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The archdiocese of Chicago has cancelled all masses and other church gatherings through Easter, at least. When the Catholic Church cancels Easter, you know the shit is real. |
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Not to make this political, but there is clearly a tendency to downplay the virus in right-leaning states, and that has led to mixed responses to halt the spread at the local level. I think when it's all said and done the worst places will end up being those states. If we're still locked down in June or July, it will be because of states that are not taking it seriously right now. |
The dominoes are falling.
Ohio just became the 6th state to go full "stay at home". Coming soon to a state near you (if you ain't there already). |
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I don't understand why people are surprised to hear about young people getting serious cases of this. The chance of a serious case for the young and healthy was always said to be relatively low, but not non-existent. Even with a 0.1% chance of a severe case for young people they are going to happen.
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Louisiana just shut down.
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I see they're boarding up storefronts on Michigan Avenue here in Chicago for what I can only assume is going to be a prolonged period of closure due to the pandemic. . .
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Missouri is lagging behind everyone else because Governor Parsons has decided to leave most decisions up to the municipalities. That being said, a social distancing order is going into place statewide tomorrow for the next two weeks. No dining at restaurants, schools closed during the same time span, no groups of 10 or more.
Meanwhile in St. Louis, the city and county (some 1.3 million Missourians) are being ordered to shelter in place for a month starting tomorrow. It's similar to the order currently in place in Illinois, but it gives more exemptions than Illinois did, which isn't exactly helpful. So here we are. The majority of the metro will be sheltering in place due to the city and county's joint order and the current order in Illinois, but Missouri counties such as St. Charles, Jefferson, etc, haven't followed up with their own directives. |
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With 2/3 of Toronto (easily) shut down......
One Toronto neighbourhood, that has a number of healthcare professionals decided to do a tribute concert, every Saturday though the shutdown period. Of course neighbours are all listening from their porch/yard, as another neighbour sings. https://twitter.com/i/status/1241580018070892544 |
And now for some high-price real estate humour: While this is about Canada's big cities, feel free to imagine it applies to your neck of the woods.
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/08...-afford-house/ |
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^^News reports like this I find disgusting. People who are sick--really sick--should call the local ER about how to get seen and then do it. An attempt at self-diagnosis by getting some test is an absurd thing to do. How is anyone supposed to respond to the complaint "I can't breathe so I need a coronavirus test but if it's negative I'l just let myself die".
It really doesn't matter whether this woman had coronavirus or not as far as what her response should have been which is precisely why the need for these tests in the general community is way overhyped. If you are sick, get medical care just as you always would have. The only extra step most healthcare professionals might want you to take is to call before coming to a general ER or doctor's office because many places are now trying to triage patients with possible COVID-19 in a separate location so as not to spread the disease. |
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/we...est/index.html I'll bet you that West Virginia ends up being one of the hardest hit places when this is all said and done. |
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If hospitals wouldn't see a very sick person, regardless of what was making him sick, that's awful. He should get a lawyer and sue the pants off them. What's necessary is what I suggested above and some hospitals are doing: Setting up separate facilities (in tents if necessary) to screen those with possible coronavirus symptoms in a separate location from people with all manner of other medical problems. And for those who, when screened (including a test, preferably the new bedside test now coming only, not the PCR test everybody wants), do need hospitalization, there needs to be separate facilties for those with coronavirus and the rest. Sokme places are doing this. If West Virginia isn't, that's a problem. I read the article and find nothing surprising in it. Whether and what medical care the guy needed shouldn't have been up to a test. It should have been based on his medical condition with the test used to determine where he got care, not whether. And we all should know there are probably hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people who have contracted coronavirus out there but haven't had it confirmed with a test. If they are critical workers--cops, firemen, medical people--and they feel well, they need testing to see if they can work. The rest should just stay home and self-isolate. |
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