Even if that was the case, how would it be relevant?Quote:
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Even if that was the case, how would it be relevant?Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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Originally Posted by frugal-one
With an extremely infectious pandemic raging it would be at best tone deaf for someone who works from home to be speaking out against people who don’t have that luxury who don’t want to put themselves and their families at risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
My partner is an elementary school teacher, in their 50s. They are doing in-person teaching. Their district is doing very low levels of somewhat-disorganized testing. The classroom setups are "reasonable" with airflow and distancing of desks, but it is near-impossible to keep 4th-graders from mingling in ways contrary to the guidelines. The teachers themselves are provided with several quick lateral-flow tests a week. My partner's classroom. has had several outbreaks requiring quarantining/isolation protocols. So far my partner has managed to avoid infection, and hasn't infected their own family, or mine. The school district is in one of the worst counties in the state for covid statistics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
My own school district has gone back to remote learning after the New Year, when our much-more-intensive covid testing program at the school district revealed a wildfire-like spread among the kids and families. My county has the best statistics in the state, and generally in the nation. We've still had outbreaks at the school during the first half of the school year, even with our precautions.
I think the problem is perhaps a bit more complex than "a bunch of entitled idiots".
The CTU is going about it the wrong way which is pissing off a lot of people.
Parents were notified of the first day with no school very late the night before. They could have filed a grievance and so parents would have had some notice. Apparently legally, the mayor can’t just say “we’re going remote.” Chicago has an appointed school board, not elected. Goes back decades. Mayor runs the schools.
Do you need to have worn a badge to criticize the police?Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
I think the “entitled idiots” comes from a union deciding on short notice that they can dictate the mode of learning. I think the Mayor is right not to pay them if they don’t show up.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Went into work last night (after posting the above) and was asked to come in early today as both the elementary and middle school were doing a "virtual learning" day. No students or teachers in the classrooms today.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
DH may have COVID-19.
Yesterday morning he woke up after coughing in the night and he had a temperature of 100.2
As is our agreement, he went to Hermann to recover. He is not vaccinated and he doesn’t get to infect me unnecessarily if he has a case of it. He is reporting his temperature to me twice a day. Mornings and evenings. He has food in Hermann for several days. I will probably take him frozen meals in about three days so that he doesn’t go into restaurants and he has something varied to eat.
Now I’m sitting here waiting to see if I was infected. He was home briefly on Sunday night, he slept in a separate bedroom from me, and got up Monday morning. He hung around while we talked about his options, I made him lunch, and then he took off for Hermann. The highly infectious Omicron strain could’ve infected me in this brief time, so we shall see.
This morning when he called to give me his health report his temperature was down to 98°. That is a positive sign but only a small step forward.
Gosh this is a time where I would love to have a COVID-19 home test, but they are impossible to get. Funny I thought only Donald Trump was the one who kept tests out of the hands of The People and now I don’t know who to blame since we’re not allowed to place any blame at the feet of Democrats in the White House.
i ordered a COVID-19 home test on January 1, 4 of them. They are not cheap. But they won’t be here for weeks so No go.
Probably should be testing oxygen with a pulse oximeter.
To avoid restaurants just get food delivery. Door dash etc. are great. Grocery delivery also.
Yes, the oxygen tester I ordered on January 1 arrives tomorrow. But those are also in stock locally so I might swing by a Walgreens and pick one up and deliver it to him if/when I take food.Quote:
Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore
There is no DoorDash in Hermann. There is no delivery service in Hermann. The best he can do is call ahead and place a carry out order and pick it up from the curb. I did that a couple times in spring 2020.
Fortunately, the men working on our Hermann house are working outside. DH lives in the basement since there’s absolutely nothing on the first and second floors of our house, no bathrooms no kitchen no furniture —nothing. He is not exposing anyone there.
The oximeter is a great little device. When you have any kind of respiratory illness, it helps identify whether your oxygen level is stable. Sometimes it can be hard to tell when coughing and feeling crappy. I always carry mine due to asthma.
Practice with using it a fair bit while you are healthy. Readings can fluctuate noticeably even when everything is normal, so get a good idea ahead of time, so you aren't alarmed when you try to use it when you suspect illness.Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetana3
The acting head of the FDA said today pretty much everyone is going to get covid. If you are fearful best to move to a cave.
I'm sorry, IL. I hope you don't get it and that your DH makes a good recovery.
The key, of course, is to manage the impact so it doesn't overwhelm things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
We had to medevac several mass casualty auto accidents this last week. It was difficult to find ICU beds. One person I suspect will die because of delays and a swamped medical system, even though we had him in the chopper within minutes of the accident, and likely in normal times would have survived and lived a productive life. He is 27, and they'll probably pull the plug on him soon. They need his ventilator.
Oh dear Iris Lily, what rotten news. It sounds like you did everything you could have. You're right, though--if it was Omicron, you may be infected. With luck, your case will be asymptomatic or mild, if you do get it. And I'm hoping for the best outcome for your husband.
Yes--what the hell is with the no-test situation?? I agree that at this point, blaming only Trump is foolish. He kicked off the "don't test, don't tell" idiocy, but why continue it? The price of the home kits alone precludes a lot of people from getting checked.
In the UK for ages now, you have been able to get free 7-packs of lateral flow test kits from the NHS, either mailed to your home or picked up at local pharmacies or collection points. I think there's a limit, like 3 7-packs a day, per person in your household....Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Jesus H Christ. I am having a hard time feeling sorry for the unvaccinated. (Sorry for you IL and hope your DH has a mild case.). All the warnings… and now others will die because they are taking needed beds. Time to say, if you don’t get vaccinated, you don’t get a bed if needed.
