I am the primary caretaker for my mother who is in a private independent care facility--but she is hardly independent. I have a nurse in with her Monday through Friday, but on weekends and evenings either I'm with her most of the time or a member of my family when I'm sick. Yesterday when I went to see her I discovered the facility wouldn't let me in at all--only medical personnel. My mom just got out of the hospital due to congestive heart failure and she has advancing Alzheimer's. I can't believe I can't even get in to see her.
Interesting. Reminds me of ‘walking pneumonia’....
This morning, in my YouTube history and in my Watch Later, the news video is missing. It’s as if I never watched it. On the top of the Watch Later screen, it states “One or more videos have been deleted from YouTube.”
So... YouTube is curtailing more and more information worldwide. We won’t be able to intellectually decide from the various contradiction news of Covid. Instead, only videos agreeing with WHO’s recommendations be permitted in its channel.
Ohhh, this sounds soooo familiar... controlled media to reflect one view...
There’s also been an increase of pets (cats) getting Covid but it’s not as bad an illness as humans. So far, people can infect the animals. Animals does not infect people. They recommend that when walking your pets, please keep social distancing and avoid dog parks.
I'm wearing a mask these days as I didn't feel well and he hates it, he tries to take it off my face to kiss me. Poor animals, all of them, what have they done wrong.
Here on island, the governor is planning to open the farmer’s market and the flea markets. She’s still trying to determine what other non-essentials will be allowed to open. I hope people continue with the social distancing and wearing masks when this happens.
I'm conservative myself and I love the constitution and the declaration independence more, but this is not a constitutional issue now anymore than it was with the health problem of 1918.
This is not something unconstitutional like what the American businessmen did to Hawaii. That was unconstitutional.
Hawaii was a sovereign nation with royalty and a palace, but we took that away from them. It is the only state in our country that has a palace. And the palace has running water and an elevator. It was made that way form the beginning.
“i can’t go because of coronavirus”
- whiny
- boring
- weak
“i’ve sworn an oath of solitude til the blight is purged from these lands”
- heroic, valiant
- they will assume you have a sword
- impossible to check if you really have a sword because of coronavirus
Told HR what happened. They were able to go buy the thermometer after speaking with the emergency management director. So, actually got a couple, one for me and one for my other assistant.
MAybe that is where all the t.p. is, locked up in managers offices being reserved for the hospitals?😄
Presumed positive assistant now on quarantine.
Because my local area is a somewhat isolated regional trauma center and could face a large number of incoming cases from an industrial accident at any time (a nuclear fuel rod production facility, a military ammunition producer, and a major chemical plant), a certain amount of critical supplies are kept stockpiled above normal operating needs according to anticipated needs, including ventilators. When elective procedures were discontinued, the freed resources meant we had a relatively large amount of PPE and vents available for our population and have only experienced around 120 CV cases so far.
Down the road in Nashville and Memphis, much better funded health care systems surrounded by large hospitals to share the load and supplies in short term crisis situations developed emergency response plans and needed supply lists but chose not to fund any significant stockpiles. When CV hit and suddenly all the hospitals needed supplies, the short term borrowing model failed.
On one hand, no one wants anyone to die because a needed vent is unavailable. Or see health care professionals required to work in unsafe conditions because of there isn't enough PPE available. On the other hand, CV doesn't make a potential industrial accident less likely, it may even make it more likely. Our state and local emergency management team and health care system decided to send 70% of our stockpiled supplies out to NYC, Nashville, and Memphis; hopefully ordered replacements should make it here before we hit our forecasted peak but we could still come up short if there's a major incident at the chemical or nuclear plant or the CV peak comes sooner or harder than anticipated.
I have a real problem with the idea of the state seizing all the stockpiled supplies and then deciding how to distribute them without any input from the people who had the discipline to raise the funds and purchase those supplies. Politics being what they are, I think more affluent districts will get more than their share while less affluent districts will be left to cope with shortages. I find the prospect of someone in a less affluent district dying because of a vent shortage while vents their funds purchased are off saving lives somewhere else really disturbing. I prefer the state agencies identify the need and _ask_ for needed supplies instead of seizing others' property.
NYC and NY state both had an emergency management plan identifying the amounts of emergency supplies needed for an infectious disease crisis and both decided to not fund even 5% of those requirements; Nashville and Memphis followed a similar path. Hopefully after this crisis, voters will push to fund emergency management needs a bit better.
P.S... a local clinic doctor is complaining because the clinics are asked to help alleviate our 2 hospitals. How can the clinic stay in operation if the supplies they ordered are being confiscated?
Well, just this morning, our attorney general has informed the police to: book and release or book and confined. Due to the coronavirus, he strongly recommends the 1st one. So, those gang of teenagers that vandalized several tenants' cars parked in their apartment's parking lot - have been released. Same teens turned against the owners who came out to try to stop them. Even broke a window and tried to break the door of one tenant's apartment....
