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

[Molpet]

There is a Covid clinic for long haulers about 70 miles from me that is now prescribing it. They say that it is helping those with long term effects from having covid. The theory is that we still have tiny particles of the infection in our bodies and that the Ivermectin gathers those particles and neutralizes them.

With that said one of my co-workers went to the clinic and got the medication. She still have symptoms almost a year after catching it. She took the dosage and within 4 days all symptoms were gone. She gave me a link to order online. It's from an over seas company. Took a bit to get here and was a bit spendy, but I did receive it. I have yet to take it though. I'm a bit nervous with all the controversy over it.

There's been reports that overseas drugs don't have in them what they say. Unless it's the same brand source I would be Leary too

 

[bruceha2000]

Hi beercan,
What kind of info are you looking for?

The question of whether or not medical facilities get paid more for reporting a death was related to Covid vs another causes. I've heard this stated as a fact many times but I've never seen anything citing a source, credible or not.

 

[bruceha2000]

Following on @Ninjasquirrel's post:
Here is how my family has been affected:

• Younger sister's daughter got married on a Saturday in So. Cal, early March 2020. DW and I went out, already had the non refundable tickets and things weren't bad just yet. My older sister, her family, my Dad, his brother and wife also live in So. Cal. Due to concerns, primarily due to age, my Dad, Uncle and Aunt stayed home. Bride's father has 4 brothers, all married. The ONLY blood relatives of the bride that attended were her parents, sister, my older sister and me. Lots of empty seats at the reception.
• I was going to stay 2 weeks to visit family, DW only 1. Dad lives in a retirement community. By Monday we were tossed out of the facility, NO non residents/workers allowed on the property, so went to my older sister's house. I paid the money to switch to the same Wed flight DW was on because things were shutting down all over and I wasn't sure I could even get on my flight the next week. The plane from So. Cal to JFK was MAYBE half full. The plane from there was packed.
• Wife's brother's son was going to get married in NH in June 2020. They moved it to Oct hoping Covid issues would clear up. That didn't happen so they got married in the bride's parents' backyard, only immediate family present. Reception moved to last month. Not knowing who all would be there, if they would be vaccinated, practicing proper care prior to the event, etc we did not go, neither did my 86 Y/O MIL.
• FIL and MIL live in a retirement community 40 miles south of us. Through most of summer 2020 we couldn't go on the property though I met my MIL just outside with groceries a few times. During that time FIL's Parkinson's got bad enough he was moved to assisted living. We couldn't go see him until we were fully vaccinated which means not until late April this year. We could go to MIL's unit as long as we were masked and stayed outside. We can now visit both of them though masking is required everywhere in the assisted living buildings.
• Wife's sister is a teacher in Virginia. They went remote so she came up here and stayed with us from Veterans Day past MLK day. Went back to get her Moderna shots then returned in March. All so she could visit her parents, limited access though it was. They are "in person" now so she's back home.
• DW works for USPS so no remote job. 6 days a week she has been in front of people taking all precautions. That is a bit stressful for someone with an autoimmune disease. Someone in the "sister" office did something stupid (ie travelled to a state with very high Covid cases) came back sick and came to work. "only had a cold" ... until she was tested after her husband who "only had allergies" came up positive with symptoms. Caused a bunch of consternation and Covid tests, thankfully she didn't pass it on to anyone at work. Don't know about elsewhere.
• We don't go out to eat, I only do necessary shopping and at times when the stores aren't crowded. And like everyone else, had to figure out how to deal with lack of things at the stores.
• After vaccinations and Covid rates going down, the governor removed all mandates in June. So masks came off, people started congregating again. But Delta reared its ugly head, cases going back up, in fact a new daily high one day this week. 80% of hospital cases are non vaccinated. I'd rather not take a chance on being one of the other 20% since we all know the vaccine isn't 100% effective, nor would I want to bring something home for DW or my in-laws to catch so I'm masking in stores again.

All that said, I consider us to have been really lucky so far. I am retired so I don't have to take risks that some others must. DW still has her job so monetarily we weren't hit, no concerns about going hungry, paying bills or losing our housing. Though I've lost a couple of friends this year (non Covid), no family or friends have gotten Covid.

 

[bruceha2000]

Some people cant take it for medical reasons and I strongly believe that it does those people an injustice to impose severe mandates on them like requiring tests biweekly on their own dime and time (chicago is doing this to their police force)

I'm sure it is a somewhat "unfair" burden to those who can not get vaccinated but I think it is better than having them potentially getting Covid and passing it on to others. If all who could get vaccinated did so, those who can't wouldn't likely need to have this testing.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

The question of whether or not medical facilities get paid more for reporting a death was related to Covid vs another causes. I've heard this stated as a fact many times but I've never seen anything citing a source, credible or not.

You won't find it anywhere. A certain former president implied it so the media will not discuss it at all. But if you talk to people that are working in the medical field right now you might get your answer. I dont work in that field so I cant answer the question but I too have heard this claim. If you type it into Google tons of Fact Check stuff pop up.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

The question of whether or not medical facilities get paid more for reporting a death was related to Covid vs another causes. I've heard this stated as a fact many times but I've never seen anything citing a source, credible or not.

It's not something they would advertise and it doesn't fit with the media's point of view but I'm here to tell you there raking in cash.
I have been a Covid RN since March '20 off and on.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The question of whether or not medical facilities get paid more for reporting a death was related to Covid vs another causes. I've heard this stated as a fact many times but I've never seen anything citing a source, credible or not.

Get paid by whom?

 

[Beer can]

The question of whether or not medical facilities get paid more for reporting a death was related to Covid vs another causes. I've heard this stated as a fact many times but I've never seen anything citing a source, credible or not.

End of article they list the sources they used in this article.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ore-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/

"He noted that some states, including his home state of Minnesota, as well as California, list only laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses. Others, specifically New York, list all presumed cases, which is allowed under guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of mid-April and which will result in a larger payout.

Jensen said he thinks the overall number of COVID-19 cases have been undercounted based on limitations in the number of tests available."

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Get paid by whom?

Medicare.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Medicare.

Thanks.