Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Rudy Russo]

Keep it ‘conservative’: Services break out face mask rules

Keep it ‘conservative’: Services break out face mask rules

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:35:10 UTC

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Rules and suggestions for the forces.

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

Just today, in my small (>10k) city in northern Wisconsin, I saw multiple vehicles with plates from California, Georgia, and Texas. No doubt these are people with second (lake) homes.

And in the last few days, we have recieved word of 3 confirmed cases.

Well, ain't that a coinky fuckin' dink.

 

[ForgedBlades]

Goddamn, I ran the numbers again today and my family's small business is up 47% in revenue year over year over the last three weeks since all non-essential businesses were shut down in the state. We're technically agriculture, which was exempt from the order, yet our closest local competitor has decided to remain completely shut down. Literally zero blowback from any shoppers for staying open. Actually the exact opposite. Plus we're doing it with half the staff and Trumpbux are going to cover our payroll for the next three months. Based WuFlu

 

[uncleShitHeel]

Coronavirus update: Professor Ian Frazer explains how long the COVID-…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:09:15 UTC

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That sounds awfully like a dictatorship. This old twat thinks people will abide by having no life for over a year.
People will put his head on a pike long before them. No one is going to live like this into eternity.
The cost of these idiotic policies are already showing to be - rise in suicides, domestic violence, sexual assault, murder.
It also comes at the cost of major health issues - Cancer screening has been stopped, cancer patients being turned away from treatments, pathologists being told to stop regular work, go home and wait to be called up if they're "needed". Oh, but you'll be sad to know, that in Australia, another 95 year old died in a nursing home of the coof today.
We're at 41 deaths. All over the age of 50 - but most in the 80-90s. It's cost us billions. I know I'm sure relieved! Maybe a 92 year old will be spared the coof and live for another 2 months before they die of something else!

*EDIT : Frazer is the HPV vaccine nut. He dismisses anyone who's died after getting it as "Sheer coincidence".


Oh, what's this?

Coronavirus Australia: SA nurses’ hours and jobs cut by COVID-19 rule…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:09:33 UTC

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Nurses being laid off and not asked to help? I thought this was a crisis? Is it not a crisis? But I was told that there'd be bzillions in hospital by now.

Coronavirus lockdown blunder costs NZ Health Minister David Clark | 7…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:11:18 UTC

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Well, that's a relief. Mountain biking is a very dangerous activity. I'm glad that Horseface has saved her shithole from impending doom!

Firing him now would be more of a shitshow than it would firing his ass and prosecuting him once things return to normal, but other than that Labour isn't going anywhere come November as Simon Bridges is somehow even more of a fuckhead than Ardern.

On a side note I've been thinking, do you think this'll fuck up the Liberals over your way? Even more importantly do you think this'll be the thing that finishes Clive Palmer.

 

[Non-Expert!]

Just today, in my small (>10k) city in northern Wisconsin, I saw multiple vehicles with plates from California, Georgia, and Texas. No doubt these are people with second (lake) homes.

And in the last few days, we have recieved word of 3 confirmed cases.

If you see California plates, you should wrap the vehicle in hazard tape and block the road going to the vehicle.

Los Angeles resident here.

We have not left the house since the Saturday after the school closures, except for mission essential with an n-95 respirator. Children have not left the neighborhood, or gotten out of the car. That is because we do not want to get this virus, and we do not want to spread it. This is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and the Governor is not joking around.

Taking a road trip across the country is UNTHINKABLE. They have found that COVID is very, very contagious. All it takes is a sneeze, cough, booger or slightest piece of fecal matter from behind the finger nail, from a fast food worker between California and Wisconsin, to spread this shit like wildfire in your town.

Unfortunately without intending to, people shed their cooties constantly. That is what underlies these extreme measures, to begin with. 95% of the time, we have immunities to whatever flies out of the next guy's nose or mouth, or what is on his hands.

Honestly the best thing you can do right now, is suck it up and stay put.

Think of it this way: if you do get COVID, would you rather go to some unknown place for treatment, or to a hospital in your own community, that you are familiar with?

Sorry this upsets me. It is kind of embarrassing that some people from my state are so inconsiderate.

 

[Bender]

My impression of the British is they are experts at keeping secrets, and would treat his medical care as a state secret.

You've never spoken to a real British person, have you? We're fucking terrible at keeping things to ourselves, we love gossiping. The only reason I'm not spreading the latest info I'm getting from friends and family (I know several NHS staff) is because you fuckers could probably dox me if I did.

