I haven't eaten anything not cooked at home since this whole message started. :look: I don't believe that takeout cooked, plated and served by poorly paid people who won't get paid if they don't show up to work is safe. I think that they are telling us it is fine for the same supply chain type reasons that they are telling us not to wear masks. Grocery store supply chains aren't designed to feed everyone all of the time. In normal times people eat a lot of meals out and grocery stores can't keep up if we all stop eating takeout.
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I don't trust it at all.


***Removed the Eddie Murphy McDonalds burger joke due to profanity(don't want to break board rules but it's easy to find on youtube) but I am A LOT like that mom in the joke. "We got>insert ingredient<at home...I will make it better than>insert restaurant" lol. I will make my version of it at the house based on what we already got at the house.
 
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naturalgyrl5199

naturalgyrl5199

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So through.
So some republican Georgia Senator who has been using Social Media to tell ppl to Stay At Home, prances his butt to MY state after testing Positive for COVID. After sharing that on SM and saying he would Quarantine at home in Atlanta. Nope...he came to his vacation home on St. George Island (part of my territory for the people I serve) and the Local Police BLASTED HIM OUT. I hope he loses his job.

And ppl wonder why Gov. DeSantis is not wanting to accept ppl from the Ships. (he will thanks to Trump). Most cases were travelers bringing it INTO the state---and we know bc we track EVERYBODY believe it or not. That being said...Gov. DeSantis finally put a "Stay at Home Order" by law. Today as of like Noon....starts tomorrow at Midnight.
 
awhyley

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Lute said:
Does that mean they kicked him out?
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They most definitely rowed (sp?) (argued with) him, so he should have hauled butt after that, but if he was already positive at the time of the visit, the damage has already been done. Sorry to hear that he put your people (and now med staff) at risk though.

naturalgyrl5199 said:
And ppl wonder why Gov. DeSantis is not wanting to accept ppl from the Ships. (he will thanks to Trump). Most cases were travelers bringing it INTO the state---and we know bc we track EVERYBODY believe it or not. That being said...Gov. DeSantis finally put a "Stay at Home Order" by law. Today as of like Noon....starts tomorrow at Midnight.
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Finally, a Florida shutdown. About time. Numbers still growing over there. Fast.
Bahamas - 21 cases now (up from 15 two days ago), almost 300 people in quarantine
 
chocolat79

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DO NOT QUOTE!

SMH, neither this country as a whole, nor lots of individuals are taking this seriously.

I can't get into specifics because of HIPAA, but the borders are NOT closed from Europe. At my hospital, a few people recently flew in from a country experiencing high numbers of Covid cases. Those people met up, i.e. DID NOT practice social distancing, with some residents here and now multiple people are experiencing symptoms and one is positive.

Some people are dumb, selfish, and entitled and whatever happens to them happens. So many things wrong with that whole situation and now they've exposed their friends and friends' families and us healthcare workers to coronavirus because their :censored: wouldn't cancel their trip and this stupid country let them in, apparently with NO testing. :burnup:

ETA: apparently the CDC is re- reviewing a policy on whether the general public should be wearing masks in public, like China has been because now they think that the asymptomatic people are spreading it. Well, duh. I mean, I'm no rocket surgeon, but I mean, anyone with half a brain would know that. Of course, the gen pop should be wearing masks because we certainly aren't testing enough people. If you don't know you're contagious, it's business as usual. So there's no reason to be careful when going out because you think you're fine and you don't know you're a carrier. General "you" being used.
The CDC is a JOKE being run by clowns and buffoons apparently and if not, then enablers.
 
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Jmartjrmd

Jmartjrmd

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Mommies be extra careful with your babies

All along they've pushed the narrative that if you're young you're going to be ok.
Protect the babies. Keep them safe.
6-week-old baby dies of coronavirus in Connecticut
By Tamar Lapin

April 1, 2020 | 6:11pm



Getty Images/iStockphoto
A six-week-old baby in Connecticut has died of coronavirus complications, in what is believed to be one of the youngest fatalities attributed to the disease.

The infant was brought to a hospital unresponsive last week and could not be revived, Gov. Ned Lamont said on Wednesday.

Testing on Tuesday night confirmed that the newborn had COVID-19, the governor said.

“This is a virus that attacks our most fragile without mercy,” Lamont tweeted, calling the death “absolutely heartbreaking.”
 
SpiritJunkie

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Ganjababy said:
Please don’t. They reiterated this on the uk news, not to baby sit grandkids
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UPDATE: my daughter is sick...fever and sore throat. I'm trying to get her to call the health line to get help but's she's afraid too. I told her to rest...she can't move...body aches and headache. I'm hoping it's just the regular flu....

