Probably not. Now that she’s off the vent they are being extra careful to keep her calm, so no one is allowed in until tomorrow night at the earliest, and even then only 1 or 2 people. Obviously my cousins get priority.
The nurses said they will try to FaceTime as often as they can, though.
Ok but that’s a completely different thing. People were sent home that didn’t require oxygen. Sometimes they got worse. Sometimes that happened quickly. That doesn’t mean they needed to be admitted when they were evaluated or that they were denied admission. They just got worse.
Missouri of all places shutting down businesses that refuse to enforce guidelines.
https://twitter.com/KCMOHealthDept/status/1296096817202028544
I’m at urgent care waiting to get my ears cleaned. They’re driving me nuts getting plugged up - enough to risk a quick cleaning. Apparently the doctor I’m waiting for is a BIG LOUD GUY WITH A BOOMING VOICE who really likes to talk. It sounds like he’s yelling in the lobby. Awesome.
Huh?
He’s probably talking about the ear sucker device. It pulls out all the ear wax or any blockages in your ear.
Huh?
i will try my joke a second time
Sorry can’t hear you until the ear wax sucker thing happens.
Well that was fun. Dr. Loudy McJokesalot talked my ear off and had his mask over his nose about 10% of the time and over his mouth maybe 50% of the time. Fkin Boomer doctor, probably just back from Sturgis. I got to get up close and personal with 3 different nurses. I was in there almost an hour. All good stuff to increase those covid odds.
Turns out I have an infection in one ear. So I guess it’s good I went in. Got the other one cleaned out. Now the week of being paranoid begins.
This is all fine, but like there’s a ~0% chance they make it through a semester without having to shut down. It just sucks that our government doesn’t work and is forcing a lot of people to make bad decisions, myself included. I’m pretty salty about it I guess.
Plugged ears are super annoying. Probably worth the risks lol.
I had to go to my PCP tonight, and now have to get lab work, xrays, ultrasounds, and more appointments tomorrow and next week. First time there since February, and the covid precautions were fantastic. Not thrilled that I’ll have a significant increase in possible exposure this week, but hopefully being in NJ all offices will follow equally stringent guidelines.
I’ve get to schedule. They use the script renewals as a tool to make sure you get your physical.
This is a really interesting point. I’ve noticed that I really enjoy the interactions I have now too. They’ve almost entirely been with drs, nurses, PT, and the like so maybe it’s part compassion for them working on the front lines. The lack of socializing definitely could make us appreciate the few interactions we are having more though.
I’ve done a quick look at the week of 8/12-8/18 related to testing lag. Right now, I think we’re flying pretty close to blind because there appear to be major testing issues going on along with just patently unbelievable results. That’s not even mentioning how much testing has decreased on a major basis even though the U.S. is showing a 4% increase from the previous measurement period overall. Just 25 places of 52 measured are up in testing from the previous measurement period. If you remove the massive increase in testing in Texas (204,015 to 411,782) the U.S. would have only been up 0.2% in testing this week.
Here are the places I think are exhibiting major test lag (possibly to the point of the lagged tests being useless):
Texas
Arizona
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Virginia
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Colorado (not convinced this is what’s going on here)
Alaska
Washington has still yet to post a negative test since August 3. When those get updated get ready for more testing skewing.
It’s obviously very bad as we’re about to head into a big rise that results are lagging. It will make it harder to see when the real effects are felt and what are ghosts.
Well I’m glad she’s doing better and at least you’ll be able to talk to her!
They were turned away because hospitals were full, they needed care and they didn’t get it. They just weren’t told “Sorry, no space.” They were told, “Sorry, you’re not sick enough.”
Very very good article here on ventilation.
Not sure what else there is to say other than this is incorrect. There’s nothing to do for someone who didn’t need oxygen and had covid. They get discharged now still. I was an Er doc in nyc then. We didn’t send anyone home who we thought needed to stay.
