I have a suggestion. Please avoid exchanging money for items as much as possible. Using debit and/or credit cards will eliminate person to person transmission. The “chip” cards are best because they don’t change hands. Whenever handling money or cards between people, washing hands or using hand sanitizer will minimize any transmission.
Thank you.
Monday, March 16, 2020
I thank the president for the news conference. It is beginning to sound like the government.
Timeline seems to be of concern. I would suggest the CDC director has the clearest picture through experience, knowledge and being connected to the network of organizational medicine.
But, if I may?
Think first about the emotional and psychological adjustment everyone is experiencing today. As a result of that ADJUSTMENT there are going to be more cases. Denial is a terrible part of this.
Today, there were people being infected. Their symptoms won’t start immediately. Today, they lengthened the timeline. The timeline depends a great deal on social distancing and a strong conscience for Americans. Americans have to act quickly if they believe they are infected. The best example I can think of is Tom Hanks and gracious wife. As soon as they suspected an infection with very mild symptoms they immediately sought medical attention and were tested. That is the DUE DILIGENCE every American has to apply to themselves. No guessing, no waiting, as soon as symptoms begin go to a physician immediately.
This is doable but Americans have to accept the reality of social distancing, symptoms, immediacy in medical attention and ultimately embracing wellness and body awareness. Some Americans will fall ill through no fault of their own. The blame is irrelevant and seeking a source may not continue to be practical. I know the great American media is up to this. We can do this with minimal disease and death. We are a great people.
Timeline seems to be of concern. I would suggest the CDC director has the clearest picture through experience, knowledge and being connected to the network of organizational medicine.
But, if I may?
Think first about the emotional and psychological adjustment everyone is experiencing today. As a result of that ADJUSTMENT there are going to be more cases. Denial is a terrible part of this.
Today, there were people being infected. Their symptoms won’t start immediately. Today, they lengthened the timeline. The timeline depends a great deal on social distancing and a strong conscience for Americans. Americans have to act quickly if they believe they are infected. The best example I can think of is Tom Hanks and gracious wife. As soon as they suspected an infection with very mild symptoms they immediately sought medical attention and were tested. That is the DUE DILIGENCE every American has to apply to themselves. No guessing, no waiting, as soon as symptoms begin go to a physician immediately.
This is doable but Americans have to accept the reality of social distancing, symptoms, immediacy in medical attention and ultimately embracing wellness and body awareness. Some Americans will fall ill through no fault of their own. The blame is irrelevant and seeking a source may not continue to be practical. I know the great American media is up to this. We can do this with minimal disease and death. We are a great people.
The patrons at Oryana were observing six feet separation without prompting.
March 16, 2020
By Bernadetta Hogan
Businesses across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (click here) will be shuttered to stem the coronavirus contagion in an unheard-of accord among the three states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a joint press call Monday.
Gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also be closed at 8 p.m. Monday.
All bars and restaurants will be open for takeout and delivery only, officials said.
“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state,” said Cuomo....
I went to Oryana to get groceries. There was no worrying about social distancing. We all got it and everyone was observing their distance and shopping. It was great. I really appreciate my neighborhood and it's grocery.
I am sorry, but, BANNING is an opportunistic political agenda and serves no real purpose except victimizing in a different way. Conservatives like to blame video games for gun violence. This is a political ban that is definitely overreaching. I think closings on the short term is prudent and necessary, but, banning is completely wrong.
March 16, 2020
By Kavahn Mansouri
State officials are shutting down video (click here) in Illinois for the remainder of March to help limit exposure to COVID-19.
The Illinois Gaming board ordered the suspension of all video gaming Monday, banning establishments from operating the machines until March 30. The ban went into effect at 9 a.m.
“The public health of patrons, video gaming industry employees, Gaming Board staff, and all others is of paramount importance,” Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said in a press release....
It is an attempted cover-up. By obtaining the vaccine's research, Trump can maintain his posture.
