Kwirk
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My niece is an ER doc in Denver. She says patients and visitors are stealing masks and gloves leaving them under stocked.
She may want to consider staff as well.
My niece is an ER doc in Denver. She says patients and visitors are stealing masks and gloves leaving them under stocked.
I looked it up...bleach. Probably a rinse is required after using this? I have (for my brewing hobby) an acid based sanitizer (Star San), which is a no-rinse sanitizer. Needs 30 second contact time, but I'm not sure of its effectiveness on viruses. It's great for bacteria, but wouldn't trust it for anti viral.
Besides a lack of hospital beds, the U.S. likely has an under-reported count due to tests not being available.
At the press conference, Lofy originally announced five total deaths in the area until Dr. Ettore Palazzo, the chief medical and quality officer at EvergreenHealth where several patients are being treated, announced a sixth death in Snohomish County that state health officials didn’t know about.
“So six should be the correct number,” Lofy said. “We were, at the department, aware of the five deaths from King County. We had not received the report about the Snohomish County patient just yet ... apologize for that”
Four of five deaths in King County have been linked to a nursing facility in Kirkland. Fifty people at the facility with symptoms are being tested for coronavirus.
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Seattle & King County reported four new cases in King County Monday morning. Of those four new cases, two people have died.
I actually read “easily” in a recent article. I’ve seen the 2% death rate more than once, and those cases are usually older folks with comprised health. It appears most people in reasonable health can withstand COVID-19.I think "easily" may prove a bit optimistic. Less than 2% may die but significantly more may need hospital treatment.
https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronavirusesIf you are in an area where there is an outbreak of COVID-19 you need to take the risk of infection seriously. Follow the advice issued by national and local health authorities. Although for most people COVID-19 causes only mild illness, it can make some people very ill. More rarely, the disease can be fatal. Older people, and those with pre-existing medical conditions (such as high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes) appear to be more vulnerable.
IL now has 2 new cases, one in hospital (Algonquin) and the spouse is quarantined at home.
They are both in their 70's.
How they got it is unknown. (obviously there is someone else out there...)
The 2 previous folks had the situation where the husband brought it from China. They recovered and were released.
No wonder IL has some walking around with covid-19
... note if you go out and east you must remove gloves. however I look at menu with gloves on and after ordering use a wipe on my glass, silverware and hands...I don't care if people think I'm nuts
Are you limiting your orders to hot foods?
Just a reminder that the primary purpose of this thread is preparedness. Specific suggestions or recommendations are most helpful. There’s no need or benefit to just repeating what is being reported elsewhere.
Please, it wasn't directed at you or anyone else. This is a good thread and it's worth an effort to keep it useful.Apologies. Please feel free to delete any of my offending posts to reduce the clutter.
How hot the food has to be before the virus is killed?
Seems to me that would be even worse. They're still going to use a cart to get your groceries. You don't know how many people will have handled them. I'd rather do it all myself and manage the risk as best I can.
I guess the one positive , and maybe that outweighs the other parts, is you wouldn't have to enter the store .
I joked with DW, but maybe this should be a serious thing...With that in mind, I paid attention to how much I unconsciously tend to touch my face - it’s a lot!
Just a reminder that the primary purpose of this thread is preparedness. Specific suggestions or recommendations are most helpful. There’s no need or benefit to just repeating what is being reported elsewhere.
Clicker training
You do with dogs when they do something right. But what if, each time you see your partner's hand go near or to the face, you click a clicker. It actually could be quite fun, if viewed in the proper light.
Or could lead to death.
I was at Dollar Tree today (hoarding boxed milk) and they were all sold out of alcohol, wipes, hydrogen peroxide, hand cleanser and even cheesy face dust masks. This is just north of Portland.