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

Jmartjrmd

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@B_Phlyy I am sorry to hear this. Still can’t believe everything going on is real. I have some crazy dreams and I just wish this was one of them.



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I was just about to post this. He makes it bad for the ones following the rules...just dumb. I asked earlier how people felt about it now I see the hospitals side. Despite this stupid dad I still think they should be able to have a support person.
 

Kalia1

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@nycutiepie Yes you have a point yet many were lead to believe that it wasn’t so bad initially. I really believe if the current administration had a sense of urgency from the door people wouldn’t have been so laxed. So now we are playing catch-up and some are just starting to wake-up!

This unfortunate fact is sadly costing people their lives especially those who took oaths to protect and serve. It saddens me it really does. I’m a NYer and I love NYC it hurts me that many that I love and grew up with are caught up in the midst of all of this in part to no fault of their own! Yes I no longer live there but I wish I could go and bring everyone I love out of there!
 
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naturalgyrl5199

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While I'm on a rant, anyone notice that the CDC director is conspicuously absent for all this? Dr. Fauci is the one giving out the info, but he doesn't work at the CDC. I literally had to look up the CDC director's name. :scratchchin:
The Director of the National Preparedness Division isnt there either. I forgot their name and their official title. He just keeps having himself and Pence and Poor Dr. Fauci keep going on and on about this when the 1st 2 have no experience in the matter. The people WITH experience are shut out.

Also---There is already an investigation about supplies.

1. I realized a week or so ago that Dummy Drump sent 18 Tons of PPE to China and East Asia back in January. Thats 36,000 LBS of stuff for the folk in the back. Now I know why the Stockpile was thinned out, and the Federal Government was panic buying...and trumping all the US states bids for supplies even though that's what he told them to do. Its a bait and switch like no other.
2. Many Red States are getting priority over blue states for supplies from the Stockpile and the Pentagon. Florida got all its requests. Kentucky and Arkansas got more than what they asked for. Other red states got majority of their requests filled. And some blue states had their orders switched, cancelled (Massachusetts), and ordered, paid for, and when it got to shipping, the Pentagon mysteriously cancelled their order. That's why the Washington Post and the Boston Globe said he has Blood on his hands and More people will die before htere is a turnaround. So wear as much PPE as possible and get ready for the long haul....
 

naturalgyrl5199

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Also---Don't depend on the summer for things to disappear. its the calm before the storm.

1. Australians and the Singaporeans have had mild increases because its summer over there. They are moving into fall and winter by the time we will be starting summer. The 1918 Pandemic went on for a year+ due to the slowdown in the summer and a deathly re-emergence come fall/winter.

2. I'm praying this will be a 2019-type Hurricane season, or we have a pre-2016 boring season. Cause 2016, 2017, and 2018 were doozys and people still don't have infrastructure from 2017 Irma. Some people still don't have homes. One of my colleagues in the Keys is fighting the city to rebuild her home and currently lives in an unlivable house. Florida in MANY areas would not survive a bad hurricane season which is projected to be "above avg."
 

chocolat79

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The Director of the National Preparedness Division isnt there either. I forgot their name and their official title. He just keeps having himself and Pence and Poor Dr. Fauci keep going on and on about this when the 1st 2 have no experience in the matter. The people WITH experience are shut out.

Also---There is already an investigation about supplies.

1. I realized a week or so ago that Dummy Drump sent 18 Tons of PPE to China and East Asia back in January. Thats 36,000 LBS of stuff for the folk in the back. Now I know why the Stockpile was thinned out, and the Federal Government was panic buying...and trumping all the US states bids for supplies even though that's what he told them to do. Its a bait and switch like no other.
2. Many Red States are getting priority over blue states for supplies from the Stockpile and the Pentagon. Florida got all its requests. Kentucky and Arkansas got more than what they asked for. Other red states got majority of their requests filled. And some blue states had their orders switched, cancelled (Massachusetts), and ordered, paid for, and when it got to shipping, the Pentagon mysteriously cancelled their order. That's why the Washington Post and the Boston Globe said he has Blood on his hands and More people will die before htere is a turnaround. So wear as much PPE as possible and get ready for the long haul....
Wow!! I heard about Donald Gump giving aid to China, but I didn't know it was in this form. Makes so much sense now why up until the last couple days he's been denying there's a need for PPE and accusing healthcare workers of stealing. It's because his behind went into the emergency supplies. He's such a big dummy!
 

chocolat79

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:eek: When Drake said it’s like swabbing your thoughts he wasn’t lying! Other people are saying the swab isn’t supposed to be left inside but I guess medical professionals are doing things differently.

This doesn't look right. When they swab for the flu at my hospital, they go deep and fast. But not this deep and they definitely don't let go of the swab to sit there. I'll let someone with more expertise chime in though.
 

awhyley

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2. I'm praying this will be a 2019-type Hurricane season, or we have a pre-2016 boring season. Cause 2016, 2017, and 2018 were doozys and people still don't have infrastructure from 2017 Irma.

I'm praying for just the opposite. Dorian ripped through the Bahamas without mercy and people are still reeling from it. Another "above average" season would be the death of us. :( (Didn't realize that persons were still trying to bounce back from Irma over there).
 

Jmartjrmd

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Idk what’s considered proper but I had a test done Monday and it wasn’t as deep and definitely wasn’t left in there for more than a few seconds. That looks wrong.
The change from that deep swab to front of the nose was recent. Early test went really deep. They made the change after a study showed more shallow test still detected the virus in 90% of cases and as a way people could do the test themselves at testing places.
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Jmartjrmd

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EMTs have stopped taking people in cardiac arrest to coronavirus-strained hospitals
By Susan Edelman and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

April 2, 2020 | 12:34am | Updated



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Cardiac arrest victims whose hearts cannot be restarted at the scene are now being left there — rather than being brought to coronavirus-strained hospitals for further revival attempts, according to a new guidance for medical responders.

The Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York, which oversees the city’s ambulance service, issued the guidance on Tuesday in a letter obtained by The Post.

Previously, people whose hearts could not be restarted on the scene would be brought to the hospital.

But the new guidance is a grim calculus that’s meant to save lives, one veteran EMS worker told The Post.

“They’re trying to do what they can with the people who have the most likely chance of being saved,” the worker said.

Under the rule, “if you can’t get revived on scene, that’s it. They’re going to work on you, but if they can’t get a pulse back, they won’t transport you” to the hospital, the worker explained.

The decree — which took effect immediately — comes as city ERs and intensive-care units are swell with critically ill coronavirus patients.

Paramedics will still render aid at the scene under the directive.



Brooklyn Hospital uses forklift to move bodies into trucks

“Artificial ventilation and/or compressions must not be delayed,” the memo states, adding that chest “compressions must begin as soon as it is determined the patient does not have a pulse.”

But the guidelines change if the patient cannot be revived before arriving at a hospital.

“No adult non-traumatic or blunt traumatic cardiac arrest is to be transported to a hospital with manual or mechanical compression in progress without either return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) or a direct order from a medical control physician unless there is imminent physical danger to the EMS provider on the scene,” the directive said.

“In the event a resuscitation is terminated, and the body is in public view, the body can be left in the custody of the NYPD.”

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NYPD considering 'DOA Teams' to collect bodies of coronavirus victims
EMS workers were told to call a “NYPD DOA Removal” telephone number if the cops are delayed getting to the scene.

The Post revealed Wednesday that the NYPD was considering a volunteer “DOA Team” of detectives to retrieve the bodies of coronavirus victims as the number of fatalities from the deadly pandemic continues to grow.

Officials said Wednesday that death toll from the virus was at 1,374 with more than 45,000 cases.

The Regional Emergency Medical Services Council did not respond to a request for interview.
 

Ganjababy

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Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert and the face of the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, is facing growing threats to his personal safety, prompting the government to step up his security, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The concerns include threats as well as unwelcome communications from fervent admirers, according to people with knowledge of deliberations inside the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice.

