Badger Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 15 hours ago, Doc Democracy said: If the ER etc is as empty as you have seen it might be safer than going grocery shopping. Good luck SF... Even before this, grocery shopping was dangerous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Badger said: Even before this, grocery shopping was dangerous Is that a commentary on dystopia America? Or am I just reading it that way in the light of current news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Prior to the riots, there was the pandemic and the anti-maskers. Prior to the pandemic there was Black Friday shopping, the occasional shooting, and the people at Wal-Mart that you can't unsee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 People with type-O blood may be less susceptible to COVID-19; people with A positive may be more susceptible pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cowan Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 May Actually Be a Blood Vessel Disease https://www.yahoo.com/news/evidence-suggests-covid-19-may-195153450.html Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Old Man said: People with type-O blood may be less susceptible to COVID-19; people with A positive may be more susceptible My dad is O so something considering his health. I don't even know my own blood type actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 No problem, let me fetch my chainsaw. Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Tom Cowan said: New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 May Actually Be a Blood Vessel Disease https://www.yahoo.com/news/evidence-suggests-covid-19-may-195153450.html The article cited by Yahoo is here: https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2 Somewhat more technical but still, overall, approachable. And very, very scary...but also opens the door for some interesting treatment options, and therapeutic regimens that work against the general kind of damage they're suggesting. That is potentially very good news. TrickstaPriest, Old Man, Ranxerox and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 15 drugs being tested for effectiveness against COVID-19 And not a moment too soon, with second waves apparently underway in a dozen states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 West Point Cadets Test Positive for Virus After Returning for Trump Speech pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Cygnia said: West Point Cadets Test Positive for Virus After Returning for Trump Speech ...as our Commander in Chief shows his love and devotion for the troops....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 6/2/2020 at 3:37 PM, Old Man said: Prior to the riots, there was the pandemic and the anti-maskers. Prior to the pandemic there was Black Friday shopping, the occasional shooting, and the people at Wal-Mart that you can't unsee. Notice how no one is discussing Trump's mishandling of COVID-19 right now? He's consistent at sparking new outrage to distract us from his old outrage. assault and TrickstaPriest 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 One wonders what level of outrage we'll achieve by next January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 36 minutes ago, Old Man said: One wonders what level of outrage we'll achieve by next January. Annie: "Sex!" Jeff: "At some point you hit a point of diminishing returns." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 In related news I surved my 45 min, no 90 min, no 3 hour surgical procedure after they found a lot of collateral damage in my shoulder. Apparently sports & martial arts are bad for your joints. Don't tell the high schools and colleges. Propofol is awesome - Nice clean drop off to sleep and I woke up battling space pirates (not joking). Also, my blood pressure dropped 30 points while I was doped up so apparently it's really good for me. My anesthesiologist is so good he was able to paralyze the three nerves in my arm with a slow release medicine that leaves my fingers functional. I can't move my arm at all, but I can type. I literally didn't believe this was possible until today. it's strangely specific. I can move my fingers, but I can't rotate my hand. My shoulder hurts, but so it's so much less than when my nerve was being crushed I give it exactly 0 sh*ts. My nurses were both sweet as can be. Except the older one who was so comfortable poking my belly after I mentioned liposuction it was like she was playing with one of her grand kids. Like it would have gotten a male nurse fired. I will be drugged out of my gourd for a week and won't be allowed to lift anything with my left arm for 4 weeks. This is going to require a restraint in bed as I roll over in bed - in place - by bridge up on my neck and one hand wrestler style and rotating my hips. I do that on my newly attached bicep tendon and I will be back in surgery. Also, I had to fill out like 72 forms (exaggeration) related to Coronavirus. Including one that said you might catch it by having surgery here. I was all, "Don't you clean sh*t after surgery?". Texas Orthopedic Association was fine (hand sanitizer, fever check, mandatory use of their masks - not your own). Texas Back Institute was dumb - the doctor was amazing, but the Coronavirus rules were stupid. fever check - hand sanitizer - their mask - and then GLOVES. I asked the lady as nicely as possible, "Ma'am, what was the hand sanitizer for if I'm going to wear gloves?". She gave my least favorite answer in the universe - "Those are the rules." Thinking should be a rule. Good bosses like thinking employees and bosses who don't - shouldn't have employees. So, hopefully, 10 days from now I don't bust out a lethal fever after getting 15 years of damage scraped off my shoulder. Iuz the Evil, TrickstaPriest, Cancer and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 8 hours ago, unclevlad said: ...as our Commander in Chief shows his love and devotion for the troops....... Wait, the President always says he has already been tested and is clean, and then exposes himself to people in close proximity, without a mask or maintaining social distancing, all the bloody time.. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 It's been said that the real tragedy of COVID-19 is that it's killing all the wrong people.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Old Man said: One wonders what level of outrage we'll achieve by next January. Don't worry about that. Humanity will be extinct by November. Keith Richards will release a solo album in December. Sales will be disappointing. Doc Democracy and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Keith Richards is the one senior I'm not worried about during this pandemic. He's proven nothing can kill him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 An update on treatments Tl;dr: Remdesivir: "Better than nothing" Famotidine: "Some reason to believe it works", can't hurt to take it Tocilizumab: "Appears to have a real benefit" Note that Famotidine is Pepcid AC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 4:22 AM, unclevlad said: The article cited by Yahoo is here: https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2 Somewhat more technical but still, overall, approachable. And very, very scary...but also opens the door for some interesting treatment options, and therapeutic regimens that work against the general kind of damage they're suggesting. That is potentially very good news. Following up on this, trials of various anticoagulants, statins, and other antiinflammatories to treat COVID-19 have been started based on this hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Brazil and Mexico now have problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 I would go to the cinema this afternoon, but nothing in on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, death tribble said: Brazil and Mexico now have problems South America overall is beginning to show large problems. So is much of Africa. What's really scary to say is...coronavirus might just be getting started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 In historical pandemics, it's always those on the margins who are hit worst (From Science) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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