stimtron
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Seems to act more as an immunostimulant than a direct antiviral. Though it did cure some people of HPV in one study.
What's your COVID-19 gameplan?
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Seems to act more as an immunostimulant than a direct antiviral. Though it did cure some people of HPV in one study.
justhere4comm
Banned
The flu mortality rate is 0.1 percent in the USA.
We will be at 3-5% mortality rate overall with older people taking the brunt of it, along with those with immune deficiency issues and conditions.
If it stays at 1% and does not climb but rests there for a few months...
My man. Do the math. This is a war of attrition and it can outlive us.
1 percent of the USA.
3,290,000 people will have died across the spectrum.
It could be 3-5x that...
Covid-19 is 10x as contagious as the common flu.
Edit:
Again, this is not an argument I want to win. I'd be happy to lose. I would do the jig, video it, and post it.
We will be at 3-5% mortality rate overall with older people taking the brunt of it, along with those with immune deficiency issues and conditions.
If it stays at 1% and does not climb but rests there for a few months...
My man. Do the math. This is a war of attrition and it can outlive us.
1 percent of the USA.
3,290,000 people will have died across the spectrum.
It could be 3-5x that...
Covid-19 is 10x as contagious as the common flu.
Edit:
Again, this is not an argument I want to win. I'd be happy to lose. I would do the jig, video it, and post it.
The flu mortality rate is low because every doctor, urgent care, hospital, medical center has tests for the flu......
We are JUST NOW producing tests for COVID-19 and every day that more tests are being administered the percentage of people dying to actual cases is DROPPING.
Do the math? Yes, please try. Trends in virus's tend to go down over time, not up.
Godstrength
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There's no 3 to 5% being killed by this virus. so many people have it or have had it already and don't even know because they never got tested (symptoms confused with flu or sinus infection). This virus has been circulating in the u.s. for a couple months now at least. Any high percentages are coming from a place where they're taking death rates of those who have tested positive for the virus. A true percentage of people who will die is going to be nowhere near 3% to 5. Everybody panicking hyping this s*** up is what's making everybody batshit crazy
muscleupcrohn
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There is the possibility that if hospitals become overwhelmed, mortality rates could rise, in a worst case scenario. But yes, considering there are likely many people who had it and were either asymptomatic or not symptomatic enough to get tested and recovered, the mortality rate is lower than what has been reported. That said, we know this is worse than the normal flu, but I get that you’re not claiming otherwise, only using the flu for context regarding testing and whatnot.
Exactly. As the number of tests skyrocket and the number of people tested skyrocket, I expect the mortality to drop...like it already has done by a very large margin just within the past 4 weeks.
poison
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thebigt
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kind of a big difference there...Bernie sanders predicted more would die from coronavirus than died in WW2.
poison
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Please don't reference Bernie, lol.
thebigt
Legend
these are hard times...Bernie is always good for a laugh---when i'm really down I put on joe bidens greatest hits, lol.
manifesto
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Lol Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are both fvcking idiots....Biden looks sedated half the time
justhere4comm
Banned
Anyone see the Covid-19 thread?
justhere4comm
Banned
Looks up several posts passed you. Oh. It’s now the political thread subset of the original.
thebigt
Legend
EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL even a virus. might try looking at the news every now and then.
N2ofusion
Active member
wow, guess it really depends on your circle of friends. I’ve been living in covid-19 fear for months. I have family in China. to My boss and several colleagues are from Singapore with vivid memories of SARS circa 2002. So I could not believe the attitudes of “oh it’s just a flu”. How we still can’t get everyone tested and isolated is an absolute disaster.
My work has been temperature screening and social distancing for a month. Yet we try to go out for an isolated walk and there’s people STILL not taking this thing seriously.
thebigt
Legend
you are right, it depends on circle of friends...if a supp company came out with a new stim even better than dmaa everyone on this forum would be talking about it, but the general public not so much.
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
I would never trust the CDC...
