COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)

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Joey D
Trump gonna Trump:

Trump suggests he might fire Fauci after election
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To be replaced by

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Well I've just become a victim of Covid. My boss has phoned and made me redundant.

So when are Amazon going to get pre orders restarted for PS5?
 
Famine
As an aside, I hate this phrase with a burning passion.

Even ignoring the fact that anyone who uses it sounds like Popeye, a colleague used to use it a lot, and it broadly translated to "I know it's broken, and I could do something about it, but I can't be bothered and I don't care, so deal with it". In most other contexts it's meaningless word soup - put an actual object in there, and it becomes "a cat is a cat". Well thanks, Socrates, for that genius insight...
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I have a glass, I had it made because 'Mike' used the expression...

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... Mike used the expression to sign off in the final e-mail I/we received from him once his prognosis was death. I always felt that to be so accepting of your own demise, that to simply say, "it is what it is" was pretty brave. "I'm going to die" would have made it sound more like Mr. Orange. Hence, one of the ways I remember dear old Mike is to use the expression to signify my acceptance of that which I cannot change.


.. anyhow, sorry for the off-topic.
 
Prof Susan Michie of UCL confirmed on BBC News tonight that Test, Isolate, Trace is not going to be enough without the crucial fourth aspect, Support. I fully agree... TIT is not enough, it's TITS or bust IMHO.
 
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I've got myself a lovely cold-season sinus infection but no fever or any other symptoms. I think I'm in the clear. I just hope feeling like ass isn't a harbinger of these election results.
 
Milouse 1-0 Covid-19
Half-Time

Covid-19 can kill you not only by your lungs. I learnt it the hard way. Hypokalemia (lack of potassium in blood) brought me for a day in the emergency "shok room" under severe arythmia, following by 5 days in cardiologic intensive care. I've been tested Covid+ the first day. Covid-19 can lead to a state of Hypokalemia, it seems. Note that it's not the only way to have Hypokalemia, but the link can't be ignored.
I'm 47.

I recovered and should leave hospital today, knowing my heart is ok and my coronaries are fine, but with still the threat to end on ICU later (I have no idea where I am on the infection timeline, as my other symptoms are mild and not very specific to Covid-19, only knowing that my very-very likely infector tested negative monday)
 
Milouse
Milouse 1-0 Covid-19
Half-Time

Covid-19 can kill you not only by your lungs. I learnt it the hard way. Hypokalemia (lack of potassium in blood) brought me for a day in the emergency "shok room" under severe arythmia, following by 5 days in cardiologic intensive care. I've been tested Covid+ the first day. Covid-19 can lead to a state of Hypokalemia, it seems. Note that it's not the only way to have Hypokalemia, but the link can't be ignored.
I'm 47.

I recovered and should leave hospital today, knowing my heart is ok and my coronaries are fine, but with still the threat to end on ICU later (I have no idea where I am on the infection timeline, as my other symptoms are mild and not very specific to Covid-19, only knowing that my very-very likely infector tested negative monday)
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I hope you have a full recovery.
 
Milouse
Milouse 1-0 Covid-19
Half-Time

Covid-19 can kill you not only by your lungs. I learnt it the hard way. Hypokalemia (lack of potassium in blood) brought me for a day in the emergency "shok room" under severe arythmia, following by 5 days in cardiologic intensive care. I've been tested Covid+ the first day. Covid-19 can lead to a state of Hypokalemia, it seems. Note that it's not the only way to have Hypokalemia, but the link can't be ignored.
I'm 47.

I recovered and should leave hospital today, knowing my heart is ok and my coronaries are fine, but with still the threat to end on ICU later (I have no idea where I am on the infection timeline, as my other symptoms are mild and not very specific to Covid-19, only knowing that my very-very likely infector tested negative monday)
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Please hold for the 2nd half and do not let this go into penalty kicks. Wishing you a full recovery.
 
After being in lockdown for months now, our Victorian neighbours have just had their sixth consecutive day of no new Covid-19 cases, and while most of our state borders are open to each other it is now looking like Victoria will soon be able to be included too.

Well done to all those Victorians that have endured through the lockdown for the greater good of Australia.

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Also it appears that so far lockdowns haven't, in this case, caused an increase in suicides, which is great news too.

https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.a...ides-under-covid-19-shows-new-coronial-report

https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.a...Suicide Data Report - Report 1 - 27082020.pdf
 
FPV MIC
After being in lockdown for months now, our Victorian neighbours have just had their sixth consecutive day of no new Covid-19 cases, and while most of our state borders are open to each other it is now looking like Victoria will soon be able to be included too.

Well done to all those Victorians that have endured through the lockdown for the greater good of Australia.

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Also it appears that so far lockdowns haven't, in this case, caused an increase in suicides, which is great news too.

https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.a...ides-under-covid-19-shows-new-coronial-report

https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-08/Coroners Court Monthy Suicide Data Report - Report 1 - 27082020.pdf
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Emphasis on "endured". It felt like I was stuck in a cage for a while there. Thank god we're through with it.
 
This is fun...

Vehicle crashes into COVID-19 testing site at the U of U

As of right now, it sounds like it was a medical event that caused the drive to speed into the testing site, but Salt Lake PD is treating it like a criminal investigation. Four nurses were injured severely enough to be transported to the hospital, but a total of nine people were hurt including the driver. The site is also offline for the foreseeable future and accounts for about 400-500 tests per day.

I really hope this wasn't intentional because if it was, it should be absolutely treated as a domestic terrorist attack.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54831334

The government has been criticised by the official statistics watchdog for the way it presented data to justify England's second lockdown.

