CHfan1
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What do you do with essential workers (like health care workers) who use public transit to get to their jobs?
OT: 2019 nCov (part 8)
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What do you do with essential workers (like health care workers) who use public transit to get to their jobs?
I have a feeling the entire testing metric will prove to be flawed. In our desperate rush to create Coronavirus test kits -- totally justifiable, by the way -- we'll find out soon that most were inaccurate and the stats we've been obsessing over have been completely wrong.
Yes, it's just a 'feeling', but it's based on the lousy track record of many quick-to-market inventions, and the added difficulty of calibrating tests for one very specific virus.
There's some credence to this. I haven't tracked this, but a few days ago there was speculation from those in the field that the testing was lacking in accuracy.
Paddyjack
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TOUGHEN UP.
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you offering to give me and all my colleagues in the health system a ride to replace transits ? or you have us all stay home too instead of working in said system ?
brilliant!
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MarkovsKnee
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If you believe gates is some sort of selfless humanitarian, I have some swamp land to sell you.
I didn't say anything about selfless humanitarian. There is hardly anyone who is one of those. Poor, rich or otherwise. What I said was he's been philanthropic for the last 20 years and to not recognize that is disingenuous.
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I had to get groceries today, went to costco. This dude waited in line at least 20 minutes to get in & then only buys one of those rotisserie chickens. Nothing else!!! I don't get the logic.
There was a nice tight line of folks waiting outside my IGA both times I ventured out today. I appreciate IGA having a guy out there making people line up but it kinda defeats the purpose if they're standing up against eachother ya know?
A number of grocery stores have smartly lay down some colour circles roughly 6 ft apart, indicating where people in line ought to stand.
Per Sjoblom
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LOL. $4.95 at Costco here!
Do some fact checking and you will see which of the media are truthful. It's been proven time after time. I get my news from BBC, Swedish Text TV and the local CBS and ABC stations. I don't watch CNN nor do I subscribe to NY Times.
zx81
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It's why we won't really stop the propagation anytime soon.
People still need to eat and grocery stores and pharmacies have become the transmission vector.
We need a f... cure.
And then there's Bill Gates who says they're over testing for recoveries. Saying you need to now have two tests come back negative before they claim you're recovered, but according to new research from his foundation, they're showing one test is all that's needed.
He also add that the doubt they had in having self-testing kits is no longer valid. You no longer need a health care worker to administer the swab taking. It's actually very easy to do, which makes mass testing way more simpler. It's back to the issue of being able to handle the demand of samples.
My IGA there we were lining up outside, people respected the 2m distancing. Inside there was a huge line up to pay, and people respected the distancing too, once closer to the cash, they set up a wooden ramp with lines on the floor, and one person at a time is being directed.
The only thing that surprised me is I was the only one wearing a mask.
I went to the store dressed like I was going to rob the place today. Gloves and a tea towel DIY mask. You know what was weird about it? I actually felt more anxious.
Redux91
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Well then next time dont actually rob the place ! That anxiety's on you man
Mrb1p
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Thats why I go out butt naked. Nobody comes close, and I just have to hop into the shower right after.
Can't say I ventured close enough to see if there was anything on the ground for people to be respecting, just close enough to know I didn't want to get closer and that my dog would have to wait for his broccoli fix.
Some test take up to 48hours...some couple hours... this could explain the numbers.
My kid had the result in less then 12 hours (intensive care). (A week a ago)
My wife’s colleague (they work in an hospital) got the result in 24hours ish (2 days ago)
They still prioritize certain category. It can take up to 48hours from the info they gave us.
Per Sjoblom
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Suspect sought after dog shot, killed in N. Portland
What kind of person that sees a German Shepherd puppy walking with a someone and they shoot the dog? One would think that someone like that could kill a human as well without any bad conscience?
What kind of person that sees a German Shepherd puppy walking with a someone and they shoot the dog? One would think that someone like that could kill a human as well without any bad conscience?
Because nobody is wearing any masks...that's what I noticed today too. My gf sent me 200 masks from HK and Korea, and also two N95 ones. Went to IGA with one today and I was the sole customer wearing a mask, which made me feel anxious and weird too.
There's also Arruda's words in the back of my mind repeating ''only wear a mask if you're sick''...so now I'm thinking everyone who sees me believes I'm sick, adding to the anxiety.
Mrb1p
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I dont know but Id have little mercy for that man. He better get me too because hes not walking out of my sight. Scum.
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I found that the biggest advantage to wearing a mask is that it’s easier to keep shoppers from coming close to you. Some I am sure assume that by wearing a mask, you may have symptoms.
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