Fauci, 79, is the most outspoken member of the administration in favor of sweeping public health guidelines and is among the few officials willing to correct President Trump’s misstatements. Along with Deborah Birx, the coordinator for the White House’s task force, Fauci has encouraged the president to extend the timeline for social-distancing guidelines, presenting him with grim models about the possible toll of the pandemic.

“Now is the time, whenever you’re having an effect, not to take your foot off the accelerator and on the brake, but to just press it down on the accelerator,” he said Tuesday as the White House’s task force made some of those models public, warning of 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the United States.

The exact nature of the threats against him was not clear. Greater exposure has led to more praise for the doctor but also more criticism.

Fauci has become a public target for some right-wing commentators and bloggers, who exercise influence over parts of the president’s base. As they press for the president to ease restrictions to reinvigorate economic activity, some of these figures have assailed Fauci and questioned his expertise.

Last month, an article depicting him as an agent of the “deep state” gained nearly 25,000 interactions on Facebook — meaning likes, comments and shares — as it was posted to large pro-Trump groups with titles such as “Trump Strong” and “Tampa Bay Trump Club.”

Alex Azar, the HHS secretary, recently grew concerned about Fauci’s safety as his profile rose and he endured more vitriolic criticism online, according to people familiar with the situation. In recent weeks, admirers have also approached Fauci, asking to him sign baseballs, along with other acts of adulation. It was determined that Fauci should have a security detail. Azar also has a security detail because he is in the presidential line of succession.

Asked Wednesday whether he was receiving security protection, Fauci told reporters, “I would have to refer you to HHS [inspector general] on that. I wouldn’t comment.”

The president interjected, saying, “He doesn’t need security. Everybody loves him.”

As Trump signals readiness to break with experts, his online base assails Fauci

HHS asked the U.S. Marshals Service to deputize a group of agents in the office of the HHS inspector general to provide protective services for the doctor, according to an official with knowledge of the request.

The U.S. Marshals Service conveyed the request to the deputy attorney general, who has authority over deputations for the purpose of providing protective services, with the recommendation that it be approved, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reveal sensitive plans that the person was not authorized to discuss.

A Justice Department official signed paperwork Tuesday authorizing HHS to provide its own security detail to Fauci, according to an administration official.

An HHS spokesperson declined to discuss details of the doctor’s security but said: “Dr. Fauci is an integral part of the U.S. Government’s response against covid-19. Among other efforts, he is leading the development of a covid-19 vaccine and he regularly appears at White House press briefings and media interviews.”

At the briefings, Fauci, who has advised presidents of both parties as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has spoken authoritatively about the spread of the coronavirus and the sacrifices involved in mitigating its effects.

He has at times corrected the president, in particular when prompted by reporters. After Trump said a covid-19 vaccine would be available in a couple of months, Fauci said it would in fact be available in about a year to a year and a half, at best.

His role has turned him into a hero for some. When he was absent from a briefing last month, followers who had grown accustomed to his frank assessments of the outbreak were alarmed that he might have been sidelined for his forthrightness. Many took to Twitter to ask, “Where is Dr. Fauci?” causing the question to trend on the platform.

He gained viral attention two days later when he placed his hand in front of his face in a gesture of apparent disbelief as Trump referred to the State Department as the “deep state department” from the White House briefing room.

Fauci has also given several interviews in which he has tempered praise for the president with doubts about his pronouncements, including about the viability of anti-malarial drugs as a treatment for the novel coronavirus. Most notably, he told the journal Science that he attempts to guide Trump’s statements but “can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down.”

These moves have inspired fandom. But they have also drawn scorn from some of the president’s most vocal supporters, even as both men have sought to tamp down the appearance of tension.

“The president was right, and frankly Fauci was wrong,” Lou Dobbs said last week on his show on the Fox Business Network, referring to the use of experimental medicine.

Right-wing news and opinion sites have gone further, launching baseless smears against the doctor that have gained significant traction within pro-Trump communities online.

