Coronavirus / COVID-19 Thread

[JohnR]

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

And no reason to support the Chinese plywood industry if you don't have to
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My current vanity is probably pre Chinese Plywood ; )

Originally Posted by bart

You’re a clown Chris. I’d happily tell you that to your face anytime. And I didn’t delete #^&#^&#^&#^&, my posts are gone.
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Knock it off please.

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

I look forward to it Rob. Good luck!
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Knock it off please.

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

My wife has worked at the same nursing home for 49 years this August. Started as a dietary aide, paid her own way through four years of college, got promoted to social service director, and has remained at that position through seven or eight different administrators. Loves her job and has a gift for dealing with elderly patients and their families.

Her mom, who turned 100 this year, is now a patient there, which has worked well because she gets to see her mom a couple times a day, other patients families are not allowed in the building.
Now an employee...a nurses aide..and at present one patient on the same unit has tested positive. So now, to visit her mom, she has to wear the full hazmat suit. Wrote her mom a note explaining the situation but she didnt recognizer her in that protective gear.

She's the pretty one on the left.

Good for her and Godspeed.

[Rmarsh]

National Guard came to the nursing home where my wife works to test every patient, and all staff a day ago. Results came back and it wasn't good. My mother in law...and every other patient on that floor tested positive, as well as a few nurses and aides. Wifes test showed negative...for now.

The nursing home workers are at the brink from the stress and worry as well as working harder than ever because too many are not showing up for work.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

National Guard came to the nursing home where my wife works to test every patient, and all staff a day ago. Results came back and it wasn't good. My mother in law...and every other patient on that floor tested positive, as well as a few nurses and aides. Wifes test showed negative...for now.

The nursing home workers are at the brink from the stress and worry as well as working harder than ever because too many are not showing up for work.

Dang. Good luck to all of them.


My sister works for RI Dept of Health. She is able to work from home 4 days a week and is in the office 1 day (paperwork). She is severely Immunocompromised with a Lung Disease. One bad elevator button and she gets this. If she gets this she does not survive it.

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

National Guard came to the nursing home where my wife works to test every patient, and all staff a day ago. Results came back and it wasn't good. My mother in law...and every other patient on that floor tested positive, as well as a few nurses and aides. Wifes test showed negative...for now.

The nursing home workers are at the brink from the stress and worry as well as working harder than ever because too many are not showing up for work.

The National Guard was at my wife's nursing home yesterday.. testing ..

I mentioned in a post earlier that management was blocking testing earlier and was confirmed that the corporate office had to approve testing of any resident..

The problem is just like the prison who never tested or screened staff early allowed it in.

But the managment is responsible for the numbers in nursing homes ,, one in fallriver had 60 positives... that doesn't happen overnight ...

Just this week after a person was tested postive after they left . Did they give the staff proper PPE n45 masks and gowns

And if the government hadn't changed reporting guidelines most of the family's staff or public wouldn't be aware ..

[clambo]

My wife (ER nurse) and I talk about this pandemic daily as does everyone else I assume. Her sister is a nurse at a local nursing home. Where my wife works they were taught how to fit masks to their face. For some reason the staff at the nursing home did not get training.They should not go from room to room without changing PPE but it is happening! I'm not sure why? cost?.We have been bombarded with negative news for a long time now and people have really been put into panic mode. The press screams about 22 meat packing plants closing. A Google search showed info titled top 100 meat packing plants! that's just the top, how many are there? My neighbor told me he thinks it's a conspiracy to remove people from social security, he then proceeded to leave his trash out so animals could spread it about 2 days in a row,definition of insanity? Hope all of you stay well.Hope all can disagree without wanting to fight each other.

[rphud]

According to the latest CDC COVIDView report, increases in hospitalization rates for COVID-19, which are cumulative, have started to level off. The hospitalization rate is highest among adults 65 and older and similar to what has been seen during a comparable time period during a recent high severity flu season: