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Speaking of...This motherfucking event made everyone afraid of their motherfucking shadow.
Which seems to be exactly what the media wanted.
I work for a major department store and apparently the stores that have opened are taking returns, which grosses me out knowing how often people wear/use shit and then return it (despite our policy saying everything has to be unused and in resellable condition all a customer has to do is bitch and we take it back).View attachment 1308811
Well I guess I was wrong. Spokane was approved for Phase 2 yesterday. I still am not 100% sure what that means, other than previously closed retailers will be able to do curbside pickup. Which is fine for some things, I guess, but when the hell are clothing stores going to go back to normal? Nowhere here is taking returns on clothing, accessories, food, and health/beauty. So you better love those new jeans (can't try them on at the store either, deal with it!) and hope that foundation matches cause you're stuck with it.
Wake me up when gyms open
All 50 States Are Now Reopening. But at What Cost?
Governors face intensifying pressure to reopen their economies, but experts warn it could mean thousands of new deaths.
The increasing moves to lift restrictions on businesses — or at least open up outdoor spaces like beaches and state parks — reflect the immense political and societal pressures weighing on the nation’s governors, even as epidemiologists remain cautious and warn of a second wave of cases.
“You have 50 different governors doing 50 different things,” said Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine. “There will be states that open too soon or states that are too conservative. It is hard to thread the needle.”
Even in Georgia, which opened many businesses last month ahead of other states, restaurants are seeing only about 15 percent of normal traffic, according to data published by OpenTable, a restaurant reservation website.
Some epidemiologists see warning signs of a rebound, especially in the South, and because it can take as long as three weeks for a newly infected person to become sick enough to go to the hospital, the impact of reopening is unlikely to be detectable immediately.
“We really are playing with fire here in a very broad sense," said Charles Courtemanche, an economist at the University of Kentucky. In a recent paper for the journal Health Affairs, he estimated that the number of confirmed cases in the United States, which reached a million at the end of April, would have been closer to 35 million without the restaurant closures and stay-at-home orders that began in mid-March. “Just because it hasn’t been a catastrophe yet in your state, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the potential to be,” he said.
Texas, the nation’s second-largest state, with 29 million residents, had among the shortest stay-at-home orders in the country when it reopened many businesses on May 1, in a move that appealed to the state’s pro-business spirit. But weeks later, officials reported the highest one-day total of new cases, and some fear many businesses will still not survive.
Researchers expect that reopening the United States could cause thousands of additional deaths, while also saving several million jobs, a balancing act that has swung more toward the economy in recent weeks.
A forecast from the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model estimated that the number of cumulative deaths from the virus in the United States would rise to 157,000 from the current about 92,000 by the end of July if states maintained restrictions. A partial or full reopening could bring an additional 15,000 or 73,000 deaths, respectively.
Many are still hesitant. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most Americans were somewhat concerned that lifting restrictions in their area would lead to new infections, and at least half were very or extremely concerned. About six in 10 people were in favor of people remaining in their homes except for essential needs.
Mary Lou Giles, a 73-year-old resident of El Dorado County, Calif., said that she and her husband planned to shelter in place for another several weeks, though businesses in her remote mountain county between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe were allowed to reopen sooner than in other parts of the state.
"I sincerely hope there will not be a surge in Covid cases as a result of what I believe is a premature rush to reopen,” she said. “But I’m not willing to gamble.”
This passage reminded me of something I had wanted to say in my previous post. On the way back from checking in at the office earlier today, a respected, credible guy who has has a brief spot on the local news radio station covering business and economic topics mentioned how restaurants that might be allowed to open with 50% capacity may only end up 25% full due to the social distancing requirements to keep people/tables six feet apart from each other. He added that either number ends up being insufficient because restaurants need to have at least 75% capacity to have a chance at making a profit. Similarly, he reported hotels need a number around 65% capacity. Although I don't seem to recall him citing a source for those numbers, his decades of experience and his reputation with these topics are solid enough to trust him over anyone posting on Vox, Buzzfeed, or any other sensationalized journalism site.Translation to prole: "Why even bother reopening? Nobody is going to go out anyway."
With single-day case numbers spiking for reasons other than newly-confirmed cases, namely weekend cases being added in the following week or states redefining what counts as COVID-19 cases in a way that artificially drives up the numbers, looking at day to day numbers without context is useless for any sort of practical or critical analysis.In other words, a "pro business" (Evil ReTHUGlican) state opened too soon and had the HIGHEST ONE DAY TOTAL OF NEW CASES.
Covid sick Jan, 81, received palliative care - recovered after the family put an end to it
Several relatives DN talked to are critical of the elderly not being treated against covid-19, but being given palliative care immediately - without having to see a doctor.
When the son of Covid Ill Jan, 81, demanded that he be nourished instead of morphine, he recovered quickly.
It was after a hospital visit at the end of March that Jan Andersson, 81, fell ill in covid-19 at Ärlingshem's elderly home in Märsta north of Stockholm. Without meeting Jan and without informing neither him nor his relatives, the doctor decided - via telephone to the nurse at the nursing home - to prescribe palliative care with morphine.
His son Thomas Andersson states that on April 7, he called and asked for the father to get a drop of fluid and nutrition - and then he was informed that the father was in the final stages of life. He was invited to come to the accommodation and say goodbye.
- Dad was completely gone by morphine. It was only when I contacted the media and all those responsible that Dad was instead put on drip and received their usual medication, such as blood thinning, by injection. Quite quickly he scratched himself and today he is healthy.
