My point was merely that we were dismally unprepared and that a lot more people are going to die "than needed to" (a bare minimum of mortality - whatever that might reflect). That's all.
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My point was merely that we were dismally unprepared and that a lot more people are going to die "than needed to" (a bare minimum of mortality - whatever that might reflect). That's all.
SageBrush
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And fortunately, wildly pessimistic
Only 0.2*0.25 of hospitalized are subject to differences in expertise.
Daniel in SD
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Yeah, I think what they should do is just list all the known symptoms of COVID-19 and have a telephone number to call. Have an operator ask if they experiencing any of those symptom and then tell them to stay at home. No one should be going anywhere with any symptoms right now.
AlanSubie4Life
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I may not be following. But, why do they bother to take up beds for people in serious condition, then, if them not being hospitalized (something like 15% of people are in serious but not critical condition) is not necessary?
Daniel in SD
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I was speculating about a situation where a large number of people who need medical care would be receiving zero medical care.
I was thinking today how long my hair will be come May. Was laughing at my husband's hair length too. I keep telling myself I'm not going to try cutting it on my own. Important thing is that we're healthy when we are able to get it cut professionally and our stylists are too and still working.
Daniel in SD
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HG Wells
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Dog grooming clippers are still available.
Not sure what the difference is.
Pricing. The pet ones are more expensive. /S
SageBrush
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That is different than 'quality.'
I suspect the mortality skyrockets when patients who need it do not have access to oxygen. Oxygen can be provided at home.
This is why I wrote earlier that the effort spent scrambling around for vents would be much better spent making sure that oxygen supplies are adequate in the locations that have a significant hospital bed deficit.
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EVNow
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Lots of stuff sold out. Muffin pans are not shipping for another 2 weeks on Amazon. Ofcourse webcams are completely sold out too.
BTW, Amazon doesn't have much fresh deliveries open too. Local QFC doesn't have deliveries/pickup options for next week.
Obviously none of these are able to scale up quickly to meet demand that has suddenly increased.
dc_h
Active Member
Do you have a source for that? Washington Post says they did fund development of machinery to make masks.
I thought the anthrax scare was under Bush in 2001.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...2dda5c-74fa-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html
The interesting one to me is flour. We’ve grabbed what we can, but decent flour is hard to come by. And I like to bake..
For all those discussing home UV sanitization, please note there is a separate thread discussing these
(Coronavirus) On UV Sanitization
I took some good instructions from others on this thread to build our own UV sanitization box which we are using to sanitize masks for now.
(Coronavirus) On UV Sanitization
There are several other great designs on there as well for those interested.
Doggydogworld
Active Member
Looks like the backlog almost all came out negative. That makes some sense as Quest was told to prioritize inpatients, healthcare workers, etc. But still it seems weird that 40k+ tests would produce almost zero positives.
Unless they decided those samples were so old it wasn't worth running them any more and just tossed them
Daniel in SD
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I've heard you can try calling restaurants and ask to buy from them. Not sure about quality and of course you'll get a 50lb bag.
The crazy thing early on was that eggs were sold out, they don't last that long!
omgwtfbyobbq
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Eggs last months as-is in my experience. I'm cautiously skeptical of most best-by/sell-by dates.I've heard you can try calling restaurants and ask to buy from them. Not sure about quality and of course you'll get a 50lb bag.
The crazy thing early on was that eggs were sold out, they don't last that long!
N5329K
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mblakele
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article241774351.html
A new immunity test from Stanford University and an increased focus on screening for coronavirus will help the state dramatically ramp up testing over the next few weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday, with an ultimate goal of getting Californians back to work.
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The Stanford blood test is just “hours” away from federal approval and could allow people to begin to return to work, Newsom said. The tests are “serological,” and could determine whether someone has developed antibodies to the coronavirus. In theory, those who develop immunity may be able to safely interact with others without catching or spreading it. [bold added]
[...]
It’s unclear the timeline for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, even as regulators on March 16 amended their policies for so-called emergency-use authorization.
The test will begin to be used on Californians in the coming week, said Dr. Charity Dean, assistant director at the California Department of Public Health.
[...]
[...]
The Stanford blood test is just “hours” away from federal approval and could allow people to begin to return to work, Newsom said. The tests are “serological,” and could determine whether someone has developed antibodies to the coronavirus. In theory, those who develop immunity may be able to safely interact with others without catching or spreading it. [bold added]
[...]
It’s unclear the timeline for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, even as regulators on March 16 amended their policies for so-called emergency-use authorization.
The test will begin to be used on Californians in the coming week, said Dr. Charity Dean, assistant director at the California Department of Public Health.
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