OT: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Part VI (NO RIOT/PROTEST DISCUSSION)

[NYSPORTS]

Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys RB, tests positive for coronavirus

so long as everybody recovers . . . .

 

[Leonardo87]

Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys RB, tests positive for coronavirus

so long as everybody recovers . . . .

I thought Dallas players couldn't catch anything?

 

[NYSPORTS]

I thought Dallas players couldn't catch anything?

especially come playoff time

 

[Gardner McKay]

I thought Dallas players couldn't catch anything?

 

[NYSPORTS]

COVID-19 hasn't changed (well, technically there have been mutations but that isn't what I am referring to). Our willingness as a species to rationalize what is an acceptable risk is what has changed.

yeah, but we have varying degrees of risk perception. I wonder if some perceive the risk of this virus the same as a snowstorm hitting Ny this week.

 

[bl02]

More and more business biting the dust (new jersey). 24 Hour Fitness permanently closing 7 N.J. gyms, filing for bankruptcy

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Best show ever.

 

[sbjnyc]

I think this article provides a light at the end of a dark tunnel.

How exactly do you catch COVID-19? There is a growing consensus. — The Wall Street Journal

 

[Machinehead]

I think this article provides a light at the end of a dark tunnel.

How exactly do you catch COVID-19? There is a growing consensus. — The Wall Street Journal

There's a paywall. What's the tl;dr?

My personal opinion is we're not just going to eradicate it and it's not going to be any one thing.

It's going to be a combination of things that gets it to a point where we just say "well, you might get it but you probably won't, such is life."

That's what we do with every other virus.

 

[eco's bones]

Brazil just did 34,918 new cases of Covid-19 in one day. At that rate you'd have over a million people in a month. No lockdowns, shutdowns, social distancing, mask requirements. No strategy from the beginning. Bolsonaro is another of those who think that all anyone needs is a little hydroxychloroquine.

 

[sbjnyc]

There's a paywall. What's the tl;dr?

My personal opinion is we're not just going to eradicate it and it's not going to be any one thing.

It's going to be a combination of things that gets it to a point where we just say "well, you might get it but you probably won't, such is life."

That's what we do with every other virus.

Weird I don't have a subscription but was able to read on apple news app. Basically the consensus is that people get the Vitus through close contact over extended periods and not surfaces or fleeting encounters. Apparently a big risk factor in transmission is being near someone who is speaking...or just breathing. Singing is an especially effective way to spread the virus, So stay away from large crowded places or areas with poor ventilation. The idea is that lockdowns aren't needed as long as the strategy for reopening takes this into account.

 

[Fireonk]

Brazil just did 34,918 new cases of Covid-19 in one day. At that rate you'd have over a million people in a month. No lockdowns, shutdowns, social distancing, mask requirements. No strategy from the beginning. Bolsonaro is another of those who think that all anyone needs is a little hydroxychloroquine.

Who could have seen that one coming...

OT: - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Part V

 

[NYSPORTS]

Who could have seen that one coming...

OT: - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Part V

nice call although i wish you had been wrong.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

There's a paywall. What's the tl;dr?

My personal opinion is we're not just going to eradicate it and it's not going to be any one thing.

It's going to be a combination of things that gets it to a point where we just say "well, you might get it but you probably won't, such is life."

That's what we do with every other virus.

If it just becomes the flu that people have lived normal lives under with and without a shot, whatever. I never get a flu shot, I've gotten the flu once since I was an adult. I felt shitty but whatever, sometimes you get sick.

 

[sbjnyc]

One night in a Florida bar infects 16 customers and 7 employees with coronavirus

 

[Leonardo87]

One night in a Florida bar infects 16 customers and 7 employees with coronavirus

Florida re-opened too soon, but it’s not in every county. Where I live, has not spiked as badly and has flattened. Was going down end of July but may hold off till sept.