The UK Statistics Authority highlighted the use of modelling at Saturday's TV briefing showing the possible death toll from Covid this winter.
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The projection was made weeks ago and had forecast there would be 1,000 deaths a day by the end of October when the average was actually four times less than that - a fact that was known at the time of Saturday's TV briefing.

What is more, the model had already been updated to predict a lower estimate, but this was not used in the briefing fronted by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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I don't think the updated version has been released anywhere...? I've read that the version used was not just from "weeks ago", it was from 1st Sept. Fair to call that 'months' now! It was what prompted the calls in mid-Sept for a circuit breaker lockdown.

In the commons Theresa May also criticised the lack of analysis of the effectiveness of the tiered system, and the lack of transparency regarding data generally. I presume her abstention from the lockdown vote was to protest that, as if to say "how the hell would I know?!".

For once I agree with her.

I suspect that the decision to lockdown was based as much on taking back political control as anything else, after Andy Burnham haggled for so long about going into tier 3. Pretty clear that a tiered system with delays like that would be less effective... although now we'll never know by how much!
 
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My wife has requested that I be the canary in the coal mine and get tested every week. Sorry, sinus cavity.
 
TB
My wife has requested that I be the canary in the coal mine and get tested every week. Sorry, sinus cavity.
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Bright side? Each week you'll know your brain is still positive or something.

Does she worry that much you are at risk?
 
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Blitz24
Bright side? Each week you'll know your brain is still positive or something.

Does she worry that much you are at risk?
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Between the kids in school, her in the hospital and the numbers in the state and on campus rising, I might as well get tested. They have it every Thursday on campus so stopping in is a breeze. First time it took 45 minutes, today I was in and out in 5.
 
Joey D
This is fun...

Vehicle crashes into COVID-19 testing site at the U of U

As of right now, it sounds like it was a medical event that caused the drive to speed into the testing site, but Salt Lake PD is treating it like a criminal investigation. Four nurses were injured severely enough to be transported to the hospital, but a total of nine people were hurt including the driver. The site is also offline for the foreseeable future and accounts for about 400-500 tests per day.

I really hope this wasn't intentional because if it was, it should be absolutely treated as a domestic terrorist attack.
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You mean like what was advocated by Steve Bannon:

Twitter suspends Steve Bannon’s podcast account over threat of violence to Fauci, Wray

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...o-fauci-wray-11604629973?mod=newsviewer_click

Can't wait for this asshole to end up behind bars.
 
Biggles
You mean like what was advocated by Steve Bannon:

Twitter suspends Steve Bannon’s podcast account over threat of violence to Fauci, Wray

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...o-fauci-wray-11604629973?mod=newsviewer_click

Can't wait for this asshole to end up behind bars.
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Jesus Christ, I hadn't seen that.

Thankfully, what we're being told is that the driver of the truck had a seizure causing him to drive into the testing site. It's still under heavy investigation though. With the number of absolute whackjobs in Utah, it wouldn't surprise me if the investigation uncovered something.
 
MatskiMonk
I have a glass, I had it made because 'Mike' used the expression...

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... Mike used the expression to sign off in the final e-mail I/we received from him once his prognosis was death. I always felt that to be so accepting of your own demise, that to simply say, "it is what it is" was pretty brave. "I'm going to die" would have made it sound more like Mr. Orange. Hence, one of the ways I remember dear old Mike is to use the expression to signify my acceptance of that which I cannot change.


.. anyhow, sorry for the off-topic.
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Soft necro to say I love this, and I need a love button for this.
 
Biggles
You mean like what was advocated by Steve Bannon:

Twitter suspends Steve Bannon’s podcast account over threat of violence to Fauci, Wray

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...o-fauci-wray-11604629973?mod=newsviewer_click

Can't wait for this asshole to end up behind bars.
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What the actual 🤬.

What stuck out to me was “That’s how you won the revolution,” Bannon replied. “No one wants to talk about it. The revolution wasn’t some sort of garden party, right? It was a civil war. It was a civil war.”

These tools are advocating for a civil war. Probably in part because they've never been within three Kevin Bacon degrees of an actual war, and probably because they know damn well that they can pay for other people to die to protect them and they'll probably come out of it richer.
 
Imari
What the actual 🤬.

What stuck out to me was “That’s how you won the revolution,” Bannon replied. “No one wants to talk about it. The revolution wasn’t some sort of garden party, right? It was a civil war. It was a civil war.”

These tools are advocating for a civil war. Probably in part because they've never been within three Kevin Bacon degrees of an actual war, and probably because they know damn well that they can pay for other people to die to protect them and they'll probably come out of it richer.
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Amazing how Bannon calls himself a patriot yet cannot figure out how the revolution occurred.

The numbers have jumped significantly in the United States as over 120K new infections were reported yesterday. It wouldn't shock me if the numbers continue to grow and we maybe hit 150k or 200k daily positive cases before end of year (especially with a lame duck or an outright deranged president who might intentionally try and ruin his former constituents because they didn't vote for him).
 
I've got quite a collection of masks by now, of all descriptions. The one I like the best for exercise, easy breathing, quick drying and reliable fit is a two-ply cotton polyester with adjustable ear loops and adjustable nose bridge, sold under the Maxboost label. A three-pack for $14, size X-large. There's a smaller size, 4 bucks cheaper, but it's really only suitable for children or people with very small faces.

It has a central vertical seam such that there's no tendency to eat the mask when speaking.
 
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