Didn't I already mention how I never get the flu vaccine ? lol Bill Gates and ebola
You people can keep hating, but I know there is an agenda behind this
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
I love how they have no problem prescribing tons of other harmful medications but when there is something that may help rona aka hydroxychloroquine they won't allow it. Sorry , but I'd be trying anything for a pandemic.
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
This is correct
How to trick the people into separation, conformity(toilet paper), fear and handing over their freedom effortlessly
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Iwilleattuna
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Yeah well, it's not actually Dave, it's his guest....
I don't need sources to see that there is an agenda behind this
justhere4comm
Banned
You do need sources, and then consider the agenda of (in this case) Dave's guest. That would be a good place to start for any digital detective.
There are a number of conspiracy theories. I don't subscribe to any one mode of thinking with regard to the pandemic, so also won't be spreading anything that isn't verified. Let's keep an even keel until we can identify and focus on what we can affect.
Some great people in here with their fingers on the pulse of the front lines, providing insight.
My wife shares with me information daily but it's a bit beyond my understanding.
As long as some doctors are aware that testing for Covid-19 (specific) is not necessary as they have several factors they can have at their disposal when it comes to other tests that can narrow down the possibilities quite fast.
Here is a for instance:
Every one of my colleagues have now seen several hundred Covid 19 patients and this is what I think I know.
Clinical course is predictable.
2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.
Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.
Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.
81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical.
Patient presentation is varied. Patients are coming in hypoxic (even 75%) without dyspnea. I have seen Covid patients present with encephalopathy, renal failure from dehydration, DKA. I have seen the bilateral interstitial pneumonia on the xray of the asymptomatic shoulder dislocation or on the CT's of the (respiratory) asymptomatic polytrauma patient. Essentially if they are in my ER, they have it. Seen three positive flu swabs in 2 weeks and all three had Covid 19 as well. Somehow this ***** has told all other disease processes to get out of town.
China reported 15% cardiac involvement. I have seen covid 19 patients present with myocarditis, pericarditis, new onset CHF and new onset atrial fibrillation. I still order a troponin, but no cardiologist will treat no matter what the number in a suspected Covid 19 patient. Even our non covid 19 STEMIs at all of our facilities are getting TPA in the ED and rescue PCI at 60 minutes only if TPA fails.
Diagnostic
CXR- bilateral interstitial pneumonia (anecdotally starts most often in the RLL so bilateral on CXR is not required). The hypoxia does not correlate with the CXR findings. Their lungs do not sound bad. Keep your stethoscope in your pocket and evaluate with your eyes and pulse ox.
Labs- WBC low, Lymphocytes low, platelets lower then their normal, Procalcitonin normal in 95%
CRP and Ferritin elevated most often. CPK, D-Dimer, LDH, Alk Phos/AST/ALT commonly elevated.
Notice D-Dimer- I would be very careful about CT PE these patients for their hypoxia. The patients receiving IV contrast are going into renal failure and on the vent sooner.
Basically, if you have a bilateral pneumonia with normal to low WBC, lymphopenia, normal procalcitonin, elevated CRP and ferritin- you have covid-19 and do not need a nasal swab to tell you that.
A ratio of absolute neutrophil count to absolute lymphocyte count greater than 3.5 may be the highest predictor of poor outcome. the UK is automatically intubating these patients for expected outcomes regardless of their clinical presentation.
An elevated Interleukin-6 (IL6) is an indicator of their cytokine storm. If this is elevated watch these patients closely with both eyes.
Other factors that appear to be predictive of poor outcomes are thrombocytopenia and LFTs 5x upper limit of normal.
Disposition
I had never discharged multifocal pneumonia before. Now I personally do it 12-15 times a shift. 2 weeks ago we were admitting anyone who needed supplemental oxygen. Now we are discharging with oxygen if the patient is comfortable and oxygenating above 92% on nasal cannula. We have contracted with a company that sends a paramedic to their home twice daily to check on them and record a pulse ox. We know many of these patients will bounce back but if it saves a bed for a day we have accomplished something. Obviously we are fearful some won't make it back.
