The Coronavirus thread

Quote: terapined

El Paso hospitals filled
El Paso hospitals sending patients to San Antonio
It's a crisis here
No idea what's going on at nearby Fort Bliss. They do have a curfew so it's not good
El Paso also has a curfew
It's so bad, moving out of the area tomorrow
The virus is running amok around here

Quote: terapined

El Paso hospitals filled
El Paso hospitals sending patients to San Antonio
It's a crisis here
No idea what's going on at nearby Fort Bliss. They do have a curfew so it's not good
El Paso also has a curfew
It's so bad, moving out of the area tomorrow
The virus is running amok around here

Quote: DRich

You are obviously in a hot spot and leaving. Will you self quarantine?

Quote: OnceDear

At last some good news then: Hospital admissions have suddenly been slashed to almost zero in El Paso for a wide range of ailments, and the proportion of people dying in hospital in El Paso hospitals ( relative to those sent home to die ) is also about to fall dramatically.

Are you seriously considering moving out of the area to avoid this thing? How is that a better idea than bugging in until this pandemic goes away? Is work or some other aspect of your life making staying safe difficult or impractical?

Quote: OnceDear

At last some good news then: Hospital admissions have suddenly been slashed to almost zero in El Paso for a wide range of ailments, and the proportion of people dying in hospital in El Paso hospitals ( relative to those sent home to die ) is also about to fall dramatically.

Are you seriously considering moving out of the area to avoid this thing? How is that a better idea than bugging in until this pandemic goes away? Is work or some other aspect of your life making staying safe difficult or impractical?

Quote: petroglyph

Seems like a trail of body's everywhere he's been?

Makings of a super spreader?

Quote: terapined

I doubt its me
I avoided the Tram to 10k feet in ABQ even though they had limited ticket sales. Unsafe with the virus
The closest I got to anybody in the last few days was a volunteer at the over 100 year old abandoned sanatorium.
We were separated by at least 10 yards
Somebody approaches on a trail, I step off the trail.
I'm really moving because I move every week
Heading to Silver City for more safe hiking to interesting sites
Very very safe activity while the virus is running rampant

Quote: petroglyph

Ben Swann does a bit on Random Controlled scientific testing of face masks to determine whether or not the N-95 is safer than a plain cloth mask, or no mask at all.

https://brandnewtube.com/watch/2020-laboratory-testing-data-for-face-masks_4zGwAJA3DQRpKrM.html

Quote:

A systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials on use of respiratory protection by healthcare workers, sick patients and community members was conducted. Articles were searched on Medline and Embase using key search terms.

Results
A total of 19 randomised controlled trials were included in this study – 8 in community settings, 6 in healthcare settings and 5 as source control. Most of these randomised controlled trials used different interventions and outcome measures. In the community, masks appeared to be effective with and without hand hygiene, and both together are more protective. Randomised controlled trials in health care workers showed that respirators, if worn continually during a shift, were effective but not if worn intermittently. Medical masks were not effective, and cloth masks even less effective. When used by sick patients randomised controlled trials suggested protection of well contacts.

Conclusion
The study suggests that community mask use by well people could be beneficial, particularly for COVID-19, where transmission may be pre-symptomatic. The studies of masks as source control also suggest a benefit, and may be important during the COVID-19 pandemic in universal community face mask use as well as in health care settings. Trials in healthcare workers support the use of respirators continuously during a shift. This may prevent health worker infections and deaths from COVID-19, as aerosolisation in the hospital setting has been documented.