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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.
Yes. Many of the therapies aren't anti-virals but rather immune modulators meant to cool down the fire within your lungs and keep you from going into respiratory failure.
Do you know how much of those biologics are available at any given time? Would a hospital potentially run out?
Not RX, but absolutely. Based on need, small community hospitals could absolutely have a shortage.
Editing this post to add more color: Hospitals and like facilities rely on reimbursements to make money. Even non profit institutions follow this model. The reimbursements come from Medicare. Hospitals are eligible to be reimbursed up to 6% of their gross income annually. The avg. hospital in major US cities generates ~1M in revenue daily. A third of that 6% comes from what is called Value based purchasing, which is a fancy way of saying keep your costs down.
Hospitals no longer stock pile materials/meds as a way to navigate a declining reimbursement market. As a result, an localized outbreak could easily cause a shortage of supplies.
Update:
1st patient is still critical, on life support, but not really worse. Hopeful they will come around eventually.
2nd positive pt reported last night. Doing well with mild symptoms. So it's reassuring to see a true case that isn't critical with my own eyes.
Both either had significant travel recently or had an occupation that put them in close physical contact with many people.
Yes we could run out. The main one is Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) . It's an older and cheaper med that's been around for a long time, most commonly used for lupus or malaria. It's in good supply. But... just like TP, a massive rush for it nation wide will wipe out the stock. We ordered 10 bottles yesterday and got 5.
There are some others. But this is the one with the most promise so far.