Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) resources and discussion thread (Discussion guidelines in OP)

Orayn · Mar 28, 2020

Garchia3.0 said:

This is treading pretty close to conspiracy theory stuff, where China is so powerful as to successfully hide millions of deaths, but somehow so incompetent as to miss something like urn sales or cell phone subscribers that give it all away.

LProtagonist · Mar 28, 2020

My friend caught it. She has minor symptoms, but says that she lost most of her sense of smell like people have been reporting.

MechDX · Mar 28, 2020

Went to my doctor yesterday as I was having stomach and chest pains. It was what I thought it probably was: stress. I work retail and have a family at home. I am now on some pills for anxiety

Takes care of yourselves during this please.

Forerunner · Mar 28, 2020

Good news, the test came back negative and they figured out what was wrong with me. It was actually a number of things. My pneumonia gave me a case of septic shock, which explains the incident last Saturday, so they gave me some antibiotics. Issue number two was I been taking too much Zinc. I would take ZMA before going to bed then I'd have a multivitamin in the morning. Plus I was pounding emergen c (which has zinc) when I was sick. So all of this was the perfect storm. So I've been taking my antibiotics and cut out all the zinc for a while and I've been feeling better.

CrankyJay · Mar 28, 2020

KoolAid said:
Spain:
-72248 infected (+8189, 12.7% increase, yesterday was 14%)
-5690 dead (+832, 17.1% increase, yesterday was 18.8%)
-12248 recovered (+2891, 30% increase, huge increase that puts Spain at bigger number of recovered than Italy)

any word on if Spain is collecting the plasma of the recovered? That's a hearty number.

Temascos · Mar 28, 2020

Forerunner said:
Good news, the test came back negative and they figured out what was wrong with me. It was actually a number of things. My pneumonia gave me a case of septic shock, which explains the incident last Saturday, so they gave me some antibiotics. Issue number two was I been taking too much Zinc. I would take ZMA before going to bed then I'd have a multivitamin in the morning. Plus I was pounding emergen c (which has zinc) when I was sick. So all of this was the perfect storm. So I've been taking my antibiotics and cut out all the zinc for a while and I've been feeling better.

Glad that all went okay and that you're feeling better!

Since I started working remotely for nearly 2 weeks now it at least rules that that if I get Covid it won't be from any time I was taking the tube in London. Hopefully. Fingers crossed.

Kyougar · Mar 28, 2020

BasilZero said:
When they say "recovered" - are they 100% recovered or do they still have the virus particles inside and are still able to have a relapse?

I don't know what is scarier.
- you can be reinfected and immunization is worthless
- you are a carrier of the virus for months and MAYBE(?) you yourself are immune?

eonden · Mar 28, 2020

CrankyJay said:
any word on if Spain is collecting the plasma of the recovered? That's a hearty number.

They are.

Saya · Mar 28, 2020

DiipuSurotu · Mar 28, 2020

Is this the biggest thread ever on ResetERA?

Hadok · Mar 28, 2020

Garchia3.0 said:

not sure what's going on with Madonna,i've probably missed something,but the comments are trash.Twitter is the worst.

Kitad · Mar 28, 2020

Orayn said:
This is treading pretty close to conspiracy theory stuff, where China is so powerful as to successfully hide millions of deaths, but somehow so incompetent as to miss something like urn sales or cell phone subscribers that give it all away.

Doesn't seem so farfetched to me... One is reporting a n official statistic from a government body. The others are externally verifiable figures about citizen behavior

EDebs1916 · Mar 28, 2020

Scientists and engineers in Illinois have been putting in some work:

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The North Chicago medical device maker plans to make the new tests available around the country next week.

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U if I engineers create a portable ventilator that can plug into the oxygen tank in most hospital rooms

Illinois College of Engineering and Carle Produce Prototype Emergency Ventilator to Fight COVID-19

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LordDraven · Mar 28, 2020

Is it safe to go on a nature trail?

Blade Wolf · Mar 28, 2020

As a Taiwanese I can say I'm very proud of my country, it's crazy to think that we are literally right next to China and yet so far only 200+ cases and 2 deaths.
The Tsai government did an incredible job, seriously best vote I've ever given out in my life.

Deleted member 21709 · Mar 28, 2020

Hadok said:
not sure what's going on with Madonna,i've probably missed something,but the comments are trash.Twitter is the worst.

I was curious after your post, and one of the first comments had a picture of a dead child in it. NSFL.

The horrible thing is, if I were brave enough to go back to Twitter and wanted to report that, Twitter wouldn't do shit and just suggest that I ignore that user.

LordDraven said:
Is it safe to go on a nature trail?

No. Don't go on a nature trail. Remember the pictures of crowded trails. Also, if something were to happen to you and you need medical attention because of it - you'd take up the extremely limited time of exhausted caregivers.

fluffydelusions · Mar 28, 2020

Sub Boss · Mar 28, 2020

My daddy said he had the coronavirus :( he was totally delirious but still,its scary to even think this virus could have something to do with it.

