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2 hours ago, Carrie12345 said:
My son works for a cell phone company/store. In Florida. Floridian WTM’ers, what the what is wrong with your state????? I’m trying to get him to quit. He lives with his dad and doesn’t have “real” bills right now. He has no need to contribute to the spread or a cause worth getting sick for. And we can help if he needs a little money here and there. But he’s also on the spectrum, so hearing national recommendations that say one thing and having a boss that tells him another is a difficult thing for him to sort out. He’s going to need some mom pushing today.
It's not just Floridians. My sis most likely has the virus. She probably got it from her boss, who is sick and basically told everyone to come to work even if they're sick.
There were several people in her office that were sick, and yesterday she started feeling short of breath and a little tight in the chest. She has no fever.
This is in Georgia.
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9 hours ago, Arcadia said:
Regardless of your political affinity ...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/how-the-u-s-plans-to-speed-up-coronavirus-testing/2254625/
““Using federal emergency authorities, the FDA approved a new test for the virus,” President Trump said during a press conference on Friday. As a result, Mr. Trump said nearly 2 million additional tests will become available in the U.S. next week.
“Five million within a month,” he added. “I doubt we’ll need anywhere near that.”
With a total population of more than 329 million people, the U.S. has only performed just over 16,000 coronavirus tests, according to the last count from the Centers for Disease Control. That figure, however, does not reflect the actual number of patients tested for the virus since a single patient may have had to undergo more than one test in order to be properly diagnosed.
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On Friday, Trump announced a partnership with America’s big box retailers that would allow the federal government to setup drive-thru testing centers in store parking lots across the country, including Walmart, Target, CVS, and Walgreens.
“We were eager to do our part to help serve the country,” said Doug McMillion, Walmart President and CEO. “We’ve been asked to make portions of our parking lot available in select locations in the beginning, and scaling over time as supply increases, so that people can experience the drive-thru experience.”
During the White House press conference on Friday, the Trump administration also announced a new screening website, designed by Google, that will soon allow patients to answer questions about their symptoms and, if deemed necessary, users would then be directed to the nearest testing site where results could be provided in 24 to 36 hours.
Trump attributed the future surge in coronavirus tests to the FDA’s expedited approval of a new type of test designed by Roche, a healthcare research company.
“We did this within hours after receiving the application from Roche,” Trump said. “A process that would normally take weeks.”
Up until recently, the U.S. largely relied on the CDC to test people for the coronavirus. The agency created America’s test for the virus, which it then distributed to public health labs across the country. In the wake of overwhelming demand, however, universities and private labs, including Quest Diagnostics and LabCorps, have since designed their own tests to diagnose even more patients.
“We expect to be able to perform 10,000 tests a day by the end of next week and 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month,” Quest Diagnostics spokesperson Rachel Carr said in a statement. “Assuming there are no delays or shortages of necessary materials and supplies, commercial capacity is expected to exceed 280,000 tests per week by April 1.”
LabCorps tells NBC Bay Area the company can now test several thousand people a day, but did not provide a more detailed figure.”
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“Google is not working with the US government in building a nationwide website to help people determine whether and how to get a novel coronavirus test, despite what President Donald Trump said in the course of issuing an emergency declaration for the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, a much smaller trial website made by another division of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is going up. It will only be able to direct people to testing facilities in the Bay Area.”https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21179118/google-coronavirus-testing-screening-website-drive-thru-covid-19
[tongue-in-cheek] Are we in Mercury Retrograde? Seriously, what is with the lack of communication?! I suppose it's a bureaucratic thing, cause it's definitely worse the further up the chain you go. State and local folks are doing much better. But there's been a serious lack of communication between people/offices and often what's being said at the higher levels simply isn't getting carried through on down the chain. There are multiple disruptions along the lines of communication and with things actually getting done.
6 hours ago, Pen said:So could some verify for me if it’s true that USA had 40 confirmed Covid deaths as of yesterday at time of Declaration of National State of Emergency and is now as of 10:30 pm Pacific daylight time at 60? So up by 50% in less than 36 hours?
I found 41 deaths on Mar 12, 49 on Mar 13, and 57 on Mar 14. Those are the accumulative totals.
Daily new deaths: 3 on Mar 12, 8 on Mar 13, and 8 on Mar 14
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There was some talk wayyyy back in this thread about trying to break it into separate threads. At the time, I guess it was decided that wasn't going to happen. Now there are several threads, but I don't think the discussion in this thread is going anywhere.
But not losing all the news because of discussion is important! I don't know where the balance is, but maybe if everyone tried to keep discussion from going too far off news, it would be okay. Yeah, I know that'll be different for everyone. 🤷♀️
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Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic
QuoteGeorgia elections officials postponed the presidential primary scheduled for next week because of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the second state forced to push back a vote in the race for the White House due to the outbreak.