Outlets such as the Gateway Pundit and American Thinker seized on a 2013 email — released by WikiLeaks as part of a cache of communications hacked by Russian operatives — in which Fauci praised Hillary Clinton’s “stamina and capability” during her testimony as secretary of state before the congressional committee investigating the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The headline in the American Thinker referred to Fauci as a “Deep-State Hillary Clinton-loving stooge.” The author, Peter Barry Chowka, didn’t respond to requests for comment. When asked about the relevance of Fauci’s emails to his role in advising the White House’s coronavirus response, Jim Hoft, the editor of the Gateway Pundit, said, “I don’t have a problem with more information being shared about the doctor.”

The outlet has continued to criticize Fauci in recent days, saying that by offering new predictions about the possible death toll, Fauci and others were “going to destroy the U.S. economy based on total guesses and hysterical predictions.”

Several senior administration officials said that Trump respects Fauci and that the two generally have a good working relationship. Trump heeded the guidance of Fauci and Birx this week when he announced his administration would extend social-distancing guidelines for another 30 days. Last week, many health officials and experts grew worried when Trump said he hoped to reopen the country by Easter, even as coronavirus cases in the United States continue to rapidly climb.

The immunologist, who graduated first in his class from Cornell’s medical school, has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. Between 1983 and 2002, he was the 13th-most-cited scientist among the 2.5 million to 3 million authors worldwide and across all disciplines publishing in scientific journals, according to the Institute for Scientific Information.
 

Jmartjrmd

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My niece who is a nurse in Florida just took a 2 month contract to work in NY. 5 grand a week and her housing stipend is tax free. She’s a smart girl and I’m sure she’ll be fine but my brother (her dad) is freaking out.
For how many hours cause some agencies are offering a lot more than that.
There are some hotels offering free rooms up there.
I dunno if she has traveled before but be careful with the tax free money. It's ok as long as she is also paying rent in Florida.
 

MomofThreeBoys

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For how many hours cause some agencies are offering a lot more than that.
There are some hotels offering free rooms up there.
I dunno if she has traveled before but be careful with the tax free money. It's ok as long as she is also paying rent in Florida.

48 hours but she’s at a private hospital so she is taking less money to be in a private hospital in a nice part of Manhattan vs. a city/public hospital. Free hotels are not being offered for medical professionals at her hospital (as of right now). The tax free is based on the recent stimulus bill not current tax law from what she explained to me. She is still paying rent on her appt in Florida.
 

Jmartjrmd

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48 hours but she’s at a private hospital so she is taking less money to be in a private hospital in a nice part of Manhattan vs. a city/public hospital. Free hotels are not being offered for medical professionals at her hospital (as of right now). The tax free is based on the recent stimulus bill not current tax law from what she explained to me. She is still paying rent on her appt in Florida.
That's good to know. The free hotel rooms were being offered by specific hotel chains not the hospitals themselves.
Some people are having a hard time finding housing because landlords are afraid they'll bring the virus or wont get paid. If she hasn't found housing let me know and I can find out which hotels are doing it. I know the 4 seasons was but it was only a certain one.
 

MomofThreeBoys

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That's good to know. The free hotel rooms were being offered by specific hotel chains not the hospitals themselves.
Some people are having a hard time finding housing because landlords are afraid they'll bring the virus or wont get paid. If she hasn't found housing let me know and I can find out which hotels are doing it. I know the 4 seasons was but it was only a certain one.

Trust me, she tried with the hotel chains and got the run around. She called the hotels they told her to call the city (Dept of Emergency Mgmt) ,the city told her to work through her hospital. A hot mess.

I found her an apartment in Midtown Manhattan and a short train ride or a long walk to the hospital. A friend of a friend of mine who is staying at their home upstate is giving her his appmt for dirt cheap for 2 months. He said give him whatever she wants for it.

But Thanks for the offer @Jmartjrmd! Her boyfriend is a nurse and has been up there for a week and is staying with family. I can’t imagine why he would do that except that he is cheap and his family isn’t concerned about the virus. He gets to keep his entire housing stipend of 2k a week.
 
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