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RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 04:59 PM)chuck white Wrote:
Quote:A United States Postal Service employee in Federal Way is among the six who tested positive for COVID-19 in King County.

https://komonews.com/news/local/usps-worker-among-6-testing-positive-for-covid-19-in-king-co

Now, I'm worried about all that mail and packages I got from China last month.

I didnt expect washington to be the state that this blew up in first, but its about to hit the fan.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-01-2020

I went searching the internet for COVID-19 test kits. You would think I could order some from China.
I think they are hording them all.

I did find out that the CDC in Medford can do the test. But you have to wait until Monday to get a hold of them
542-618-4651 If anybody else is interested.

(I'm really hoping for an excuse to stay home for 2 weeks)


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-01-2020

Quote:Rhode Island has its first confirmed case of the new COVID-19 virus, state public health officials announced Sunday, prompting dozens of people to be self-quarantined and a Catholic High School to close while it’s being sanitized.

The Rhode Island Department of Health said the unidentified male patient is in his 40s and had traveled to Italy in mid-February.
https://apnews.com/ca108ab730345a78c841a63a01a84b6b


RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 05:21 PM)chuck white Wrote: I went searching the internet for COVID-19 test kits. You would think I could order some from China.
I think they are hording them all.

I did find out that the CDC in Medford can do the test. But you have to wait until Monday to get a hold of them
542-618-4651 If anybody else is interested.

(I'm really hoping for an excuse to stay home for 2 weeks)

As the resident forum jokester, are you being serious, do you think you have symptoms?


RE: Corona virus - tvguy - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 05:09 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 04:59 PM)chuck white Wrote:
Quote:A United States Postal Service employee in Federal Way is among the six who tested positive for COVID-19 in King County.

https://komonews.com/news/local/usps-worker-among-6-testing-positive-for-covid-19-in-king-co

Now, I'm worried about all that mail and packages I got from China last month.

I didnt expect washington to be the state that this blew up in first, but its about to hit the fan.
Seattle Gets a ton of tourists from Japan. I think I read 600 to 800 every day. Not anymore. Seattle's tourist industry is taking a huge hit.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 05:35 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 05:21 PM)chuck white Wrote: I went searching the internet for COVID-19 test kits. You would think I could order some from China.
I think they are hording them all.

I did find out that the CDC in Medford can do the test. But you have to wait until Monday to get a hold of them
542-618-4651 If anybody else is interested.

(I'm really hoping for an excuse to stay home for 2 weeks)

As the resident forum jokester, are you being serious, do you think you have symptoms?

I have had a mild case of the flu, at first I thought bad food. It stared with gut issues. Then It went on to my muscles, I thought I slept wrong. Then I got the chills, It is cold out, but at 70 F inside, I still felt cold. This morning, it's in my lungs with a coughing fit about every hour or two. Not sick enough to keep me down, but ya a 'mild' case of the flu.

Normally, I wouldn't even think about it. I could be a super spreader, I've been to Walmart, Burger King, recycling center, Dollar store, Pet Mart and Home depot. That was yesterday.


RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 07:00 PM)chuck white Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 05:35 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 05:21 PM)chuck white Wrote: I went searching the internet for COVID-19 test kits. You would think I could order some from China.
I think they are hording them all.

I did find out that the CDC in Medford can do the test. But you have to wait until Monday to get a hold of them
542-618-4651 If anybody else is interested.

(I'm really hoping for an excuse to stay home for 2 weeks)

As the resident forum jokester, are you being serious, do you think you have symptoms?

I have had a mild case of the flu, at first I thought bad food. It stared with gut issues. Then It went on to my muscles, I thought I slept wrong. Then I got the chills, It is cold out, but at 70 F inside, I still felt cold. Now it's in my lungs with a coughing fit about every hour or two. Not sick enough to keep me down, but ya a 'mild' case of the flu.

Bummer. My one official bout with the flu several years ago i was standing at the sink doing dishes, and no joke, like someone flipped a switch, i was SICK. Could not even finish dishes, told wife i had to go lay down, proceeded to shiver for a couple hours straight, freezing cold, but high fever. I missed a full week of work, never thought i was going to die, but i damn near wanted to at one point.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-01-2020

(03-01-2020, 07:12 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 07:00 PM)chuck white Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 05:35 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-01-2020, 05:21 PM)chuck white Wrote: I went searching the internet for COVID-19 test kits. You would think I could order some from China.
I think they are hording them all.