The state rescheduled the presidential vote previously scheduled for March 24 until May 19, the same date as the regular primary for a U.S. Senate seat and many other offices, elections officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday.-
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Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now
QuoteHere’s what I’m going to cover in this article, with lots of charts, data and models with plenty of sources:
- How many cases of coronavirus will there be in your area?
- What will happen when these cases materialize?
- What should you do?
- When?
When you’re done reading the article, this is what you’ll take away:
The coronavirus is coming to you.
It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly.
It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two.
When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed.
Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways.
Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die.
They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies.
The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.
That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.(emphasis mine)
@Thatboyofmine and everyone else that is trying catch up and understand what is happening you need to read this!
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1 hour ago, TravelingChris said:
Thank you for this. I won't get it then. My dd1, who is self quarantined now, is super allergic to citrus. Now because she moved out and to get more vitamin C, we are eating lots of Vitamin C food including oranges,grapefruits🙁 which I can't eat because of medications, pineapples, berries, tomatoes, etc. My dh went to the store yesterday late afternoon and Publix was stripped of perishables. I think that one thing that is happening is that many more people are eating at home.
You might try Alba Botanical unscented it's a good quality, organic hand lotion. Even the herbal healing variety and the original scent have extremely light scents.
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Trump plans to declare national emergency over coronavirus pandemic
QuoteKEY POINTS- President Trump plans to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic, administration officials told NBC News.
- The president has scheduled a 3 p.m. ET press conference Friday at the White House.
- French President Emmanuel Macron said leaders of Group of 7 economic giant nations have “agreed to organize an extraordinary Leaders Summit by videoconference on Monday” on coronavirus.
- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House and Congress are nearing a deal that would provide stimulus to the U.S. economy.
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1 hour ago, mlktwins said:
I haven't told anyone local that I was "prepping." Based on comments I'm still seeing on my FB feed, many are still unhappy with the inconvenience of it all and schools being cancelled. I would be called out if I was saying get prepared. Oh well!!! I stocked up my house like normal (considering I have 2 teen boys that are eating us out of house and home) and then got a few extra things. If that is stockpiling or hoarding, oh well!!!! They shouldn't have poo-pooed it a couple of weeks ago. It's not like people haven't heard about this! My DH and the boys were laughing at me 2 weeks ago (they were in support, but thought I was a bit nutso). They love me now :-)!
Sometimes I think people underestimate the weight something like this can have on kids and how easily that is lifted by simple things like knowing their parents are paying attention and planning. They don't worry about all the details we get caught on or the cascade of problems we might see. Just knowing that "Mom's got enough groceries to last forever [in their minds]!" is enough to lift that weight.
I have made my kids watch a couple of Dr. Campbell's videos, mostly the ones about how the virus works and how to prevent spread, etc. They didn't appreciate it, but at least they know what's going on.
ETA: Aack! I just reread this and realized it might come across the wrong way @mlktwins! I don't mean this to mean your kids don't know what's going on. I meant it as support and agreement with you. Your-family-loves-you-because-they-know-you've-got-their-back kinda thing.
Oldest dd works at Kroger ClickList. I put in a HUGE order of normal, regular groceries (not bags upon bags of rice or cans of beans...just the normal stuff to stock my pantry and freezer to get my big family through a couple weeks). Her co-workers were like, "Girl, what is up with your mom?!" She told them I was stockpiling for the coronavirus. This was several weeks ago. She was a bit smug last time she was over here.
37 minutes ago, mlktwins said:This is our local Walmart now (from my neighborhood FB page).
Not even sure what aisle that was supposed to be.
I bet anything it's the toilet paper aisle. Dd sent me a picture very similar to this one from her store. Their store had restocked the paper aisle this morning at 7am. It had toilet paper on one side and paper towels on the other and included facial tissues and stuff. Both sides looked like this by 9am.
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2 minutes ago, Pen said:
My rough draft so far—please help me to shorten and improve it!
Dear Superintendent ____
I am writing with regard to Covid-19 and plans for school reopening in the hopes you will add there thoughts to what are part of the meeting to occur at 11AM today.
1) I think that there needs to be a dispensation for all children who may themselves be unusually higher risk for Covid-19 and for all children with parents, guardians or close contact persons who are at high risk due to age or health to be able to study from home with no penalties, no negative unexcused absences or suspensions for too many days out of school.
2) I think online instruction, ideally with students’ own teachers involved (or certain teachers not necessarily in same school giving online subject lectures, while own regular teachers give online tutoring more personal assistance ) should be figured out . This would allow the schools to decrease students who need to be there due to no home internet, need for school supervision, food programs, etc. which would allow far more social distancing of the students still going in to school buildings (who would still be learning from same online format as at home students usually. Possibly with other arrangements for SPED needs students. This would also help significantly to protect older and more at risk teachers who could teach remotely from home. Younger non high risk teachers could go to school buildings to be supervisors.
