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Shula, Starr, Stottlemyre, Shack, Stapleton, Seaver now Sayers, all gone, a swan song to the memories of the 60's.
Shula, Starr, Stottlemyre, Shack, Stapleton, Seaver now Sayers, all gone, a swan song to the memories of the 60's.
FWIW- here in CT there has been a spike in COVID cases. My sister works in a hospital (supervisor of sterile processing & decontamination) and she says the people who are getting it now are not getting sick enough to require hospitalization- she says that number is flat if not declining. So maybe some good news for a change.
She's been blessed not to have caught it as her department is responsible for all PPE care. In fact no one in her department has tested positive.
I'd really hope they wouldn't catch it given she works in a hospital and are presumably taking all the recommended precautions. If anything, I think it's a sign that PPE and distancing are effective tools to combat this, despite what some other folks believe. If she's around it all day, but hasn't come down sick, that gives me a lot of hope. The cold and flu season will assuredly result in some issues, but it would be great if we could all start putting this pandemic in the rear view mirror.
This would tally with what's being seen in Europe at the moment. A lot of countries there are experiencing a pretty big second wave of virus cases but in most of them the death rates are only showing a very small corresponding increase, nothing like the first time around.
No-one seems to know exactly why this is the case yet - could be that the virus is mutating into milder strains, could be that at least some people have developed some form of immunity to it or ability to fight the virus better, could be that the virus is for the most part not being transmitted to the elderly and most vulnerable, or it could be, horrible as it is to say, that the first wave has already done its deadly work in the most vulnerable and that most of the remaining population is more resistant.
I certainly wouldn't say it's a cause for optimism yet, but it's an interesting development and one that we'll need to watch closely. There may just be a lag and deaths will start to seriously rise again at some point, but maybe, hopefully, not.
I think a saw somebody mention Cobra Kai on here a couple weeks ago. Man, I dont know why I didnt watch this sooner. I watched the whole first season when I was home with my daughter on Monday. Great first season. Great soundtrack. Gonna blow out 2nd season tomorrow while my 7 year old is stuck on the chromebook all day.
I asked my work about this 2 weeks ago and they said theu dont have thia because we have over 500 employees.
This would tally with what's being seen in Europe at the moment. A lot of countries there are experiencing a pretty big second wave of virus cases but in most of them the death rates are only showing a very small corresponding increase, nothing like the first time around.
No-one seems to know exactly why this is the case yet - could be that the virus is mutating into milder strains, could be that at least some people have developed some form of immunity to it or ability to fight the virus better, could be that the virus is for the most part not being transmitted to the elderly and most vulnerable, or it could be, horrible as it is to say, that the first wave has already done its deadly work in the most vulnerable and that most of the remaining population is more resistant.
I certainly wouldn't say it's a cause for optimism yet, but it's an interesting development and one that we'll need to watch closely. There may just be a lag and deaths will start to seriously rise again at some point, but maybe, hopefully, not.
Personally I think it's because the virus is not being transmitted to the elderly and vulnerable nearly as much as first time around. Nursing and care homes were particularly exposed first time around, that's not the case now, most of those places are on complete lockdown. Even elderly or vulnerable people out and about amongst the general population now know what precautions to take.
We are well and truly on our way to a second surge here in Ireland, back to getting a couple of hundred new cases a day compared to the less than 10 we were consistently getting back in July. Very few deaths this time around though. Usually 1 or 2, often zero.
Dublin city was put on lockdown last week for a provisional period of three weeks. Given how small a country we are, it won't be long before the rest of us have our turn too.
This now poses the question are the effects of the lockdowns starting to outweigh the effects of the virus? I know some people will be angry at even asking that question but it is far too easy to automatically say no imo and I know there is evidence of prolonged respiratory damage and that the long term effects of this virus on younger people is still largely unknown but I do fear that the effects of lockdowns and the impact it is going to have on people's mental health, education, finances etc.. is being pushed to the side.
I believe restrictions are necessary but the long term effects of Covid on healthy people are at this point largely speculative, I just hope governments aren't overlooking the known effects these lockdowns are going to have on people's mental health and livelihoods for many many years to come.