Please be careful. Based on this thread, I know you all are....
 
nyeredzi

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Crackers Phinn said:
I went to Arby's drive thru the other night and was just watching the workers. I wiped my card before handing it to the employee who had gloves on. I watched him take my card, type on a touchtone screen with a greasy ring around the number pads, touch the credit card reader and hand me the card back (which I wiped again) . He didn't make my food but I watched him put the containers in the bag all with the same pair of gloves. What made me pause was him getting the drinks for the car behind me and those same gloves touching the inside and outside of the cup lids. I wanted to get out the car and warn the people behind me but how do you do that with social distancing? I sanitized the containers and zapped the food in the microwave but I'm keeping unsealed food purchases to a minimum.
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Working from home with 2 young children is driving me crazy! So I'm sitting in my car by myself while my husband watches the kids. But my daily outing was going through the Dunkin Donuts drive through for the $2 happy hour medium lattes. But I'm drinking it like, I know the workers touched the lids.
 
ms-gg

ms-gg

Aka frostoppa
Trust me people are still vacationing. I sw an older yt woman who just flew back from canada with her husband last week. Chiiiiilllllllllllleee. And it is people like that that will keep us locked up in our houses for months because they can't sit their hot in the britches tails down somewhere.
This is turning into a rant but it is annoying. We about to crash the economy, have millions unemployed, and create a seasonal deadly disease because people cannot sit in their houses to save their lives!
Stay in the house to save your life. Once it is over then we can travel and socialize.
This is 2020 with all of the tvs, ipads and gadgets people have, this quarantine is a lot easier than a 1918 quarantine with no tv, phone and internet! Heck or even air conditioning.Can you imagine that back then?
Rant over. Sorry it is so infuriating
 
Dposh167

Dposh167

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My sister's boyfriend tested positive. He lost his taste and had trouble breathing. My sister was experiencing symptoms but no breathing problems. She lost her taste and smell a few days ago and has some sniffles. They told her over the phone to just quarantine because she didn't have severe symptoms yet:confused:. She believes she has it anyway.
 
Kalia1

Kalia1

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ThirdEyeBeauty said:
It is disturbing to know that the U.S. of A. does not have a back up of supplies for healthcare and other industries--even for households. Is the U.S. not prepared for disasters that affect supplies? Did government not prepare for this sort of thing? I guess not! Lack of supply happens when you outsource a lot of things. Smh
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It Simply Boils Down To People Thinking S*** Can’t Happen!

I’m sitting here really perplexed as to how inept and behind we’ve become as a country. The years of coasting on the accolades of the founding forefathers and the patents of the Industrial Revolution is long gone!! We’ve got to get a grip on this virus or people are going to loose it if thousands of people start dropping daily!

My cousin works in a hospital in The Bronx she FaceTimed me yesterday and she NEVER does...only to let me know how serious it is in NYC! She said a truck is there too for the bodies just like in Queens! She said a Transporter quit yesterday because he was tired of moving the bodies.
70 people died in the hospital yesterday 40 or so the day before! She told me her Pastor who had it died on Monday. My cousin is stressed but said she's essential although she has no patient contact whatsoever.

She cleans the Operating Rooms and is considering simply not going back at all. She says it’s too much!
 
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Jmartjrmd

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SpiritJunkie said:
UPDATE: my daughter is sick...fever and sore throat. I'm trying to get her to call the health line to get help but's she's afraid too. I told her to rest...she can't move...body aches and headache. I'm hoping it's just the regular flu....

Please be careful. Based on this thread, I know you all are....
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Does she have a PCP she can connect with? A lot of them are doing video or telehealth right now.
Praying she feels better soon. Please keep checking in on her and urge her to seek help if she feels any worse.
 
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nycutiepie

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Kalia1 said:
It Simply Boils Down To People Thinking S*** Can’t Happen!

I’m sitting here really perplexed as to how inept and behind we’ve become as a country. The years of coasting on the accolades of the founding forefathers and the patents of the Industrial Revolution is long gone!! We’ve got to get a grip on this virus or people are going to loose it if thousands of people start dropping daily!

My cousin works in a hospital in The Bronx she FaceTimed me yesterday and she NEVER does...only to let me know how serious it is in NYC! She said a truck is there too for the bodies just like in Queens! She said a Transporter quit yesterday because he was tired of moving the bodies.
70 people died in the hospital yesterday 40 or so the day before! She told me her Pastor who had it died on Monday. My cousin is stressed but said she's essential although she has no patient contact whatsoever.

She cleans the Operating Rooms and is considering simply not going back at all. She says it’s too much!
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This thread is becoming hard for me to read. We can’t tell anyone what to do but tell her to follow her spirit. I’m in NY and my FB feed is filled with posts about death. I keep typing “my condolences”. I believe that there are many people in NY who are not obeying and it’s traveling. The numbers in the boroughs where it’s densely populated, are out of control in comparison to the rest of the state. I doubt that people who have not had any outside contact for the last 2-3 weeks are contracting it which implies that if you stay in, you will be fine. If you have someone going out into a dense area and bringing it back home then anything is possible. People who have to go out to work cannot reside with those who are locked in or there is the potential for exposure.

They need to take drastic measures here because it’s not slowing down and I don’t think it will unless something drastic is done. Lord help us.
 
B_Phlyy

B_Phlyy

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One of DH co-workers passed today from it :cry3: . He was just diagnosed on Monday after presenting to ER on Thursday. It was his second time going to the hospital in a week but he was previously asymptomatic and the test was negative so they let him go home.

The thing that hurts the most though is knowing how little regard our government and other agencies of authority seem to have for us citizens. Shortages of testing, cleaning, and PPE supplies should not be a thing in 2020 in a first world country. No we shouldn't let people milk the system dry but the notion that you should only come to the hospital if you're dying and then have to die there is another level of cruelty that shouldn't be tolerated. But it's happening every day, everywhere now.
 
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