SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

it's not my decision, but there's a 10 person limit in ma, and they have all been together through the process anyway.
we'll do a celebration of her life when more of us can get together

 

EVERY Governor has police power authority to create martial law. THAT hasn't been done. Stopped at the local Starbuck$ today. Dropped off a FedEX pack too. Then off to a church group (12 people OMG!!!) where we packed food bags for homeless & stuff for military / Camp Pendelton marine base.
So .... what's truly inexplicable .... the notion that the malaria drug needs WAY soooo much more testing. Really? So ... it's been on the market for decades - and safe dosing is established for its sundry uses ... and the person in charge says "more testing" ?? What do you want a bet if HIS grandma was infected - he'd be dosing yesterday. Often, so called experts (whether scientists, physicians etc) are like savants ... they know a whole lot about one thing - but they act foolish in many other things ... including yours truly. I might be licensed to practice law - but some of the words i bombard my better half with are like i'm trying to get my self killed

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The shells are starting to land a little closer:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-19-dufferin-care-centre-coquitlam-1.5504943

Nearby, we regularly walk past.

And our son's dentist has tested positive.

 

our dentist closed

 

Just to add to this...
It is OK to go out for a walk or a hike...just not in groups and keep your distance. You can walk your dog, too.

I saw a guy roller blading a while ago. I decided not to report him.

Mike

 

no jogging in china or italy, but it didn't say why

 

Its likely we will all personally know someone infected (or experience it ourselves) before this is over.

 

I would speculate a lot of people have already survived the infection...and never knew they had it.

 

thanks doc

 

massachusetts: 4,100 tests, 413 cases, 1 death

 

That isn't really a speculation when the medical people have already said as much. Numerous folks have very mild symptoms indistinguishable from lesser illnesses, and a certain fraction never display any symptoms. Those are part of why it is spreading so rapidly in the wild.

But for another fraction, it is very severe. Italy, with 1/5th our population, had over 600 deaths today. Spain, with 1/7th our population, had over 250 deaths today. Both have overloaded hospitals.

In our local nursing home where the nation's deaths started, the normal resident death rate is 4% - 7% per month. This disease killed 1/3rd of its residents in just 3 weeks. A few hospitals here are running into staff and space and supply shortages, and a few hospitals in NYC are already overloaded.

 

Hence...the lockdown on practically all social gathering.

 

I had an abscessed tooth under a crown just b4 our dentist closed. Guess folks are just S.O.L. until whenever.
So! eventually this shall pass. Then what ... the next flu strain gets a nifty unique name - & (presuming the economic world hasn't totally collapsed so that it can eventually come back) & we do it all over again?
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rinse wash repeat? i have a bad tooth as well. anticeptic mouthwash seems to have helped a bit. my doc is open for emergencies, but this is gonna have to get a lot worse before i call it one.

 

some hospitals in the u.s. nearing capacity, and running out of gloves and masks

 

I looked up side effects, not that pleasant. Would that be exceptional cases?

 

Back in post #855, I reported on experience with IV vitamin C. It works in China, but apparently is unmentionable in the US. It obviously doesn't work in Italy - but then you have to actually use it. Experience in China - zero deaths among those who got IVC. And shorter hospital stays. But then it isn't "proven" because it's too cheap. Proof requires big money, and natural cheap treatments don't get that kind of money. Obviously feeding the money process is more important than saving lives.