 

[ecemleafs]

Brazil just did 34,918 new cases of Covid-19 in one day. At that rate you'd have over a million people in a month. No lockdowns, shutdowns, social distancing, mask requirements. No strategy from the beginning. Bolsonaro is another of those who think that all anyone needs is a little hydroxychloroquine.

brazil will end up being the worst of every country. i cant imagine how many people in the favelas will get covid. those people certainly wont be documented as having it or get the treatment they need.

 

[Machinehead]

Weird I don't have a subscription but was able to read on apple news app. Basically the consensus is that people get the Vitus through close contact over extended periods and not surfaces or fleeting encounters. Apparently a big risk factor in transmission is being near someone who is speaking...or just breathing. Singing is an especially effective way to spread the virus, So stay away from large crowded places or areas with poor ventilation. The idea is that lockdowns aren't needed as long as the strategy for reopening takes this into account.

Makes sense to me. I was relieved to learn, because I don't drive (long story), that public transit has been found to not really be a conduit of the virus.

That's probably because people mind their business on the MTA and don't project droplets by speaking.

 

[JimmyG89]

Makes sense to me. I was relieved to learn, because I don't drive (long story), that public transit has been found to not really be a conduit of the virus.

That's probably because people mind their business on the MTA and don't project droplets by speaking.

If I see showtime on the train, I hope everyone tells them to stop spreading it. Sweating and breathing all over the place, and I'm sure flipping around is not going to lead to a mask staying on securely at all times.

This might be some of the most peaceful times on trains in it's existence.

 

[Machinehead]

If I see showtime on the train, I hope everyone tells them to stop spreading it. Sweating and breathing all over the place, and I'm sure flipping around is not going to lead to a mask staying on securely at all times.

This might be some of the most peaceful times on trains in it's existence.

I like Showtime. But not right now.

 

[sbjnyc]

Makes sense to me. I was relieved to learn, because I don't drive (long story), that public transit has been found to not really be a conduit of the virus.

That's probably because people mind their business on the MTA and don't project droplets by speaking.

I commute by bus or subway. The subway is a bit quicker in general but an awful ride and can get very crowded. You're confined in the same space with the same people for a long time. Think about being in a crowded subway in August with no air conditioning. I also take the express bus now that I'm in Hudson Yards I have to transfer to a local bus which also gets crowded but I'm not on it for as long. Of course my office probably won't be opening up until September at the earliest but we'll see.

 

[sbjnyc]

Got change? There's a coin shortage because of coronavirus stopping the flow of physical currency

Is this really a bad thing?

 

[Irishguy42]

Got change? There's a coin shortage because of coronavirus stopping the flow of physical currency

Is this really a bad thing?

No. And honestly, we should be phasing out coins anyway.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Don’t know where to post this, I don’t have Covid but I have something much much worse. I’ve posted before about this whooshing sound in my head, I’ve had it for nearly 4 months. And it’s now been accompanied by the most excruciating headache ever everyday for over a month straight now. They are sudden headaches where I’ll get this sharp pain in a random part of my head, it’ll go away, and a few minutes later it’ll be in another part of my head. This whooshing sound is the sound turbulent bloodflow, it’s in sync with my heartbeat and sounds like a heartbeat through an ultrasound sort of. When laying on a pillow I will hear thumping heartbeat sound in the ear that’s on the pillow. This whooshing sound is in both ears and is usually triggered by loud or high pitched noises where I’ll only hear the pulsing whoosh for a second, or when laying down I will hear a constant whooshing.

It’s a symptom called Pulsatile Tinnitus.

Pulsatile Tinnitus: Don’t Just “Live With It”

So after that fiasco the first time I went to the Hospital, my symptoms got much worse and I went to another Hospital; they did a CT scan which came back normal.

