surprising that he hasn't eminent domained the park slope Y for his own private use
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
Not just ventilators and PPE.
Guardian (yesterday): Hertfordshire hospital forced to consider who should be refused oxygen
Vox: You can’t use ventilators without sedatives. Now the US is running out of those, too.
Presumably the DEA has collected millions of doses of fentanyl and carfentanil. Not a bad time for expedient dilutions....
― Sanpaku, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
this looks legit - a family friend just sent to me. a breathing technique that opens up the base of your lungs and keeps oxygen flowing in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLzAdriec0
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
Some talk of that in the famous people with covid thread (cause jk Rowling has the ‘vid and shared the vid)How are you? Are you trying this?
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
that video originated on Reddit iirc. There were a couple of self-described physicians arguing about whether it was good advice or not but amazingly the argument devolved into petty name-calling with no real evaluation of the advice given.
― kinder, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
amazingly the argument devolved into petty name-calling
And yet you say this happened on Reddit? Does not compute.
― cuomo money, cuomo problems (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
ikr
― kinder, Monday, 6 April 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
I'm good. I'm coming out the other side. My lungs definitely feel diminished. I am doing this (ok not the 10 minutes lying on my front, which I guess I probably should)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 April 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
woke up at 3 in the morning with constricted airways, been that way since. No fever, no exhaustion. I think it's a mix of pollen, stress and a sinus infection that's been hanging out for a month or two so I got flonase and amoxycillin. Hopefully I will be better in a day or two but it's a bad moment to feel this way.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 00:57 (four years ago) link
Good to hear you're on the mend, Tracer.
― Alba, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 01:17 (four years ago) link
Great news. The one huge change since the early days of this is learning, after thinking "Well, if I get it, I'm young enough at 58 that it's no big deal," how wrong that is. I've encountered so many stories, including your posts, that make it clear how awful it can be for the duration.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link
I can relate to your fears ulysses
― Dan S, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link
I NEED THIS CHEERING BULLSHIT TO FUCKING STOP
STOP MAKING NOISE
FOR FUCK'S SAKE THIS IS REAL LIFE NOT INSTAGRAM
― silby, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 03:01 (four years ago) link
be QUIET
outliers attempting to counter global consensus around this pandemic with amateur reporting or unverified sourcing are not collecting data. breaking news stories that only relay initial findings of an event are not collecting data. we have to be careful in our media consumption— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 7, 2020
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 04:05 (four years ago) link
2020 is here
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 04:07 (four years ago) link
that tweet is very abstract
― Dan S, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 04:15 (four years ago) link
wow that is weird.kinda of appreciate that clearly someone human is behind the account but also wish they would use more capitalization
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 04:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/las-vegas-parking-lot-homeless-shelter
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:04 (four years ago) link
Just wild.
Gov @GovPritzker confirms that the federal ‘Air Bridge’ flights from China, organized by the White House taskforce, are bringing PPE back from China which are then turned over to private companies. The states then have to bid against each other to purchase from those companies. pic.twitter.com/QG62dWtQuc— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 7, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 07:51 (four years ago) link
India has bowed to pressure / threats from the US and lifted its ban on the export of hydroxychloroquine.
The US is now forcing its own companies to sell medical supplies domestically and forcing other countries to not follow suit.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:00 (four years ago) link
My neighbour sent me a link to a David icke video about 5g, smh
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:12 (four years ago) link
The whole "5G created coronavirus!" is such... a thing of this time period we're in
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:25 (four years ago) link
5G creating modern malaise and chaos has been a going tinfoil hat concern for a few years now.
― santa clause four (suzy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:28 (four years ago) link
Even intellectual giants like Naomi “death recorded” Wolf are susceptible I’m told
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:41 (four years ago) link
Ahhh, to experience the calm, peaceful splendor of [checks notes] 1970's Belfast. pic.twitter.com/8xfXFHAbIo— Staymas Insidely (@shockproofbeats) April 5, 2020
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 09:13 (four years ago) link
This is interesting:
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/04/1586015208000/Imperial-s-Neil-Ferguson---We-don-t-have-a-clear-exit-strategy-/
Trying to get to grips with the UK government’s real strategy is problematic, despite the fact that a great deal of virtual ink has been spilt in trying to “explain” it. Indeed it hasn’t seemed totally clear to us whether they are deliberately not giving us the full picture, or whether the government does not actually know what the strategy is beyond this initial curve-flattening stage.
Which probably goes for most western governments.
...implies the government was aware of the potential death toll – or the one being projected by the scientists on their advisory committee, anyway – but had not considered a drastic lockdown strategy until it became clear that the likely number of deaths from any other strategy would not be seen as politically acceptable. It seems, therefore, that the paper was published at that time partly to help justify a change in the messaging. A “U-turn” doesn’t seem like quite the right term, therefore, for what happened.
And when we suggested to Ferguson that some in government might be pursuing some kind of watered-down version of herd immunity, or at least might be considering it a back-up option (in case a vaccine is not found in 18 months), he didn’t totally dismiss the idea. Instead, Ferguson noted that there was actually no definite exit strategy in place at this point, though testing and contact-tracing might help.It doesn’t seem clear to us, though, that we can rule out the idea that at least some in government are still pursuing the idea of herd immunity in the background, even if it is just a fall-back plan.
Instead, Ferguson noted that there was actually no definite exit strategy in place at this point, though testing and contact-tracing might help.
It doesn’t seem clear to us, though, that we can rule out the idea that at least some in government are still pursuing the idea of herd immunity in the background, even if it is just a fall-back plan.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 09:18 (four years ago) link
In Paris it is now forbidden to go out for exercise between 10:00 and 19:00, because of joggers fucking things up. I haven't witnessed this myself (jogging is done by the well-off, so not for people in my quartier), but apparently it was serious enough to go for the ban.
Masks are likely to be obligatory soon as well; apparently a washable version will be provided to city residents soon.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
If you die at home from the coronavirus, there’s a good chance you won’t be included in the official death toll, because of a discrepancy in New York City’s reporting process. The problem means the city’s official death count is likely far lower than the real toll taken by the virus, according to public health officials.
It also means that victims without access to testing are not being counted, and even epidemiologists are left without a full understanding of the pandemic. As of Monday afternoon, 2,738 New York City residents have died from ‘confirmed’ cases of COVID-19, according to the city Department of Health. That’s an average of 245 a day since the previous Monday.
But another 200 city residents are now dying at home each day, compared to 20 to 25 such deaths before the pandemic, said Aja Worthy-Davis, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office. And an untold number of them are unconfirmed.
https://gothamist.com/news/surge-number-new-yorkers-dying-home-officials-suspect-undercount-covid-19-related-deaths
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
great so the real number of deaths is almost twice what's being reported daily?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
That’s true everywhere, I think.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:02 (four years ago) link
That seems to be going on everywhere - we are only reporting deaths in hospital, not in care homes or at home, other countries have a whacking great disparity in death figures vs burials/cremations - everyone is juking the stats
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:02 (four years ago) link
Clap for Boris though.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/coronavirus-ireland-s-infection-peak-may-have-passed-toll-could-hit-400-by-august-report-forecasts-1.4223043
The study predicts 66,300 deaths in the UK, the highest in Europe. The UK’s use of bed resources is predicted to peak on April 17th and its deaths on April 20th.It says the peak of the pandemic has passed in many European countries, including Spain, Italy and France, where 19,209, 20,300 and 15,058 deaths are predicted, respectively.
It says the peak of the pandemic has passed in many European countries, including Spain, Italy and France, where 19,209, 20,300 and 15,058 deaths are predicted, respectively.
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
we’re number one baby! boris u legend!
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
"Even intellectual giants like Naomi “death recorded” Wolf are susceptible I’m told"
Naomi Wolf appears to have gone insane some time ago.
― akm, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
A new study from Harvard found that greater exposure to air pollution is directly correlated with higher death rates from coronavirus.
https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-updates-air-pollution-covid-19-death-rate
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
Well, that's scary news for me personally, because up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the most polluted town in the US and heated my house with a wood stove.
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
We just got off our wood stove about a year and a half ago and our neighborhood still has plenty of burners living in it.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
when the doctor in the reddit video says lie flat on your front with a pillow "in front of you" where exactly is the pillow meant to be? under your forehead, under your face, under your chest?
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
i took it to mean like just that you can keep breathing, but think of massage tables when you lay down and it has a place for your face.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
yeah i take that to mean as a way of cushioning your face so that you're not just mashing your nose and lips down into the bed
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
A retired NHS nurse in my fb feed posted this, maybe it applies?
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/91887928_10157951932565460_6721695844841553920_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=pZJQUGP9WFMAX-HedxV&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=bee758def81b6d0b8622c93c5c473178&oe=5EB3142E
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
Caution: the same person posted the flimflam about gargling with warm water like two weeks ago so I promise nothing. It sounds like maybe the "pillow in front of you" bit might refer to this, though?
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
I always sleep on my stomach and I just have my head turned enough on the pillow so I can breathe.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
I have my pillow mostly under my forehead for breathing purposes
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
so that you're not just mashing your nose and lips down into the bed
Or anyone else's, just to be clear
― cuomo money, cuomo problems (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
damn, I'm all out of towles
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 7, 2020
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
the follow up is the winner imo
we're a frozen meat brand posting ads inevitably made to misdirect people and generate sales, so this is peak irony, but hey we live in a society so please make informed decisions to the best of your ability and don't let anecdotes dictate your worldview oksteak-umm bless— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 7, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link