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PPE = personal protective equipment (in case you were wondering, like me).
Thanks @AnotherDawg , It didn't cross my mind to further explain.
No worries! I know how it is. We all do that sort of thing, depending on our respective fields.
My son and I are road tripping to Charlottesville tomorrow so he can collect his things. It will be great to have 16+ hours in the car, to talk, listen to music, and just be together. I always like to notice the small blessings during difficult times.
Appreciate report. This is serious. I had meeting with hospital administrator a few days ago who described the danger better to me than anyone else. He said the corona virus causes double pneumonia more rapidly than anything else seen on a widespread basis and since it a virus, there is no medicine for it except to treat symptoms and help patient fight through it, usually with respirators which there are not enough of. I had regular pneumonia a couple years ago and it was bad enough, felt like I was drowning for a couple of weeks and I did not have any preexisting medical conditions. (I think that is approximate definition of comorbidities)
Be safe and appreciate your work
Some good news is we learned from China that many people actually die from Cytokine Storms rather than the virus itself. Put simply a cytokine storm causes your immune system to become hyperactive leading to severe inflammation which results in multiple organ failure. We do have the ability to treat this in hospitals which will likely keep the death rate down.
Thanks for the info. The more we can learn about this the better.
Have a safe trip. My wife earned both of her degrees from UVA. My daughters Godfather was the founder of Littlejohns Deli where every UVA graduate has visited at least once. Peyton Manning was a regular there when he visited his future wife during her undergraduate years in Charlottesville.
Thanks Bobcat! He's loved his first year, despite it being cut short. Looking forward to life returning to normal by the fall semester. Not only for his sake, but for all of us, and especially Georgia football!
Doing ok in SE Alabama. Schools are closed in the county I live in. My wife works at a Thai restaurant and I'm a little concerned that they are still serving customers. I'd be ok if they only had to go orders. I do expect Gov. Ivey or local mayor to bring things to a halt this week. Good to read the reports that everyone that has posted seems to be doing ok. Godspeed to bring this 'animal' to a peak and we can get back to normality, if that is even an option now.
@pgjackson, living in Pensacola, do you ever travel to Athens for a football game?
Praying everyone and their families are able to avoid Covid-19
No, haven't been back to Athens since we left in 2007. I would love to go back for a home game. I used to love working field security for home games. Being in the stands is cool...being on the sidelines is unreal!
Your son might enjoy the Peyton Manning commencement speech, actually pretty entertaining for anyone.
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
I believe I read that cytokine storms were a driving force behind the large death rate among young, healthy people during the 1918 influenza outbreak.
That's correct. It's a major driver in killing healthier individuals that have never been exposed to a certain pathogen.
I'm doing alright in Vinings. Have plenty of food but my main issue is that I don’t have a thermometer and they are sold out everywhere that I’ve tried. I have allergies/sinus issues that bug me pretty much year round so I’ve been stuffed up for weeks...being a hypochondriac I’d like to be able to take my temp. Hopefully my amazon delivery shows up Thursday.
You're welcome to borrow my electronic thermometer, and I'm happy to run it out to you! 😷
Day 2: Still kickin' out in Germany. Haven't heard of a huge out break yet in the local area. Only odd thing other then schools being closed is how empty the base is. Ramstein is pretty much the only place to get a lot of services and stuff you need for everyday life and is always packed with huge lines daily. Its pretty much a ghost town now. Its like living in a zombie movie.
Food for thought, in the US on avg. there are 30 million cases of the flu each year, leading to about 300K hospitalized. The flu will claim about 50K lives annually, mostly from the youth or geriatric populations. COVID-19 is similar to the flu in symptoms and transfer. Medical professionals are treating it like a blood borne pathogens (as real as it gets minus being airborne). Even dried bio debris can linger on plastic and be contagious for up to 72 hours. This means there will probably be upwards of 20M+ Americans infected but most will only have a sniffle and mild symptoms. This bug will claim the lives of at least 10K people before end of summer based on math. Many will expire before an official diagnosis. As the deaths multiply, the downstream impact and fear will continue. As @Kasey pointed out, the average American will also be adversely impacted financially as well. As Unemployment claims rise, we all feel the impact as tax payers. Everyone is impacted in some way.
Many like to be dismissive or politicize everything. Science is science, based on actual factuals. This is real and many people will die from this during the calendar year. Most will be our parents; if you are taking precautions and following the guidelines laid out, you’re doing it right.