Corona and other diseases

Is DeSantis the dumbest governor in the country or is there someone else we don't hear about as much?
 
I work in EMS on an ambulance. We are having to use our personal N-95 mask over and over during shifts due to a shortage of them.
 
We at my store have been re-using ours over and over again too because we don't have extra. We're trying to procure more from a customer who makes them, though I don't know if somebody's homemade makeshift masks are as good to be wearing as the surgical-type masks we're wearing now.
 
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Haven’t written a post in weeks but things at work thankfully aren’t getting worse and seem to be somewhat stabilizing. More ORs and centers initially set up as Covid facilities are dialing back and very slowly being re-opened for procedures. Testing unfortunately is still only ok at best compared to other countries.

As someone who works in this field but is very low on the food chain, this entire situation has given and continues to give me nightmares. And I don’t mean just the horribly sick patients, infected colleagues and friends, the unpredictable data and trends, the fascinating yet really horrendous pathophys of how the virus infects our cells, particularly our resp tract, but more so, the internal struggle of contradiction I face about working to improve people’s health but yet feel more and more distant from humanity than I have ever before and honestly finding it difficult to maintain hope in our species. We have screwed up this situation and so many others into such a state that this virus just reveals just how mismanaged, unequal, opportunistic, and frankly pathetic our species is. I also fully and completely know the greatness of humanity coming through on this situation as well (trust me I've seen this numerous times). However I just find myself more lost and less hopeful. I hope this is temporary. I hope we do not jump the gun globally on this just in the hopes of obtaining more green paper.

I can’t imagine what each of you is going through. I read the posts on this thread which are so thoughtful, intelligent, well-reasoned, raw and also sophisticated beyond any observations I could come up with. You are among the folks who keep my hope maintained so I thank you all for this. I hope each of you is keeping as safe and healthy as possible.
 
San Diego Comic Con is cancelled this year. But they're giving the option of rolling over the badges for next year so that's good. It was the first year I managed to get tickets.

How is everyone doing?
 
thangaran said:
Haven’t written a post in weeks but things at work thankfully aren’t getting worse and seem to be somewhat stabilizing. More ORs and centers initially set up as Covid facilities are dialing back and very slowly being re-opened for procedures. Testing unfortunately is still only ok at best compared to other countries.

As someone who works in this field but is very low on the food chain, this entire situation has given and continues to give me nightmares. And I don’t mean just the horribly sick patients, infected colleagues and friends, the unpredictable data and trends, the fascinating yet really horrendous pathophys of how the virus infects our cells, particularly our resp tract, but more so, the internal struggle of contradiction I face about working to improve people’s health but yet feel more and more distant from humanity than I have ever before and honestly finding it difficult to maintain hope in our species. We have screwed up this situation and so many others into such a state that this virus just reveals just how mismanaged, unequal, opportunistic, and frankly pathetic our species is. I also fully and completely know the greatness of humanity coming through on this situation as well (trust me I've seen this numerous times). However I just find myself more lost and less hopeful. I hope this is temporary. I hope we do not jump the gun globally on this just in the hopes of obtaining more green paper.

I can’t imagine what each of you is going through. I read the posts on this thread which are so thoughtful, intelligent, well-reasoned, raw and also sophisticated beyond any observations I could come up with. You are among the folks who keep my hope maintained so I thank you all for this. I hope each of you is keeping as safe and healthy as possible.
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It's good to hear from you, especially anyone in the medical field, no matter how low on the chain. Keep us updated. :)
 
Elektra1 said:
San Diego Comic Con is cancelled this year. But they're giving the option of rolling over the badges for next year so that's good. It was the first year I managed to get tickets.

How is everyone doing?
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I'm good, just getting a bit stir crazy. Not used to staying home all the time.
 
thangaran said:
Haven’t written a post in weeks but things at work thankfully aren’t getting worse and seem to be somewhat stabilizing. More ORs and centers initially set up as Covid facilities are dialing back and very slowly being re-opened for procedures. Testing unfortunately is still only ok at best compared to other countries.

As someone who works in this field but is very low on the food chain, this entire situation has given and continues to give me nightmares. And I don’t mean just the horribly sick patients, infected colleagues and friends, the unpredictable data and trends, the fascinating yet really horrendous pathophys of how the virus infects our cells, particularly our resp tract, but more so, the internal struggle of contradiction I face about working to improve people’s health but yet feel more and more distant from humanity than I have ever before and honestly finding it difficult to maintain hope in our species. We have screwed up this situation and so many others into such a state that this virus just reveals just how mismanaged, unequal, opportunistic, and frankly pathetic our species is. I also fully and completely know the greatness of humanity coming through on this situation as well (trust me I've seen this numerous times). However I just find myself more lost and less hopeful. I hope this is temporary. I hope we do not jump the gun globally on this just in the hopes of obtaining more green paper.

I can’t imagine what each of you is going through. I read the posts on this thread which are so thoughtful, intelligent, well-reasoned, raw and also sophisticated beyond any observations I could come up with. You are among the folks who keep my hope maintained so I thank you all for this. I hope each of you is keeping as safe and healthy as possible.
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I'm sorry what you're going through which I'm sure puts my anxiety to utter shame, and I wish you all the best in staying physically healthy and as mentally/emotionally healthy as possible under the circumstances, but I'm glad you say things seem to be at least somewhat stabilizing and COVID cases are slowly dialing back.
 
In the US, there's always been a social fabric. There were places you didn't go. A lot of people despised Nixon, yet the vast majority of them accepted that he won the election. Ditto for Reagan and, to a lesser extent, Bush. I sense that fabric tearing and, encouraged by this president, it seems as though a large number of people are willing to take the law into their own hands. This feels different than anything I've experienced.

It's like the bigots have their champion and are ready to take "their" country back. This upcoming election is pretty scary whether Trump wins or loses. I could actually see him declaring the elections null and void. If that were to happen........
 
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