Ruby Slippers Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Gaeta said: Hand sanitizers did a very poor jobs and left behind all types of germs, microbes, bacterias. This is why I was never into hand sanitizers - I always felt like I was just rubbing the germs all around. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
princessaurora Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I work at a bank so we can't run to the bathroom after every customer. I guess hand sanitizer is better than nothing. Now if they're coughing, i'm hightailing it to wash my hands as soon as they leave my desk and they said we can stop handshaking for the time being, but they're still making us sit side by side with them when they're opening accounts, and that I'm not comfortable with. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Beendaredonedat Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gaeta said: the only desinfectant that was efficient was the one they use in operating rooms in hospitals (forget the name) and that type of desinfectant isn't available to general population.[/quote] That's because it causes cancer if you're not wearing gloves. There is a large warning on the container to do not use on bare skin. Edited March 9, 2020 by Beendaredonedat sorry, having trouble with quoting. Link to post Share on other sites
Beendaredonedat Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, Ruby Slippers said: This is why I was never into hand sanitizers - I always felt like I was just rubbing the germs all around. Hand sanitizer is better than nothing. They wouldn't have it at every entrance to a hospital if using it just moved the germs around. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2BGoodAgain Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) folks... C-19 is highly contagious... unfortunately, it sucks for those with pre-conditions / older folk... and great for kids, b/c it apparently isn't affecting them as much. wash your hands, get hand sanitizer after contact with a person or any public surface and avoid coughing people... don't touch your hands to your face without a hand sanitizer and you'll minimize your chances of exposure... for now. that's all you really can do. me: i have a full face mask with a filter that'll block everything but radiation. lol. am i going to wear it out in public? not unless everyone has it. lol. Edited March 9, 2020 by 2BGoodAgain 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
serial muse Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) public health experts are saying that the thing we're trying to do with all this hand washing is basically slow the spread. the worst thing that could happen would be for there to suddenly be so many cases that hospitals etc are overwhelmed - which is what happened in Italy. that's when things can get more deadly, particularly for those who need that medical attention. slowing the spread keeps cases below a certain threshold over time, so that even if ultimately the same number of people get sick, that "cases over time" curve is much less steep, and medical professionals can actually take care of the most acute cases. Edited March 9, 2020 by serial muse 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
serial muse Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 helpful graphic gif at this link: https://twitter.com/SiouxsieW/status/1236721200291655680 Link to post Share on other sites
2BGoodAgain Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, serial muse said: public health experts are saying that the thing we're trying to do with all this hand washing is basically slow the spread. the worst thing that could happen would be for there to suddenly be so many cases that hospitals etc are overwhelmed - which is what happened in Italy. that's when things can get more deadly, particularly for those who need that medical attention. slowing the spread keeps cases below a certain threshold over time, so that even if ultimately the same number of people get sick, that "cases over time" curve is much less steep, and medical professionals can actually take care of the most acute cases. yup yup and it takes time for the vaccine to get out... so... stop kissing random strangers!!! yes, i'm looking at some of you.... hahaha Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 On a lighter note, but splashed with some reality...😉 Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My employer hasn't closed yet, but they did just cancel an organization-wide event tomorrow to limit large gatherings. I requested time off at the end of the week and it's looking like my boss might deny me for the first time ever, as he says he needs me here to handle "a lot going on with Coronavirus." 🙄 I offered to be on-call for any urgent issues. Hopefully he can work with that. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My boss came by and explained the organization is about to make certain aspects of what we do online-only, and I'll need to be involved with that. Lots of our big events are quickly being cancelled and postponed. He was open to me working remotely one of the days and being on-call the other, so it should probably be fine. So that's good. Link to post Share on other sites
simpycurious Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) One of the largest US sporting events is about to take place over the next several weeks. I am curious to see how attendance will be impacted. It's the NCAA Basketball Tournament (March Madness). Will college fans TRAVEL to see their teams play across the country? If attendance is down, it will dramatically impact the hospitality industry in the host cities. Edited March 9, 2020 by simpycurious 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RecentChange Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 minute ago, simpycurious said: One of the largest US sporting events is about to take place over next several weeks. I am curious to see how attendance will be impacted. It's the NCAA Basketball Tournament (March Madness). Will college fans TRAVEL to see their teams play across the country? If attendance is down, it will dramatically impact the hospitality industry in the host cities. After seeing photos of empty airports this morning, I am sure there will be some impact, just hard to know how much at this time. With all of the tech giants in my telling their employees to work from home - I tell ya my commute today was a breeze! A small silver lining. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Libby1 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, serial muse said: public health experts are saying that the thing we're trying to do with all this hand washing is basically slow the spread. the worst thing that could happen would be for there to suddenly be so many cases that hospitals etc are overwhelmed - which is what happened in Italy. that's when things can get more deadly, particularly for those who need that medical attention. slowing the spread keeps cases below a certain threshold over time, so that even if ultimately the same number of people get sick, that "cases over time" curve is much less steep, and medical professionals can actually take care of the most acute cases. Same advice here. They're working on the assumption that people can't be re-infected with it, and so over the next few months they do want people to come down with it (horrible though that sounds) but in manageable quantities. They know that a lot of people probably won't sustain stringent avoidance techniques (eg regular handwashing, socialising less) and so a lot of them will come down with it...and the hope is that once we get around to the next peak flu season a good number of people will already have had it and developed an immunity, assuming there isn't a vaccine by then. Link to post Share on other sites
CautiouslyOptimistic Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Ai yi yi.....a cardiologist at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (King of Prussia campus) is currently hospitalized for Coronavirus after traveling to a place with active cases, knowingly. I believe he is in critical condition. (One of the 5 in the county is critical and it was a little confusing whether or not it's him, but I think it is....) Would not want to be CHoP's PR person right now....... Link to post Share on other sites
d0nnivain Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Worldwide we have about 100,000 cases of the COVID-19 virus & almost 4,000. This is a lot until you realize that 34 - 49 million people got the flu since October & between 20,000 - 52,000 died. So the flu is larger & kills more people. Yet nobody panics like this. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm 1 Link to post Share on other sites
elaine567 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Seems to me the new self isolate at home policy for those with "cold/flu" symptoms will remove a whole lot of potentially positive people from the figures, as only those with more severe symptoms will seek medical help/testing. The virus spread will therefore seems less and that may look better for the economy... It is not that there are less positives only they are just not identified. Also some of the old and vulnerable may not seek help from their "self isolation" until it may be too late... Cutting the death rate from the virus too - win win... All in all they are transferring the virus from the hospital/medical environment to the home... Italy has in contrast shut down their whole country tonight. "Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that people would only be permitted to travel for work or family emergencies." Link to post Share on other sites
simpycurious Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 It might be time to find an isolated beach and just hang out. Sounds like a decent plan to me 2 Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Excuse du jour....😉 https://i.imgur.com/pixNqQwl.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
pepperbird Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 4 hours ago, d0nnivain said: Worldwide we have about 100,000 cases of the COVID-19 virus & almost 4,000. This is a lot until you realize that 34 - 49 million people got the flu since October & between 20,000 - 52,000 died. So the flu is larger & kills more people. Yet nobody panics like this. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm That's due, in part, to all the media hype. Yes this disease is dangerous, but so are lots of other public health issues. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
princessaurora Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just found out a little bit ago we have our first presumptive case in Louisiana. I figured it would pop up pretty soon with us just having Mardi Gras. I expect we'll see a lot more over the next week or two. Link to post Share on other sites
simpycurious Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, princessaurora said: Just found out a little bit ago we have our first presumptive case in Louisiana. I figured it would pop up pretty soon with us just having Mardi Gras. I expect we'll see a lot more over the next week or two. That will be a damper on the French Quarter or maybe not. It is bound to get worse Link to post Share on other sites
princessaurora Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, simpycurious said: That will be a damper on the French Quarter or maybe not. It is bound to get worse People don't seem to care that much. They all believe it's exaggerated and won't happen to them. I'm sure the people that have it right now probably thought the same thing. Hopefully, now that it's here, they'll at least take precautions. We have a big parade this weekend for St. Patty''s so it'll be interesting how it affects the crowds. I won't be going because it's the perfect environment for this virus to flourish and i'm aware of that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
simpycurious Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 52 minutes ago, princessaurora said: People don't seem to care that much. They all believe it's exaggerated and won't happen to them. I'm sure the people that have it right now probably thought the same thing. Hopefully, now that it's here, they'll at least take precautions. We have a big parade this weekend for St. Patty''s so it'll be interesting how it affects the crowds. I won't be going because it's the perfect environment for this virus to flourish and i'm aware of that. I agree that most will not care once the partying starts. I think the Irish Club Parade is a very "festive" event to say the least 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SincereOnlineGuy Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 If you have even an ounce of analytical capability, then look at this detailed list of all of the coronavirus cases documented in Canada's western-most province: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/timeline-every-case-of-covid-19-identified-in-british-columbia-1.4845820 Consider how traceable and connected nearly all of those cases are, and observe the huge percentage of those so afflicted who had recently traveled to a major outbreak area, or who are closely related to someone that did. Now sure, the desease might evolve to eventually park itself on door handles and broom handles at North American baseball parks to wait there for your neighbor... but it is quite a way from reaching that point as of Tuesday, March 10. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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