This article does a good job giving a narrative description of what is going on with US healthcare systems and healthcare workers at the moment. I don't generally love the Atlantic but I think it is a fair representation of what is happening at hospitals across the country right now. It is consistent with what I know about our pulm/ICU division operations right now for certain, and is consistent with what others have shared in this thread as well (YVK Sensei etc).
It is the Atlantic so just skip the 2 egregious trump-bashing paragraphs... they have to keep their readers coming back somehow
This article summarizes model-based estimates for spreading/catching covid. Obviously it's a model, and doesn't consider differences in genetics or individual immune systems, but it can help you get a rough assessment of relative risk in difference scenarios. I'd feel fairly comfortable in a grocery store if you aren't packed nuts to butts, most people are wearing actual masks (not gaiters/vented), try to maintain distance as best you can, and mostly get in and out.
https://english.elpais.com/society/2...h-the-air.html
Thanks. I'm looking at swimming laps in a public pool every other day: 6' wide lanes, outdoors, and obviously no masks. Given the moderate-high prevalence in my county right now, the odds of everyone on the 10 other lanes being covid negative are about 91% so I'm leaning towards waiting out this wave of infections. I'm still able to run and cycle, I'm just really want to give my knees a good break every other day while still being able to get my heart rate up for an hour...
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Transplant patients is much better - off nitric and pressors for a while. Sill on milrinone and inotropic dose epi to offload her RV. Neurologically interactive. Vent settings reasonable and will like be extubated in the next couple of days.
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