We are a small community hospital. Our 22 bed ICU and now a 4 bed Endoscopy suite are all Covid 19. All of these patients are intubated except one. 75% of our floor beds have been cohorted into covid 19 wards and are full. We are averaging 4 rescue intubations a day on the floor. We now have 9 vented patients in our ER transferred down from the floor after intubation.
Luckily we are part of a larger hospital group. Our main teaching hospital repurposed space to open 50 new Covid 19 ICU beds this past Sunday so these numbers are with significant decompression. Today those 50 beds are full. They are opening 30 more by Friday. But even with the "lockdown", our AI models are expecting a 200-400% increase in covid 19 patients by 4/4/2020.
Treatment
Supportive
worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die. Seattle reporting 70%. Our hospital has had 5 deaths and one patient who was extubated. Extubation happens on day 10 per the Chinese and day 11 per Seattle.
Plaquenil which has weak ACE2 blockade doesn't appear to be a savior of any kind in our patient population. Theoretically, it may have some prophylactic properties but so far it is difficult to see the benefit to our hospitalized patients, but we are using it and the studies will tell. With Plaquenil's potential QT prolongation and liver toxic effects (both particularly problematic in covid 19 patients), I am not longer selectively prescribing this medication as I stated on a previous post.
We are also using Azithromycin, but are intermittently running out of IV.
Do not give these patient's standard sepsis fluid resuscitation. Be very judicious with the fluids as it hastens their respiratory decompensation. Outside the DKA and renal failure dehydration, leave them dry.
Proning vented patients significantly helps oxygenation. Even self proning the ones on nasal cannula helps.
Vent settings- Usual ARDS stuff, low volume, permissive hypercapnia, etc. Except for Peep of 5 will not do. Start at 14 and you may go up to 25 if needed.
Do not use Bipap- it does not work well and is a significant exposure risk with high levels of aerosolized virus to you and your staff. Even after a cough or sneeze this virus can aerosolize up to 3 hours.
The same goes for nebulizer treatments. Use MDI. you can give 8-10 puffs at one time of an albuterol MDI. Use only if wheezing which isn't often with covid 19. If you have to give a nebulizer must be in a negative pressure room; and if you can, instruct the patient on how to start it after you leave the room.
Do not use steroids, it makes this worse. Push out to your urgent cares to stop their usual practice of steroid shots for their URI/bronchitis.
We are currently out of Versed, Fentanyl, and intermittently Propofol. Get the dosing of Precedex and Nimbex back in your heads.
One of my colleagues who is a 31 yo old female who graduated residency last may with no health problems and normal BMI is out with the symptoms and an SaO2 of 92%. She will be the first of many.
I PPE best I have. I do wear a MaxAir PAPR the entire shift. I do not take it off to eat or drink during the shift. I undress in the garage and go straight to the shower. My wife and kids fled to her parents outside Hattiesburg. The stress and exposure at work coupled with the isolation at home is trying. But everyone is going through something right now. Everyone is scared; patients and employees. But we are the leaders of that emergency room. Be nice to your nurses and staff. Show by example how to tackle this crisis head on. Good luck to us all."
Stay safe.
There are a number of conspiracy theories. I don't subscribe to any one mode of thinking with regard to the pandemic, so also won't be spreading anything that isn't verified. Let's keep an even keel until we can identify and focus on what we can affect.
Some great people in here with their fingers on the pulse of the front lines, providing insight.
My wife shares with me information daily but it's a bit beyond my understanding.
As long as some doctors are aware that testing for Covid-19 (specific) is not necessary as they have several factors they can have at their disposal when it comes to other tests that can narrow down the possibilities quite fast.
Here is a for instance:
Every one of my colleagues have now seen several hundred Covid 19 patients and this is what I think I know.
Clinical course is predictable.
2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.
Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.
Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.
81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical.
Patient presentation is varied. Patients are coming in hypoxic (even 75%) without dyspnea. I have seen Covid patients present with encephalopathy, renal failure from dehydration, DKA. I have seen the bilateral interstitial pneumonia on the xray of the asymptomatic shoulder dislocation or on the CT's of the (respiratory) asymptomatic polytrauma patient. Essentially if they are in my ER, they have it. Seen three positive flu swabs in 2 weeks and all three had Covid 19 as well. Somehow this ***** has told all other disease processes to get out of town.
China reported 15% cardiac involvement. I have seen covid 19 patients present with myocarditis, pericarditis, new onset CHF and new onset atrial fibrillation. I still order a troponin, but no cardiologist will treat no matter what the number in a suspected Covid 19 patient. Even our non covid 19 STEMIs at all of our facilities are getting TPA in the ED and rescue PCI at 60 minutes only if TPA fails.
Diagnostic
CXR- bilateral interstitial pneumonia (anecdotally starts most often in the RLL so bilateral on CXR is not required). The hypoxia does not correlate with the CXR findings. Their lungs do not sound bad. Keep your stethoscope in your pocket and evaluate with your eyes and pulse ox.
Labs- WBC low, Lymphocytes low, platelets lower then their normal, Procalcitonin normal in 95%
CRP and Ferritin elevated most often. CPK, D-Dimer, LDH, Alk Phos/AST/ALT commonly elevated.
Notice D-Dimer- I would be very careful about CT PE these patients for their hypoxia. The patients receiving IV contrast are going into renal failure and on the vent sooner.
Basically, if you have a bilateral pneumonia with normal to low WBC, lymphopenia, normal procalcitonin, elevated CRP and ferritin- you have covid-19 and do not need a nasal swab to tell you that.
A ratio of absolute neutrophil count to absolute lymphocyte count greater than 3.5 may be the highest predictor of poor outcome. the UK is automatically intubating these patients for expected outcomes regardless of their clinical presentation.
An elevated Interleukin-6 (IL6) is an indicator of their cytokine storm. If this is elevated watch these patients closely with both eyes.
Other factors that appear to be predictive of poor outcomes are thrombocytopenia and LFTs 5x upper limit of normal.
Disposition
I had never discharged multifocal pneumonia before. Now I personally do it 12-15 times a shift. 2 weeks ago we were admitting anyone who needed supplemental oxygen. Now we are discharging with oxygen if the patient is comfortable and oxygenating above 92% on nasal cannula. We have contracted with a company that sends a paramedic to their home twice daily to check on them and record a pulse ox. We know many of these patients will bounce back but if it saves a bed for a day we have accomplished something. Obviously we are fearful some won't make it back.
We are a small community hospital. Our 22 bed ICU and now a 4 bed Endoscopy suite are all Covid 19. All of these patients are intubated except one. 75% of our floor beds have been cohorted into covid 19 wards and are full. We are averaging 4 rescue intubations a day on the floor. We now have 9 vented patients in our ER transferred down from the floor after intubation.
Luckily we are part of a larger hospital group. Our main teaching hospital repurposed space to open 50 new Covid 19 ICU beds this past Sunday so these numbers are with significant decompression. Today those 50 beds are full. They are opening 30 more by Friday. But even with the "lockdown", our AI models are expecting a 200-400% increase in covid 19 patients by 4/4/2020.
Treatment
Supportive
worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die. Seattle reporting 70%. Our hospital has had 5 deaths and one patient who was extubated. Extubation happens on day 10 per the Chinese and day 11 per Seattle.
Plaquenil which has weak ACE2 blockade doesn't appear to be a savior of any kind in our patient population. Theoretically, it may have some prophylactic properties but so far it is difficult to see the benefit to our hospitalized patients, but we are using it and the studies will tell. With Plaquenil's potential QT prolongation and liver toxic effects (both particularly problematic in covid 19 patients), I am not longer selectively prescribing this medication as I stated on a previous post.
We are also using Azithromycin, but are intermittently running out of IV.
