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Post by freecharlie on Mar 30, 2020 4:07:02 GMT
US view: This map is a huge eye opener for me. I'm in ND, second lowest after SD. I wonder why...and what the heck is happening in Michigan? lower population density and probably less people from out of state and less congregation of people?
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 30, 2020 4:08:58 GMT
thank you. Do you mind if I use your words?
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Post by Laurie on Mar 30, 2020 4:14:49 GMT
US view: This map is a huge eye opener for me. I'm in ND, second lowest after SD. I wonder why...and what the heck is happening in Michigan? I’m from SD and I think it is because we don’t have densely populated areas. Fargo and Sioux Falls would be the biggest for us and those are nothing compared to truly large cities in the US. Plus it’s not like we have a lot of people that travel through our area. HA! I have heard people from a Sioux Falls saying that they have heard of people from NY that are coming here to get away from it. I am assuming that is just people being dramatic though and trying to cause fear.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2020 4:22:15 GMT
thank you. Do you mind if I use your words? Not at all.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Mar 30, 2020 5:58:51 GMT
I’m hearing less people trying to downplay it but the mayor of the city just next to us posted an article that basically said it’s less deadly than the flu. Several people responded thank you. We think this to.
Are you living in a cave? I’m happy our mayor woke up snd is now telling people to social distance vs having a bbq and invite your neighbors or if go to the park for a play date. Thank goodness that attitude has changed that was a little more than a week ago he was suggesting this.
I don’t see how anyone seeing what’s happening in Italy, France snd Spain can just downplay this.
I’m really hoping that enough people are doing their part to flatten the curve here and it doesn’t get as bad here. Seeing those pictures snd hearing what’s happening elsewhere is terrifying.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2020 14:46:12 GMT
I’m hearing less people trying to downplay it but the mayor of the city just next to us posted an article that basically said it’s less deadly than the flu. Several people responded thank you. We think this to. Are you living in a cave? I’m happy our mayor woke up snd is now telling people to social distance vs having a bbq and invite your neighbors or if go to the park for a play date. Thank goodness that attitude has changed that was a little more than a week ago he was suggesting this. I don’t see how anyone seeing what’s happening in Italy, France snd Spain can just downplay this. I’m really hoping that enough people are doing their part to flatten the curve here and it doesn’t get as bad here. Seeing those pictures snd hearing what’s happening elsewhere is terrifying. The level of moronic is off the charts. In a normal flu season are priests doing mass burial services and having coffin shortages? Are health care workers dying in the same numbers? Do docs have to triage and assess "worthiness" of ventilator support?!?! NO. FFS.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 30, 2020 16:09:36 GMT
- French luxury group LVMH which you likely know from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Céline, Sephora, De Beers, Givenchy, etc. have already started using their perfume facilities in France to make hand sanitiser and have just announced they are starting production on masks and cotton scrubs for medical workers using government-approved prototypes next week. in France, luxury brands are switching over production to essential supplies and PPE, and here in the US, where companies are practically BEGGING to get the go-ahead, DT says 'nope, not till your governors treat me nice.'
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Post by sleepingbooty on Mar 30, 2020 16:22:55 GMT
- French luxury group LVMH which you likely know from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Céline, Sephora, De Beers, Givenchy, etc. have already started using their perfume facilities in France to make hand sanitiser and have just announced they are starting production on masks and cotton scrubs for medical workers using government-approved prototypes next week. in France, luxury brands are switching over production to essential supplies and PPE, and here in the US, where companies are practically BEGGING to get the go-ahead, DT says 'nope, not till your governors treat me nice.' Even some of our current news headlines, in the middle of this terrifying pandemic while our death toll keeps rising alarmingly, are about the erosion of the USA's leadership. You've got all my sympathy, American Peas. This is a Russian doll of worst case scenarios. Front page of major French newspaper Le Monde today ("Broken American leadership"):
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 30, 2020 17:14:38 GMT
I’m hearing less people trying to downplay it but the mayor of the city just next to us posted an article that basically said it’s less deadly than the flu. Several people responded thank you. We think this to. Are you living in a cave? I’m happy our mayor woke up snd is now telling people to social distance vs having a bbq and invite your neighbors or if go to the park for a play date. Thank goodness that attitude has changed that was a little more than a week ago he was suggesting this. I don’t see how anyone seeing what’s happening in Italy, France snd Spain can just downplay this. I’m really hoping that enough people are doing their part to flatten the curve here and it doesn’t get as bad here. Seeing those pictures snd hearing what’s happening elsewhere is terrifying. I think they are ignoring what is happening in Europe or want to just post the number recovered
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Post by flanz on Mar 30, 2020 17:20:15 GMT
