Coronavirus (No politics)

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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Do you folks think things should just reopen full force?

If it was upto you (in general), how would you proceed from this point?
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I'm a dentist and we can only see emergency patients. It's really hurting our staff who can't work. Hopefully they'll let us get back to work at the first of next month. I'm sure its going to change how we treat patients moving forward
 
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hog88 said:
yet you guys want make it easier for them to vote
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well I certainly dont support voter suppression. I dont believe it should be "easier" or "harder " for anyone to vote. The main problem with voting is not enough people do it. Almost half of eligible voters do not vote.
 
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I was getting takeout at a local restaurant yesterday evening and there was an ICU nurse present. When it came time for him to get his order, he lashed out at the to go girl for cross contaminating and that she needed to remove her gloves, wash her hands, and then put on new gloves before she touched his credit card to swipe. He threatened to call the health department and have the restaurant shut down.
 
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gordonr24 said:
I was getting takeout at a local restaurant yesterday evening and there was an ICU nurse present. When it came time for him to get his order, he lashed out at the to go girl for cross contaminating and that she needed to remove her gloves, wash her hands, and then put on new gloves before she touched his credit card to swipe. He threatened to call the health department and have the restaurant shut down.
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If someone did that in my shop I'd kick them out.

I'd also be sure to share the video.
 
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Acuna_Matata said:
I'm a dentist and we can only see emergency patients. It's really hurting our staff who can't work. Hopefully they'll let us get back to work at the first of next month. I'm sure its going to change how we treat patients moving forward
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My daughter is a dental assistant and it has me a little worried. I think you guys are more exposed to it than doctors or nurses. I would hope safety for your employees trumps going back to normal patient load right away.
 
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VolGirl81 said:
I went to an urgent care last nite and only the physician had a mask on. Everyone had gloves on, however, the nurse told me they decided to not to wear them. I was surprised.

Im curious about this treatment used that helped 2 drs get over covid fairly quickly after they received it.

Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved after experimental treatment

A Richmond doctor’s dramatic story of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and survival
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Cytokine release syndrome in severe COVID-19: Is tocilizumab effective?
 
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VolGirl81 said:
I went to an urgent care last nite and only the physician had a mask on. Everyone had gloves on, however, the nurse told me they decided to not to wear them. I was surprised.

Im curious about this treatment used that helped 2 drs get over covid fairly quickly after they received it.

Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved after experimental treatment

A Richmond doctor’s dramatic story of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and survival
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Actemra is a monoclonal antibody, most commonly used to treat arthritis and arteritis. Roche has a pretty large study right now concerning its use to treat coronavirus. Sounds like breaking the inflammatory cascade is the key. Interesting stuff.
 
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Posted this in the Politics forum, but interested to see what people think of this info in considering herd immunity....

NYC, for better or worse, is a great data source because of the degree of testing. Currently NY state is testing around 25,000/1million people. That’s better than most all countries. For example, everyone’s gold standard of South Korea is testing at 10,500/1 million people.

So, taking the population of NYC under 65, the total population is 7,322,785. Of those, 84,836 (1.1%) have tested positive. Of the positive tests, 15491 (18%) have been hospitalized. Of the positive tests <65, 1674 (1.9%) have died. Of those that died <65, 84 (5%) have had zero underlying medical problems. So overall, if you live in NYC and are under the age of 65 and contract COVID-19 and have no other medical issues, you have a 0.01% chance of death
 
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newyorkvol said:
Posted this in the Politics forum, but interested to see what people think of this info in considering herd immunity....

NYC, for better or worse, is a great data source because of the degree of testing. Currently NY state is testing around 25,000/1million people. That’s better than most all countries. For example, everyone’s gold standard of South Korea is testing at 10,500/1 million people.

So, taking the population of NYC under 65, the total population is 7,322,785. Of those, 84,836 (1.1%) have tested positive. Of the positive tests, 15491 (18%) have been hospitalized. Of the positive tests <65, 1674 (1.9%) have died. Of those that died <65, 84 (5%) have had zero underlying medical problems. So overall, if you live in NYC and are under the age of 65 and contract COVID-19 and have no other medical issues, you have a 0.01% chance of death
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Louisiana too...they are testing at 27k/million
 
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.0005% of Virginians have had this virus since the outbreak however many weeks ago. Make of this what you will.
 
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Tennessee coronavirus update
Tennessee had over 500 recoveries in the last 24 hours!!!

Tennessee COVID update
85,049 completed tests (93% negative)
6,079 total cases (44% are in Davidson and Shelby counties)
2,196 recovered 44%
3,335 active
141 deaths 2.2%
East Tennessee active cases 89
Knox County 49
Roane County 1
Loudon County 4
Anderson County 3
Blount County 6
Campbell County 3
Sevier County 1
Jefferson County 4
Grainger County 0
Cocke County 8
Hamblen County 2
Greene County 4
That's a total of only 89 active cases for the 12 Central valley counties.
 
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***RoadVol*** said:
My daughter is a dental assistant and it has me a little worried. I think you guys are more exposed to it than doctors or nurses. I would hope safety for your employees trumps going back to normal patient load right away.
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To be honest, most of our employees would rather work than be quarantined. I'm sure once business resumes, things are going to be very different, as far as OSHA and PPE go
 
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The Vandy study where they divided TN up into regions and then analyzed the transmission rate (R) by region was an interesting look.

Shelby area: 1-1.2
Davidson area: less than 1
South Central: 2
Upper Cumberland: 1.5
Knox area: less than 1
Hamilton area: .8-1.2
Northeast: 1-1.8
Mid-West: 1-2

So, basically, Shelby is still growing active cases some, but Davidson is dropping - so active cases should start dropping because they are the huge majority of cases. If Shelby can move down to dropping, you'll really see a reduction. There are few enough cases elsewhere that it seems TN is close to turning the corner on active cases.


Of course: Big question is what happens to R when we start trying to resume activities? How low can we keep it?
 
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TennTradition said:
The Vandy study where they divided TN up into regions and then analyzed the transmission rate (R) by region was an interesting look.

Shelby area: 1-1.2
Davidson area: less than 1
South Central: 2
Upper Cumberland: 1.5
Knox area: less than 1
Hamilton area: .8-1.2
Northeast: 1-1.8
Mid-West: 1-2

So, basically, Shelby is still growing active cases some, but Davidson is dropping - so active cases should start dropping because they are the huge majority of cases. If Shelby can move down to dropping, you'll really see a reduction. There are few enough cases elsewhere that it seems TN is close to turning the corner on active cases.


Of course: Big question is what happens to R when we start trying to resume activities? How low can we keep it?
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What do you make of the study out of Tel Aviv that says transmission is the same everywhere and lasts 8 weeks no matter the response?
 
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