Do not give these patient's standard sepsis fluid resuscitation. Be very judicious with the fluids as it hastens their respiratory decompensation. Outside the DKA and renal failure dehydration, leave them dry.
Proning vented patients significantly helps oxygenation. Even self proning the ones on nasal cannula helps.
Vent settings- Usual ARDS stuff, low volume, permissive hypercapnia, etc. Except for Peep of 5 will not do. Start at 14 and you may go up to 25 if needed.
Do not use Bipap- it does not work well and is a significant exposure risk with high levels of aerosolized virus to you and your staff. Even after a cough or sneeze this virus can aerosolize up to 3 hours.
The same goes for nebulizer treatments. Use MDI. you can give 8-10 puffs at one time of an albuterol MDI. Use only if wheezing which isn't often with covid 19. If you have to give a nebulizer must be in a negative pressure room; and if you can, instruct the patient on how to start it after you leave the room.
Do not use steroids, it makes this worse. Push out to your urgent cares to stop their usual practice of steroid shots for their URI/bronchitis.
We are currently out of Versed, Fentanyl, and intermittently Propofol. Get the dosing of Precedex and Nimbex back in your heads.
One of my colleagues who is a 31 yo old female who graduated residency last may with no health problems and normal BMI is out with the symptoms and an SaO2 of 92%. She will be the first of many.
I PPE best I have. I do wear a MaxAir PAPR the entire shift. I do not take it off to eat or drink during the shift. I undress in the garage and go straight to the shower. My wife and kids fled to her parents outside Hattiesburg. The stress and exposure at work coupled with the isolation at home is trying. But everyone is going through something right now. Everyone is scared; patients and employees. But we are the leaders of that emergency room. Be nice to your nurses and staff. Show by example how to tackle this crisis head on. Good luck to us all."
Stay safe.
justhere4comm
Banned
What's correct?
How do you conclude this?
Tricking people?
Who's tricking who? Was it a trick when Donald Trump called it a Hoax?
Are you saying he knew? Was he tricked? He was aware of this in December. Also, he fired Obama's Pandemic Response Team (Ebola). Is he tricking us all?
Conformity? (Toilet Paper)
Please explain this. Actually, please don't.
A few questions of "Freedoms"
What freedoms are being handed to whom?
Isn't it responsible to practice social distancing in order to assist our fellow man and protect one another?
To whom is this finger being pointed?
Freedom is an illusion.
It always has been, when you permit anyone to hold some kind of law over your head when it is in the betterment of society. I can think of a good few examples that make no sense, but they are laws. As long as those in power or can influence power, they will use that influence to limit societal 'rights' as long as it keeps them in power or their influence over those in power.
Are you free to go buy steroids on the corner without a script? No. Why not?
What about ephedrine? It's for asthma right? You need to give your ID at the pharmacy in the USA. 1st.
There is a limit and they track who buys it. Why? (I know)
Anyone care to add their own stupid non-consequentials to this that limit our power over our own bodies, or other? Be inventive. I'm game. I think all drugs should be legal. The former head of Scotland Yard and a great many former police officers agree with me here. (Maybe a discussion for another time.)
Freedom? I don't think so.
This is a pandemic.
It's happened before, and it will happen again.
I won't try to explain it's sources; reasons for being, or motivations if any behind it.
I really don't care. It exists. We aren't in much of a position to do anything else about it.
justhere4comm
Banned
This is interesting:
"South Korea finished developing the 10 minute Covid-19 diagnostic kit and is now ramping up production. They plan to export 300.000 test-kits per week -"
Where is the brain trust in the USA working on these and other things?
Why aren't the captains of industry taking charge of producing the ventilators?
Do they need to be commanded by the President of the USA to do something?
I'm sharing my excitement at this news, but also added frustrations about my own country.
We are well on our way to record numbers infected, which may also include recorded deaths attributed to Covid-19. A great many deaths due to Covid-19 in the world have gone unrecorded.
