Coronavirus

[SoonerTexan]

IDK, I've pretty much accepted it's going to be everywhere in 1-3 months regardless. I'm concerned for the vulnerable, but otherwise it just seems inevitable.

[MAPPLEBUM]

This better articulates what I was trying to say. Shared by Kris, whose moniker I can't remember.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infecti...P0GS47XVSSUuRg

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Yeah the hospitals all being completely full BEFORE the coronavirus hits is very worrisome.


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[spotty_dog]

IDK, I've pretty much accepted it's going to be everywhere in 1-3 months regardless. I'm concerned for the vulnerable, but otherwise it just seems inevitable.

Yes, it's inevitable. But the only way to limit mortality right now is to flatten the curve. When you wash your hands and practice social distancing, you're not necessarily protecting yourself and your family from COVID-19. But you're keeping healthcare systems from being overwhelmed and unable to respond to this or any other medical emergency.

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[L.Jane]

DHs oral board's are canceled. I was SO ready for this to be done. Im just getting better from PPA and this really isn't helping. I go from ambivalent to silently freaking out because DH is so whatever about it. I just hope I can keep being able to access formula and diapers for the baby. If I've got that, I can figure everything else out.

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[rufflesanddots]

DHs oral board's are canceled. I was SO ready for this to be done. Im just getting better from PPA and this really isn't helping. I go from ambivalent to silently freaking out because DH is so whatever about it. I just hope I can keep being able to access formula and diapers for the baby. If I've got that, I can figure everything else out.

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If you ever get to a spot where they're hard to access post here and we'll figure out a way to get some to you. Hang in there, Mama.

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[MrsK]

https://apple.news/A1MfsrWQjQAiJ8xhgcfSofQ

Just read this article that got me really freaked out. DrK has several of these risk factors that cut across age. He has asthma, high blood pressure, and he’s boarderline diabetic. Remember when the whole family had the flu a couple years ago and DrK landed in the Pulmonary ICU? I’m becoming very alarmed.


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[PrincessFiona]

Aidan has been quarantined for 3 weeks in Austria.


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[Meenah]

I really wish we all lived close to one another right now!

[MrsC]

[MENTION=1498]MrsK[/MENTION] I remember that. It's a scary thought. DS1 has exercise/illness induced asthma so it worries me too.
[MENTION=816]PrincessFiona[/MENTION] That's a long time, sorry for him!

So this is weird. I took DD (12 months) to the pediatrician yesterday for cold/flu like symptoms; runny nose, cough and fever x 3 days. I mostly wanted to rule out ear infection since she's had a couple already. I was asked 3 times if we'd been overseas, when making the appointment, at reception and by the burse. Ok, I don't mind that. The nurse and Dr were wearing masks which scared the crap out of DD. Anyway she checked out ok, it seems viral so I left. A couple of hours later the Dr calls me and says: "I forgot to ask if you'd been traveling because if you had, they shouldn't have given you an appointment!" Huh?! I was driving and it was on speaker and DD was asleep so I just wanted to get off the phone. I didn't even think to ask what on Earth she was talking about! Either she meant this was a practice wide thing or I couldn't see her. Maybe she's being extra cautious because she has a baby at home. Even then, it's weird right? When I think of all the awful things DH has had to treat when we had a newborn at home. He never got to pick and choose his patients. I'm kicking myself for not asking more questions.

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[MrsK]

[MENTION=1498]MrsK[/MENTION] I remember that. It's a scary thought. DS1 has exercise/illness induced asthma so it worries me too.
[MENTION=816]PrincessFiona[/MENTION] That's a long time, sorry for him!

So this is weird. I took DD (12 months) to the pediatrician yesterday for cold/flu like symptoms; runny nose, cough and fever x 3 days. I mostly wanted to rule out ear infection since she's had a couple already. I was asked 3 times if we'd been overseas, when making the appointment, at reception and by the burse. Ok, I don't mind that. The nurse and Dr were wearing masks which scared the crap out of DD. Anyway she checked out ok, it seems viral so I left. A couple of hours later the Dr calls me and says: "I forgot to ask if you'd been traveling because if you had, they shouldn't have given you an appointment!" Huh?! I was driving and it was on speaker and DD was asleep so I just wanted to get off the phone. I didn't even think to ask what on Earth she was talking about! Either she meant this was a practice wide thing or I couldn't see her. Maybe she's being extra cautious because she has a baby at home. Even then, it's weird right? When I think of all the awful things DH has had to treat when we had a newborn at home. He never got to pick and choose his patients. I'm kicking myself for not asking more questions.

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I think the APA or CDC is telling them not to have suspected coronavirus patients come to their offices. My pediatrician sent an email to everyone telling us to call from home if we suspect and not come to walk in hours.

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[Auspicious]

Coronavirus

Ugh. Two cases, and apparently three more presumptive cases, diagnosed at the hospital my husband is working at this week, but not actually in his lab. (He is a pathologist.) The samples are drawn by the phlebotomy team (who are now under 14 day quarantine) but sent over to the lab at the Department of Health, and diagnosed there. This hospital is actually in the next county over—a more rural county—from where we live.

So, we are in SC and are trying to buy a house in a tight housing market in OR. It’s been more than a little stressful. A house came on the market and we put in an offer technically sight unseen—I did have a good FaceTime walk-through with our realtor, made him take a bunch of measurements, etc.

The inspection is Monday, and the current plan is to fly DH out there Sunday to be there for the inspection and check out the neighborhood and fly back Tuesday. There are two cases in Jackson County Oregon, where the house is, but they aren’t saying which cities. Flight has a layover in SLC.

Which would be crazier, flying this weekend, or buying a house truly sight-unseen?


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

My brother has a confirmed case in the Boulder, CO ED a few days ago. Weirdly they aren’t quarantining the people who came in contact with the patient.


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[spotty_dog]

Which would be crazier, flying this weekend, or buying a house truly sight-unseen?

Oof. Tough call. The one time we saw our house pre-purchase, we weren't really thinking we'd be buying anything so it was really cursory. But then we went home and decided to put in an offer remotely, and we ended up never seeing the place again until more than 6 months later. The realtor attended the inspection, etc. It worked out fine. It was kind of wild not to have any sense of the place before we moved in! Poring over listing photos, trying to figure out where the utility sink was and if there was a closet in the kid's room!

So yeah, buying a house sight unseen isn't crazy, but taking a flight and using proper precautions probably isn't crazy either. The CDC still says that domestic travel is "low risk".

[scrub-jay]

Sacramento published their new mitigation strategy including no longer quarantining contacts of known cases. Seems a bit weird for only having 10 cases, unless of course they know something we don’t. (Such as: there are way more cases than is feasible to contact trace & quarantine)

Source: https://www.saccounty.net/news/lates...-COVID-19.aspx