Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[IamRainey]

Masks......they are 'sneeze shields', not HEPA filters....in most cases.

This is true but the virus is transmitted on liquid droplets. It's not especially airborne except as it can attach to a droplet that stays suspended in the air. So it's the droplets that are larger than the virus that we're attempting to filter out and masks do a decent job of that if we keep our distance as well and use a mask that's close fitting and densely constructed.

 

[Folly's place]

Israel has an organized national health service, and had a national plan, and it all worked. Here, not done well at all.
Mary

 

[Cynthia12]

This is true but the virus is transmitted on liquid droplets. It's not especially airborne except as it can attach to a droplet that stays suspended in the air. So it's the droplets that are larger than the virus that we're attempting to filter out and masks do a decent job of that if we keep our distance as well and use a mask that's close fitting and densely constructed.

Sitting here in my Nuerosurgeon

This is true but the virus is transmitted on liquid droplets. It's not especially airborne except as it can attach to a droplet that stays suspended in the air. So it's the droplets that are larger than the virus that we're attempting to filter out and masks do a decent job of that if we keep our distance as well and use a mask that's close fitting and densely constructed.

Sitting here in my neurosurgeon's office, waiting. I remember when they came out and said that wearing a mask also helps the wearer. There are a lot of people in here.. supposedly distanced...I'm wearing my.. better mask. When you have a nurse do your bp..she's in your face bending over you. Both of us masked, I feel better. Something to think about the mask protecting us. There are the contractors that are wearing masks to keep from inhaling putty dust, painters...so many other professions that wear masks to..protect..themselves.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Sitting here in my Nuerosurgeon

Sitting here in my neurosurgeon's office, waiting. I remember when they came out and said that wearing a mask also helps the wearer. There are a lot of people in here.. supposedly distanced...I'm wearing my.. better mask. When you have a nurse do your bp..she's in your face bending over you. Both of us masked, I feel better. Something to think about the mask protecting us. There are the contractors that are wearing masks to keep from inhaling putty dust, painters...so many other professions that wear masks to..protect..themselves.

You are correct about people wearing particulate masks and respirators for their jobs, but alsonremeber there are OSHA and other safety guildlines that reatrict the amount of time one can wear a mask without a break. Some jobs require lung tests to continue to work in them. So remember to get some distance from people and regularly take of your mask and breath without it for a while.

 

[IamRainey]

I find that an acrylic shield that I put on like a pair of glasses but which protects my whole face are also useful these days. They're cheap. They come in multi-packs but I've been using the same one for at least a month.

As someone said here earlier we need to think of a stack of slices of swiss cheese. There are weaknesses in each level of our protection but if we employ as many as possible -- distance, hand washing, protective gear -- and keep company with people who do as well, the flaws or holes in the stack are less likely to line up and provide the route to transmission.

I'm surprised that your doctor's office isn't using them for close contact. The guys in my husband's office that need to be in close contact are fitted out in full PPE with respirators and I'm always proud to say how well they've done. Since Aug when they geared up to work again they've done 7K tests and had 8 positives. NONE transmitted within their bubble. It can be done if people take the proper precautions and people in his bubble are as vigilant outside of work as they are within!

 

[alfie10]

They started vaccinating over 80,s here first then medical personel ,nursing homes etc, people are having to wait longer than the promised 3wks for the second jab so they can get the vaccine out to more people.today we have been told schools will not be reopening until early march if then, lockdown will not be revewed until then either .So many businesses are in trouble and lots won,t recover .It,s 12 mths in march since it all started but it seems a lot longer .I,m wearing the same type of paper masks they wear in the hospitals ,it says made in china on the box !

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yep. There's an order going through that the USA will be making more of its own PPE now, though, because of an executive order to use the Defense Protection Act to make more PPE, so over the next year you may be able to find more American made and that's real good IMO.

 

[IamRainey]

One doctor hired by a news service to give professional advice said recently that an interval of up to 6 weeks between injections is not ideal but will probably give near optimal results. He said that mixing Pfizer and Moderna is, likewise not ideal and not tested for but probably would work as well.

 

[Cynthia12]

They started vaccinating over 80,s here first then medical personel ,nursing homes etc, people are having to wait longer than the promised 3wks for the second jab so they can get the vaccine out to more people.today we have been told schools will not be reopening until early march if then, lockdown will not be revewed until then either .So many businesses are in trouble and lots won,t recover .It,s 12 mths in march since it all started but it seems a lot longer .I,m wearing the same type of paper masks they wear in the hospitals ,it says made in china on the box !

Here in Utah.folks over 70. Now, it's the getting the appointment! Online, fill up fast!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Had a nice video chat night tonight. One of my friends who's an ultra introvert and can go months barely saying hi to people as needed recently reached out to us to chat in our weekly evening. We usually try to accomplish some things on that night and help one another accountable for our tasks but mostly it's to give us some social interaction. It's always so nice to get to chat to them. The pandemic is really wearing on the friend who I started the group with initially. She's been unemployed for a long while so we're hoping the new coronavirus relief things start pushing through. Right now she's doing art commissions for money but they're pretty scant.