This just got announced within the last hour. No word yet on what a “public health emergency” entails for the base. Hopefully we don’t get locked in or out.
It's been SHTF up here in Boston area for the last week. It's real. Have seen a number of military helicopters flying over.
Had a semi-lockdown go into place and a more official one coming tomorrow. .
I really haven't let my house in about 2 weeks other than being out in the neighborhood/yard. Definite sense of urgency growing each day.
I also have a family member currently in the ICU with Covid. Been 13 days so far they have been fighting the disease.
Had a semi-lockdown go into place and a more official one coming tomorrow. .
I really haven't let my house in about 2 weeks other than being out in the neighborhood/yard. Definite sense of urgency growing each day.
I also have a family member currently in the ICU with Covid. Been 13 days so far they have been fighting the disease.
How did it turn out? Do you know what treatments helped? As a member of.at least three high risk groups, and having two others in my immediate family qualify as high risk,, some non press info would be appreciated, and I hope there is good news for your family member.
They recovered after an ICU stay. They needed oxygen support. This was early in the cycle since they caught it on Mar 9 (actually she was the 7th confirmed cases in the state) so treatments were non-existent at that point. Still lingering aftereffects, so not fully recovered yet. Mainly they get exhausted easily and out of breath just doing things like walking up stairs. They are part of a few studies right now to learn about lingering effects.
My sis was an ICU nurse treating COVID patients. They got slammed, but MA did a decent job of flattening the curve and cases have now dropped off dramatically. They actually flew patients to other hospitals around the region. However, the number of cases dropped off dramatically in the last couple months. Actually ended up dismantling their overflow ICU back in May. Maybe 100-200 new cases per day now and still dropping.
I know of about 10 people who personally came down with it. One person (a coworker) unfortunately passed from it.
We've had a mask mandate since May. Adherence is prob about 99%. Things are just starting to open up around here again with restrictions. Restarants and such only just reopened this past Mon.
Thank you for the front line report from someone the news is not paying to sing “Doom, Despair and Agony on Me”
I am sure it will take some time to get over being that sick, even if the virus is all cleared from a person’s system. Due to a low population density, our state is one of two that has not been As widely and heavily infected.
Due to the nation’s increasing mental density and irritation at the interruption in our lifestyles, mask use and following other precautions are lessening here. I predict a spike before the end of July, and a bigger one when school starts this fall.
I am sure it will take some time to get over being that sick, even if the virus is all cleared from a person’s system. Due to a low population density, our state is one of two that has not been As widely and heavily infected.
Due to the nation’s increasing mental density and irritation at the interruption in our lifestyles, mask use and following other precautions are lessening here. I predict a spike before the end of July, and a bigger one when school starts this fall.
I'm a lot more comfortable now, given that our cases have dropped off dramatically. I realize it's going up in other states, but here we are venturing out more and more and cases are still dropping. However, mask usage and social distancing are two things that people here really adhere to. For instance, when you go to Home Depot for example. masks are mandatory, they restrict the number of people in the building (have to wait in line outside) and when you get in the checkout line, you are queued up 6-7 feet apart, with barriers. Carts are sanitized, etc etc. It's like that for a lot of stores and for the most part, 99.9% of the people follow the rules without issue.
PITA to deal with, but whatever. I have family that are first responders and medical personnel. My mother is the director of a nursing home. I've got enough anecdotal tales to keep you guys busy for a few hours. I'm not hiding in a bunker, but I take it seriously.
I've also been tested once, back in the beginning. Most of my family has probably been tested a dozen times or more by now due to their high-risk jobs.
I also helped design and test masks and other filtration materials for local hospitals back in March/April when PPE was in short supply. We now build and supply a lot of local and regional hospitals with PPE. My workload has been increased dramatically these last few months and only last week for to finally take a "vacation". This is also why there's been little progress on my car.
PITA to deal with, but whatever. I have family that are first responders and medical personnel. My mother is the director of a nursing home. I've got enough anecdotal tales to keep you guys busy for a few hours. I'm not hiding in a bunker, but I take it seriously.
I've also been tested once, back in the beginning. Most of my family has probably been tested a dozen times or more by now due to their high-risk jobs.