"South Korea finished developing the 10 minute Covid-19 diagnostic kit and is now ramping up production. They plan to export 300.000 test-kits per week -"
Where is the brain trust in the USA working on these and other things?
Why aren't the captains of industry taking charge of producing the ventilators?
Do they need to be commanded by the President of the USA to do something?
I'm sharing my excitement at this news, but also added frustrations about my own country.
We are well on our way to record numbers infected, which may also include recorded deaths attributed to Covid-19. A great many deaths due to Covid-19 in the world have gone unrecorded.
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
IMO, People are blowing this out of proportion. No, I can't prove anything I say neither can anyone here and I think every person on Earth is wondering what is going on right now.
Should have added consumerism
People are conforming to social norms on stocking up toilet paper lol. Don't think anyone get's it, and I don't think toilet paper protects against corona
Well, I agree with you on freedom actually. I guess we're losing the rights we have been given which is still not free lol so I see your point
Honestly, this is just horrible what's going on. I hope we can just wake up and everything goes back to normal honestly
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
LOL , way to change the subject... nice
Iwilleattuna
Well-known member
The flesh may not be free, but the soul, spirit and mind can be
justhere4comm
Banned
My boss shared this with me and my team.
justhere4comm
Banned
Come to think of it, my company has bought it's employees a great many things to help us in health.
One is a great application for mind and spirit: "The Mindful Minute"*
Another would be: "Calm"
Great for relaxation and meditation.
I highly recommend.
-M
*I say, 'bought' because some applications have subscriptions.
One is a great application for mind and spirit: "The Mindful Minute"*
Another would be: "Calm"
Great for relaxation and meditation.
I highly recommend.
-M
*I say, 'bought' because some applications have subscriptions.
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justhere4comm
Banned
Maybe the states should all contract with Dyson instead of competing with FEMA and or waiting for the Fed to send them ventilators? Open for discussion.
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muscleupcrohn
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It’s not just the CDC though; it’s the equivalent in literally every developed country in the world...I would never trust the CDC...
Didn't I already mention how I never get the flu vaccine ? lol Bill Gates and ebola
You people can keep hating, but I know there is an agenda behind this
Even countries that don’t like the US. For every country to all take this so seriously says something. Not to mention if the US was lying, China and/or Russia etc. could come out and make the US look terrible if they were. Just like the moon landing and the earth not being flat; if the US faked the landing and/or the earth was flat, surely a country that doesn’t like the US would expose the “truth” and make the US look like idiots and ruin all the people’s trust in their government.
But since that hasn’t happened, and since the world is unified in knowing the earth isn’t flat and that this virus is more serious than the flu, it’s most likely true.
You just spout off asinine drivel and say “well, I don’t know what to believe.” Man, just because you say you don’t know doesn’t mean some of the sh*t you post has any shred of credibility in the least.
muscleupcrohn
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poison
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He did not call it a hoax, he called the dem response to it 'another one of their hoaxes'. You've been lied to.
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No, he did not fire Obama's pandemic response team. There was a restructuring, as recommended:
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If gun stores are being closed, businesses are being forced to operate (or not) in certain manners, and your movements are being dictated, yes, freedoms are being surrendered.
That's your right. But it doesn't have to happen, or we can reduce the chances. A large part of minimizing future epidemics is correctly identifying what happened now, how, from where, and why.
justhere4comm
Banned
I hope Dyson's Ventilator works better than this 500 Canadian Pesos thing.
Warning: This guy speaks like a Canadian Sailor... So, if you are at work, wait.
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Warning: This guy speaks like a Canadian Sailor... So, if you are at work, wait.
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thebigt
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I would not be defending Obama's pandemic [ebola] response team if I were you?
HIT4ME
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This is speculation. We have no evidence that anyone is infected that has not been tested. As a matter of fact, locally, we had reports originally of a 8 people being infected, then it turned out to be 3 (because we were reporting people who had symptoms and the doctors assumed it was Covid and it wasn't). Since we lack testing, and maybe even some of the people being treated aren't getting tested, it is really hard to say.