3) if additional supervision were needed in addition to the younger non at risk teachers, perhaps high school students could rotate supervision of elementary and middle schoolers when the high schoolers had free periods
4) perhaps busses still running could drop off supplies and food etc as needed by home students as well as transporting students still going into schools
5) I think there needs to be a reduction of group size for restrictions on “group gatherings” down to 25 for non school, non hospital, non store situations to be proactive in reducing spread of CV19, “flattening the curve” of spread rate so that the medical system won’t be overwhelmed.
6) generally plans need to be more proactive rather than reactive.
7) I think there need to be significant penalties for people who are known to have CV19, or who are suspected of having it and waiting for test results, who do things like take planes and go to gatherings thereby exposing other people
8 ) I think in addition to school issues, very strong proactive measures need to be taken to protect first responders EMTs and fire fighters and others who deal with possible CV carriers so that we do not lose our emergency first responder personnel. Otherwise we will have other great and significant problems such as few firefighters when the fire season starts.
Thank you,
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I like your suggestions. I'm not sure if it would help, but maybe make it slightly more emphatic by eliminating all the "I think" and "Perhaps". Just state what needs to be done: "There needs to be a dispensation for all children..." "Buses still running..."
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We've already talked a bit about how many people are still in denial. I think all the sports closing and school closings will help to serve as a wake-up call to many people.
I don't think this has been shared yet:
Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus
QuoteA top health official in Ohio estimated on Thursday that more than 100,000 people in the state have coronavirus, a shockingly high number that underscores the limited testing so far.
Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton said at a press conference alongside Gov. Mike DeWine (R) that given that the virus is spreading in the community in Ohio, she estimates at least 1 percent of the population in the state has the virus.
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There are a lot of school closures starting Monday here in Georgia, but I'm hearing from individuals and social media with screen shots of the announcements being sent out. The actual news hasn't even caught up yet.
Every county surrounding UGA is closing, and none have reported cases in the news.
AFAIK, every county with a case has closed schools.
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Things have really blown up in Georgia today. Tons of closings. Schools all around Atlanta are closing. Our local school district is closing (info not in the link below), and we're not even part of metro Atlanta.
I have to admit to feeling slightly vindicated for making everyone sit out of events that are now cancelled.
But I am concerned about single parents and those who cannot take off work. I don't want to get too political, but I'm really feeling the need for an emergency UBI to be implemented ASAP. I think that would go a long ways to helping in this situation.
ETA: Our county has NO confirmed cases.
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UGA has suspended classes for 2 weeks after spring break.
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1 minute ago, square_25 said:
Fun fact: we were planning to go to Europe this summer to do tourist stuff and to see my family. We were planning to go to England, France, Israel, and Ukraine. This is the FIRST YEAR of my marriage I've requested fun travel (not simply seeing family, not going to one of DH's conferences) in the summer.
I'm feeling a bit bitter...
You and I can cry and scream together. Dh and I were supposed to go to Scotland and France this year for our 25th. First time I'd have ever been overseas. *sigh*
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1 minute ago, Ausmumof3 said:
One thing I’m wondering. How strong is our internet going to be? If more and more service move online is it likely to get overloaded? I know in my area (semi rural) on weekends or evenings when everyone’s home it already gets really slow. I can imagine if everyone’s locked down and trying to school and work online it will probably just fall over.
I never even thought of that! Such a good question!
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36 minutes ago, mom2scouts said:
Most schools in our area have planned spring break in the next several weeks. Our governor just announced that all K-12 schools have a mandatory 3 week spring break starting Monday. Colleges have already been closed. My poor homeschooled kids are still going to have school. Everything is being cancelled and we'll be stuck at home, so we might as well get some work done!
Yes, lots of upcoming spring breaks everywhere! I was talking specifically about colleges, though. (This thread is moving really fast!)
UGA and several others are out this week and then Georgia State and Georgia Southern and several more are out next week. Apparently, a lot of UGA students are also from the Atlanta area, which is where we have the highest concentration of cases. If they don't extend or cancel spring break, I'm concerned they're going to end up with a ton of cases in a few weeks. I also don't want to see them bring cases into the dorms only to spread it around and then as cases inevitably pop up decide to suspend classes and send all those kids home, potentially many of which could asymptomatic carriers.
Of course, suspending classes comes with its own set of problems. There's just no easy answers to this situation. But the curve has to be flattened, and that's going to mean hard choices.
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5 minutes ago, Lecka said:
I heard a radio story about St. Lawrence University, and they said they didn’t feel like they could have people return from all over after Spring Break and potentially overwhelm the rural health care system. (Paraphrased.)
This assumes there is no way to stop kids from scattering for Spring Break.....
