Coronavirus thread

[0ddl0t]

delete... not informative to coronavirus

[Grey]

Do you object to the information or the presenatation? Is: "The worst case was a substandard nursing home with a long history of code violations, widely infected staff, and patients with an average life expectancy of less than 6 months." really any better than "The worst case was a shitty little substandard nursing home with widely infected staff serving patients with one foot already in the grave."

Wow...

[blues]

Wow...

Is calling him a douchenozzle any worse than saying I disagree with his point of view?

'Nuff said.

[Nephrology]

This is a great article on the exploitation of the selflessness of healthcare providers

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/o...s-burnout.html

On a related note, I am "cold-calling" investment firms to inquire about COVID19 related contract analyst work. Have sent out a few CVs so far; have my first HR screen tomorrow afternoon.

If my school isn't going to look out for my finances right now, I will.

[Isaac]

My place will use two PerkinElmer, Inc., EUROLabWorkstations and EUROIMMUN Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA testing kits to test any staff interested.

Just got drawn an hr ago, will be interesting to see..!

[randyho]

Is calling him a douchenozzle any worse than saying I disagree with his point of view?

'Nuff said.

No. It is not.

[Stephanie B]

The ones who would die are dead already. You're not saving them, flattening the curve just delays their deaths by a few months until the next peak unless treatment protocols drastically improve or you're willing to live like this indefinitely.

That's pretty freaking dark. I also think you're wrong. Flattening the curve reduces the load on the hospitals so that those who become sick can be treated. It reduces the load on the hospitals so that the doctors are not having to decide "this guy's too old/fat/has other conditions, so we'll put him on a morphine drip and let him die in the corner". It reduces the burn rate on the medical staff. It keeps us from having to build a buttload of tent hospitals to handle the influx. It keeps us from having to line up reefer trucks to hold the dead, because the funeral homes can't bury/cremate them fast enough.

Flattening the curve also increases the chances that for the people who have the virus, the virus in their bodies is defeated by their own immune system and that they aren't playing Typhoid Mary.

More to a personal note: My mom's 4-level retirement community (independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and dementia units) has kept the virus out by very strict protocols. They're doing Facetime/Skype/Zoom calls with residents and their families for the residents who aren't capable of doing it for themselves. No nursing home wants to be among those appearing on the national news for being a Covid hotspot.

[Erik]

I don't know if this has been covered in this thread or not. I don't recall it and a quick search didn't turn it up. Does someone who contracts the virus and remains asymptomatic cease being contagious after two weeks or do they simply keep carrying it because, in essence, they've never had to fight it off? Do we know?

I'm going to bump my question up once because, for personal reasons, I'd really like to see if there's an answer to this one. I couldn't find anything on google that suggested we know yet. Thanks.

[pangloss]

On a related note, I am "cold-calling" investment firms to inquire about COVID19 related contract analyst work. Have sent out a few CVs so far; have my first HR screen tomorrow afternoon.

If my school isn't going to look out for my finances right now, I will.

Fascinating! Good luck, and please let us know what kind of response you get!

[pangloss]

I'm going to bump my question up once because, for personal reasons, I'd really like to see if there's an answer to this one. I couldn't find anything on google that suggested we know yet. Thanks.

I think sustained carriage is unlikely. However, the antibody response looks to be a bit stronger in people who have severe cases. As far as I know, we don't have the data yet to provide a solid answer to your question.