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DS took Physics C this morning and had trouble copy/pasting his work into the CB answer spaces. The wrong thing kept pasting, so he missed the last question (or two -- my details are a little sketchy.)
He's pretty upset. He went back after the time had expired to paste the material that was on his clipboard into another document and it pasted perfectly.
Should he email the College Board to explain the problem?
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9 hours ago, wilrunner said:
Bexar county here. I though Gov Abbot said cities couldn't supercede his orders and I haven't really heard what Mayor Nuremberg had said. Are face masks still required?
Did you see the zoo is now drive through? I wonder if your kids would like that. (Though at $60 per car, it's a bit expensive.)
Regardless, I'm not doing anything extra except meeting someone to trade plants. I expect we'll use social distancing and be very quick.
The Governor did say that. His plan suggests that people wear masks in public, but county or city governments may not require them. Private businesses can require them, of course.
Dallas County here. We're not planning to do anything that different. Our (small) church will remain online. We wear masks anytime we are around people outside our household.
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I saw $1.28/gallon on Saturday (Dallas, TX).
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The many, many news stories I read and listened to spoke of flattening the curve as a way to avoid having so many people hospitalized that doctors would have to choose who to treat while allowing other, weaker people die. It was supposed to keep hospitals from becoming completely swamped. Certainly there has always been a hope for therapeutics (which are being used experimentally) and a vaccine, but that was not the original story.
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve.html
Quote: A flatter curve, on the other hand, assumes the same number of people ultimately get infected, but over a longer period of time. A slower infection rate means a less stressed health care system, fewer hospital visits on any given day and fewer sick people being turned away.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/flatten-curve-coronavirus.html
Quote: Think of the health care system capacity as a subway car that can only hold so many people at once. During rush hour, that capacity is not enough to handle the demand, so people must wait on the platform for their turn to ride. Staggering work hours diminishes the rush hour and increases the likelihood that you will get on the train and maybe even get a seat. Avoiding a surge of coronavirus cases can ensure that anyone who needs care will find it at the hospital.
These two stories were published on March 16th and March 27th respectively. Yeah, I think the goalposts are being moved.
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5 hours ago, Spryte said:
Nursing home question here.
For those with family in nursing homes, how are you finding out if there is a case at the facility? We are in communication with the facilities, so if they announced something, we’d hear, but are they required to let us know?
Both of my ILs are in homes - one assisted, one nursing (don’t get me started on the necessity of separating a couple married for 64 years, gaaaah). Both are locked down.
FIL’s facility has recently added more restrictions, though, that made us wonder about a possible case on another floor.
If we ask directly, will they share that info, or is there a HIPPA concern here? (Obviously we would not ask for a patient’s name!)
In Dallas County, facilities are required to notify residents, their families, and staff within six hours of learning of a confirmed case, and local news has reported names of numerous Dallas area facilities with virus clusters.
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18 minutes ago, Dotwithaperiod said:
I am glad that so many seem concerned about nursing home residents now. If we are strictly debating here, though, possibly dying alone because of lockdown or dying of Covid then I would choose alone without the virus, because it’s a horrible, painful, choking death.
The abuse IMO, if it’s there it’s there with or without isolation, as I would guess a large majority never ever have visitors. I know there are crafts and get together and common areas, but let’s face it. Do you wonder why most are in wheelchairs? They put them in them on purpose as a way of controlling their movement. Most residents get wheeled out to sit in a corner for awhile, get wheeled to the table, then put back in their room after lunch.A tiny, tiny percentage actually socialize. Those are more of the assisted living type places. Walk in to s nursing home where most residents are using Medicaid to pay and you will see old people hunched over in their chairs, some will be crying, others staring at nothing, a few talking. Employees get minimum wage and it shows. It’s a constant struggle for those trying to do good. I’m sure there are areas with better monitoring but the overall shape of the system is abysmal.
I really don’t think many people have much experience with nursing homes. We are essentially debating the lesser of two evils, and I think death by Covid is more evil. And what a soul crushing thing it is to be needing this type of debate.
True. Even the nicest nursing homes are sad places. It isn't uncommon for patuents to be sedated to make them easier to handle. It can be awful.