My husband's coworker is supposedly still going through with the plan to fly his family from Houston to Florida to visit relatives. Because airfare is so cheap right now. The guy and his wife don't "buy into the hype" so they don't have any worries about it. Most of the guys in his department think that it's mostly about hysteria and aren't taking it seriously. These are the guys who had a tailgate party in the parking lot of a sandwich shop to protest restaurant dining rooms being closed. They don't know anyone who is sick, so how can it be the big deal the mainstream media is making it out to be? I don't know what it would take to get them to take it seriously. One of their wives is a nurse in a hospital. I'm thinking that's going to go really bad in the not too distant future and that might be their wakeup call. Yep. W/many conservatives and libertarians, if it doesn't happen to THEM PERSONALLY, it doesn't matter. Sociopathic. I wonder if they'll finally see the light when their own start dying. Sadly, these idiots are going to take down a lot of others with them. I'm feeling grateful that i don't have to leave the house! Well.... I'm sewing masks for my nephew who is a nurse in Canada and will have to take them to a post office, I suppose.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Mar 30, 2020 17:35:17 GMT
I don’t see how anyone seeing what’s happening in Italy, France snd Spain can just downplay this. They won't care until it's someone they actually know from their own neighbourhood, will they? I'm growing desperate here, trying to convince people of how serious it is and how you should *not* wait until it's bad because prevention needs to happen before. It's a lost cause, I'm afraid. Every.single.day we hear of new planes, helicopters and trains exporting Covid-19 patients both to less saturated French regions and abroad. Even the German Luftwaffe is sending planes to Italy, Spain and France to pick up patients. We have not peaked yet. Italy is barely (finally) peaking. I don't know what else to do, what else to share to make people grasp the severity of this pandemic. Just being one week behind my country means your individual actions as a collective can have a major impact. Two or three weeks behind and you could have an even greater impact. Every single unnecessary risk exposure is a mistake at this stage, no matter where you live.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 30, 2020 17:38:53 GMT
- French luxury group LVMH which you likely know from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Céline, Sephora, De Beers, Givenchy, etc. have already started using their perfume facilities in France to make hand sanitiser and have just announced they are starting production on masks and cotton scrubs for medical workers using government-approved prototypes next week. in France, luxury brands are switching over production to essential supplies and PPE, and here in the US, where companies are practically BEGGING to get the go-ahead, DT says 'nope, not till your governors treat me nice.' www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-healthcare-workers-gown-mask-shortage-pinstripes/amp/
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Post by Coffee Mom on Mar 30, 2020 17:58:41 GMT
In my area of PA, people are being told that they will get their test results back in 7-14 DAYS. So yes our confirmed positive case count is under 100 and people think that’s great and it’s no big deal and woohoo “no new cases today!” But those samples came in up to two weeks ago. It is not an accurate representation of what the positive numbers are TODAY! It is beyond frustrating for so many reasons.
ETA: The case count in our county. Statewide, it is getting pretty up there
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 30, 2020 18:08:12 GMT
It will be a long tome before this is done!! A United States Capitol Police (USCP) employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. The USCP employee has been self-quarantined since March 18. “The USCP has contacted employees in order to identify individuals who may have been in close contact with the affected employee. The Department has taken, and will continue to take, all the necessary steps to ensure that any affected work areas or facilities were properly cleaned,” USCP spokeswoman Eva Malecki said in an e-mail Sunday to The Hill. “The USCP is working closely with the Office of Attending Physician, Congressional leadership, and the Architect of the Capitol, and our focus is on the health and well-being of our employees.” ** thehill.com/policy/healthcare/490082-capitol-police-officer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 30, 2020 18:14:35 GMT
Eddie Bauer has been making surgical and N95 masks for at least a week. A local furniture store has been making masks since the 22nd of March. Nordstrom has partnered with the furniture store and their alteration teams have been making masks. Manufacturers in several states are making supplies. I love seeing them doing what they can to help.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 30, 2020 20:53:08 GMT
my comment was about the Defense Production Act and DT's statement of 'your governors have to be nice to me' ...in reference to car mfrs making ventilators, etc. It is good to see that some companies are doing what they can; thanks for posting those links.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Mar 30, 2020 20:56:14 GMT
Dr. Vuong explains how Covid-19 kills in a very simple, easy-to-understand manner:
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Mar 30, 2020 21:18:34 GMT
- French luxury group LVMH which you likely know from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Céline, Sephora, De Beers, Givenchy, etc. have already started using their perfume facilities in France to make hand sanitiser and have just announced they are starting production on masks and cotton scrubs for medical workers using government-approved prototypes next week. in France, luxury brands are switching over production to essential supplies and PPE, and here in the US, where companies are practically BEGGING to get the go-ahead, DT says 'nope, not till your governors treat me nice.' Why would any company need permission to make supplies? I hear on the news every night about a new company making something.