I did find out that the CDC in Medford can do the test. But you have to wait until Monday to get a hold of them
542-618-4651 If anybody else is interested.

(I'm really hoping for an excuse to stay home for 2 weeks)

As the resident forum jokester, are you being serious, do you think you have symptoms?

I have had a mild case of the flu, at first I thought bad food. It stared with gut issues. Then It went on to my muscles, I thought I slept wrong. Then I got the chills, It is cold out, but at 70 F inside, I still felt cold. Now it's in my lungs with a coughing fit about every hour or two. Not sick enough to keep me down, but ya a 'mild' case of the flu.
Bummer. My one official bout with the flu several years ago i was standing at the sink doing dishes, and no joke, like someone flipped a switch, i was SICK. Could not even finish dishes, told wife i had to go lay down, proceeded to shiver for a couple hours straight, freezing cold, but high fever. I missed a full week of work, never thought i was going to die, but i damn near wanted to at one point.

I always get the flu in slow motion, one day one symptom, next day another. Takes a week to run it course, Only when it hits my lung do I omit to having the flu.  I hate taking it easy, that is when the flu gets me the most.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-01-2020

Quote:Coronavirus latest updates: second death in US as New York confirms first case

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/02/coronavirus-live-updates-china-latest-news-us-australia-deaths-markets-italy-iran-update-cases




Quote:New York state governor says woman in her 30s returned from Iran, as China announces just 200 new cases



Only one day went by, since the 1st one.
Probably will have 2 more tomorrow.

Isn't exponential growth a bitch.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

Quote:Washington state officials said Sunday night that a King County resident had died from the coronavirus, making them the second person in the U.S. to die from COVID-19.
The first victim, a man in his 50s, was also a King County resident.
Authorities in Washington state also announced three additional cases, bringing the number of cases there to 10.

2nd death on West Coast , not New York as previously reported.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/global-death-toll-coronavirus-reaches-3000-confirmed-cases/story?id=69319279


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

Quote:When Donald Trump Jr said Democrats hope coronavirus “kills millions of people” in the US because they want to bring his father down, he was merely “pushing back” at politicisation of the viral outbreak by Trump opponents, Mike Pence claimed in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/coronavirus-mike-pence-donald-trump-jr-democrats-millions-die




It more like they are afraid, that millions will die. They are not 'weaponizing' the virus, They are weaponizing Trump's incompetence.


Quote:The UN health agency stressed in its latest situation report on COVID-19 that "oxygen therapy is a major treatment intervention for patients with severe COVID-19."

"All countries should work to optimise the availability of pulse oximeters and medical oxygen systems," it said.

https://news.yahoo.com/urges-stocking-ventilators-combat-virus-061501995.html


Hopefully, Pence got the massage and ordered a shit load of ventilators.


RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-02-2020

(03-02-2020, 03:38 AM)chuck white Wrote:
Quote:When Donald Trump Jr said Democrats hope coronavirus “kills millions of people” in the US because they want to bring his father down, he was merely “pushing back” at politicisation of the viral outbreak by Trump opponents, Mike Pence claimed in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/coronavirus-mike-pence-donald-trump-jr-democrats-millions-die




It more like they are afraid, that millions will die. They are not 'weaponizing' the virus, They are weaponizing Trump's incompetence.


Quote:The UN health agency stressed in its latest situation report on COVID-19 that "oxygen therapy is a major treatment intervention for patients with severe COVID-19."

"All countries should work to optimise the availability of pulse oximeters and medical oxygen systems," it said.

https://news.yahoo.com/urges-stocking-ventilators-combat-virus-061501995.html


Hopefully, Pence got the massage and ordered a shit load of ventilators.

I dont know, doubtful. The incompetence is in full display so far.


RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-02-2020

Shhhhh, Don't test, don't tell.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/dont-test-dont-tell/


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

Wow, I just woke up. I don't usually sleep this late. Started coughing up yellow stuff, as soon as I sat up. I'm in full contagious mode, and late for work. Joking about work,I'm calling in sick.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

(03-02-2020, 08:17 AM)GPnative Wrote: Shhhhh, Don't test, don't tell.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/dont-test-dont-tell/


Wow, Hopefully they don't have the same policy going.
I read they were only testing people who were very sick and required hospitalization.
If you are looking to test people with the flu, you know where those people are.
People like me, who know what nosocomial is, don't go to hospitals.
They need us to volunteer samples for testing.

I'm going to call the CDC and see if they are willing to test me. If not, I'll stop by their office hang out for awhile and leave them some samples. Ninja


RE: Corona virus - GPnative - 03-02-2020

(03-02-2020, 09:12 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(03-02-2020, 08:17 AM)GPnative Wrote: Shhhhh, Don't test, don't tell.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/dont-test-dont-tell/


Wow, Hopefully they don't have the same policy going.
I read they were only testing people who were very sick and required hospitalization.
If you are looking to test people with the flu, you know where those people are.
People like me, who know what nonsocial is, don't go to hospitals.
They need us to volunteer samples for testing.

I'm going to call the CDC and see if they are willing to test me. If not, I'll stop by their office hang out for awhile and leave them some samples. Ninja

I will be curious what their response is to your inquiry.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

(03-02-2020, 09:48 AM)GPnative Wrote:
(03-02-2020, 09:12 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(03-02-2020, 08:17 AM)GPnative Wrote: Shhhhh, Don't test, don't tell.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/dont-test-dont-tell/


Wow, Hopefully they don't have the same policy going.
I read they were only testing people who were very sick and required hospitalization.
If you are looking to test people with the flu, you know where those people are.
People like me, who know what nonsocial is, don't go to hospitals.
They need us to volunteer samples for testing.

I'm going to call the CDC and see if they are willing to test me. If not, I'll stop by their office hang out for awhile and leave them some samples. Ninja

I will be curious what their response is to your inquiry.

So, I called to see if they do testing., They suggested I go to my doctor. I told them I don't have a doctor (He died a few years back). They suggested I go to urgent care. I don't feel bad enough to go there. I'm the kind of person who just stays home when really sick.  This place is in Medford and when they learned I was in Josephine county, they wanted me to go to Josephine public health. I told her that when I called the hospital about testing for Covid, They told me only Medford is testing. The last thing they did was take my number and said they'll get back to me.
I think they don't want to know if somebody is out and about with covid. Might mean more money if the outbreak gets big.


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

After doing more research, I figured I have the 'hoax' virus. Nothing to worry about. I just need to stay away from democrats and news media. I'm heading down to the Republican headquarters to tell them about it. The coughing is not real.


RE: Corona virus - Scrapper - 03-02-2020

Third presumptive case of COVID-19 coronavirus in Oregon announced by OHA

https://www.kptv.com/news/third-presumptive-case-of-covid--coronavirus-in-oregon-announced/article_1dcfafa4-5cb2-11ea-a84f-1f637202aa6b.html#utm_source=kptv.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnews%2Fthird-presumptive-case-of-covid--coronavirus-in-oregon-announced%2Farticle-1dcfafa4-5cb2-11ea-a84f-1f637202aa6b.html%3Fmode%3Demail%26-dc%3D1583173561&utm_medium=auto%20alert%20email&utm_content=headline 


RE: Corona virus - chuck white - 03-02-2020

Well my fever must be breaking, I'm sweating up a storm. I couldn't locate my thermometer, I had one last year.
I called the Josephine public health to see if they would test for Covid19, They want me to go and have a bunch of other test first at urgent care.
On my dime. I ask what benefit was there for me to know what I had. It was not going to change anything on how I was treating myself. He said it would be to the public's interest to know. Which I understand, but then it should be paid for by the public. I'm not going to pay for them to have information.
So as it stands right now. If you have a mild case of covid-19, which does not require hospital intervention they don't want to test you. I'm sure that it's just a ordinary flu, but if it's not, then we might see a big outbreak in Grants Pass.
What worries me is that somebody else might have a mild case of covid-19 and they can't get tested without it being one of the 20% who get real sick.

They should test everyone who has the flu, period. We need to know how wide spread this is.