Without testing, we can only go on the best data we have available and it could go in either direction. We also don't know 100% what number of people in the population are asymptomatic. It could be an extremely small number of people and we're acting like it would bring down the numbers dramatically. That's wishful thinking with no evidence. I'm not saying you are wrong, and you are certainly in the majority here as far as what people are thinking - so this isn't directed at you specifically - but rather just questioning the assumption since I guarantee that not everyone in the hospital, or being sent home from the hospital, has actually been tested.
I would never trust the CDC...
Didn't I already mention how I never get the flu vaccine ? lol Bill Gates and ebola
You people can keep hating, but I know there is an agenda behind this
That's cool not to trust the CDC or Bill Gates - but where is your skepticism with even less credible sources? If you are going to question authorities, why are you not questioning other sources? Does being an authority alone make them wrong and being not-an-authority alone make them right?
I think this logic cuts both ways. Sometimes taking things you think will help will actually do harm. A good case - Lisinipril is on the list of drugs being investigated for treatment. But it is also on a list of drugs that could potentially make this worse. We don't know - so if someone is told it is a cure and it actually makes things worse and everyone starts taking it, where are we then? Almost all medications can be harmful. I mean, they are saying Ibuprofen may even make this worse.
Again, being skeptical is great - but don't you need evidence to see anything? How do you see an agenda without evidence?
HIT4ME
Well-known member
This is great - is this your wife's log? Great entry. This is a great example of how medicine works - sometimes you just don't have a solid diagnosis. You can back into a diagnosis by eliminating everything else. So if this could be flu or covid - and I test for flu and it is negative, I can be more certain that it is Covid. Sure, maybe not 100% but with every elimination of a possibility, the remaining possibilities become more and more likely. And given the limited testing available vs. the number of cases popping up, I'm sure this method of uncertain diagnosis is the best we have in many areas.
HIT4ME
Well-known member
I do believe that Elon Musk is trying to ramp up some production for respirators, etc. himself. I mean, he can be a mess and always jumps on this stuff like he is a hero, but he does seem to make some progress often times (even if PR is overblown). It seems like some other industries are working on it as well.
Screw you pal. No, wait, I love you, come back!
Nah, in reality, we often forget this and it is 100% true.
Me too. And I bet he took more than 10 hours to develop that hair drier.
jswain34
Well-known member
This is precisely my problem with this guy. He, and many others quick to believe any and all conspiracies, just says “oh this credible source must be sipping the kool-aid and trying to get me to sip it to, THEY LIE!!! But this dude over here who has been proven to be a quack and has multiple of their outlandish ideas disproven says ‘insert random bit of alt news contrary to what all experts are saying’ so he must be actually be the correct one in all of this”.
It just leaves me scratching my head. I am a huge fan of skepticism, but when you’re only skeptical of the government agencies where some of the best scientists in the world work but not remotely skeptical of someone who doesnt even study infectious disease and barely made it out of high school i just cant follow the logic.
Iwilleattuna
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I think I got the corona . Drank a 6 pack and now feeling sick. What do?
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Smont
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Drink 6 more
HIT4ME
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HIT4ME
Well-known member
I do want to point out that the Shredded Tuna throws a lot of sh1t out there, but he is a good dude and I do like his style...I see a lot of what he does as kind of playful questioning, and not about being right or wrong, just because he never really argues, haha. And yeah, he is wrong. But you can tell him and he can take it.
muscleupcrohn
Legend
That's fair. I just think he sometimes almost comes off as sort of acting like "all opposing viewpoints are equally valid and I'll present them as such," when, in reality, when one side is the overwhelming consensus of every state-funded/sponsored medical authority/organization in the developed world, as well as the overwhelming consensus in academia and research, and the other side is a bunch of dudes with blogs and YouTube videos, well, lets just say it's either disingenuous or ignorant to present both sides as even close to equally valid IMO.