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Post by *KAS* on Mar 30, 2020 21:37:58 GMT
About those tests, that supposedly anyone who needs one can get, those beautiful tests, the best in the WORLD, those tests that the US is doing more of than any other country in the world...
Well, let me tell you a quick story.
One of my coworkers texted us all this morning and asked us to keep her sister, who is a nurse in a hospital, in our prayers because she is sick and has been exposed to the virus. She was tested today.
I just texted her a few minutes ago to ask her how her sister is doing, and she said she is doing okay, and that she and her family are quarantining until she gets the test results. I asked her when she would get the results, and get ready for this!
Because of the backlog, 8-10 DAYS. To get the test results!!!
And we live in an area that is not all that crazy with the virus yet. The cases are increasing, but we are not considered a hot spot or anything like that.
I just can't believe this. How in the heck will we ever get a grip on this???
I'm so angry right now. Our government has f*cked this up so bad, and I am truly scared right now.
Yep, I have a friend (Nashville - 30s) who was tested last Tuesday and still does not have results. She's quarantined herself at home but her symptoms appear to be getting worse. She has an inhaler and some other things that they prescribed her last week. But no relief so far. She's on day 7 of having a fever. I also know of at least 3 people in NYC - all healthy and in their 20s - who believe they probably have it, based on their symptoms. They are roommates. They have lost their sense of smell and a few other of the 'checklist' symptoms. But they are feeling relatively healthy so they are self-isolating at home. They likely would test positive but wouldn't qualify for a test. You have to wonder how many thousands (hundred of thousands?) of cases like that there are.
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Post by *KAS* on Mar 30, 2020 21:55:35 GMT
my comment was about the Defense Production Act and DT's statement of 'your governors have to be nice to me' ...in reference to car mfrs making ventilators, etc. It is good to see that some companies are doing what they can; thanks for posting those links. Thankfully, GM and Ventec are moving forward with their plans. The same plans that were already in the works way before Friday when he threw his twitter fit. He's mad at GM for closing the Lordstown, Ohio plant. (A plant they have already SOLD to another company who will be bringing in 1200 jobs) He wants those votes. That's all that was on Friday, and frankly, it's sickening. They have been working around the clock to changeover a plant, secure the 700+ parts necessary to build the ventilators, hire back workers who are willing to come back to work, etc. It really infuriated me that he attacked them (and specifically their female CEO) on Friday afternoon for no REAL reason. Then came out Sunday and said they are doing a great job. To be fair/clear, I work as a supplier for GM, so it's very personal to me. But because of that, I'm on the 'supplier' emails, so I also have proof that they had been emailing their suppliers for at least a WEEK trying to locate parts, pieces, PPE devices, materials,etc. Not since the President "ordered" them to on Friday. Here's one story written about it that was done with the Ventec CEO, not GM. Link
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 30, 2020 22:08:56 GMT
my comment was about the Defense Production Act and DT's statement of 'your governors have to be nice to me' ...in reference to car mfrs making ventilators, etc. It is good to see that some companies are doing what they can; thanks for posting those links. After Ford, General Electric Health Care is also making ventilators ..... ?!?!?!?!?
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 30, 2020 22:42:25 GMT
my comment was about the Defense Production Act and DT's statement of 'your governors have to be nice to me' ...in reference to car mfrs making ventilators, etc. It is good to see that some companies are doing what they can; thanks for posting those links. After Ford, General Electric Health Care is also making ventilators ..... ?!?!?!?!? they need supply chain assistance and other things that the DEfense Production Act could have helped put into place-- like a guarantee that someone was going to BUY them. A while ago. Except he didn't do it. eta: To be fair/clear, I work as a supplier for GM, so it's very personal to me. But because of that, I'm on the 'supplier' emails, so I also have proof that they had been emailing their suppliers for at least a WEEK trying to locate parts, pieces, PPE devices, materials,etc. Not since the President "ordered" them to on Friday. wouldn't Trump invoking the DPA have HELPED this situation? That's how I understood it when I heard the explanation of what it (the DPA) would do... like, the federal government could have assisted with all the moving parts that have to be aligned in order to make the switch happen?
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Post by Enna on Mar 31, 2020 3:51:01 GMT
We were told last night that in Finland we will continue all (schools, working remotely etc.) until May 13th.
No lockdown yet.
