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Ok, I get what you're saying. I also think that when you have a family member go down, maybe not die but get taken off their feet with this thing, that's when it becomes real.
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I can't tell exactly by that link if the FDA is saying ibuprofen is fine to take or not. It looks they're saying ibuprofen won't make coronavirus worse if you catch it, but could interfere with the accuracy of diagnostic testing.Yesterday's mission was to drop the FDA official response link on all the "DON'T TAKE IBUPROFEN" posts I saw.It's the little things.
ETA: It did some good for at least one friend who is caring for her immuno-compromised mother, and all they had was ibuprofen for pain relief so she was freaking out and trying to research it when she saw my post.
Apparently, everyone caught the ibu warning on their Facebook feeds. The Tylenol shelves were bare at my Safeway.
Right. Part of what they're saying is essentially "don't take your fever reducer then report 'no fever' and proclaim yourself recovered" and the other part of what they're saying is "we don't have enough information to know either way" with goes against what all the Facebook armchair docs are copying and pasting.
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Capella said:
Next up, sauerkraut! Very similar process.
3/28 updateNathan R. Jessep said:
Every country on the planet is grossly under reporting the number of deaths from the virus—ourselves included. There is a lack of accurate testing units. If people die before they get tested—time and resources are not going to get wasted to pump up a death count that will just trigger more panic. In Iran-if doctors document a cause of death a being Covid-19–they face extreme punishment from the government. While I don’t want to guess at the actual number of deaths—I will say that I absolutely believe the global number is exponentially higher than being “reported” or “confirmed”.Andy Dufresne said:
The small business stimulus is VERY generous too. There's no reason any small business (especially non-essential / professional services - lawyers, engineers, consultants, etc) should be crying about money right now or even considering laying anyone off. The government is basically offering to pay your payroll for 8 weeks as long as you don't lay anyone off. We were planning to lay 2 people off on Monday and start a "who's next list". Now we're not even revisiting anything related to payroll until July.
Going by TJ's quote to me above, such a quarantine in the U.S. simply can't be based on voluntary action.
I just thought I'd point something out using this post.Blick said:
Seattle and SF weren't enough. No reason to think NYC and ... idk, NOLA/some other metro will. The problem is people continue to find ways to rationalize the "it won't happen here" mentality. Rural v metro, density, distance from epicenters, etc.NotSmart said:
Small victories matter! \O/ Grats.Atomic Punk said:
Is this an actual quote? Or something you made up? Not that it really matters fo this topic but I'm seeing things that indicate the whole Arod thing is fake news.Doug B said:
What I'm hearing and seeing is a lot this. The "it's a NYC/somewhere else" problem, so no need to be safe/smart. But as we've all...well, as those that are looking should see.. the virus spreads because of density, but also because of people being careless. It doesn't care.
Something I made up. TheDirtyWord's link gave no quotes.
Sounds like you will be isolated at all times and generally OK.
Thanks for always responding to me. I'm pretty anxious about this. I called in sick on Monday two weeks ago due to allergies. They gave me two weeks off paid with no sick days used. The bad news is our laptops don't arrive until end of April. While I was gone all the spare computers were taken, so the other analyst in my group all get to work from home now and I'm stuck here. They won't let me buy my own laptop but I think it's more they want someone from my department at the office.
My last week in the office (3/16-20), the entire building started a voluntary effort not to pack the elevators. Riders went up one a time or at most two at a time. The elevators are big enough to maintain something like eight feet of distance for 2 or 3 riders.
Of course, it did help that for that entire week, the building was probably at no more than 10-15% capacity ... and falling off as the week went on.
How close would they be coming to you?
Am I off understanding everything is not solved going full quarantine for a month? That is, if we protect 80% (non-essentials) from infection for a month, then go back to BAU, isn’t it just a matter of time for the global spread to catch them and the same spike occurs, just delayed? I guess I understood flattening the curve did not mean eliminating cases, but spreading out unavoidable infections over a longer duration vs all at once. To that end, isn’t something between full quarantine and BAU the answer?
