Be careful, be ready!

[Flash Harry]

This is my tribute to Manu Di Bango


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_5WJTbTJEU

And this is right up my street, thanks you for introducing his music to me, albeit posthumously.

What a great talent, I will be listening to this regularly from now on.

[Jean Pierre]

je suis content Harry de vous avoir fait connaitre Manu Dibango c'était avant d'être un grand bon musicien une très belle personne

[Hilary]

Alfredo do you know, once you've caught it and recovered are you likely to catch it again? I've heard its mutating.

[alfstone]

Alfredo do you know, once you've caught it and recovered are you likely to catch it again? I've heard its mutating.

Extremely unlikely, Hilary. Only few cases described. Almost exceptional event.

Alfredo

[alfstone]

Thanks Alfredo this thread is much needed.
My wife is back at the hospital and unfortunately it is more of the same. Patients all over the hospital on random floors ending up with covid and infecting a nurse or two.
This must be happening everywhere in the US, we are so behind on testing it's almost worthless to try catching up at this point... especially when there still isn't a national quarantine.

Please stay home

I hope I misunderstood. Patients Covid patients mixed with not-Covid??? It would be a catastrophe...This way very soon you wouldn't have doctors and nurses enough to care people...

Alfredo

[Boognish]

I wish you misunderstood...
I don't know of any specifics and I don't mean to speak too freely but I'm sure it's the same everywhere else in the USA.

Since there was not adequate testing from the start,
A patient goes to ER with some symptoms. They are screened but there is only a small area set up for covid patients.
Since there is no organization anywhere with this, it is the same at the hospitals.
Since tests are few, They're more worried about keeping the known case isolated, so they don't even test for covid until all other things are tested for. So what's the point right? These nurses already know that it's likely their patients have covid.
I'm afraid that will soon be the reality in many hospitals here.
Wish I could say more but maybe I'll pm you Alf

[Boognish]

Like I said...

 I'm in a red state with a governor who'll take his cues from Trump.

God, help us.

[alfstone]

I wish you misunderstood...
I don't know of any specifics and I don't mean to speak too freely but I'm sure it's the same everywhere else in the USA.

Since there was not adequate testing from the start,
A patient goes to ER with some symptoms. They are screened but there is only a small area set up for covid patients.
Since there is no organization anywhere with this, it is the same at the hospitals.
Since tests are few, They're more worried about keeping the known case isolated, so they don't even test for covid until all other things are tested for. So what's the point right? These nurses already know that it's likely their patients have covid.
I'm afraid that will soon be the reality in many hospitals here.
Wish I could say more but maybe I'll pm you Alf

Before arriving at the ER, or First aid, now every hospital has a pre-triage tent where are sent all those who come with flu-like symptoms...Since the beginning the challenge here has been to create large areas with beds and technical medical support for Covid patients. And anyway now here there are no "mixed" hospital: hospitals are "only-Covid" OR "no-Covid", moving all the No-Covid patients from a hospital to another.

Alfredo

[Hilary]

Thanks Alfredo - take care.

[Boognish]

I wish you misunderstood...
I don't know of any specifics and I don't mean to speak too freely but I'm sure it's the same everywhere else in the USA.

Since there was not adequate testing from the start,
A patient goes to ER with some symptoms. They are screened but there is only a small area set up for covid patients.
Since there is no organization anywhere with this, it is the same at the hospitals.
Since tests are few, They're more worried about keeping the known case isolated, so they don't even test for covid until all other things are tested for. So what's the point right? These nurses already know that it's likely their patients have covid.
I'm afraid that will soon be the reality in many hospitals here.
Wish I could say more but maybe I'll pm you Alf

Before arriving at the ER, or First aid, now every hospital has a pre-triage tent where are sent all those who come with flu-like symptoms...Since the beginning the challenge here has been to create large areas with beds and technical medical support for Covid patients. And anyway now here there are no "mixed" hospital: hospitals are "only-Covid" OR "no-Covid", moving all the No-Covid patients from a hospital to another.

Alfredo

Yes I'm sure we'll get there soon...
I live right by campus. The basketball arena is empty, parking lot is empty...
IMO they should be setting up already, and maybe they are, but we are behind and working backwards.
My city mayor is putting us on mandatory shelter at home starting tonight, but the state governor still hasn't enforced that at the state level yet. Waiting for the orange man to tell him what to do.