In reality, a German firm finding a vaccine is just as good as an American firm finding a vaccine. This is another political expendature by Trump with federal government monies. The USA federal budget funds research all the time. If the USA has not yet perfected a vaccine it is probably because funding was cut.
March 15, 2020
By Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger
The Trump administration (click here) attempted to persuade a German firm developing a possible vaccine for coronavirus to move its research work to the United States, German officials said, raising fears in Berlin that President Trump was trying to assure that any inoculation would be available first, and perhaps exclusively, in the United States.
The offer arose from a March 2 meeting at the White House that included the chief executive of the German firm CureVac, Daniel Menichella. President Trump briefly attended the meeting and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, was also there....
Who hacked HHS, domestic or foreign?
March 16, 2020
By Dalvin Brown
The U.S Health and Human Services Department (click here) was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which has killed 69 people in the country as of Monday.
Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted the news Monday saying, "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down."
USA TODAY reached out to HHS for confirmation that the attack happened.
The supposed cyber intrusion didn't affect systems in any meaningful way, and hackers weren't able to retrieve information, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
However, the event prompted the National Security Council to tweet about the spread of disinformation on Sunday, Bloomberg reports....
By Bernadetta Hogan
Businesses across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (click here) will be shuttered to stem the coronavirus contagion in an unheard-of accord among the three states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a joint press call Monday.
Gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also be closed at 8 p.m. Monday.
All bars and restaurants will be open for takeout and delivery only, officials said.
“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state,” said Cuomo....
I went to Oryana to get groceries. There was no worrying about social distancing. We all got it and everyone was observing their distance and shopping. It was great. I really appreciate my neighborhood and it's grocery.
I am sorry, but, BANNING is an opportunistic political agenda and serves no real purpose except victimizing in a different way. Conservatives like to blame video games for gun violence. This is a political ban that is definitely overreaching. I think closings on the short term is prudent and necessary, but, banning is completely wrong.
March 16, 2020
By Kavahn Mansouri
State officials are shutting down video (click here) in Illinois for the remainder of March to help limit exposure to COVID-19.
The Illinois Gaming board ordered the suspension of all video gaming Monday, banning establishments from operating the machines until March 30. The ban went into effect at 9 a.m.
“The public health of patrons, video gaming industry employees, Gaming Board staff, and all others is of paramount importance,” Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said in a press release....
It is an attempted cover-up. By obtaining the vaccine's research, Trump can maintain his posture.
In reality, a German firm finding a vaccine is just as good as an American firm finding a vaccine. This is another political expendature by Trump with federal government monies. The USA federal budget funds research all the time. If the USA has not yet perfected a vaccine it is probably because funding was cut.
March 15, 2020
By Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger
The Trump administration (click here) attempted to persuade a German firm developing a possible vaccine for coronavirus to move its research work to the United States, German officials said, raising fears in Berlin that President Trump was trying to assure that any inoculation would be available first, and perhaps exclusively, in the United States.
The offer arose from a March 2 meeting at the White House that included the chief executive of the German firm CureVac, Daniel Menichella. President Trump briefly attended the meeting and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, was also there....
Who hacked HHS, domestic or foreign?
March 16, 2020
By Dalvin Brown
The U.S Health and Human Services Department (click here) was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which has killed 69 people in the country as of Monday.
Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted the news Monday saying, "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down."
USA TODAY reached out to HHS for confirmation that the attack happened.
The supposed cyber intrusion didn't affect systems in any meaningful way, and hackers weren't able to retrieve information, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
However, the event prompted the National Security Council to tweet about the spread of disinformation on Sunday, Bloomberg reports....
The Federal Government is very weak in not issuing schools until it is known to be safe.
Is Liberty University so backward that it doesn't have online access? A lot of schools are going cyber to maintain class schedules. This is pure laziness of Liberty University.
March 16, 2020
By Sky Palma
As most schools around the country shutter operations (click here) in response to the coronavirus outbreak and move their classes online, Liberty University will continue as usual, and the decision by the evangelical college has some students angry, according to a report from WDBJ.