This is a sentiment I have some sympathy for, Despite my personal situation. Decisions have consequences.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
That seems a bit much. There are still people who are unvaccinated because they are in underserved communities, or have PEG / polysorbate allergies. There are also people who are just victims of their own echo-chamber political views/social media/news sources.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I mean, we provide high-quality emergency/trauma care to all sorts of people with lifestyle issues. I cut people out of cars pretty frequently who drove while drunk, and crashed. And get them to the regional trauma care center within the "golden hour". If we were getting all judgy about lifestyle choices, we'd just clear the road and let them bleed out in a ditch, but that hardly seems humane.
I feel terribly sorry that they are unwitting victims to deliberate misinformation and conspiracy-theory mongering. It is shameful.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
This foolishness kills people.
Yeah, I don’t see placing the burden of passing treatment by on the backs of medical personnel in an emergency situation, but they are in fact doing triage whether we like it or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
I would rather see a financial element come to pass, something like insurance companies refusing to pay for any hospital stay having to do with Covid. I suppose that’s not doable either though for many reasons I wouldn’t understand being pretty far away from it.
I vaguely remember hearing of insurance companies raising rates for the unvaccinated.
I think you'd have to craft financial incentives fairly carefully. People's discount-rate for future Bad Things often is incorrectly calculated. I suspect a before-the-Bad-Thing penalty would be more effective at shaping behaviour, along with some rewards.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
If you simply bankrupt them after they get covid, the hospitals/healthcare system will still end up writing off/eating a lot of the cost, and the now-bankrupt covid survivor will go on to be an additional drain on society as they access social support services.
Perhaps this is why the NHS in the UK quite prudently spends the money up-front on test kits and stuff, since the NHS gets stuck with the bill for the sick people.
I spent 1.5 hours in a very long line of cars today to get a Covid test. Me and K have been very careful, we don't go out much at all, and wear double masks when we do. But we went to Albuquerque on Saturday to get some art supplies, and went into the co-op to grab some sandwiches to eat in the car, and then I dropped off new work to one of my galleries. Yesterday I started feeling a bit punky with sinus pressure, a very slight scratchy throat, a headache, diarrhea...this morning after I did the house chores of bringing in wood, dumping the stove ashes and compost and sweeping up the floor, I felt strangely light-headed and slightly out of breath. When I called my local clinic, they faxed over a requisition to the testing site (the only way to get a test around here). It is impossible to find test kits in the stores anyway, and I didn't want to be going in and out of places anyway.
So I will find out in 72 hours; at least my calendar is blank for the next two weeks, being that I am still unemployed. I am really grateful (and lucky) I can laze about the
house while I am waiting. I had already ordered groceries online and picked them up yesterday so we are pretty set. I am hearing that a number of people around my general area have it. I am so glad I cancelled my trip to Michigan last week for my Mom's 90th birthday; hours after I cancelled the flights (thank god I bought trip insurance), the airlines cancelled the flights anyway. I was supposed to be returning from Michigan today, and just read that many, many flights were being cancelled from lack of staff. I wouldn't have wanted to be trapped there, unable to find a flight!
A veterinarian friend of ours just got her test results and they were.............inconclusive. She needs to get dressed again and go back for another test.
So sorry to hear this iris and Siouzq. Hope that everyone have minor cases and recover quickly.
So sorry IL and SQ. I hope everyone is okay.
Hope everyone waiting is negative! And sorry about your dh, il.
As for tests, stores in my area reported really high sales/selling out from before Christmas through to the new year. I think we, the general public, created the shortage. First it was toilet paper and now covid tests.
In stock tests. Available in sizeable quantities, 2-3 day delivery time to remote islands:
https://www.vitalitymedical.com/intr...ovid-test.html
thanks!!!! I ordered a box, 2 tests. Probably not enough, but I want to see if they really arrive before ordering more.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
i appreciate this very much.
I've ordered boring medical supplies from them in the past and got prompt delivery. This pointer just arrived in my mail about an hour ago, so they must have a stash.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I ordered that one through Amazon on Jan. 3 and just got it yesterday, the 11th. I thought I heard that insurance or at least someone is supposed to reimburse for up to 8 kits, but haven't checked on the details.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Starting this coming Saturday. I doubt they'll be retroactive in reimbursement.Quote:
I thought I heard that insurance or at least someone is supposed to reimburse for up to 8 kits, but haven't checked on the details.
The one I ordered on Amazon was supposed to be delivered, according to Amazon’s stock blurb “by January 7” but when I actually put my finger on the order button, it’s surprise, it wouldn’t be delivered until January 25.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
We used to run into that at the library all the time, we would be unable to get a book but the customers and other staff would say “but Amazon says it’s available “. All a big lie.
The provincial government in Quebec is preparing to impose a "health contribution tax" on residents who refuse COVID vaccines for non-medical reasons. On 1/11/22 Premier Legault said the tax is "intended as a consequence". The amount of the tax has not been decided, but Legault promised that it will be significant.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I was just coming here to say that because I just read about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dado potato
Well the US could do the same for government delivered insurance, i.e. Medicaid and Medicare.
haha, so I found out, I assumed there was a way to get money back, nope too soon. I had kept the receipts. But to be honest I expected less of it than all that, imagined the hoops to be jumped through might be too complex and that it's just another cost I should eat due to pandemic (like masks etc.). But no, the getting money back wasn't even an option yet. And then I probably go to the drug store like 10 times for them to have test maybe 2 of them. At least it's close I guess.Quote:
Starting this coming Saturday. I doubt they'll be retroactive in reimbursement.
Good luck getting paupers on Medicaid to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies