StormfanaticInd Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 YIKES!!! TEXAS IS GOING TO BE BAD TODAY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, RyanDe680 said: Do you need to go back for another? My wife had a potential exposure - test took 3.5 days to come back as well, somewhat ridiculous as I'm sure the labs are swamped. No I don't, I would have if I was symptomatic and it came back as negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I read the summaries or even occasionally watch the weekly covid briefings by the governor and health officials, and I gotta say the tone of today's briefing sounded like the ones back in spring. The health commissioner used the words exponential growth. There's a lot of concern about hospitals being able to handle the increasing numbers and increasing fatigue and illnesses among hospital workers. Testing is also becoming an issue with supply and long wait times, and in some areas you can now only get tested if you have symptoms. They also encouraged students returning home from college to stay home as much as possible and wear a mask inside, even at home. I have been reading about the testing issues, which is another reason I expect case growth many slow. Which makes it more important to watch positivity rates and hospitalizations. Been seeing multiple reports about the major stress/overwork, etc. among health care workers as well. People just focus on the deaths. But all these hospitalizations are really taking their toll on HC workers and patients. These patients often have long hospital stays where they require constant care from multiple nurses/staff working long hours in full PPE. Plus the effects of seeing patients die alone on a consistent basis. This is one fact has seems to get lost on people who push the "it only kills those in nursing homes" line. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Quite a mess https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-cases-hospitals-20201118-4zm3lthmvnb4xm53yggqwnh2gu-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Just now, Stebo said: No I don't, I would have if I was symptomatic and it came back as negative. Glad to hear. Indeed a somewhat frightening and frustrating experience when it's someone you were in contact with at work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Texas is looking like New York with theses numbers. This is getting very ugly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said: Texas is looking like New York with theses numbers. This is getting very ugly Texas is back to up almost 8000 hospitalized (their peak in summer was almost 11,000). But they have same 7-day case average as their summer peak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Nationally we are heading for the most deaths in a day since the first week or two of May. And to think of how much worse it will get before it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 That 8000 is in a concentrated area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said: That 8000 is in a concentrated area Over 3000 of that is in El Paso (1100) and Dallas/Fort Worth. (2000) metros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 We need this vaccine asap Pritzker: COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in Illinois https://wgem.com/2020/11/18/pritzker-covid-19-is-now-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-illinois/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, dan11295 said: Over 3000 of that is in El Paso (1100) and Dallas/Fort Worth. (2000) metros Unbelievable. Smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Also, just show you the virus is pretty much everywhere, Loving County, TX reported their first case today. The county has 134 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 A neighbor, who used to live across the street from my dad when he was growing up, died from covid. Didn't really know her and only met her one time -- when she came to my dad's funeral several years ago. Still, it's the first person taken by this virus that is not a completely unknown name to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Concerning an earlier discussion about the logistics of moving quantities of the vaccine at -95°, I spoke with the local health department today and it is going to be a problem, as there is already a shortage of dry ice. Also, their latest projections are for the Pfizer vaccines to be available to healthcare workers by late December and long-term care facilities either then or shortly after. Locally, these will be administered by local hospitals, IF they can get resources needed to keep the vaccine at the needed temperature. Hopes are that the Moderna vaccine will be approved and it will be made available to the general population after the front line workers and high risk are inoculated. After that occurs, local health departments (at least in this area) will set up points of distribution for mass inoculations, based on availability. Very detailed plans are already being put together for this event. All of that being said, it is being planned with the anticipation that the vaccines will be approved for release and that no hiccups occur. EDIT: Oh, and I spoke with the local hospital's safety director and all of this regional hospital's facilities are basically full. There are still ICU beds available, but the general population beds are packed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Local hospital my mom works at completely out of ICU room, 5 people waiting to be given ICU beds, patients on gurneys in halls waiting for rooms. It’s a big mess. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said: Local hospital my mom works at completely out of ICU room, 5 people waiting to be given ICU beds, patients on gurneys in halls waiting for rooms. It’s a big mess. Meanwhile our commander and chief is on Twitter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said: Meanwhile our commander and chief is on Twitter It’s just very sad, my mom was in tears she runs benefits for whole hospital system and doctors are coming in on no sleep and completely emotionally shot. It’s literally terrible and trying to make room to take more people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormfanaticInd Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said: It’s just very sad, my mom was in tears she runs benefits for whole hospital system and doctors are coming in on no sleep and completely emotionally shot. It’s literally terrible and trying to make room to take more people. America can't take too much more of this. Something is going to have to give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Gestapo strikes again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 minute ago, weatherbo said: Gestapo strikes again. Go to bed dude 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just now, Hoosier said: Go to bed dude Laying in front of the fire, heading that way. Night Hoosier you rule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 5 hours ago, StormfanaticInd said: Texas is looking like New York with theses numbers. This is getting very ugly My fiancée's father lives in San Antonio. He's in his 70s with multiple health issues (diabetes, kidney dialysis) Part of our reasoning for postponing our wedding (which should have happened this month) was to avoid potential exposure to him and other high-risk people in the family so they can be around when we have it next year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 https://mtstandard.com/news/local/as-virus-cases-flood-system-b-sb-says-stay-home-dont-get-tested/article_8ba0af74-2207-528c-a787-30658e2e8cbe.html#tracking-source=home-top-story A few places are now telling people with mild symptoms not to get tested or not giving tests to those without symptoms unless there is contact with a confirmed positive. Issues with capacity/staffing at hospitals are showing up in many states now. System is getting strained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 PA with an indoor mask order. Ya that'll go over well. We need to flatten the curve! Lol https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/pa-health-secretary-issues-new-order-making-mask-wearing-required-indoors-even-if-you-are-physically-distant/WRPE6BA4S5GK5IR4EFWLN4ZXIE/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 11 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said: My fiancée's father lives in San Antonio. He's in his 70s with multiple health issues (diabetes, kidney dialysis) Part of our reasoning for postponing our wedding (which should have happened this month) was to avoid potential exposure to him and other high-risk people in the family so they can be around when we have it next year. Hey that's really considerate of you guys ngl. Congrats on your upcoming marriage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 hours ago, dan11295 said: https://mtstandard.com/news/local/as-virus-cases-flood-system-b-sb-says-stay-home-dont-get-tested/article_8ba0af74-2207-528c-a787-30658e2e8cbe.html#tracking-source=home-top-story A few places are now telling people with mild symptoms not to get tested or not giving tests to those without symptoms unless there is contact with a confirmed positive. Issues with capacity/staffing at hospitals are showing up in many states now. System is getting strained. That's why it will be important to montior how many tests are performed each day and not just focusing on case numbers. Also important to monitor hospitalization numbers of course, but I wonder if even that could start to become a bit of an unreliable metric in areas that are out of space... like would borderline hospital cases start getting turned away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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