Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Page 20

DanaC · 03-21-2020, 02:25 PM

Thanks, Clod - yeah, she is getting there. That is quite a funny mental image.

@ glatt - I went to the NHS Give Blood page - started going down the criteria lists and it says dont give blood if you have ever injected, or been injected with drugs even if it was a long time ago, and even if it was only once

....oops. It was really long time ago - like decades ago ... but it sounds like that bars me from joining the blood drive

Undertoad · 03-21-2020, 04:18 PM

in mask news

taiwan is sending 100,000 masks to the US
france intercepted and took a shipment of 130,000 masks before it got to UK

message to taiwan shipping: please look out for french boats

Gravdigr · 03-21-2020, 04:33 PM

DanaC · 03-21-2020, 07:02 PM

lol

Flint · 03-21-2020, 11:04 PM

We're re-using N95 masks five times, each worker is issued one and stores it in a tupperware container with the straps outside the lid.

We've just implemented a protocol for shooting portable chest x-rays through the door (ER patient rooms have a glass door).

Clodfobble · 03-21-2020, 11:14 PM

I'm sorry, Flint. I'm grateful for folks like you, doing the impossible job as best you can.

Flint · 03-21-2020, 11:32 PM

Thank you. To clarify-- I don't come into clinical contact with patients, but I do support the department running smoothly, and since it's under stress and we haven't technically been given guidance on cancelling outpatient imaging procedures, I'm delaying pulling the "work from home" card.

My work friends, the people I see every day, are the ones that are really in the firing line. I'm there in solidarity, to be honest. So I've quarantined myself to work (the minimum exposure possible) and my house. I haven't been in contact with anyone else...in 10 days? My ex is keeping the kids.

Flint · 03-22-2020, 12:25 AM

UPDATE SINCE EARLIER: I live on the coast, a tourist area, and I'm now learning that we're overrun with people coming in from out of town. My town and the next one over are drafting up an emergency declaration but do not have the authority to impose restrictions on hotels, etc. until the governor declares restrictions on the whole state.

I live in the one that's in between Washington and California.

Griff · 03-22-2020, 11:44 AM

Man, that sucks. People need to go home.

I have an aunt fighting cancer she's supposed to get radiation 5x per week for 6 weeks. Talk about terrible timing.

sexobon · 03-22-2020, 01:31 PM

The plot thickens.

FEMA administrator says more masks are being shipped from stockpile amid shortage

Ah yes, the national stockpile.

Undertoad · 03-22-2020, 01:37 PM

It's true. The national stockpile is 75 million masks.

But they are just for emergencies

sexobon · 03-22-2020, 02:06 PM

Good thing the Democrats reminded us about those go to war supplies and it wasn't politically incorrect to do so.

Undertoad · 03-22-2020, 02:27 PM

Why is Japan an "outlier" with fewer cases than everyone else surrounding China? Nobody seems to know yet. Are they about to experience the crush, or did cultural practices stop it before it could get going? It's all just guessing at this point.

Beestie · 03-22-2020, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Why is Japan an "outlier" with fewer cases than everyone else surrounding China? Nobody seems to know yet. Are they about to experience the crush, or did cultural practices stop it before it could get going? It's all just guessing at this point.

No, Japan was one of the first countries to close schools and mandate social isolation. I think their national will to band together and accept draconian measures is a result of the earthquake and tsunami from a few years ago. There is usually a political delay between the acceptance that a certain measure is required and when it is mandated whereas in Japan, that delay is maybe 20 minutes.

My default TV station is NHK (an English speaking 24-hour channel from Tokyo) and I've been hearing first hand what the national temperament in Japan is. Japan ain't effing around - they locked down early.

And while I don't post here often, I think about you knuckleheads a lot and hope everyone in cellardom is ok and makes it through this nonsense.

monster · 03-22-2020, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

So Weinstein and all the other gropers and pussy-grabbers are doomed? I'll take it.

most likely entirely unrelated.... Placido Domingo*

*used fox link to show no political bias

03-21-2020, 04:33 PM	#288
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03-21-2020, 11:04 PM	#290
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	We're re-using N95 masks five times, each worker is issued one and stores it in a tupperware container with the straps outside the lid. We've just implemented a protocol for shooting portable chest x-rays through the door (ER patient rooms have a glass door). __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-21-2020, 11:14 PM	#291
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm sorry, Flint. I'm grateful for folks like you, doing the impossible job as best you can. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-21-2020, 11:32 PM	#292
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Thank you. To clarify-- I don't come into clinical contact with patients, but I do support the department running smoothly, and since it's under stress and we haven't technically been given guidance on cancelling outpatient imaging procedures, I'm delaying pulling the "work from home" card. My work friends, the people I see every day, are the ones that are really in the firing line. I'm there in solidarity, to be honest. So I've quarantined myself to work (the minimum exposure possible) and my house. I haven't been in contact with anyone else...in 10 days? My ex is keeping the kids. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-22-2020, 12:25 AM	#293
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	UPDATE SINCE EARLIER: I live on the coast, a tourist area, and I'm now learning that we're overrun with people coming in from out of town. My town and the next one over are drafting up an emergency declaration but do not have the authority to impose restrictions on hotels, etc. until the governor declares restrictions on the whole state. I live in the one that's in between Washington and California. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-21-2020, 04:18 PM	#287
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	in mask news taiwan is sending 100,000 masks to the US france intercepted and took a shipment of 130,000 masks before it got to UK message to taiwan shipping: please look out for french boats

03-22-2020, 11:44 AM	#294
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Man, that sucks. People need to go home. I have an aunt fighting cancer she's supposed to get radiation 5x per week for 6 weeks. Talk about terrible timing. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-22-2020, 01:31 PM	#295
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	The plot thickens. FEMA administrator says more masks are being shipped from stockpile amid shortage Ah yes, the national stockpile.

03-22-2020, 01:37 PM	#296
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's true. The national stockpile is 75 million masks. But they are just for emergencies

03-22-2020, 02:06 PM	#297
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Good thing the Democrats reminded us about those go to war supplies and it wasn't politically incorrect to do so.

03-22-2020, 02:27 PM	#298
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Why is Japan an "outlier" with fewer cases than everyone else surrounding China? Nobody seems to know yet. Are they about to experience the crush, or did cultural practices stop it before it could get going? It's all just guessing at this point.

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