The quality of a survivor’s life may also be big question….
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As Michigan enters its third month of COVID-19, those hit first and worst by the virus that has infected more than 45,000 state residents are being weaned off vents, leaving hospitals and heading home only to realize that the virus may no longer infect them, but it has left their bodies weakened and wrecked.
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Michigan health officials list 22,686 patients as “recovered” from the virus, but it’s a loose definition and includes all patients “who are 30 days out from their onset of illness.”
To be sure, some patients are mostly recuperated after leaving hospitals, but for countless others, the road to true recovery is daunting and uncharted.
Going into the weekend, more than 1,600 people remained hospitalized with COVID-19, including 570 on ventilators, according to state data.
“The doctors keep telling me they can’t tell me what’s going to happen,” said Jeff Curtis, 66, of Osseo who spent three days on a ventilator at Hillsdale Hospital.
Nearly a month later, he said pain through his arms and legs is overwhelming and the exhaustion, ever-present.
“They can’t tell me what’s normal and what’s not. It’s too new.”
Doctors do know, however, that COVID-19 can set off a storm of immune responses that can kill cells, hurt or even shut down the heart, liver and kidneys, said Dr. Sheryl Wissman, chief medical officer for Ascension Providence Rochester, which opened a 12-bed recovery unit April 22.
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At Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Dr. Ralph Wang said some patients have been so hypoxic, or deprived of oxygen, that their brains now struggle to perform simple tasks — “almost like a mild brain injury.”
Some patients, Wang said, must “learn to walk and talk and go to the bathroom” again.
Protesters should demand coronavirus safety and a reopened economy.
We can have both.
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First, history tells us that U.S. cities that were more aggressive with public health measures to get the 1918 flu pandemic under control grew faster economically after the pandemic was over and had fewer deaths.
Today, check out South Korea: Despite being China’s neighbor, it has had only 256 deaths and has begun reopening its economy after aggressive testing, tracing and isolation of cases.
Second, reopening retail businesses only addresses the supply of services. For robust sales to occur, there will also need to be robust demand.
Polls show that given current risks, most Americans are not ready to resume normal activities, even if restrictions are lifted. Reducing the risk of coronavirus is vital for stimulating shopping, dining, leisure and travel.
Third, employers will have challenges bringing their employees back to work if they cannot keep them safe. This includes the same challenges health care employers have faced: maintaining physical distancing and providing personal protective equipment. ✁
Fourth, once workplaces open, it will be impossible to stay open without the robust ability to rapidly test employees, trace contacts of those who get infected, and isolate them. While I have taken care of… ✁, this is particularly critical where employees are in tight proximity.
Here are the four things protesters really should be demanding to reopen the economy: Widely available, reliable, rapid COVID-19 tests, a public health work force and tech solutions to rapidly trace contacts of new cases, business safeguards that include personal protective equipment, physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection, and personal adherence to physical distancing to reduce spread until testing ramps up and cases decrease.
The answer to thses and many other important questions can be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (except for the Game of Thrones reference).
To whit: Good exists as does evil.Man has free will and should choose good over evil.Man is a fallen creature created in God’s image.Man is rdeemed from his sin by Jesus Christ whose path brings us into God’s kingom.It is a narrow path.Man must live up to his potential and respect the individual dignity of his fellow man.Love God with all your mind, heart and soul, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.
People don’t seem to have a problem with “no shirt, no shoes, no service” or TSA agents demanding that you take off your shoes, belt, empty your pockets and get an invasive search before boarding an airplane (because Bush failed to connect dots or heed clear, explicit PDB warnings, and allowed 9/11 to happen).
But all of a sudden, if someone says, “no mask, no service,” childish toddlers throw tantrums.
The same people who think they need to carry military-grade weapons (to compensate for their other insecurities and inadequacies) for protection to themselves think it is a huge deal to just put on a darn mask to protect others.
The same people who bragged that they could survive for years in their underground bunkers all of a sudden can’t survive two months without their grocery store or their local bar.
Our leftist friends are often wrong but never in doubt. Excerpt from WSJ essay today on Liberty University:
Mr. Falwell had to abandon his plans for in-person classes when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam banned gatherings of more than 100 people. So Liberty moved its classes online. Thanks to long experience with such instruction—Liberty already had 100,000 online students—the move wasn’t as wrenching as it was for others. Meanwhile, students could still come back to campus if they chose, and about 1,200 of them did.
From the reaction, you would have thought returning to Liberty was a death sentence. An emergency-room physician told the Daily Beast, “If Liberty University reopens, people will die.”
On March 29, the New York Times ran a news story whose original headline read, “Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus, Too.”…[As of today] … only one student tested positive for coronavirus. Liberty says this was a graduate taking an online course who hadn’t been on campus before or after spring break. Four employees either working remotely or from offices off-campus also tested positive. But Mr. Falwell says no infections were traced back to campus. No Liberty student living on campus tested positive, and no staffer stationed on campus tested positive. But press accounts left a different impression.
kaffekup almost 4 years ago
Unlikely. But then, George Lucas redid parts of Star Wars.
Sanspareil almost 4 years ago
Mr Martin is indeed coming up with a better ending!
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
The quality of a survivor’s life may also be big question….
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As Michigan enters its third month of COVID-19, those hit first and worst by the virus that has infected more than 45,000 state residents are being weaned off vents, leaving hospitals and heading home only to realize that the virus may no longer infect them, but it has left their bodies weakened and wrecked.
✁
Michigan health officials list 22,686 patients as “recovered” from the virus, but it’s a loose definition and includes all patients “who are 30 days out from their onset of illness.”
To be sure, some patients are mostly recuperated after leaving hospitals, but for countless others, the road to true recovery is daunting and uncharted.
