outbreak! (ebola, sars, coronavirus, etc)

Thank you pom.

sad lols at calzino's second tweet

BREAKING: Ground stop now in effect — all departures stopped — for JFK, LGA, EWR due to positive covid-19 tests. Other regional airspace sectors halted through key “gates” through NY air traffic areas. -Sources

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) March 21, 2020

only temporary?

At 2:21 PM NY Center is beginning “a slow process” reopening. “This is a very fluid process, dynamically changing as ZNY is attempting to stabilize operations and re-staff positions,” according to A4A guidance to planners.

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) March 21, 2020

positive covid-19 tests for passengers/pilots on active flights, I presume?

people who are still on cruises...what is with these people???

Are you guys watching CBS?

This is very cool. They are giving a mutual gift. It's unreal

xxpost I assumed it was shortage of flight controllers, ground crew which would impact aircraft operations.

Sounds like the issues at Chicago Midway after three tower controllers tested positive.

Italy 793 deaths in the last 24.

hours.

Watch CBS, asswipe

wut

Do we look like the type of people who watch CBS

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white sock; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Hey everyone. Not sure if anyone will remember me, but I used to post on ILX years back, including at length on the Jenny McCarthy / autism thread.

I'm still a neurologist, in Canada (Saskatoon). We're bracing for Covid, but it hasn't hit hard here yet. I'll eventually be working in the hospitals taking care of pneumonia patients, but that's still a few weeks off. In the meantime, I've been writing online about medicine again, on our local subreddit, trying to get outside the bubble of my mostly doctor friends and reach people in the community to discuss this crisis.

It's a legitimately terrifying situation. I hope everyone is staying safe, wherever you are.

Sorry to be too emotional about it (not much sleep these days), but these boards and the people who write here have meant a lot to me. Wanted to stop by and say hello again.

I'll check in here from time to time and contribute what I can.

good luck usa

thank you Plasmon, and best to you in your work and life

we really need an alternative to "fluid process"

totally remember you! good to hear from you. Great work that you're doing.

infuriating video from Florida from a city council meeting.

the male getting the most upset is Omari Hardy, and I tend to agree with him here.

This is why the beaches haven't closed in Florida, and why they've had minimal COVID-19 prevention. Absolute dysfunction. pic.twitter.com/8x2tcQeg21

— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) March 21, 2020

Please check in lots. Any information you have will be infinitely more reliable than trying to stitch together a thousand moving parts by the minute.

The Washington Post reports:

The FDA late Friday approved the first coronavirus test that can be conducted entirely at the point of care for a patient — and deliver results in 45 minutes. The FDA granted “emergency use authorization” to Cepheid, a California company that makes a rapid molecular test for the coronavirus. Getting results in 45 minutes would be far quicker than the current situation in which tests typically are sent to central reference labs that can take days to deliver results.

The FDA authorization covers “patient care settings,” including doctors’ offices, but initially will be used primarily by hospitals and emergency departments, the company said. The specimen can be collected either by a nasal swab or by a saline wash using a small catheter. Neither is particularly comfortable, but the advantage of the wash is that it doesn’t require swabs, which are in short supply.

xpost co-sign

45 minute tests sound good.

Dr Shitstain gets results

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/nigeria-reports-chloroquine-poisonings-after-trump-praised-drug

Watch CBS, asswipe

― Chief Kyiv, Saturday, March 21, 2020 2:21 PM

Whatever your problem is, moderator patience is probably thinner than usual so rein it in plz.

rein it in plz

Chief Kyiv is almost certainly one of those perma-banned past ilxors who just can't stay away from ilx. Chances are they won't figure out how to meet ilx community standards any more this time around than the previous x number of times they've been kicked out. We'll see.

apologies if Atlantic article has been posted

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-we-beat-coronavirus/608389/

The "autumn lull" factor is scariest of all. I can foresee a premature victory party with great clarity.

Rein In Plz is my favorite Zleyer album.

Chief Kyiv is almost certainly one of those perma-banned past ilxors who just can't stay away from ilx. Chances are they won't figure out how to meet ilx community standards any more this time around than the previous x number of times they've been kicked out. We'll see.

I'm sure they are -- just conscientiously offering them a chance to succeed instead of fuck up.

If there is an "autumn lull" it's the easiest prediction in the world that Trump and Company will claim triumphal honors and hold a tickertape parade for themselves in the month before the election.

inevitably

mission accomplished

i swear, they should just send out mobile vehicles to "test" everyone and tell them they have to isolate until they hear the results in 21 days.

As I predicted in one of these threads, I'm sure Asshole will boast of "only" 10k deaths or whatever.

Anyway, the real advantage of a fall "lull" is it would allow hospitals to reset, resupply and so on, while letting others recover, plus should it come back not only will doctors et al. be more ready for it (one hopes) but we'd be much closer to a potential vaccine. And I do keep noting that the reason for the high death rate during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was lack of antibiotics; more people reportedly died of bacterial pneumonia than of anything else. Better comparisons could be the '58 and '68 pandemics. The latter of which killed 100k in the U.S. and a million worldwide, but similar to potential Spanish flu-ish impact, I'd take medicine and hospitals today over those 50 years ago.

CBS is showing the Kentucky-Duke game right now
THE kentucky-Duke game right now
I just thought we should watch it together as we shelter in place
so sue me, iguess

^ still doesn't get it

fp xp

maybe if you'd have said what was ON CBS, just a thought.

then I could have said "no" a lot more rudely.

similar to potential Spanish flu-ish impact

Funny, she doesn't look flu-ish

borders closed in AUS and NZ? apologies if noted upthread

Funny, she doesn't look flu-ish

king

For those who like morbid toys: Steven De Keninck's Epidemic Calculator.

Plug in your favorite values for population, initial infected, Ro, CFR, Rt, lengths of incubation, infectious periods and hospital stays, and just how effective you expect a lockdown to be (Rt), and it spits out graphs of horror.

worst computer game ever

can't wait to see you on Twitch playing that xpost

Half of all coronavirus cases in New York state are in patients under 50 years old, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as he pleaded with young people to stop socializing and to increase their social distancing. Of the state’s 10,356 cases, 54 percent were in people aged 18 to 49, Cuomo said on Saturday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/half-of-all-coronavirus-cases-in-new-york-are-people-under-50-years-old-gov-cuomo-says?ref=home

Interesting thread on what might happen in China/world post-corona.

This is what I wrote on “Life post COVID” on my Weibo 10 days ago when most Chinese are back to work

If you want to fast forward and time travel after the quarantine period, here is what I saw pic.twitter.com/Aau0gns1Oq

— Dovey 以德服人 Wan 🪐🦖 (@DoveyWan) March 21, 2020

38-minute interview with Dr Fauci on FB is worth watching if you can tolerate somnambulant Zuckerberg

i'm always down for Fauci

.@deanbaker13's been patiently trying to explain that our system of patents could be a disastrous hindrance to discovering a coronavirus vaccine, because we need scientists sharing information. Here a Columbia University biologist makes the point for him. https://t.co/wBbMYmSCTV pic.twitter.com/AFQ9GpQnQV

— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) March 21, 2020

Hey everyone. Not sure if anyone will remember me, but I used to post on ILX years back, including at length on the Jenny McCarthy / autism thread.

Glad you're still reading the site, Plasmon. I'll always be grateful for you calmly talking me down off the panic-ledge a few years ago when my wife had her bout with lithium toxicity.

I appreciate the participation of any and all nurses , MDs and healthcare providers on ILX.