There was neither access to saturation meters, which measure oxygenation in the blood, nor oxygen.
- It probably would have accelerated the recovery even more. To not provide basic supportive treatment for the elderly who are severely affected by corona - but instead morphine - it is clear that they die then. Personally, I think it is active euthanasia. Had it not been for us relatives, they would have killed the father.
Another one that is critical of how a relative was treated at an elderly home is Juliana Jihem, who had a close and close relationship with her uncle Moses Ntanda, 72. She describes him as lightly demented but energetic, physically strong and mobile. When he was hit by covid-19, palliative care was prescribed, by doctors over the phone.
- We were not allowed to visit him. The staff did not tell us that they began to medicate him and prepare him for palliative care. The doctor never met my uncle. How can you judge how sick a person is if you've never met that person? The record states that he should not be taken to hospital.
Because of the pandemic, people at Strandängsgården's elderly home where he lived had moved in on the watch, according to Julia.
- So he died alone in his room. The staff found him at 8.30 in the morning.
The doctor writes in the medical record that DN noted: “The patient dies calmly and quietly. Adequate palliation. ”
- How can he know how a person dies? That it was calm and quiet? No one was there. It's awful.
Business Manager at Strandängsgården Anders Olsson states that he cannot comment in individual cases. He also cannot respond to how common it is for doctors to prescribe palliative care without meeting the patient.
- The doctors have the opportunity to talk to nurses, do digital examinations of the residents and come out on site if needed. It is doctors who assess what they need to do to make the right decision and I have confidence that doctors will make that assessment, he says.
Sharareh Ramezan, head of the elderly care health care organization in Sigtuna municipality where Ärlingshem is located, refers to the company Family doctors:
- The responsibility for the medical assessment and prescriptions lies with the medical organization.
Christoffer Bernsköld, Head of Unit at Regions Stockholm Health and Medical Administration, states that he does not know any discussions about when palliative care should be prescribed for covid patients.
- I'm not a doctor myself. But if one decides that now there is nothing to do with medicine, then one decides to give the palliative medicines that are available to cushion pain, fear and anxiety and get a dignified end to life. I feel confident that the doctors and nurses who work with palliative care have very good and high competence in Stockholm.
The National Board of Health and Welfare has guidelines on treatment restrictions at the end of life.
- If possible, the decision to switch from treatment to palliative goals must be made before it becomes critical. There must be two doctors who make the decision together, it must be someone who knows the patient, and it should be documented and communicated to the patient and their relatives, says Thomas Lindén, Head of Knowledge Management for Health and Medical Services at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
The company Familjeläkarna in Saltsjöbaden, which is responsible for the care of both Jan Andersson's and Moses Ntada's accommodation, states that due to high workload, there is no time for interview. In an e-mail, the company writes that due to confidentiality, it is not possible to comment on individual cases, but that the responsible physician, together with others in the care team, assesses treatment based on the patient's conditions and the patient's and relatives' wishes.
"Both palliative and curative care can be given at the same time," the Family Doctors write, urging those who have views on care to contact the company, the Patient Board in Stockholm or the Inspection for Care and Care.
The WHO said it would happen, so there's no doubt it will happen.I don't understand how all the speds are shrieking about a second wave in Western nations, BUT, there is no second wave going on in China. A couple of months ago China was like Night of the Living Dead but now it is Business As Usual. You better believe that if there was a second wave going on in China someone would be reporting on it, either officially or anonymously.
TorBo Outing Report:
Seems things could be going back to the "old normal" despite talk of the "new normal". More stores are open now, though the theater remains closed. Panic buying is almost gone as well. Everyone still wears masks though. I saw a guy wearing a Pikachu mask (like just the mouth and the cheeks) - funny and disturbing.
(I've been somewhat of a "doomer", thinking the "new normal" of a "hypochondriac drive-thru society" really was the "new normal".)
The only caveat is that just because something complies with regulations, it doesn’t guarantee it is effective. It just means that suing you is harder.
I wonder how all the people sterilizing Every. Single. grocery item and article of mail they receive will feel about the CDC saying that surfaces aren't that dangerous?
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CDC: Coronavirus mainly spreads through person-to-person contact and 'does not spread easily' on contaminated surfaces
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says infected surfaces as one of the less common ways that coronavirus spreads. Experts say that doesn't mean you should stop practicing good hygiene.www.yahoo.com
Will Reddit be full of Thank Gawd it's over! posts or Well I'm gonna keep sterilizing! posts? Time will tell.
All employees have to wear masks though. Some departments (mine included) have to wear gloves. No clue why.
I have to wear a mask too. Its dumb because no one is using them correctly anyway. Everyone in my department pulls them around their neck as soon as they're out of customer sight. Most use the same mask after returning from lunch. I have touch my mask constantly because they dont fit my weirdly small face and get in my eyes. The masks are likely doing nothing.
Gloves are disgusting. Unless you change them between EVERY task they are just spreading germs and dirt. You can't sanitize gloves. And no one changes them often enough. If any of these people making the rules had worked in a hospital kitchen, theyd know better than to ask a retail worker to practice safe mask/glove use. It requires far more training and supplies, and the CEOs dont give a fuck.
I refuse to shop anywhere with too much security theater. No Winco or Costco. And if more decide to start harassing customers, they will end up losing money in the long run. People IRL are not as scared as people make then out to be online.