Going into the weekend, more than 1,600 people remained hospitalized with COVID-19, including 570 on ventilators, according to state data.
“The doctors keep telling me they can’t tell me what’s going to happen,” said Jeff Curtis, 66, of Osseo who spent three days on a ventilator at Hillsdale Hospital.
Nearly a month later, he said pain through his arms and legs is overwhelming and the exhaustion, ever-present.
“They can’t tell me what’s normal and what’s not. It’s too new.”
Doctors do know, however, that COVID-19 can set off a storm of immune responses that can kill cells, hurt or even shut down the heart, liver and kidneys, said Dr. Sheryl Wissman, chief medical officer for Ascension Providence Rochester, which opened a 12-bed recovery unit April 22.
✁
At Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Dr. Ralph Wang said some patients have been so hypoxic, or deprived of oxygen, that their brains now struggle to perform simple tasks — “almost like a mild brain injury.”
Some patients, Wang said, must “learn to walk and talk and go to the bathroom” again.
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https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/05/10/michigan-many-recover-covid-19-but-its-not-easy/3094695001/
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Protesters should demand coronavirus safety and a reopened economy.
We can have both.
✁
First, history tells us that U.S. cities that were more aggressive with public health measures to get the 1918 flu pandemic under control grew faster economically after the pandemic was over and had fewer deaths.
Today, check out South Korea: Despite being China’s neighbor, it has had only 256 deaths and has begun reopening its economy after aggressive testing, tracing and isolation of cases.
Second, reopening retail businesses only addresses the supply of services. For robust sales to occur, there will also need to be robust demand.
Polls show that given current risks, most Americans are not ready to resume normal activities, even if restrictions are lifted. Reducing the risk of coronavirus is vital for stimulating shopping, dining, leisure and travel.
Third, employers will have challenges bringing their employees back to work if they cannot keep them safe. This includes the same challenges health care employers have faced: maintaining physical distancing and providing personal protective equipment. ✁
Fourth, once workplaces open, it will be impossible to stay open without the robust ability to rapidly test employees, trace contacts of those who get infected, and isolate them. While I have taken care of… ✁, this is particularly critical where employees are in tight proximity.
Here are the four things protesters really should be demanding to reopen the economy: Widely available, reliable, rapid COVID-19 tests, a public health work force and tech solutions to rapidly trace contacts of new cases, business safeguards that include personal protective equipment, physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection, and personal adherence to physical distancing to reduce spread until testing ramps up and cases decrease.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/17/coronavirus-wisconsin-reopens-economy-chaotic-risky-column/5204424002/
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Oh geeez, are you looking to start a fight with the GoT reference? Just insult their mothers why don’t you?
Brain Pudding almost 4 years ago
The answer to thses and many other important questions can be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (except for the Game of Thrones reference).
To whit: Good exists as does evil.Man has free will and should choose good over evil.Man is a fallen creature created in God’s image.Man is rdeemed from his sin by Jesus Christ whose path brings us into God’s kingom.It is a narrow path.Man must live up to his potential and respect the individual dignity of his fellow man.Love God with all your mind, heart and soul, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
From – @DD Wiz
People don’t seem to have a problem with “no shirt, no shoes, no service” or TSA agents demanding that you take off your shoes, belt, empty your pockets and get an invasive search before boarding an airplane (because Bush failed to connect dots or heed clear, explicit PDB warnings, and allowed 9/11 to happen).
But all of a sudden, if someone says, “no mask, no service,” childish toddlers throw tantrums.
The same people who think they need to carry military-grade weapons (to compensate for their other insecurities and inadequacies) for protection to themselves think it is a huge deal to just put on a darn mask to protect others.
The same people who bragged that they could survive for years in their underground bunkers all of a sudden can’t survive two months without their grocery store or their local bar.
jbmlaw01 almost 4 years ago
Our leftist friends are often wrong but never in doubt. Excerpt from WSJ essay today on Liberty University:
Mr. Falwell had to abandon his plans for in-person classes when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam banned gatherings of more than 100 people. So Liberty moved its classes online. Thanks to long experience with such instruction—Liberty already had 100,000 online students—the move wasn’t as wrenching as it was for others. Meanwhile, students could still come back to campus if they chose, and about 1,200 of them did.
From the reaction, you would have thought returning to Liberty was a death sentence. An emergency-room physician told the Daily Beast, “If Liberty University reopens, people will die.”
On March 29, the New York Times ran a news story whose original headline read, “Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus, Too.”…[As of today] … only one student tested positive for coronavirus. Liberty says this was a graduate taking an online course who hadn’t been on campus before or after spring break. Four employees either working remotely or from offices off-campus also tested positive. But Mr. Falwell says no infections were traced back to campus. No Liberty student living on campus tested positive, and no staffer stationed on campus tested positive. But press accounts left a different impression.
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Y’all go ahead, I dropped out of GoT after the wedding massacre. Disturbed my peace for weeks.
jbmlaw01 almost 4 years ago
Humor: https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-smash-roars-giant-green-president-after-taking-one-too-many-doses-of-hydroxychloroquine
jbmlaw01 almost 4 years ago
More humor:https://babylonbee.com/news/back-to-normal-conservatives-go-to-work-while-liberals-stay-home
echmyr almost 4 years ago
Life has no meaning. You live in misery and you die alone
Pedmar Premium Member almost 4 years ago
and St. Elsewhere
RobinHood almost 4 years ago
Why are we here, what’s life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well tonight we’re going to sort it all out
For tonight it’s the Meaning of Life
What’s the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time, are we just yolks?
Or perhaps we’re just one of God’s little jokes
Well ca c’est the Meaning of Life
Monty Python
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m with Carmen: there are too many movie and TV show endings that could be better written by myself, or 90% of the other people on this planet!
LJZ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
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