One of my coworkers was tested last week, and found positive. He has no symptoms, and reports feeling absolutely fine, despite the positive test. He got tested because he knew he had contact with someone who was showing symptoms.
Maybe, but I'd be surprised if it's really changed that much in the last 13 years. I went back to school later in life, and as working thru school until 2007, which really isn't that long ago. It sucks, and it's definitely not easy, but it can be done when it's what needs to be done.
I'm not following you, here. What flags?.
As COVID-19 crisis deepens, out-of-state patients seek help at Philadelphia hospitals
Patients who are very ill with the coronavirus infection can quickly take a turn for the worse, making long journeys dangerous, medical experts say. Still, hospitals are required to care for all patients seeking treatment.www.inquirer.com
@Ashful, I sure hope the WHO ratings are wrong. This doesn't look good, similar to what has happened elsewhere....Flags won't save anyone at this point
I don't think bholler even meant to compare PA to NY, but the population density averaged across the entire greater metropolis area of Philadelphia (i.e. the "city-county") is over 11,000 per sq.mi., and several times that in some sections of the city. I would not be surprised at all if it's higher than 27,000 per sq.mi. in some parts of the city.
The big difference, for me anyway, is the distribution. It may be true that many more die from other causes, but the likelihood of me or my family being affected by this thru no fault or action of our own is high enough to cause serious concern. Aside from that, I know three people who died from this disease last week, and I don't normally know three people that die in a given week, let alone from the same random contraction of a disease.
Allergy and immunology are inextricably linked: https://www.abai.org/
I have a feeling you were probably making more than most kids right out of high school would be making as well. It just isn't reasonable to think a kid in that situation will make enough to come out of college without substantial student loans.
The article says nothing about the layoffs being only in rural areas. It does say it is mainly in fields that would not be involved in treating covid 19 patients. Why would they keep people on that would have nothing to do?Coronavirus: Hospitals Across Nation Lay Off Tens Of Thousands Of Healthcare Workers
As some have warned for weeks, an unintended though anticipated consequence of nationwide shutdown measures is the mass layoffs of tens of thousands of healthcare workers, and that number is climbing. As highlighted by both The New York Times and The Associated Press, hospitals and healthcare...www.dailywire.com
More proof to me that this is isolated to larger cities more so than the rural areas. That’s a ton of layoffs when you think that just a month ago there were more jobs available than they laid off.
WTF is wrong with you! They keep them on the payroll cause they're part of their family and not related by the way. Do you have workers
Yes I have workers and they are being paid. I said nothing about whether what they are doing is the right thing to do or moral etc. Unfortunately that rarely enters into the decision making of large profit based medical corporations.
Why would you lay off a Surgical Nurse then scream for people that are retires or have expired licenses to work? Because they don’t need the nurses in a lot of places because outside of a few hotspots this isn’t a big deal right now.
Again dismissing this as no big deal. What is your solution? You seem to know more than anyone else in the country.
When you have a problem like a sore on your foot do you cut off the entire leg in surgery or do you go after the problem? Right now we are burying the person as an analogy to what this country is doing with 1/10th of 1% of the population has a viral infection. Even if you look at the deaths, 3/1000th of 1% has died from.
So your solution is do nothing untill it gets out of hand. That is a fantastic idea I am sure it will work out really well. And honestly hardware stores and home centers across the country are doing fantastic. If he can't survive with everyone off work and many working on their homes that is on him.
Yes, we need to isolate those at risk and go on. Immunity has to be built for this virus or it will just come right back. As it is in China right now.
I think this will eventually start happening, but how soon is unknown. If they allow people back to work and gathering too soon then it will start up all over again. Right now the hospitals are maxed, but coping. As soon as we can get rapid, wide-scale testing in place, some should be able to return to work, especially if testing shows they have developed antibodies to the virus.
I think it was begreen who posted a story yesterday of a young couple, where the husband died unexpectedly during the night, while everyone thought he was on the mend from COVID-19. Similarly, a highschool buddy of mine just passed from this a few days back, and left behind a 12-year old kid and wife, he was 46 and otherwise healthy. I see several younger alumni from my highschool turning up dead from this virus, some of whom I knew.
And where has that strategy worked before? What studies state that it will work? Is this virus mutating to fast for this strategy to work?
This virus is mutating very slow, slower than normal, that has been studied. I don’t know if this has ever been done or not but, we are using the Spanish flu pandemic playbook almost page for page and it wasn’t very effective then. Especially when all they did was hold off a second wave that was worse than the first.
My EMS service purchased the tests so we could test our own employees if there is a high risk exposure. We tested everyone to get a baseline this weekend.
So in other words you are just making it up. I am sure the families of all of those who have died will be relieved to hear more people died from other causes than this disease.
Ditto, but mine was just a month ago, and I'm still dealing with respiratory issues as an after-effect. I often wonder if I've already had this bug, before it was in-fashion.
Just as the families of 600,000 that die from cancer could probably care less about a few dying from a virus that never impacted them.