I honestly believe that most of the problems we see today originated in the EU and not China. The EU was very slow to react to the outbreak in Milan most likely because they were preoccupied with Brexit. When things spiked in NYC it was in areas near JFK Airport.
I do believe ER's now have a better sense of how to treat people with advanced symptoms.
The mental toll is impossible to calculate.
I'd have to respectfully disagree with most of that Fenway. The make up of the EU means that any imposing of restrictions is entirely up to each individual country. Brexit and the EU would have had zero impact on the Italian governments response to Covid. That is in no way a criticism of Italy, it was very early days and nobody knew what exactly we were dealing with. The EU is not dictating how each EU member state responds to Covid. Ireland's restrictions for example are decided by the Irish government and the Irish Government alone, same for France, Germany etc.. To try and blame the EU is a bit of a cop out tbh.
Brexit might have been an issue in Britain's response to Covid but that's about it.
Yes Covid spread rapidly across Europe before making its way to the US and yes those initial outbreaks in NYC most likely came in from European planes but that's just geography. That was just the nature of the spread. The US could have stopped flights in to JFK just like Italy could have but ignorance and lack of knowledge by EVERY country in those early weeks and months dictated that this virus was spreading no matter what.
Finally on mental health. While it might be impossible to know the full extent of its toll there is data and knowledge there on what effects loosing ones job has on a person, or being isolated for prolonged periods of time, or the break down of a relationship, or what effect poor education has on young people and so on. These are not unknowns so I hope governments are putting contingencies and support plans in place to deal with the fall out from these lockdowns because to not would almost be as ignorant as the world's initial response to Covid.
Fair enough - But I was under the impression that the EU could have suspended travel in an out of Italy at least by air.
Since the initial surge in NYC, the US media has ignored COVID stories elsewhere across the planet.
There is an EU airspace organisation and agreement but that is more to do with regulation of charges on flights between EU countries and so on. Each EU country has its own aviation authority and its own right to block/allow whatever flights in/out it wants.
The EU is a confusing mess at the best of times but I suppose the important thing to remember is that each country is still its own sovereign state just with certain agreed upon rules and regulations put in place amongst them, most which mainly revolve around trade.
I've given up on news media. It is so difficult now to find unbiased, agenda neutral news that sometimes I just don't know what to believe anymore.
I asked my work about this 2 weeks ago and they said theu dont have thia because we have over 500 employees.
Did they change this in the past 2 weeks??
Sucks. I hate my company for not doing anything to help out. I wish i could quit so bad.As soon as an HR friend of mine mentioned this to me, that same week my employer sent out a big mass email to everyone saying we weren't eligible. It was a glimmer of hope followed by a swift kick to the crotch
With respect to the media what I do is check a few sites I know are biased in one direction and then check a few sites I know are biased in the other direction. It is time consuming but the only way I know to get most of the facts about any given situation. Like you I really wish there were some trustworthy neutral news sites. Alas...
Personally I think it's because the virus is not being transmitted to the elderly and vulnerable nearly as much as first time around. Nursing and care homes were particularly exposed first time around, that's not the case now, most of those places are on complete lockdown. Even elderly or vulnerable people out and about amongst the general population now know what precautions to take.
We are well and truly on our way to a second surge here in Ireland, back to getting a couple of hundred new cases a day compared to the less than 10 we were consistently getting back in July. Very few deaths this time around though. Usually 1 or 2, often zero.
Dublin city was put on lockdown last week for a provisional period of three weeks. Given how small a country we are, it won't be long before the rest of us have our turn too.
This now poses the question are the effects of the lockdowns starting to outweigh the effects of the virus? I know some people will be angry at even asking that question but it is far too easy to automatically say no imo and I know there is evidence of prolonged respiratory damage and that the long term effects of this virus on younger people is still largely unknown but I do fear that the effects of lockdowns and the impact it is going to have on people's mental health, education, finances etc.. is being pushed to the side.
I believe restrictions are necessary but the long term effects of Covid on healthy people are at this point largely speculative, I just hope governments aren't overlooking the known effects these lockdowns are going to have on people's mental health and livelihoods for many many years to come.