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Some Covid-19 thoughts
Monday, April 27, 2020 4:22 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Top Manhattan ER Doctor Commits Suicide After Treating Coronavirus Patients In a shocking example of the psychic toll that those fighting on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak endure, a top emergency room doctor who treated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Manhattan has committed suicide, the New York Times reports. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Virginia on Sunday, where she was staying with family, according to her father who discussed her death with the Times. Her father said she had described to him "devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took on patients," the NYT reported. "She tried to do her job, and it killed her," he said. Breen's father, also an MD, said his daughter had contracted the virus, but had gone back to work after recuperating for about a week and a half. Then, the hospital sent her home again, but at this point her family moved to bring her back to Charlottesville, Va. Breen, 49, had no history of mental illness, but when she last spoke with her father, she reportedly described a horrifying onslaught of patients found DOA in ambulances, all of them COVID-19 patients. Dr. Breen Her father asked the NYT to "make sure [Breen] is treated like a hero," since she died doing her job and protecting this country from a devastating health care epidemic. "She was truly in the trenches of the front line," he said. "She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died." Dr. Lawrence A. Melniker, the vice chair for quality care at the NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, told the NYT that Dr. Breen was well-respected and well-liked in their hospital system. "You don’t get to a position like that at Allen without being very talented," he said. The coronavirus has presented unusual mental health challenges for emergency physicians throughout New York, the epicenter of the crisis in the United States. As the paper added, while ER doctors are inured to treating patients will all kinds of grisly injuries, they're not accustomed to being at risk of infection themselves, or of passing it to their colleagues.
Monday, April 27, 2020 4:46 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Monday, April 27, 2020 7:37 PM
Quote:A local Nurse's story. There is a Nurse who lives a few blocks away. We got to speak to her by chance. Haven't seen her in a long time. Asked how she was doing, and she responded with tears in her eyes. She said she is overwhelmed by the hours she puts in. Her main location is PIH, where she does a 12 hr. day. She said she is often called to help out at other Hospitals, which she is committed to help other health professionals. She said she often works close to a full day with only minimal breaks. We found out that reports of cases is not talked about because the priority is to try to save lives. She said she's had to use her same mask for weeks. She takes it off, and puts its in a plastic bag, and uses it again the next day. She's exhausted. Just listening to her makes you cry. We only hear how bad it is for them in the news, but to actually hear how bad it is in reality, gives a whole new insight into the suffering, on both sides. Thank you to all the health professionals, first responder for your beautiful commitment to save others. Bless you all.
Monday, April 27, 2020 7:40 PM
Monday, April 27, 2020 8:11 PM
Monday, April 27, 2020 9:38 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: I gave you a ton of suggestions. You silently shrugged. I'm not going to respond to any more of your whinging about your relatives. If you can't be bothered, then neither can I.
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: I gave you a ton of suggestions. You silently shrugged. I'm not going to respond to any more of your whinging about your relatives. If you can't be bothered, then neither can I.
Quote:JACK: Your suggestions were call them (which I do) and drive down to my brother (which I can't). My offer for him to live here temporarily is always on the table. They were going to do it and then all of the sudden they got cold feet about it. They're afraid that he can't go back to his place if things get even worse and more locked down in Illinois. His building is nearly all senior citizens outside of him and a few other younger people with disabilities. It probably wouldn't help him too much if he was here. At least I could make sure he wasn't going to start drinking, but he still can't go to church or really do anything. It would make the old man feel better though. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Monday, April 27, 2020 11:21 PM
BRENDA
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 12:59 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 2:00 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:49 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:01 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Bill Gates is just about as qualified to talk about a pandemic as Wishy is. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:14 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:58 PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:21 PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:40 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Sorry not sorry. Not interested in any of Bill Gates' new world order solutions to anything. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Lucky. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 7:47 PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:45 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 5:59 AM
THG
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 8:03 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 8:04 AM
Quote:Even though Trump's approval ratings concerning how he has handled the country's response to the coronavirus have dropped, those surveyed still believed he would win a second term as president. While 43.3 percent of participants in the poll believed Biden would win the election, 56.7 percent believed Trump would emerge the victor.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 8:05 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Trump signaled Tuesday that he’s looking to condition coronavirus economic relief for blue states on complying with the administration’s immigration policy goals. In remarks to reporters at a White House event with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump said he’d be willing to give economic aid to Democratically controlled state governments, but he wants them to do something for him first — bend their sanctuary city policies to align with the administration’s desired policy. Trump said he was only open to helping some states financially cover losses related to the coronavirus pandemic. “I think there’s a big difference with a state that lost money because of Covid and a state that’s been run very badly for 25 years,” he said. He then mentioned sates with sanctuary city policies. “We’d have to talk about things like sanctuary cities, as an example. I think sanctuary cities is something that has to be brought up where people who are criminals are protected, they are protected from prosecution,” he told reporters, despite sanctuary city policies having nothing to do with the pandemic. “I think that has to be done. I think it’s one of the problems that the states have. I don’t even think they know they have a problem, but they have a big problem with the sanctuary situation.” Later in the day, Trump reiterated his sanctuary city comments while taking questions from reporters at an East Room event to promote the success of the Payroll Protection Program. “If it’s Covid-related, I guess we can talk about [aid], but we’d want certain things also, including sanctuary city adjustments,” he said. www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/28/21239903/trump-coronavirus-aid-leverage-states-sanctuary-cities The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 1:58 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:57 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: More reason for Trump to be re-elected right here. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, April 30, 2020 11:51 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2020 3:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: lol Well there's no way I'm voting for a 2020 Democrat. I don't know why you keep obsessing over Trump. You're just going to have to live with him for another 5 years and then we can have a Democrat screwing things up for everybody. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, April 30, 2020 5:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: "For some time, certain US politicians, in disregard of the facts, have attempted to shift their own responsibility for their poor handling of the epidemic to others," a ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said.