Soooooo… What message is this telling the law abiding citizens? And to the law-breaking ones? … Our house is surrounded by the federal gov't section 8 clients.... My stress level has just increased more. The question is now: WHEN will our home have a break in while we're in it sleeping???
The 1st hooligan that bites the dust will get people's attention to stop with the shenanigans.
I pray that you are safe and have no problems.
So sad, huh? Wow!
This morning, I woke up from a real-like dream or nightmare. I came down with the virus and infected oldest sis, too. .. I woke up... Realized it was a dream. I Hope this is just a dream generated by stress. Not a premonition.
Hmmm... We're in an island in which 100% Everything is imported … Uhmmm… I guess the caller thinks the Port and its workers are Non-Essential????
One man was frustrated that his family is not taking this seriously. They keep leaving the house. He took matters into his own hands. He moved out.
Data control and free speech are also controlled, in part b/c of the nature of these authoritarian regimes.
Not being flippant or minimizing the situation, but we can't get upset when countries do things that are not out of the normal.
I want to know how many deaths that nation had daily before covid 19 and how many body bags did they have prior to utilizing them for covid victims, common sense tells me that anything used to handle dead bodies infected with a highly contagious virus should be replaced to avoid unnecessary contamination after the crisis.
China is not the only nation hiding the facts. No news out of Africa and I know that they are dealing with the virus without any of the modern medicine and hospitals that other countries have. Just to name one.
Heavy controls are in place to keep people from losing their minds.
I'm not sure if the body bags are for VIPs or foreigners...
She asked if talking him to urge t care was a good idea and I told her yes, as long as she called first. She did, and the UC place examined him and sent him to the ER. I just heard that he passed away last night, no idea from what cause. So very sad.
I have similar anxiety and sheer panic at times. Only I know him and understand him. I can give him his chocolate, thicken his root beer and give him his little kisses, sing his favorite classic country tunes. I can jog his memory, make him repeat the pledge of allegiance and I know what the tanker was named. Tha tanker my father boarded for the South Pacific in 1943. WWII.
OK. I'm sobbing now. I know he isn't getting hydrated cuz the NH has skeleton crew on. Things aren't going as well as they say. I just know that's all. It is what it is and this lack of control is difficult. I've always been a fierce and passionate advocate for my father. I can't stand doing nothing so I bought a laptop for the CNA to pit on when I call so we can vidcam.....maybe they will even fix it so we can watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy together! Well see! Maybe u could do something like that? Might be a while. I'm trying to keep busy so I don't worry so much. Stress has my teeth hurting even! Headaches!
Bhe....I'm C.J. not a niece but a daughter and primary everything! I even bring my dad to my place. My roomies love him. He is so cute! Anyhow I am in AZ but I don't have any relatives in AZ and my only living aunts are in Missouri or Australia. Haven't a clue why that screen name is listed. Curious.
Yay! Glad you found toilet paper.
It really is a big reality to our new world. The last time I went to Lowe's they had those plastic shields up at the register and the cashier was telling me how a few of their cashiers got spit on and told "I hope you get Covid-19" by some customers. Talk about nasty people! I couldn't even imagine doing that to someone!
When I went to the store today to pick up a few items I heard some people (maybe in their late 20's early 30's) saying that the whole Covid-19 isn't real..."people are making to much out of all this." I wanted to yell "Really, ARE YOU THAT DUMB?" But I didn't! I just grabbed what I needed and left! I have no idea how these people are going to 'get it!'
Congrats on getting TP!😉
Perfect example of ‘they don’t know that they don’t know.’ No point of even addressing people like that. Complete waste of time and energy. I have had to remind myself that there will always be ignorance and arrogance in this world. Sad, but true.
What I was not prepared for was.....large plastic shields at the register. They put a smaller one around the register itself and then a larger one in front of the bagging area. At our Nob hill you don’t unload your cart, it goes right up to the register and the clerk pulls the items out one by one and scans them and places them in the bagging area. These big plastic shields are no doubt a safety measure but it was....a reality check of sorts. I guess because I don’t get out much right now, it was a harsh reality check of the times we are in right now. I do have to say it is nice to see the store is doing what they can to protect their essential employees!
His sons will carry on his legacy. They are all incredible musicians.
He inspired so many. He taught so many well known musicians. He started a wonderful fine arts academy here for our youth, along with leading a program at University of New Orleans.
He and his sons are multiple Grammy winners. He gave so much back to our city. Too many things to list.
Friday nights at Snug Harbor were always special when he played. We will miss him at our jazz and heritage festival. RIP, Ellis. 💗
My region- Lombardy - and Veneto are pushing the government for having everybody's serum tested asap, so that at least we'll know who is (perhaps temporarily) already immune and who's not. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to do it also for animals. If they do, I'll have my cat tested too.
We just have to find a way to 1.Stay Alive during the acute phase 2. Find an intelligent way to re-integrate immune people in society 3. Find a vaccine