God bless you dad, he is in a better place now.just a few days ago he was perfectly healthy

LProtagonist · Mar 28, 2020

Hadok said:
not sure what's going on with Madonna,i've probably missed something,but the comments are trash.Twitter is the worst.

I briefly looked into it. Some sort of QAnon conspiracy where they claim:
1. Celebrities are suffering from a withdrawal of some drug they can't get
2. They're using this as an excuse to commit suicide and claim it was the virus to escape child abuse allegations
or something along those lines, standard conspiracy theory stuff

skycamefalling · Mar 28, 2020

Hadok said:
not sure what's going on with Madonna,i've probably missed something,but the comments are trash.Twitter is the worst.

it's a Qanon conspiracy about Mark Blum drinking kid's blood. They think the corona virus is fake and what's happening in reality is that Trump has defeated the child blood (andochrome or whatever the fuck) suppliers and people are dying from withdrawals, not the corona virus.

SolidSnakex · Mar 28, 2020

RocknRola · Mar 28, 2020

LProtagonist said:
I briefly looked into it. Some sort of QAnon conspiracy where they claim:
1. Celebrities are suffering from a withdrawal of some drug they can't get
2. They're using this as an excuse to commit suicide and claim it was the virus to escape child abuse allegations
or something along those lines, standard conspiracy theory stuff

You can't tell me drugs aren't a part of the creative process of these conspiracies lol

Deleted member 44129 · Mar 28, 2020

skycamefalling said:
it's a Qanon conspiracy about Mark Blum drinking kid's blood. They think the corona virus is fake and what's happening in reality is that Trump has defeated the child blood (andochrome or whatever the fuck) suppliers and people are dying from withdrawals, not the corona virus.

It's time to take the internet away. Jesus christ people will believe anything.

Bigjig · Mar 28, 2020

Blade Wolf said:
As a Taiwanese I can say I'm very proud of my country, it's crazy to think that we are literally right next to China and yet so far only 200+ cases and 2 deaths.
The Tsai government did an incredible job, seriously best vote I've ever given out in my life.

What's it like in Taiwan at the moment? Regular life or everyone in lockdown?

Deleted member 5596 · Mar 28, 2020

skycamefalling said:
it's a Qanon conspiracy about Mark Blum drinking kid's blood. They think the corona virus is fake and what's happening in reality is that Trump has defeated the child blood (andochrome or whatever the fuck) suppliers and people are dying from withdrawals, not the corona virus.

What.The.Flying.Fuck

aznpxdd · Mar 28, 2020

Blade Wolf said:
As a Taiwanese I can say I'm very proud of my country, it's crazy to think that we are literally right next to China and yet so far only 200+ cases and 2 deaths.
The Tsai government did an incredible job, seriously best vote I've ever given out in my life.

Eh Taiwan got lucky due to political reasons. Before the outbreak began, China already banned all citizens from visiting Taiwan to give their tourism industry (Taiwan's main economy nowadays) pressure. So whatever cases they had were just peeps working in China coming back for CNY.

A better example would be how HK handled it considering it shares a border with China and is a hub which most Chinese use as a transfer point for traveling in SE Asia.

Saya · Mar 28, 2020

Deleted member 7148 · Mar 28, 2020

We're approaching our last week until my wife's scheduled c-section of our 2nd child. We're pretty scared to bring a baby into this mess. The scarier part is that my job is being threatened more and more each day. The hospital network I work for has had an extremely low census (not a lot of cases in our part of Ohio) and without all of the services and surgeries that had to be stopped, they're losing money fast. A large chunk of staff have already been furloughed and that's suppose to end on April 6th, but we all know this situation isn't going to get better any time soon. Management is talking about rotating folks who are on furlough with those who were not if it's extended (which it will be), so that means I'm most likely next (even though it's totally fair).

My wife is only going to make 2/3 of her pay while on maternity leave and without my income and two children this is going to put me in a very bad spot. I just got a big promotion at the beginning of March and I worked very hard to get where I am only to be on the cusp of losing it all. Terrifying times...

Blade Wolf · Mar 28, 2020

Bigjig said:
What's it like in Taiwan at the moment? Regular life or everyone in lockdown?

Regular life.
All businesses still operate as usual, the mask industry definitely stonked, god bless them.

I still have to go to work everyday, which sucks cause I want to play more Doom Eternal.
People still live their life normally but they are all wearing masks when outside, and ethanol-based sanitizer are everywhere for everyone to use.

We have news reporting and monitoring new cases daily.
99% of the new cases are Taiwanese returning from the West, the rest 1% are what we're worried about.

DrM · Mar 28, 2020

52 new cases in Slovenia, that bring total to 684

People are not staying at home, coastline and mountains are full of people from other regions. "It is a beautiful day, let's go for a walk in the mountains" and bam, all parking lots are like it is a normal winter weekend.