I also helped design and test masks and other filtration materials for local hospitals back in March/April when PPE was in short supply. We now build and supply a lot of local and regional hospitals with PPE. My workload has been increased dramatically these last few months and only last week for to finally take a "vacation". This is also why there's been little progress on my car.
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We were doing the mandatory masks and distancing about a month ago, but it's kind of fallen by the wayside now. The majority of people wearing a mask either don't have a decent one, or are wearing it in such a way that it is basically useless. I have not been wearing one, but I do wash my hands frequently and take my temp. in the mornings.
@Mustang5L5 Since you design masks, what are actually the useful ones to use for us "regular folk?" I've read that two layers of t-shirt material are one of the best materials to use, and that bandanas are not very good. The paper masks are a PITA and most people don't wear them properly. Many people use thin fleece neck/face coverings, like snowboarders or hunters use. I believe those are mostly useless as well?
Does a person with NO symptoms really need to wear one? Why?
@Mustang5L5 Since you design masks, what are actually the useful ones to use for us "regular folk?" I've read that two layers of t-shirt material are one of the best materials to use, and that bandanas are not very good. The paper masks are a PITA and most people don't wear them properly. Many people use thin fleece neck/face coverings, like snowboarders or hunters use. I believe those are mostly useless as well?
Does a person with NO symptoms really need to wear one? Why?
They are pretty much useless against suspended particulates. I've tested them. An N95-N99/100 is the benchmark at around 95-99% efficiency. T-shirts are around 15-20% efficient, and the bandanas or those face coverings that snowboarders use i tested were the worst around 10% efficient at stopping particles around 300nm. Basically if you go into an environment with suspended aerosol particles of small size, they are useless.
Layering T-shirts only provided a slightly better improvement in efficiency. So if one layer was 19% efficient, a 2nd layer only improved efficiency to 20-21% of so. A 3rd layer might make it 22%. You would really need an impractical amount of layers to truly be effective. In the initial days of the pandemic in the US, we tested a number of household items. Most things in your house make poor filters due to the construction of the material. In order to actively filter small particle sizes, the structure of the media needs to be designed a specific way as small particles are not captured by sieving. They use other capture mechanisms such as electrostatic charge, Brownian motion and Impaction to capture particles many times smaller than the actual pore of the filter. Pillow cases, t-shirts, hankerchiefs, etc all make poor filters. Make-up pads were somewhat ok, but the best household filters to strap on your face if you really need N95 type performance would be a vacuum cleaner bag, or the car filter from under your hood. Short of joke memes, I don't see many people doing this.
However, the sub-par materials still work at capturing larger spit globules, as those are much larger than the pores/spaced in the material. So if two people are having a conversation, it does help stop the two persons from spitting on each other. As to if that would cut down on transmission rates? Well, i'm no virologist.
I can't really say if a person without symptoms needs to wear one as that all depends on if that person can still have a viral load in their spit/breath. Again, not my area of expertise to make a comment on this.
What do I wear when I go out and need to go into a store? An N95 mask.
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I do not want to turn this into facebook, but it is in the survival stall.
My doctors agree at this point that even non n95 surgical masks on healthy and infected people will slow the spread - if people keep their hands away from their faces and wear them over their mouths and noses.
For my family, wearing our glasses and a filter (in case someone coughs or sneezes in our direction) is a minor inconvenience compared to staying at home during this or influenza season.
I am saving the few n95 masks I already had for paint, sanding etc. work. But if more were available, I’d have one on instead.
If you do not have face covering indoors on a day I have to go to the store, please do not be offended when I address you only at a distance. Slow suffocation is not how I would choose to go.
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My doctors agree at this point that even non n95 surgical masks on healthy and infected people will slow the spread - if people keep their hands away from their faces and wear them over their mouths and noses.
For my family, wearing our glasses and a filter (in case someone coughs or sneezes in our direction) is a minor inconvenience compared to staying at home during this or influenza season.
I am saving the few n95 masks I already had for paint, sanding etc. work. But if more were available, I’d have one on instead.
If you do not have face covering indoors on a day I have to go to the store, please do not be offended when I address you only at a distance. Slow suffocation is not how I would choose to go.
The coating of the wire is a nice addition. That it does not fog up your glasses is great. That ticks me off when sanding stuff because it can make mud on the lenses.
I saw on the news a store where masks were prohibited. I do not know why a gun shop would think a bandit mask would be a risky item to wear.