Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

Of course her being in heat will bother him but I betcha there are some Toms close by and he is marking territory.

 

[campingshaws]

Of course her being in heat will bother him but I betcha there are some Toms close by and he is marking territory.

She’s not in heat right now.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

She’s not in heat right now.

Oh ! Well, blows my theory out of the water. LOL How are the kids doing Camping ?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Afternoon y'all. Fixed me some s-o-s for today's meal .

Were you in the navy?

That is what social distancing does. People not breathing on others don't infect them.

Yes, of course, but the models they were using took social distancing into account, and still the numbers were far lower than predicted.

I guess that means for a lot of people it isn't a big problem ... but for the others, life or death in many cases. We REALLY need to test everyone AND have a test for antibodies.

Agreed, but that will take too long since they still can't seem to get the tests up and running on a large scale. I think the few really promising treatments (especially the one developed to treat ebola) is a better focus to start letting people get back to work (since so many have already been exposed without symptoms, it's probably less risky than we think) and at the same time, protect the vulnerable. That's easier now that we know which preexisting conditions make the disease more dangerous and if the few good treatments work, we can really keep the risk low. I think the treatments will be ready sooner than wide scale testing. It's all a bandage until vaccines are made, but even those will not protect everyone.
If we don't don't do something to keep the economy going, even more people will face serious health risks from long term poverty. It's all about balancing risk.

Or not! A friend of mine in WI tried that for a short time, she wasn't sure if she was working for the US Postal Service or UPS! In a lot of areas rural carriers have to use personal vehicles, driving mail is hard on them.

I live on a rural route, so my car is already beat up! Around here, rural carriers use the little right hand drive mail trucks. One carrier had a nice right hand drive station wagon she used that came from Australia, but that was 40 yrs ago. People don't trust anyone getting near a post box in a regular car. We have occasional spates of mail theft.

 

[campingshaws]

Oh ! Well, blows my theory out of the water. LOL How are the kids doing Camping ?

They’re fine. We got DD’s room closer to being done yesterday.

Josie got a barkbox yesterday and actually likes one of the toys.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Will you come do my room next ? LOL

 

[Granny Hatchet]

That dog has come a long way Camping. All the work you put into her over the chickens and now it dont even matter. Bandit took off on me again today.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

They’re fine. We got DD’s room closer to being done yesterday.
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Josie got a barkbox yesterday and actually likes one of the toys.
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Lucky girl with that beautiful room!
And lucky dog!!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I think this whole covid thing is BS. every time you turn around you get different information. I really don’t know where to get accurate information.

It's a brand new virus and they still haven't gotten accurate or complete info out of China. It could be a long time before we really KNOW all there is to know about covid.

then they need to say they are not sure or they don’t know.
They are counting all cases If they test positive or not as covid illness or death. And I quote from the CDC

2. As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. This change was made to reflect an interim COVID-19 position statementpdf iconexternal icon issued by the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists on April 5, 2020. The position statement included a case definition and made COVID-19 a nationally notifiable disease.

A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19. A probable case or death is defined by i) meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19; or ii) meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence; or iii) meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19.


We have large numbers of deaths and hospitalizations from flu every year. Why are they lumping it all together?

They can be pretty sure from symptoms, especially the bilateral pneumonia, that a person has covid. The lack of accurate tests is very frustrating, and I think they are trying to use the available ones to best advantage. If a person is really bad and needing a ventilator and has the other symptoms of the "cytokine storm" that's an accurate indication of covid. Flu patients do not get the immune overreaction that causes those extreme symptoms. Patients with mild symptoms are harder to diagnose, but those aren't the ones dying. Also, flu tests are readily available and used to rule out flu in most patients, so covid is then presumed. It's not a perfect system, but it's probably fairly accurate.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

My heart feels so heavy in my chest. I still havent got that new med. yet. Depression is a horrid thing. I didnt know it could get this worse so quickly. It was like, One day I was fine, then I wasnt. I miss talking to a bunch on here that isnt coming on anymore or very often, I miss cutting up w/ Twist, I miss my mind the most.