Beer Monkey · Mar 28, 2020

skycamefalling said:
it's a Qanon conspiracy about Mark Blum drinking kid's blood. They think the corona virus is fake and what's happening in reality is that Trump has defeated the child blood (andochrome or whatever the fuck) suppliers and people are dying from withdrawals, not the corona virus.

AI training is wild.

Garchia3.0 · Mar 28, 2020

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Blade Wolf said:
Regular life.
All businesses still operate as usual, the mask industry definitely stonked, god bless them.

I still have to go to work everyday, which sucks cause I want to play more Doom Eternal.
People still live their life normally but they are all wearing masks when outside, and ethanol-based sanitizer are everywhere for everyone to use.

Masks everywhere. :)

Naru · Mar 28, 2020

skycamefalling said:
(andochrome or whatever the fuck)

Wasn't this the stuff all the lizard people need to survive here on earth?

BasilZero · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

What if you cant find masks....?

Deleted member 8741 · Mar 28, 2020

inguef said:
No. Don't go on a nature trail. Remember the pictures of crowded trails. Also, if something were to happen to you and you need medical attention because of it - you'd take up the extremely limited time of exhausted caregivers.

I disagree. It's important for your mental health to go on walks and trails. Make sure they are open (if they closed them respect that) and make sure you avoid any areas that are crowded.

I doubt he's going to just break a leg going on a normal nature walk. By that metric you shouldn't do any home projects either, or hobbies that use power tools, or lift weights at home, or cook. It's fine and our city is even blocking off roads while we are in shelter in place to give people more space to walk/run without being close.

Be smart, stay away from others, don't do anything dangerous, but it's good to go outside.

darkwing · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

in ten days? isn't that too late

Blade Wolf · Mar 28, 2020

aznpxdd said:
Eh Taiwan got lucky due to political reasons. Before the outbreak began, China already banned all citizens from visiting Taiwan to give their tourism industry (Taiwan's main economy nowadays) pressure. So whatever cases they had were just peeps working in China coming back for CNY.

A better example would be how HK handled it considering it shares a border with China and is a hub which most Chinese use as a transfer point for traveling in SE Asia.

You're right HK did an incredible job, but hey we did alright too.

Deleted member 8741 · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

Good I support this. But I still support giving N95s to medical professionals and everyone else using surgical or homemade ones.

Naru · Mar 28, 2020

BasilZero said:
What if you cant find masks....?

They don't mean the N95 masks, just the normal ones you can make yourself. You can pretty much wear a scarf too.

SmokeMaxX · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

Good in some ways, but I hope people are going to be able to find masks soon.

Jedi2016 · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

Well, it's a good thing that masks are so plentiful and easy to buy.

undecided · Mar 28, 2020

darkwing said:
in ten days? isn't that too late

I would assume that is a statistical calculation. When the infection rate hits a certain point, the risk to any individual becomes high enough that everyone needs to wear masks.

If everyone wore masks before that (and Americans won't for many dumb reasons), it would hopefully prevent that trajectory, but to top it off nobody can get masks anyway.

Forgrim · Mar 28, 2020

Sub Boss said:
My daddy said he had the coronavirus :( he was totally delirious but still,its scary to even think this virus could have something to do with it.

God bless you dad, he is in a better place now.just a few days ago he was perfectly healthy

RIP. Stay strong, this crisis needs strength.

LFMartins86 · Mar 28, 2020

Ragnarsson said:
Portugal:

- 5170 infected (+902, 21% increase)
- 100 dead (+24, 31% increase)
- 43 recovered (same as yesterday)

The Portuguese Health Minister has just told reporters that the government now expects COVID-19 to peak in late May, which means that the curve is flattening (the original prediction was mid-April).

Man, DGS keeps getting the numbers in the Azores wrong. The regional department of health has just confirmed that we are at 27 cases and not the 30 that DGS claims.

BasilZero · Mar 28, 2020

Naru said:
They don't mean the N95 masks, just the normal ones you can make yourself. You can pretty much wear a scarf too.

Oooh okay.

Yeah that makes sense...something is better than nothing lol.

Doogdogg · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

is this reality TV?

Bosch · Mar 28, 2020

fluffydelusions said:

It is growing fast in UK

Deleted member 13101 · Mar 28, 2020

BasilZero said:
What if you cant find masks....?

That's the whole thing, it's not very responsible to do right now.

Plus, people wouldn't do it. Was out at the post office before, the postal clerk this morning said: "Trump says it will be over by Easter, so it won't be long." Ugh.

Doogdogg · Mar 28, 2020

Saya said:

Mask? What mask? DIY masks?

RDreamer · Mar 28, 2020

Just filled out Unemployment for the first time ever because of all this. Luckily the site worked fine, so I suppose I'm good to go.

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