Covid-19

curious2garden

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Science? Meh, we'll just hide the data so nobody sees it.... Then it was just gods will, you filthy heathens.

Houston hospitals stop reporting COVID-19-related data after reaching base ICU capacity: report
Source: The Hill

Data released by a major Houston hospital system no longer includes information about the hospital system's ICU capacity, a change reportedly made just a day after it previously was updated to show the hospitals reaching 100 percent base capacity due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Charts updated daily by the Texas Medical Center, a hospital system with locations in downtown Houston, contained a warning as of Sunday that an "upward trajectory of new daily cases" was continuing, and indicated that the surge in patients to the ICU "supports future ICU resource planning." However, no indications of when the hospital system would reach capacity were available.

"Currently TMC institutions are able to serve all patients requiring intensive care," the documents read, alongside a note indicating a 5-percent average growth of coronavirus patients requiring admittance to the ICU. No other information on when the TMC would reach ICU capacity was publicly available.

The Houston Chronicle reported that the data was altered to exclude this information after Saturday's update indicated that Houston ICUs would reach "unsustainable surge capacity" by July 6. The Chronicle also reported that the change occurred after a conversation "between Gov. Greg Abbott [R] and hospital executives in which the governor expressed displeasure with negative headlines about ICU capacity."


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/houston-hospitals-stop-reporting-covid-19-related-data-after-reaching-base-icu-capacity-report/ar-BB1656hh?li=BBnb7Kz
They are taking that page out of Floriduh's playbook. What deaths? None of them lived in Fl so they don't count. Once upon a time they stepped foot outside Florida, they don't count. Anyway it was just a bad year for asthma deaths and strokes.
 

curious2garden

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They're FINALLY talking about making masks mandatory in the GTA.


A rule of thumb I lead my life on is, "People are selfish idiots". I think fabric masks are next to useless although even they reduce the viral transfer rate by 1/5, that's a mere 20%. You also must wear eye protection, if you don't guess where the lacrimal ducts vent to which leads to inhaled virus.

Knowing I could not rely on humanity to protect themselves much less me I choose to don my 3M 7501 with 3M 60921 filter cartridge, along with eye and hair protection when I go out. When I come home I disinfect my PPE and wash my hair covering (knit watch cap) and over gown (a 3xl black hoodie).
Stay safe out there and depend on yourself not the negligence kindness of strangers
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It didn't work out for Blanche and I doubt it works out for anyone else.
 

Laughing Grass

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A rule of thumb I lead my life on is, "People are selfish idiots". I think fabric masks are next to useless although even they reduce the viral transfer rate by 1/5, that's a mere 20%. You also must wear eye protection, if you don't guess where the lacrimal ducts vent to which leads to inhaled virus.

Knowing I could not rely on humanity to protect themselves much less me I choose to don my 3M 7501 with 3M 60921 filter cartridge, along with eye and hair protection when I go out. When I come home I disinfect my PPE and wash my hair covering (knit watch cap) and over gown (a 3xl black hoodie).
Stay safe out there and depend on yourself not the negligence kindness of strangers
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It didn't work out for Blanche and I doubt it works out for anyone else.
That's a huge mask! How are you making out with it in in the California heat? I start working next Monday, I'm told that they're taking all the necessary precautions and I'll be a high wall cubicle by myself so distancing won't be a problem. They don't have a policy that requires you to wear a mask all the time, only when you're interacting with others in close proximity and I have no idea what the culture is like. I was planning on wearing it full time, but now I'm not sure. It's tough being the outsider and I have a hard enough time fitting in without being the weirdo in the mask. I hope they come to some sort of agreement before next week.
 

BarnBuster

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"Gilead Sciences has set the price for its COVID-19 drug remdesivir. The company will sell the drug to the U.S. government and other developed nations for $390 per vial. Treatment typically lasts five days and requires six vials of the medicine, resulting in a total cost of $2,340, if you are on Medicaid or Medicare. If you are paying for the drug using private insurance, it's going to cost you a bit more. Gilead said the price for private hospitals will be $590 per vial, which would cost $3,120 for a six-vial treatment. A longer course of treatment could cost as much $4,290."

 

curious2garden

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That's a huge mask! How are you making out with it in in the California heat? I start working next Monday, I'm told that they're taking all the necessary precautions and I'll be a high wall cubicle by myself so distancing won't be a problem. They don't have a policy that requires you to wear a mask all the time, only when you're interacting with others in close proximity and I have no idea what the culture is like. I was planning on wearing it full time, but now I'm not sure. It's tough being the outsider and I have a hard enough time fitting in without being the weirdo in the mask. I hope they come to some sort of agreement before next week.
Compared to the space suits we sometimes wore this is airy and light. A little sweat gives a perfect seal.
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curious2garden

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At least a 3.5mm cord to connect her phone to her stereo. These young kids like the retro shit these days...
Apple in it's unending attempt to frustrate and stymie the consumer eliminated that very handy port. So now if you want to use 3.5 mm headphones you need an adapter. If you want access to charging, at the same time, you get to buy a kludgy charger/3.5 mm adapter, expensively frustrating.
 

BudmanTX

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"Gilead Sciences has set the price for its COVID-19 drug remdesivir. The company will sell the drug to the U.S. government and other developed nations for $390 per vial. Treatment typically lasts five days and requires six vials of the medicine, resulting in a total cost of $2,340, if you are on Medicaid or Medicare. If you are paying for the drug using private insurance, it's going to cost you a bit more. Gilead said the price for private hospitals will be $590 per vial, which would cost $3,120 for a six-vial treatment. A longer course of treatment could cost as much $4,290."

Kinda weird that money is always involved eh..
 

Laughing Grass

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At least a 3.5mm cord to connect her phone to her stereo. These young kids like the retro shit these days...
You don’t even get the aux jack anymore... mine has more USB ports than I have on my computer.


Me, I even have these big black disks that have music on them that you can only listen to at home.
the future is now

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lokie

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Apple in it's unending attempt to frustrate and stymie the consumer eliminated that very handy port. So now if you want to use 3.5 mm headphones you need an adapter. If you want access to charging, at the same time, you get to buy a kludgy charger/3.5 mm adapter, expensively frustrating.
This forces the consumer to continue paying for the support of archaic technology.

"Keep using the old tech at your own peril." or "Upgrade now for ease of use".

Someone will always be paying the bills. Big Tech is not in the business to lose $$$$
 
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