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Post by dewryce on Mar 31, 2020 6:41:38 GMT
my comment was about the Defense Production Act and DT's statement of 'your governors have to be nice to me' ...in reference to car mfrs making ventilators, etc. It is good to see that some companies are doing what they can; thanks for posting those links. Thankfully, GM and Ventec are moving forward with their plans. The same plans that were already in the works way before Friday when he threw his twitter fit. He's mad at GM for closing the Lordstown, Ohio plant. (A plant they have already SOLD to another company who will be bringing in 1200 jobs) He wants those votes. That's all that was on Friday, and frankly, it's sickening. They have been working around the clock to changeover a plant, secure the 700+ parts necessary to build the ventilators, hire back workers who are willing to come back to work, etc. It really infuriated me that he attacked them (and specifically their female CEO) on Friday afternoon for no REAL reason. Then came out Sunday and said they are doing a great job. To be fair/clear, I work as a supplier for GM, so it's very personal to me. But because of that, I'm on the 'supplier' emails, so I also have proof that they had been emailing their suppliers for at least a WEEK trying to locate parts, pieces, PPE devices, materials,etc. Not since the President "ordered" them to on Friday. Here's one story written about it that was done with the Ventec CEO, not GM. Link
I love seeing companies stepping up to help! What infuriates me is that these plans could have been in the works since early February at the latest, when Congress was talking to the administration about supply shortages. Then the second it became obvious they were going to be needed the plans could have been implemented. How much better off would we be if our plan of attack started even just a month ago? 6 weeks? when the writing was already on the wall. Our administration’s response to this will costs thousands upon thousands of lives.
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Post by anniefb on Mar 31, 2020 7:18:05 GMT
In my area of PA, people are being told that they will get their test results back in 7-14 DAYS. So yes our confirmed positive case count is under 100 and people think that’s great and it’s no big deal and woohoo “no new cases today!” But those samples came in up to two weeks ago. It is not an accurate representation of what the positive numbers are TODAY! It is beyond frustrating for so many reasons. ETA: The case count in our county. Statewide, it is getting pretty up there A friend of mine who is a nurse in Pittsburgh was at home in isolation after she became ill following a patient testing positive for Covid-19. She waited about 8 days for her results to come back - negative thankfully. That was last week.
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Post by gar on Mar 31, 2020 8:45:15 GMT
We were told last night that in Finland we will continue all (schools, working remotely etc.) until May 13th. No lockdown yet. How are your numbers looking? I should go look at that live update site
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Post by Enna on Mar 31, 2020 9:23:25 GMT
We were told last night that in Finland we will continue all (schools, working remotely etc.) until May 13th. No lockdown yet. How are your numbers looking? I should go look at that live update site We have five million people here. So far around 1300 cases and 13 dead. The new cases per day are going down, so everyone is hoping this restrictions are working.
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Post by gar on Mar 31, 2020 9:40:04 GMT
How are your numbers looking? I should go look at that live update site We have five million people here. So far around 1300 cases and 13 dead. The new cases per day are going down, so everyone is hoping this restrictions are working. That's great news - and such a low death rate...may that stay low
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Post by sleepingbooty on Mar 31, 2020 10:57:47 GMT
The musicians of the French National Orchestra play Ravel's Boléro while they #STAYATHOME:
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Post by *KAS* on Mar 31, 2020 16:13:36 GMT
After Ford, General Electric Health Care is also making ventilators ..... ?!?!?!?!? they need supply chain assistance and other things that the DEfense Production Act could have helped put into place-- like a guarantee that someone was going to BUY them. A while ago. Except he didn't do it. eta: To be fair/clear, I work as a supplier for GM, so it's very personal to me. But because of that, I'm on the 'supplier' emails, so I also have proof that they had been emailing their suppliers for at least a WEEK trying to locate parts, pieces, PPE devices, materials,etc. Not since the President "ordered" them to on Friday. wouldn't Trump invoking the DPA have HELPED this situation? That's how I understood it when I heard the explanation of what it (the DPA) would do... like, the federal government could have assisted with all the moving parts that have to be aligned in order to make the switch happen? I don't think so. He threatened to invoke it and said that he had to do that because GM wasn't doing anything, which is just flat out not true. They (along with Ventec, and then Ford and their partners, etc) were already working with FEMA (I think) and other Government agencies to figure out what quantity they wanted - that's what the various cost models were for. From what I read, GM execs were 'flabbergasted' that he invoked that on Friday. I had a personal friend tell me that GM was 'forced' to get to work. When I explained that wasn't true he told me that if that's the case, that GM did a really job managing the PR on the story. All because of what the President said. I stopped responding. It wasn't supposed to be a PR play. It was supposed to be a 'doing what we can to save lives in our country' play. I'm proud of ALL the companies that are stepping up to do this - from the smallest local mattress company I heard about that is sewing masks, to Fanatics who are changing over from making baseball jerseys to protective clothing, to Ford/GM/Tesla and everybody in between. THAT is the spirit of America that I love.
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