It is worth noting that the large majority of people infected have little to
no problem at all. Symptoms reported are mostly a dry cough and they recover
quickly.
Reported infection rates will of course rise as testing is done, there are
probably lots of folks walking around "sick" that don't really know about it.
I think I'm in the minority here being fairly young but I'm really not worried.
We neglected to go play cards with Angie's grandmother tonight to limit her
exposure to us, not the other way around.
I'm thinking tomorrow if the weather is nice I might go try to shoot some
crows. Going shooting on Mondays seems like a nice diversion.
I also have to help Angie work out how to give online tai-chi classes. She
teaches at a cancer treatment center and, as most of those folks are immuno
compromised they want to limit contact. She was just going to wing it, but as
I've got some experience with online classes I suggested we at least try it her
way first. Then I offered extra lights and a microphone. We'll see...
-Curt
On Saturday, March 14, 2020, 10:21:26 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Floyd,
You raised a good Dr boy. I think his,advice squares with the best
research & policy i have read. Tinker one of those $500 MB's in the interim.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 10:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I am not one to get too exercised about this Covid thing but that might
> have changed.
>
> Dr. Boy (Villanova, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Brown U
> resident Internal Medicine, currently Stanford U Fellow in Pulmonary
> Critical Care) called me a little while ago to check in on my situation. He
> is pretty low key but no bullsh*t. Tells it straight. And he’s pretty smart
> if I do say so...
>
> They have several covid patients at the hospital now. They are preparing
> for an onslaught of more patients the next week or two. Turning ORs and
> other spaces into ICUs right now. The expectation is that his hospital, as
> well as every other hospital, will be completely overwhelmed before long.
>
> Apparently this is now happening in Italy and is rolling into other EU
> countries though that has not been widely reported. It’s bad. No one
> believes what China are reporting though their draconian measures to
> contain the contagion *might* have helped lower the fatalities. The view is
> that it is really bad there and will likely be so in other places.
>
> The limiting factor will be ventilators to deal with respiratory failure
> or compromise. If (and this could be a big if) you get to the hospital, and
> if they have room, and there are no ventilators and you need one you will
> be SOL. Reality as there is a limited supply of these things and it is not
> large.
>
> He strongly suggested, even though I am quite healthy, that I severely
> limit my interaction with the world. Even being healthy the chances of
> catching this and having adverse effects are not trivial given the expected
> infection rate and effects. I am situated as to where that would not be
> too difficult to do, save some occasional trips to the grocery and Lowe’s
> and such. I’m working on my house, getting it ready to sell, so can just
> focus on that rather than social intercourse.
>
> I am digesting this but strongly considering revising my view on all this
> given I absolutely trust the boy, and this is the first time he has been
> this serious about something.
>
> As always, YMMV...
>
> --FT
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