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COVID-19 Check-in
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Please don’t. Not again. Now is not the time. Just check in and let everyone know how you’re doing
Not the time or place for this.
F you.
Well , here is a report from being on the road.... I left sw GA early Monday morning for NE Arkansas and Bootheel of MO to call on customers .... if I had known what we know now , and my attitude has changed in the past 36 hrs.... I would have remained at home.
interstates about 40 % of normal .... hotels here are down to about 10-20 %occupancy , inside dinning closed at all major chain restaurants....local places remain open ....that’s where I’m going and leaving as generous tips as I can cause I know service staff is going to suffer
Headed back hopefully late tomorrow or Thursday ..
History tidbit - 1918 flu killed the Dodge Brothers .... the car guys ....
Let it go. Don’t escalate. Thanks for understanding
Ok.
UV for big tips. Help how you can. Little things matter.
In the Bay Area. We are on “Shelter In Place”. Grocery stores are a mess. I have to go to work being that I’m a Occupational Therapist working at a Nursing Home. My biggest fear is getting the virus and giving it to the elderly patients. Stay at home folks except for grocery store visits, needing gas, and pharmacy needs.
Yeah, I'm in Marin. The grocery stores were cleared out on Thursday, I haven't been since. And all the gun stores out here are out of every gun too.
I think you're right that you are not at risk, but the patients you care for are.
Losing my mind. Bars and restaurants are being shutdown and made to be an example of dangerous behavior all over the country. Atlanta imposed a 50 person limit just last night, but then the news (Fox5) was out shaming bar owners who were open tonight even though there less than 30 patrons in just about any of them.
Yet Marta remains open, moving (their numbers) 432,900 people every single day. Makes PERFECT sense.
What a futile exercise. This will put millions of people out of business.
@YaleDawg I realize this is inconvenient, but in that Italy to US comparison, how many of Italy’s cases included people who were brought in off their cruise ships and/or evacuated from China?
the majority of our first 500 cases involved the above scenarios.
Tons. Thousands of people. Literally. Soon to be hundreds of thousands. Perhaps millions of people - AND THEY AREN’T EVEN SICK.
What does this mean in regards to the actual mortality rate of the virus, and the incidence of serious illness? Anything?
Thinking of you and your fiance @SAVDGD - wishing a smooth journey through all this.
Totally unproven and no data to support at this point in time but Dupixent is a monoclonal antibody (mab); and there are several companies fast-tracking studies on various mabs as a therapeutic option for patients who have been hospitalized with COVID-19 to combat the progression of the disease in the lungs.
@YaleDawg - given the high up front cost of developing biologics - as well as the need to recoup the high costs for other therapies that ultimately failed clinical studies - the biologics @SoFL_Dawg references are very expensive relative to other drugs in the pharmacy at a typical hospital. Even under "normal operating mode" (ie - not in the middle of a pandemic), the high cost of this inventory makes it prohibitive for most institutions to carry much of these products in inventory; with many of these drugs now capable of being shipped to/self-administered by patients in their homes.
Fast forward to the current impact of transportation, free goods and evolving public policy positions by governments and the logistical challenges of moving large quantities of any drug manufactured in one part of the world to another becomes increasingly challenging, as well.
As an aside, I'm personally pleased with the HHS' decision to grant liability immunity to developers of COVID therapies for emergency use.
>>The declaration provides liability immunity to covered individuals and entities “against any claim of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, distribution, administration, or use of medical countermeasures.” More specifically, the declaration covers “products or technologies intended to enhance the use or effect of a drug, biological product, or device used against the pandemic or epidemic or against adverse events from these products.” The Covered Countermeasure must be a qualified or epidemic product, or security countermeasure, or a drug, biologic or device authorized for emergency use.
The liability immunity applies to “Covered Persons” with respect to the administration or use of Covered Countermeasures. The declaration defines “Covered Persons” as “manufacturers, distributors, program planners and qualified persons, and their officials, agents, and employees, and the Unites States.” The declaration further defines “manufacturer,” “distributor,” “program planner,” and “qualified person.”<<
Full text can be seen here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-05484.pdf