I'm just thinking an across-the-board policy of no visitors is a mistake. Some of us do visit, even if we don't have family members living there. A number of these folks might be briefly amused by virtual visits, but they won't really understand them.
Agreed that Covid sounds like a very hard way to go. I don't know that I would choose to live out my days in isolation to avoid all risk of contracting it, though. I guess I wouldn't have much say in the matter.
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@Pen. I am aware that allowing visitors to nursing homes poses a risk to the wider community. There are no easy answers. I suppose if these residents die of lonliness or abuse and neglect, theirs will be the "invisible deaths" I've seen mentioned here. So there's that.
I do wonder who will make these virtual visits to ALL residents. That could already be happening, but it isn't.
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9 minutes ago, Pen said:
I have absolutely No idea how this is supposed to follow what I wrote.
I had in mind people who currently live in skilled nursing facilities, where there has been a non visitation rule imposed federally. I think that rule should continue longer, along with increased virtual visitation for all such residents, many of whom never get any visitors at all, even before CV19.
What are you talking about?
You said that NH should be continue to be closed to visitors as long as possible, which is an understandable thought if one's only concern is extending life (by protecting those residents from infection) as long as possible. But extending life for what purpose?
My point is that many/most people in skilled nursing are at the ends of their lives already. (I'm NOT suggesting that their lives are expendable, or worth less than those of younger people.) I hear people (in my area) talking about keeping all senior living shut down until there is a vaccine. What? A lot of these folks might not live that long, even if they aren't infected with Covid-19. Yes, they can receive virtual visits, but those can actually be quite disorienting for an elder person, particularly if he/she has memory issues. So, NH residents are to live out their days in their rooms. Keep in mind that eating in dining rooms and other group gatherings are not allowed under social distancing orders. Doubtless TPTB will think it wise to extend those orders, too, at least in senior living places. So residents will eat, sleep, and live in their rooms. Alone (or sometimes with a roommate).
I'm well aware that many NH residents don't have visitors, but some of us DO make visits to old people. And my friends who have parents in skilled nursing like to visit frequently, popping in at odd times to keep an eye on their loved ones and staff. It's so easy for elders to fall victim to abuse and neglect if no one is watching.
Just the opinion of someone who is around older folks quite a lot...
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36 minutes ago, Pen said:
Another thing I think should stay as shut as possible as long as possible are nursing homes. Populations are too vulnerable and in too tight quarters. I think both nursing homes for significant severe case transmission and schools for significant asymptomatic case transmission reasons should be kept to whatever forms of shut down can viably be managed. As long as possible.
So, since NH residents who contract Covid-19 have a high risk of dying, alone and isolated, in a hospital, we'll keep them, alone and isolated, in skilled nursing to prevent them from becoming infected in the first place(?).
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I guess it's because, officially, it's a WH Task Force briefing, and a lot of people apart from the president speak at that podium.
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Thank you for the update. Continuing in prayer for healing and rest...
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Praying now.
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4 minutes ago, lewelma said:
I can't comment on if this is the right choice for MI, but be aware the here in NZ, our lockdown is even tighter.
ALL stores are closed except groceries and pharmacies (these are stand alone and not in a Walmart).
ALL online shopping is closed (except groceries).
ALL restaurants are closed and there is NO carry out at all.
ALL driving is banned unless you are driving to the grocery store.
ALL airflights and ferries and trains have stopped.
ALL parks are closed.
ALL swimming, surfing, tramping, fishing, hunting is banned.
We are allowed to go for walks outside or bike as long as it is local.
But y'all are shooting for eradication, which isn't likely to happen in the States. Texas could do what NZ is doing, but it wouldn't change anything if Louisiana, Oklahoma, and everyone else was looser.
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It's so important to make your voice heard. If you live in MI, email/call your governor tonight. She needs feedback.
Stuff like this will overwhelm your citizens and push them toward rebellion against even the "easier" restrictions.
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1 minute ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
They are just trying to reserve medical grade masks for healthcare workers since there are shortages.
They are also telling us that masks (even homemade, cloth versions) may work in keeping down infection spread by asymptomatic people. "My mask protects you, your mask protects me."