Edit: But here's some shit I've heard, because blue-balling like that is uncool. Apparently NHS staff have been told to stop using PPE purchased outside of the NHS, no matter how effective it is, and can only use PPE supplied by the NHS, which they're running into supply issues with.

Edit 2: Fuck's sake, I'm terrible at infosec and keeping secrets.

 

[Non-Expert!]

Alright since I've had the pleasure of working in the ED again (yay)

First you have people whose cc is atypical of uris, which is why I think so many front-line workers are getting infected. Syncope head lac, tingling in extremities, fatigue, all symptoms of hypoxia w/o SOB or other s/s of uris. So no cough or runny nose or anything that might scream droplet precautions.

There was one paper I read where SARS-CoV-2 could potentially knock out heme from erythrocytes, which might be the underlying cause of hypoxic symptoms w/o SOB.

Second these patients decompensate quick as fuck and need flO2 to eventual vent. I've seen this rarely with viral pneumonia rt influenza but it's actually pretty fucking common with COVID-19 pts. It's honestly pretty fucking scary.

Hey what is your opinion- or anybody's for that matter:

Once you have reached the vent-phase, what are the chances of leaving the hospital horizontally, rather than vertically?

In other words, what are your chances of making it out alive, if you are placed on a vent?

And what do they do to you if you are in the hospital, but not on a vent?

 

[Thoth]

Hey what is your opinion- or anybody's for that matter:

Once you have reached the vent-phase, what are the chances of leaving the hospital horizontally, rather than vertically?

In other words, what are your chances of making it out alive, if you are placed on a vent?

And what do they do to you if you are in the hospital, but not on a vent?

Over 50% of people placed on a ventilator die.

 

[Bender]

Hey what is your opinion- or anybody's for that matter:

Once you have reached the vent-phase, what are the chances of leaving the hospital horizontally, rather than vertically?

In other words, what are your chances of making it out alive, if you are placed on a vent?

Last time I looked at statistics:
~80% chance of being fine
~15% chance of needing hospital care
~5% chance of requiring a ventilator

~70-80% mortality rate if it gets serious enough to require ventilation

And what do they do to you if you are in the hospital, but not on a vent?

CPAP (the oxygen mask/canula) to keep your blood O2 levels up, and keep a close eye on you in case you need intubation and be thrown under a ventilator.

I hope you're not asking because of personal experience. ❤

 

[Iceland Heavy]

If you see California plates, you should wrap the vehicle in hazard tape and block the road going to the vehicle.

Los Angeles resident here.

We have not left the house since the Saturday after the school closures, except for mission essential with an n-95 respirator. Children have not left the neighborhood, or gotten out of the car. That is because we do not want to get this virus, and we do not want to spread it. This is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and the Governor is not joking around.

Taking a road trip across the country is UNTHINKABLE. They have found that COVID is very, very contagious. All it takes is a sneeze, cough, booger or slightest piece of fecal matter from behind the finger nail, from a fast food worker between California and Wisconsin, to spread this shit like wildfire in your town.

Unfortunately without intending to, people shed their cooties constantly. That is what underlies these extreme measures, to begin with. 95% of the time, we have immunities to whatever flies out of the next guy's nose or mouth, or what is on his hands.

Honestly the best thing you can do right now, is suck it up and stay put.

Think of it this way: if you do get COVID, would you rather go to some unknown place for treatment, or to a hospital in your own community, that you are familiar with?

Sorry this upsets me. It is kind of embarrassing that some people from my state are so inconsiderate.

Meanwhile, a little further north...

https://archive.li/BCRvN

Others have said how our retarded state has been pretty on the ball with regards to the response to this, and I actually agree. But I'm still bracing for a surge of cases here in a week or two and the accompanying 'minorities hardest hit' articles.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

TorBo outing report:

The local park is open, but all outdoor amenities (except tennis courts) are closed. The "community"* center is also closed.

Aside from toilet paper and paper towels, the panic buying seems to finally be dying down. I can actually find stuff like eggs and noodles. There's still people acting like hypochondriacs though.

*(community in a modern city? lol)

 

[Feline Supremacist]

You've never spoken to a real British person, have you? We're fucking terrible at keeping things to ourselves, we love gossiping. The only reason I'm not spreading the latest info I'm getting from friends and family (I know several NHS staff) is because you fuckers could probably dox me if I did.

Edit: But here's some shit I've heard, because blue-balling like that is uncool. Apparently NHS staff have been told to stop using PPE purchased outside of the NHS, no matter how effective it is, and can only use PPE supplied by the NHS, which they're running into supply issues with.

