Ongoing coronavirus happenings

Not only that image but, if we could see how empty the surrounding tent city is we would be equally shocked.

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I don’t actually know which is right, but I can report that here in Minneapolis, some stores are reserving first-hour shopping for elderly/vulnerable customers.

The stated idea is that they are having their stores deeply-cleaned and disinfected overnight by professional teams, so the first hour may be the safest time for vulnerable people to shop. As well, the stores are being re-stocked overnight.

E.g., from local CBS News reporting on Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores:

From 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. every day, officials request that shoppers respect their request to not shop during that first hour unless they’re a member of the at-risk population. The store announced they would be committed to even deeper cleaning overnight.

“Our intent is to provide an opportunity for those individuals to be the first to shop after our overnight cleaning and stocking so they have increased access to essential products,” the store reported.

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If they have to cancel the Hajj in July-August, that’s a huge deal. (In so many ways, including political.)

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M Fairview Heath announced early Tuesday evening that Bethesda, which officials describe as an “acute, long-term care hospital,” will see their total bed count jump from 50 to 90. Thirty-five of those beds are for intensive care patients, and 55 are medical-surgical beds.

The move was made to cut down on exposure to patients and medical staff by consolidating COVID-19 patients to one location.

Bethesda’s current patients will be transported to other hospitals in the M Fairview Health system this week.

(The “M” in “M Fairview Heath” is for the University of Minnesota.)

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Is that what we’ve been calling coronavirus? (I know, there may be multiple strains.)

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I honestly don’t know. I was lost with so many names that this virus has. It looks like a rap singer or an enemy of ancient Rome.

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It sounds like maybe they’re confusing
risk of catching the virus
with
risk of serious complications/death if they do catch it
?

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map

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

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Someone help me here. The following is on the CDC Covid-19 “symptoms” page:


I’ve been in Norway long enough now that the 3rd sentence didn’t seem strange to me at first, but on reflection I don’t understand it. I mean, I can make intelligent guesses as to what the line is supposed to say, but normally CDC statements don’t need this kind of interpretation, do they? (For me, this is new confusion.)

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Mandatory isolation of people over 70 years old in Colombia.

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No Eurovision for you!

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There are many many coronaviruses. The specific on that causes covid-19 is called SAR-CoV-2.

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IANAD, but it sounds like what you look for after a concussion - the brain has some new short circuits.
And the arousal is waking from sleep, not

New confusion indeed.

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It was marital law in the chain text my mom got, which I like way better :grin:

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These are signs of hypoxia, the severe shortage of oxygen in the blood causing the brain to start shutting down. When you get to this stage, you are in really bad shape!

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Got it, thanks. Not happy with the answer, but I appreciate your honesty.

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