Speaking to WDBJ, freshman Alexis Valle thinks the decision is a bad idea.
“I’m from the area and I have a lot of family that have cancer or lung problems in general,” she said. “I don’t want to risk taking it home and spreading it to my family because with the cancer they have, that could potentially really hurt them and potentially even result in death.”...
The number of cases has increased as has the number of deaths in the USA and will increase even while Americans are working to flatten the curve.
March 16, 2020
March 12, 2020
By Dawn Gilbertson
An American Airlines pilot (click here) based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus.
American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
There have not been other publicized cases of U.S. airline pilots testing positive, though there have been reports of others in the travel industry testing positive, including airport medical screeners and TSA officers.
"We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures,'' Blessing said....
Everyone in the airline industry needs to go home and all fleets sanitized for when the flights begin again.
The pilots, flight attendants, ground crew and baggage handlers should all be on leave until this crisis is over.
Airplanes/Jets can be breeding grounds for COVID-19. I read an article whereby all disembarking passengers were held in lines until they were tested. I don't know what good that is going to do, it isn't going stop anything. This test is not an INSTANT STREP (click here). It is a false sense of safety. It is simpleton logic.
Commercial airliners have pressurized cabins. Those cabins are closed to outside air. In other words, while the air in the plane seems fine and healthy it may contain serious contagions. The longer a person is exposed to contaminated air or surfaces the more chance they have in contracting an illness. THEREFORE. Taking planes for lengthy flights is hideous. And to hold people in lines at the airports is stupid. It only prolongs exposure of the same population of people in the plane.
The tests being required of people entering the country won't be known to positive or negative until 48 hours later.
...Later that evening, (click here) a nurse took two specimens from me—a throat swap and a nasal swab, the latter shoved so far up my nose it felt like I had just snorted wasabi. She informed me they would send the two specimens to Maryland’s public health department for COVID-19 testing, which could take as much as 48 hours. I was then told to go home and await the results. Back at home, I noticed the paperwork did not supply me with a way to track my testing, nor did it provide me with a point of contact for my results—just the usual boilerplate text on how to telephone the ER if I had any general questions....
The idea behind flattening the curve is to keep people moving at a distance from others. An airport does not allow for social distancing. As a matter of fact airports will increase the odds of contracting the virus.
It is best for everyone if they wear face masks in airports. The testing can occur at the time of reservation demanding results at the time of check-in or as the passenger enters the plane and handed a face mask in order to fly. Do away with food and water telling passengers as they make their reservations to bring their own. The bottle size restriction must be observed so the containers from home have to meet current regulations.
The federal government is very weak. It has lost it's expertise and opened the country up to a very dangerous virus. Below is a story from Reddit of stupidity and a perfect example of simpleton logic from. This is also a very small population of people, even below that of the restriction of a 50 person gathering.
March 16, 2020
South Korean church sprayed (click here) salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle
The number of cases has increased as has the number of deaths in the USA and will increase even while Americans are working to flatten the curve.
March 16, 2020
The latest on the pandemic (click here)
- The U.S. death toll has climbed to more than 60. Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans will "have to hunker down significantly more."
- According to Johns Hopkins University data, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have surpassed 3,000 and there are more than 6,000 deaths worldwide.
- A number of U.S. states and cities have announced the closures of bars and restaurants for dine-in service, allowing only takeout and delivery to avoid crowds. The Center for Disease Control recommended no gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks....
The circumstances at the Today Show is very worrisome. I think Roker and Melvin are correct in staying at home.
March 16, 2020
By Yohana Desta
The novel coronavirus has hit the Today show. (click here) On Monday, anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that a staffer on the third hour of the morning show had contracted the disease, prompting anchors Al Roker and Craig Melvin to take the day off and trace their contacts. Both, Guthrie added, are not ill, but rather taking all necessary precautions in this period of uncertainty....
March 16, 2020
By Yohana Desta
The novel coronavirus has hit the Today show. (click here) On Monday, anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that a staffer on the third hour of the morning show had contracted the disease, prompting anchors Al Roker and Craig Melvin to take the day off and trace their contacts. Both, Guthrie added, are not ill, but rather taking all necessary precautions in this period of uncertainty....