Is Boris going to dies that's all I want to know

 

[Bender]

Is Boris going to dies that's all I want to know

I hope not, burying that hair will infect and destroy forests and national parks in a several hundred mile radius, and burning it will give any of the poor fuckers who breathed it in mesothelioma.

 

[Aib Ld]

So do we have a verdict yet if this thing really would weaken on the summer?

 

[Shaka Brah]

Is Boris going to dies that's all I want to know

He's pretty likely to, and if he doesn't then he'll be incapacitated. I hope he writes some kind of last testament that puts Brexit in moral terms as his final wish. Because otherwise the globo-homo parliamentarians are gonna refuse to do it once he's gone.

 

[JosephStalin]

Coronavirus update: Professor Ian Frazer explains how long the COVID-…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:09:15 UTC

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That sounds awfully like a dictatorship. This old twat thinks people will abide by having no life for over a year.
People will put his head on a pike long before them. No one is going to live like this into eternity.
The cost of these idiotic policies are already showing to be - rise in suicides, domestic violence, sexual assault, murder.
It also comes at the cost of major health issues - Cancer screening has been stopped, cancer patients being turned away from treatments, pathologists being told to stop regular work, go home and wait to be called up if they're "needed". Oh, but you'll be sad to know, that in Australia, another 95 year old died in a nursing home of the coof today.
We're at 41 deaths. All over the age of 50 - but most in the 80-90s. It's cost us billions. I know I'm sure relieved! Maybe a 92 year old will be spared the coof and live for another 2 months before they die of something else!

*EDIT : Frazer is the HPV vaccine nut. He dismisses anyone who's died after getting it as "Sheer coincidence".


Oh, what's this?

Coronavirus Australia: SA nurses’ hours and jobs cut by COVID-19 rule…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:09:33 UTC

archive.vn

Nurses being laid off and not asked to help? I thought this was a crisis? Is it not a crisis? But I was told that there'd be bzillions in hospital by now.

Coronavirus lockdown blunder costs NZ Health Minister David Clark | 7…

archived 7 Apr 2020 03:11:18 UTC

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Well, that's a relief. Mountain biking is a very dangerous activity. I'm glad that Horseface has saved her shithole from impending doom!

Same thing happening where I live. Local hospital has been consolidating lab services due to prep for ChiCom Flu patients. Many doctor's offices wanting patients to have their doctor's appointment via telephone. Have asked our medical insurance if they cover such a visit.

One-size-fits-all "house arrest" simply doesn't work. We could free a lot of people, save resources for the hardest-hit areas, and let everyone else go back to work/school/etc. Far as I am concerned the one-size-fits-all "house arrest" is solely to protect the politicians.

 

[Bender]

So do we have a verdict yet if this thing really would weaken on the summer?

Like other viruses it's possible it will be slowed by UV radiation, so people going out on sunny days may not be at as much risk as it initially appears.

I still wouldn't recommend going out until the infection curve starts dropping heavily though.

 

[pwnest injun]

So do we have a verdict yet if this thing really would weaken on the summer?

If MERS is any indication, not significantly.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

He's pretty likely to, and if he doesn't then he'll be incapacitated. I hope he writes some kind of last testament that puts Brexit in moral terms as his final wish. Because otherwise the globo-homo parliamentarians are gonna refuse to do it once he's gone.

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He's pretty likely to, and if he doesn't then he'll be incapacitated. I hope he writes some kind of last testament that puts Brexit in moral terms as his final wish. Because otherwise the globo-homo parliamentarians are gonna refuse to do it once he's gone.

omg if Boris dies from the chink flu China is hosed or at the very least Xi is hosed. Imagine covering up a deadly disease and lying to everyone in the world to the point the Prime Minister of the UK dies. Very serious.

 

[Non-Expert!]

Last time I looked at statistics:
~80% chance of being fine
~15% chance of needing hospital care
~5% chance of requiring a ventilator

~70-80% mortality rate if it gets serious enough to require ventilation

CPAP (the oxygen mask/canula) to keep your blood O2 levels up, and keep a close eye on you in case you need intubation and be thrown under a ventilator.

I hope you're not asking because of personal experience. ❤

No, just out of curiousity- due to the contraversy about insufficient numbers of vents. So basically at best patient has a 30% survival rate if placed on a vent ...

Interesting. Well I am glad they are trying, at least.

It sure seems that if you are discharged from the hospital alive, it should have "barely" with an asterix. By the time you are on a vent, your lungs are flooded with cellular debris....

This is all very sad.

I wonder what percent of people walk away from a vent and fully recover.