That Hospital then referred me to an ENT, the ENT did a hearing test (perfect hearing) and examined both my ears & nose (both completely normal). So he referred me back to the Hospital for a CT Angiogram. That’s where they inject contrast dye into your vein and then do a CT scan, so they can see any abnormalities in blood vessels of your head. They were supposed to call me back but never did, so I called the hospital today and they said that they will call me in 72 hours with an appointment date. I would prefer an angiogram preformed via MRA rather than CT because I have an extensive family history of some extremely aggressive forms of cancer (My dad died of Heart Cancer when he was only 32, my mom had inflammatory breast cancer & a brain hemorrhage, my great uncle died of a brain tumor last year). CT exposes you to radiation so I would much rather get MRI, but it’s very difficult to get MRI’s in Canada. There are 6 MRI machines per 1 million people in Canada, the city of Pittsburgh alone has more than all of Canada. There are also no specialists who can perform the surgery required for these blood vessel in the brain issues, through Facebook support groups I’ve found 3 people in British Columbia who’ve had this surgery performed on them. All 3 of them were unsuccessful. The best specialist in the world is Dr. Patsalides in NYC, so once I get this Angiogram Scan I will send it to him for a second opinion. And hopefully go get the brain surgery done by him if I need it.

I don’t understand why I have this at my age and fitness level, it’s absolutely bizarre and something that usually occurs in 80 year olds or morbidly obese people. I play in 3 different hockey leagues simultaneously, run 5 miles per day when not playing hockey, and am extremely health concious. Never smoked, done drugs, or been drunk in my life; exercise vigorously everyday. Idk.

I would appreciate prayers

 

[kovazub94]

Don’t know where to post this, I don’t have Covid but I have something much much worse. I’ve posted before about this whooshing sound in my head, I’ve had it for nearly 4 months. And it’s now been accompanied by the most excruciating headache ever everyday for over a month straight now. They are sudden headaches where I’ll get this sharp pain in a random part of my head, it’ll go away, and a few minutes later it’ll be in another part of my head. This whooshing sound is the sound turbulent bloodflow, it’s in sync with my heartbeat and sounds like a heartbeat through an ultrasound sort of. When laying on a pillow I will hear thumping heartbeat sound in the ear that’s on the pillow. This whooshing sound is in both ears and is usually triggered by loud or high pitched noises where I’ll only hear the pulsing whoosh for a second, or when laying down I will hear a constant whooshing.

It’s a symptom called Pulsatile Tinnitus.

Pulsatile Tinnitus: Don’t Just “Live With It”

So after that fiasco the first time I went to the Hospital, my symptoms got much worse and I went to another Hospital; they did a CT scan which came back normal.

That Hospital then referred me to an ENT, the ENT did a hearing test (perfect hearing) and examined both my ears & nose (both completely normal). So he referred me back to the Hospital for a CT Angiogram. That’s where they inject contrast dye into your vein and then do a CT scan, so they can see any abnormalities in blood vessels of your head. They were supposed to call me back but never did, so I called the hospital today and they said that they will call me in 72 hours with an appointment date. I would prefer an angiogram preformed via MRA rather than CT because I have an extensive family history of some extremely aggressive forms of cancer (My dad died of Heart Cancer when he was only 32, my mom had inflammatory breast cancer & a brain hemorrhage, my great uncle died of a brain tumor last year). CT exposes you to radiation so I would much rather get MRI, but it’s very difficult to get MRI’s in Canada. There are 6 MRI machines per 1 million people in Canada, the city of Pittsburgh alone has more than all of Canada. There are also no specialists who can perform the surgery required for these blood vessel in the brain issues, through Facebook support groups I’ve found 3 people in British Columbia who’ve had this surgery performed on them. All 3 of them were unsuccessful. The best specialist in the world is Dr. Patsalides in NYC, so once I get this Angiogram Scan I will send it to him for a second opinion. And hopefully go get the brain surgery done by him if I need it.

I don’t understand why I have this at my age and fitness level, it’s absolutely bizarre and something that usually occurs in 80 year olds or morbidly obese people. I play in 3 different hockey leagues simultaneously, run 5 miles per day when not playing hockey, and am extremely health concious. Never smoked, done drugs, or been drunk in my life; exercise vigorously everyday. Idk.

I would appreciate prayers

Hey man, I’m sincerely sorry to hear about your condition and really hope it works out for you! Stay positive - your healthy lifestyle could be the reason for the best possible outcome and if any doctor could treat this pulsatile tinnitus it got to be Dr. Patsalides, purely based on his name!