I'm afraid that might happen here. They've got kids everywhere right now on spring break. They'll be back next week.
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Watching the live Health Officials Testify Before House Committee
Just had to say that I think I love Ms. Porter, though I have no idea who she is! She finally got "yes" for the CDC authorizing payment for the tests! Not sure how it will actually play out, but man I loved watching her!
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Oldest ds works at an Amazon warehouse. This morning (well, the date was yesterday March 11), he was sent:
QuoteEffective immediately, all global employees who have been quarantined or diagnosed with COVID-19 will receive up to two weeks of pay. We're also establishing an Amazon Relief Fund with a $25 million initial contribution to support employees and contractors around the world who face financial hardships from qualifying events.
There's more, but that was the gist.
I'm glad they're doing at least this, but I am concerned--once again!--about the level of testing. This is another reason why need widespread testing! If you can't get a test, then how do you qualify for aid like this?
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PLEASE DON'T QUOTE--I will probably delete this post in the future. But I need a place to vent/express concern.
Dh just found out his uncle had a stroke. No details. But if this uncle passes, dh is talking about driving to IN. I hate this. His grandparents are not living. This uncle has been a real s.o.b. The only reason dh would go would because of his mother and because of the cultural expectations surrounding this. But his mother is extremely high risk! She has COPD and has to do breathing treatments multiple times a day just to be able to breathe. I don't think she could fight off this virus. I don't want dh going. He is too likely to catch it himself and/or take it to his mother. He would not stop blaming himself if he thought he was responsible for something like that.
I don't know where his siblings (he has three--two in the same town as his mom, and the third much closer than we are) stand on this issue. I don't know if he'll have their support in trying to keep her isolated. Knowing the culture, I suspect other family members would want to come to pay respects. His mom cannot have people coming to stay at her house! I don't know if she will say no, though.
On the other hand, it's very possible that this could be the last time he sees her. We already decided to cancel our trip up there for spring break because of the risks. But I don't know how much longer she's got--they will not talk about that.
I'm just really frustrated and sad about this.
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They've got a state park here in Georgia that's set to isolate infected people. First person just went in yesterday. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/first-coronavirus-patient-transferred-isolation-site-state-park/SSN7H7F4WNFUPAMCKNUYWUNWSM/
This really seems too little, too late. It's already in our communities! We have 22 cases, of which, the majority don't even know how they caught it (and all but one are hospitalized, so I'm assuming the lone person not in the hospital is now at the state park?) If they were going to isolate infected people, they should've started a long time ago! I'm just shaking my head. Who are the people making these decisions? Was this decision made a long time ago and is just now being implemented--which is not a reassuring thought. The bottom line is this is a containment move. We're way past that now. We should be doing mitigation.
ETA: TESTING and containment was needed weeks ago. Without the testing, containment was not much of an option.
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I recommend getting him evaluated by a speech therapist with possible speech therapy.
Your ds sounds like my youngest, who is now 9 and in speech therapy. I always thought he'd outgrow it, but he didn't, and I wish I'd addressed it when was 4 instead of waiting.
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59 minutes ago, Cnew02 said:
I’m hearing people complain both that the media is over hyping this virus and that it’s sugar coating it. I guess it’s different outlets. Or maybe different interpretations. It’s a weird thing through.
17 minutes ago, Pawz4me said:It may be in part due to your Google history. Their algorithms are mysterious, but will likely give a searcher what Google thinks they want to read--what will fit their "worldview" for lack of a better term--even weeding in/out particular stories from particular outlets (i.e., a Google search for you might bring up totally different CNN articles than I'd get searching for the same thing).
NYT is one of my sources, and other than (perhaps) a few opinion pieces I don't recall anything remotely insinuating this was "just like the flu." Nor on NPR, but my consumption of that is very limited to sometimes when I'm in the car.
This is entirely possible and why people are seeing different things!
I don't want to go too far into who reported what first or that kinda thing. My main point was that there are many people who have not adjusted emotionally and so will do stupid things based on their past paradigm, which doesn't work anymore. I personally feel like if people had been given more time to adjust, we'd see less people doing stupid stuff (but not no people).
And truthfully, I am much more likely to extend grace to people (who may be overwhelmed by varying things that I am not privy to) than those whose JOB it is to know what's going on and keep us properly informed. Compassion and understanding go a long way in helping individuals to act appropriately. Associations, businesses, governments, etc. require a completely different approach.
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Former homeschooler asking for input
in The Chat Board
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Hi! Im no longer homeschooling. Most of my kids are in college now, or beyond. One in school has a friend doing a report and is looking for input from homeschoolers currently in highschool. You would be awesome if you you could help her out!
It's a simple Google form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScycPyPmFz1HF4sqKjkphey1SQQxwZsetOJIMhXpT-SicG-Ng/viewform
TIA!!!