To the larger point, there is NO country with the medical resources to handle the number of COVID-19 cases expected.
Definitely. Any healthcare system will staff and resource for baseline population needs (with or without additional extra/private options). An epidemic or pandemic is not part of that.
Overheard one (COVID) screener at the McGill Dental Faculty say it's time flights from the US are blocked. Having no public healthcare and all that...
Makes a good point, actually.
If you're sick, but cannot afford to pay for treatment, you go to the emergency room, right? Which everyone knows is the best place to get prompt care. Sure, you'll have to wait until they clear the crash victims, gunshot/stabbing victims, ODs, and REALLY sick COVID-19 patients, but you'll be first on the list after them.
If you're sick, but do not have 'papers', you don't even go to the emergency room, for fear of being detained (or worse).
To the larger point, there is NO country with the medical resources to handle the number of COVID-19 cases expected. By 10X or more. In China, patients with serious treatable conditions have died, because there are not enough resources to care for COVID-19 patients AND the normal number of critical patients. Dialysis, chemo, blood tests, etc. etc. are all set aside in favor of COVID-19 management.
It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. c.
Donald Trump is revealing how âdeeply unsuited he is to deal with a genuine crisis that he canât bluff his way through,â according to an editorial published Sunday in the Washington Examiner, a conservative political news site and weekly magazine that often has the presidentâs back. This time, the Examiner had a serious problem with the presidentâs deceitful approach to the coronavirus threat."Itâs one thing for Trump to insist he had a âperfectâ phone call and have all his Republican minions fall in line. Itâs another thing to downplay a growing epidemic as more and more Americans get sick,â wrote the Examinerâs executive editor Philip Klein.
For a president who lives in the moment, rarely planning too far ahead, the coronavirus has proved to be a leadership challenge he was not prepared for either. The outbreak that has rattled the nation does not respond to Mr. Trumpâs favorite instruments of power: It cannot be cowed by Twitter posts, it cannot be shot down by drones, it cannot be overcome by party solidarity, it cannot be overpowered by campaign rally chants.
Mr. Trump, who is at his strongest politically when he has a human enemy to attack, has seemed less certain of how to take on an invisible killer. The role of calming natural leader is not one that has come easily as he struggles to find the balance between public reassurance and Panglossian dismissiveness. He has predicted that the virus will âmiraculouslyâ disappear on its own with warmer weather, suggested a vaccine will be available soon and insisted anyone who wants to be tested can be â all overstated or inaccurate.
Donald Trump is revealing how âdeeply unsuited he is to deal with a genuine crisis that he canât bluff his way through,â according to an editorial published Sunday in the Washington Examiner, a conservative political news site and weekly magazine that often has the presidentâs back. This time, the Examiner had a serious problem with the presidentâs deceitful approach to the coronavirus threat.
"Itâs one thing for Trump to insist he had a âperfectâ phone call and have all his Republican minions fall in line. Itâs another thing to downplay a growing epidemic as more and more Americans get sick,â wrote the Examinerâs executive editor Philip Klein.
It is rather curious that the COVID-19 virus hits at the same time the US adult obesity rates attains 40% and is forecast to hit 50% in the near future.
God wanted to reward Americans for being 'exceptional' and pursuing the cheap energy entitlement at any cost. Mission accomplished.
Well carp. That sucks, but let's hope it's just a precautionary measure. It makes sense to limit medically frail folks' exposure, it doesn't seem like an over-reaction. Regardless, not being able to see your Dad adds worry to everyone. Can he Skype, text, email, send smoke signals?*
*thinly-veiled Oklahoma joke
Best wishes, c.
It's precautionary - no suspected cases. Sadly, communicating with him at this point must be done face to face, and even then it's minimal.
The nursing home were my father lives is now closed to visitors until further notice.
Well carp. That sucks, but let's hope it's just a precautionary measure. It makes sense to limit medically frail folks' exposure, it doesn't seem like an over-reaction. Regardless, not being able to see your Dad adds worry to everyone. Can he Skype, text, email, send smoke signals?*
so if you missed buying stock in the hand wash/sanitizer companies...the next tip is hand moisturizer....lots of dry hands out there from all that washing.
As an optician (and also having been in the food business for over 10 years in my twenties), I am always washing my hands because of my contact with people and their glasses. My hands are cracked as they usually are in the winter from all of the hand washing. With the threat of infection, I have consciously beefed up my use of moisturizer for my hands to heal the cracks which will allow infections another way to enter the body.
My lament based upon the experience of my current profession (now over 25 years) is that most people think that (or act like) hygiene is a type of denim clothing ...
If you are worried about this, don't. Worry can make you sick Do things that support your immune system Eat well (50% veggies, no processed foods or added sugar) Drink lots of water Get plenty of sleep, at least 8 hours plus 20-30 min naps when you can Exercise - sweat, clear the toxins from your system If you want, try some supplements -multivitamin, C, D, zinc Herbs can help - elderberry, green tea, garlic, ginger...lots of good trad chinese herbs have anti microbrial properties and have proven effective with past flu outbreaks.
