What everyone tries not to talk about is there’s evidently not that much a hospital can do. If you just need IV fluids and oxygen, sure. But if you need one of those ventilators, the prognosis is grim. It sounds like the survival rate for people who are intubated is somewhere in the 20 to 40% range.
Obviously if the hospitals get overrun, now you get Italy, where the mortality fate even for non-Covid cases skyrockets. I’m agreeing with you here, but we’re buying time until (a) universal testing (b) testing to see who has recovered and has at least temporary immunity, (c) new therapies being tested that could be more effective than ventilators, and (d) a vaccine. BTW, the TV news was just talking about Los Angeles where businesses can now refuse to serve people not wearing masks, to protect frontline workers in essential businesses. Reporter in the field said he observed people talking loudly about people NOT wearing masks. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 11:46 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT masks We drove 1.5 hrs to a town with no reported infections ( yeah lot of bs that is ) and were shopping is a safeway for 15 minutes, the safeway had all the precautions and people wiping stuff down. Then some lady without a mask ( this is in California where masks are supposed to be required ) started hacking up a lung right by the checkout counters, 1/2 way into her bare elbow. It was pretty obvious that this wasn't an ordinary coughing fit. We were all decked out in PPE but that drove home decontaminating when we got home. But the wife doesn't get it. 8/10's isn't good enough. We are going to come down with it somewhere along the line. It's certain. Just hope it is after the hospitals are past the worst point so that we can get taken care of instead of triaged. So I will stay away and hope that I don't get someone else sick... On 4/7/20 7:22 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: No, sorry. The redneck and his woman were not wearing masks. From: Matt Hoppes Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 8:11 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT masks Very confused by this story. Other people wearing masks made fun of you wearing a mask? On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:43 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Put on gloves and a mask to pick up a few things at the grocery store. Walked in and there was a construction worker in a mask, then a soccer mom.... then a skinny redneck, with his skinny redneck wife. Started clucking like a chicken when he saw me and his wife was taking a video. Was not quite calling me a chicken loud enough that I could clearly make out exactly what he was doing, but was grandstanding for his skanky woman.... Funny how fast my natural pugilistic nature of my youth sprung into action. I literally had to stop myself from backing him into a display of pork and beans with some comments of “you got a problem with me”. Visions of a throat punch were clear in my head... But I calmed myself, reminded myself that going to jail or the ER or a dentist would not be fun this evening, and moved alone. Ran into a handful of other chickens on the way out the store. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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