Thursday, April 30, 2020 6:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: "For some time, certain US politicians, in disregard of the facts, have attempted to shift their own responsibility for their poor handling of the epidemic to others," a ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said. Yes. I know exactly what he means. Like three years of hearing that the poor handling of Hillary's campaign was really just Putin hackin' muh elections. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, April 30, 2020 7:52 PM
THEGHOSTOFCHRISISALL
Thursday, April 30, 2020 8:30 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2020 8:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: "For some time, certain US politicians, in disregard of the facts, have attempted to shift their own responsibility for their poor handling of the epidemic to others," a ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said. Yes. I know exactly what he means. Like three years of hearing that the poor handling of Hillary's campaign was really just Putin hackin' muh elections. Do Right, Be Right. :)Trump received 48.18% to Hillary's 47.46% in Pennsylvania, but Trump got 100% (equal to 20 votes) in the electoral college. It appears that the Founding Fathers never understood a run-off election when nobody gets 50%. In a run-off Trump would lose. That's why Trump is President -- the Founding Fathers weren't that good at drafting a Constitution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Thursday, April 30, 2020 8:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by TheGhostOfChrisisall: Hi. Just checking in. 5 more years of Trump, LOL. We barely survived 3. Another term and we go full-on Nazi. Pretty close as it is now. I'll check back in a few if Trump loses. If not we're all dead or dying in which case I won't.
Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Sounds like poor sportsmanship and a giant misunderstanding about how our country has worked for going on almost 250 years now. Also sounds like that's your problem. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, April 30, 2020 10:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Sounds like poor sportsmanship and a giant misunderstanding about how our country has worked for going on almost 250 years now. Also sounds like that's your problem. Do Right, Be Right. :)My favorite example of how America does NOT work well is the 13th Amendment (ends slavery). A million people had to die to get it passed. Is a million dead anybody's idea of working well? Especially since other countries ended slavery without Civil Wars? One more example of NOT working well: the 14th Amendment was intended to only make former slaves into new US citizens, but what it really did was to also make the children of illegal aliens US citizens. Republicans have been complaining for two centuries that Mexicans sneak into the US to give birth. https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xiv 6ix, if you actually knew any true history, or even if you paid attention to what bonehead Trump is doing about Covid-19 compared to what S Korea or Taiwan are doing, you won't dare claim the US works well. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Thursday, April 30, 2020 11:26 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2020 11:59 PM
Friday, May 1, 2020 12:33 AM
Friday, May 1, 2020 12:36 AM
Friday, May 1, 2020 3:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Damn. How did it even get up there? Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, May 1, 2020 3:27 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Vancouver - a national and international hub. Like San Fran, but better.
Friday, May 1, 2020 3:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2020/0319/A-health-officer-with-a-fan-club-Meet-Canada-s-Dr.-Bonnie A health officer with a fan club? Meet Canada’s Dr. Bonnie.
Friday, May 1, 2020 10:41 AM
Friday, May 1, 2020 11:58 AM
Friday, May 1, 2020 1:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Shut up Commie. Nobody gives a shit about your love for authoritarianism. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, May 1, 2020 1:26 PM
Friday, May 1, 2020 1:27 PM
Friday, May 1, 2020 3:29 PM
Friday, May 1, 2020 3:45 PM
Friday, May 1, 2020 5:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Oh interesting! I hope they do well with contact tracing and quarantine for everyone downstream, that this doesn't get a toehold in any community, and that everyone does well.
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