The virus is highly contagious. That means of the staffer was in and working before diagnosed that area is contaminated and requires intense cleaning and preferably by professionals. Roker and Melvin are absolutely correct in being precautious.
The commercial passenger airlines should be shut down immediately.
By Dawn Gilbertson
An American Airlines pilot (click here) based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus.
American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
There have not been other publicized cases of U.S. airline pilots testing positive, though there have been reports of others in the travel industry testing positive, including airport medical screeners and TSA officers.
"We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures,'' Blessing said....
Everyone in the airline industry needs to go home and all fleets sanitized for when the flights begin again.
The pilots, flight attendants, ground crew and baggage handlers should all be on leave until this crisis is over.
Airplanes/Jets can be breeding grounds for COVID-19. I read an article whereby all disembarking passengers were held in lines until they were tested. I don't know what good that is going to do, it isn't going stop anything. This test is not an INSTANT STREP (click here). It is a false sense of safety. It is simpleton logic.
Commercial airliners have pressurized cabins. Those cabins are closed to outside air. In other words, while the air in the plane seems fine and healthy it may contain serious contagions. The longer a person is exposed to contaminated air or surfaces the more chance they have in contracting an illness. THEREFORE. Taking planes for lengthy flights is hideous. And to hold people in lines at the airports is stupid. It only prolongs exposure of the same population of people in the plane.
The tests being required of people entering the country won't be known to positive or negative until 48 hours later.
...Later that evening, (click here) a nurse took two specimens from me—a throat swap and a nasal swab, the latter shoved so far up my nose it felt like I had just snorted wasabi. She informed me they would send the two specimens to Maryland’s public health department for COVID-19 testing, which could take as much as 48 hours. I was then told to go home and await the results. Back at home, I noticed the paperwork did not supply me with a way to track my testing, nor did it provide me with a point of contact for my results—just the usual boilerplate text on how to telephone the ER if I had any general questions....
The idea behind flattening the curve is to keep people moving at a distance from others. An airport does not allow for social distancing. As a matter of fact airports will increase the odds of contracting the virus.
It is best for everyone if they wear face masks in airports. The testing can occur at the time of reservation demanding results at the time of check-in or as the passenger enters the plane and handed a face mask in order to fly. Do away with food and water telling passengers as they make their reservations to bring their own. The bottle size restriction must be observed so the containers from home have to meet current regulations.
The federal government is very weak. It has lost it's expertise and opened the country up to a very dangerous virus. Below is a story from Reddit of stupidity and a perfect example of simpleton logic from. This is also a very small population of people, even below that of the restriction of a 50 person gathering.
March 16, 2020
South Korean church sprayed (click here) salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle
Currently, the Roman Catholic Church has the strictest rules of any organization. I spoke with 85 year old mother yesterday, even though she is basically housebound, she is fine, happy and catching up on reading. She is a cornerstone of her church. They have stopped masses and meetings regardless of the number of people attending. The priests are on call as always for attending to the sick and the dead.
My mother was in church yesterday when the priest was providing all the changes the congregation will experience as issued by the Pope when another priest walked into the sanctuary and onto the alter. He showed a paper to the priest carrying out the mass and suddenly the scene changed. The papers stated the church would be closed and the congregation was to go home and stay home as much as possible. They clearly got the message this was a very bad virus and they weren't to take chances.
Flattening the curve through social distancing will work, but, not if its principles aren't carried out well.
My mother was in church yesterday when the priest was providing all the changes the congregation will experience as issued by the Pope when another priest walked into the sanctuary and onto the alter. He showed a paper to the priest carrying out the mass and suddenly the scene changed. The papers stated the church would be closed and the congregation was to go home and stay home as much as possible. They clearly got the message this was a very bad virus and they weren't to take chances.
Flattening the curve through social distancing will work, but, not if its principles aren't carried out well.
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