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23 minutes ago, Terabith said:
Is there any guidance on how to know if we're in one of those regions?
Yep. PA, CO, and Washington DC. (She was asked to expand on something she had said the day before. The advice wasn't directed at everyone.)
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10 minutes ago, square_25 said:
Well, yes, people took umbrage, because it shifts responsibility. But it's definitely only inappropriate in context -- if they had gotten factories to product tons of PPEs and then were worried because some were unaccountably "missing," that would be different. Instead, there's a lot of incredulity about how vast the numbers are, and theorizing that the numbers aren't really as large as the governors make them out to be. That makes people concerned that they aren't being taken seriously.
What state are you in, if you don't mind me asking? Do you guys have PPE shortages or no?
Fair point, though I didn't see it that way.
I'm in Texas (Dallas). There have been local reports of ppe shortages, but I don't know details.
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9 minutes ago, square_25 said:
The media can't provide equipment, though. Focusing on the wrong stuff doesn't actually keep equipment away from the hospitals.
Anyway, it's probably too late for the federal government to use the DPA to make PPE to help NY :-(. It's too bad. I hope people keep donating and stepping up locally.
I don't know that the feds were "focusing" on ppe theft. He mentioned it and people took umbrage. I'm sorry that NY is so hard hit.
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1 minute ago, square_25 said:
Because we have a DRASTIC shortage of equipment. I doubt more than 5% (being generous, 20%) of the masks are going elsewhere, because that would be an immense quantity of masks. Doctors and nurses are having to reuse PPE. There's NO WAY that tracking down the ones that are being sold on the black market is going to solve the problem. What would solve the problem is finding more equipment.
Yes, anyone caught doing this should be punished severely. But given that the federal government could be ramping up PPE production and is not, and given that we will NOT have enough masks even if we find every single criminal that has done this, that's just a distraction.
True. Lots of distractions in the news these days.
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9 hours ago, square_25 said:
I think saying that they can't possibly be using as many masks as they are claiming, and therefore many must be being sold on the black market seems inappropriate whoever exactly is supposed to be selling them...
Why does it seem inappropriate? Because it might hurt someone's feelings? If doctors and nurses aren't receiving the masks provided to them, I think it's a fair point, and a newsworthy story. Trump suggested that the cities (and the reporters) look into it. Bringing situations such as the one in Cooperstown to light serves as a warning to other hospitals to be vigilant in safeguarding their supplies.
(A quick search brought me to an NBC article published on March 29th: "No Evidence for Trump's suggestion that "masks are going out the back door' of New York hospitals". Oddly, I haven't yet found NBC coverage of the conflicting story.)
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On 4/1/2020 at 4:40 PM, gardenmom5 said:
and . . . .
Josie Wright, 33, was taken into custody for stealing the masks and other medical supplies from Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.
you know other people are doing it too at other locations. (just like the guys price gouging in TN weren't the only ones - they just went public to whine about not being able to sell their $1 bottles of sanitizer for $70.) disgusting people.
You know, I wondered if this was what the president was thinking about earlier this week (or last week?) at one of the daily briefings. It didn't strike me that he was accusing doctors and nurses, but rather that someone with access to supplies might be looking to make some money.
Agree with you -- despicable that someone would do such a thing in NYC right now.
(Sorry. In NY -- upstate.)
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Three Dallas nursing homes have clusters of positive test results.
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1 hour ago, DoraBora said:
I reported something the president said. He is extending the "Stop the Spread" campaign through the end of April. I posted it because people were worried about his hopes that we could open things up by Easter.
Somehow I doubt my post broke any rules.
Quoting myself to add: I didn't intend the above to sound smug. (Sigh) I'm sorry. This is such a tense time!
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(Cross Post) AP Problem - Advice?
in The College Board
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DS took Physics C this morning and had trouble copy/pasting his work into the CB answer spaces. The wrong thing kept pasting, so he missed the last question (or two -- my details are a little sketchy.)
He's pretty upset. He went back after the time had expired to paste the material that was on his clipboard into another document and it pasted perfectly.
Should he email the College Board to explain the problem?