News from my local paper on Covid

We must have had some tests that were negative because we went from 514 active cases on Friday to 505 today.

My mother called to inform me that my baby brother and sister-in-law have it. Supposedly they can tell if a person has a mild case of it which means they will only be sick like a week. I've not seen any reports of this in any papers. Has anyone else?
 

Sorry to hear that your family has been affected, Marci.

From what I've read on the subject, the disease is very unpredictable and can take many twists and turns. Some people get the bug and never even have any symptoms, particularly if they are young and healthy. But not all. Some people have a "mild case," think they are over it, and then, wham! The really bad symptoms suddenly come rushing in.

I don't think we can make any assumptions about this disease, except that it's a good idea not to get it.
 
Sunny said:
Sorry to hear that your family has been affected, Marci.

From what I've read on the subject, the disease is very unpredictable and can take many twists and turns. Some people get the bug and never even have any symptoms, particularly if they are young and healthy. But not all. Some people have a "mild case," think they are over it, and then, wham! The really bad symptoms suddenly come rushing in.

I don't think we can make any assumptions about this disease, except that it's a good idea not to get it.
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They told him that since their symptoms were mild that they should be ok in a week. I hope for their sake whoever told them that is right. They haven't been staying home and my brother works in a Walmart and nobody will mask in there except employees. Also his wife said that a lady who works with her showed up to work and never told them her husband had it. People are so stupid.
 

My oldest sister and her husband were going to Kansas to visit their daughter and her family back in July but had to postpone because at the time Arizona was having a high rate and Kansas had put restrictions on those visiting from here. So they went this week instead. No win situation. 3962 new cases in Arizona today which are approaching the numbers we had back in July.
 
We've gone from the state-mandated yellow zone into the orange zone. :confused:

The biggest impact is schools going to remote learning, the closing of indoor dining, and what are considered non-essential businesses like hair salons, fitness centers, etc... I feel bad for the schools and small businesses that have to deal with little or no notice/guidance to the constant changes.

I thought that the Supreme Court striking down restrictions on the size of religious gatherings was interesting. Some people seem to take that to mean that attending a large church service is safe. I was happy to see the local religious leaders working together to dispel that notion and urge people to follow the accepted precautions including staying home until our numbers improve significantly.
 
Aunt Bea said:
We've gone from the state-mandated yellow zone into the orange zone. :confused:

The biggest impact is schools going to remote learning, the closing of indoor dining, and what are considered non-essential businesses like hair salons, fitness centers, etc... I feel bad for the schools and small businesses that have to deal with little or no notice/guidance to the constant changes.

I thought that the Supreme Court striking down restrictions on the size of religious gatherings was interesting. Some people seem to take that to mean that attending a large church service is safe. I was happy to see the local religious leaders working together to dispel that notion and urge people to follow the accepted precautions including staying home until our numbers improve significantly.
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well for some reason our governor wants to keep everything open and just restrict gatherings to 15 and she's made the mask mandate a statewide thing BUT they still won't abide by it.
 
So our governor mandated the masks with or without the approval of the counties. Who will reinforce this? *Shrugs*

They are talking at work about calling in some freezer trucks here now. They said if things don't slow down we're going to have a field hospital in the parking lot in a matter of a few weeks. I think it will happen sooner because everywhere else is at capacity. Our morgue only holds 2. Things are starting to pick up more here. More coming into the ER every day. We have couriers running tests to the lab. Not sure where that is.
 
Here they have just opened up a hospital that had been closed for a while. It is for the purpose of handling overflow covid cases, and particularly those which do not require ventilators and also to provide step down care for those recovering but not well enough to be discharged.

After doing very well number wise for quite a while, things were partially opened up again and then cases went through the roof.
 
Lots of celebrations in Australia with the Queensland border finally opening at midnight
and some family’s / husbands / wives and children reuniting after 6 long months apart .

Most of Australia is COVID free with just the odd case or two popping up in Adelaide however our government is right on to it as soon as there is any sign of a possible outbreak ...We had a case a few days ago connected to a cluster in the northern suburbs of Adelaide right away there was clinics set up very close to the places the infected man had visited / shopped
so far so good no extra cases reported (y) (y)
 
PopsnTuff said:
Marci, is this the hospital you work in located in La Crosse?....I hope not :( .... Kansas is all over the news, so so sad....please stay safe.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...ource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

Also this: https://salinapost.com/posts/0fb7df00-1ac3-4045-8a0c-12ad57e679c4
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We are going to be in trouble here very soon.
The total for the county is now 2,921, with 962 cases that are actively being monitored by the Health Department. 34 dead.

We have the dumbest damn co-workers on the planet here at our hospital. Three...yes I said 3 employees came to work sick all last week and never told anyone they were sick and they had no fevers and now all three are out. 1 had a heart attack but she texted another gal saying she didn't know she had heart trouble. She thought it was just covid symptoms yet she came to work anyway and put us all at risk and didn't wear her mask. One is waiting test results and one has been at work with Covid for a WEEK.

And all they did was tell her she shouldn't be there. Nobody made her mask up, nobody made her go home. Nobody made her get tested. So we've all been placed in jeopardy by 3 effing people who couldn't stay home. I told them today I think I have a sinus infection but I'm not 100% sure because I have no symptoms of Covid that I don't have every day. So they won't let me get tested unless I have symptoms. By then it will be too late. I'm so pissed tonight I just wanna scream but voice is getting rough from all the throat irritation.
We have 34 Covid patients right now.
 
 

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