30 minutes ago, rambo said:

There's been huge jumps in general in depression and anxiety in general.  Being locked down to basically the confines of your home with no real interaction with people will do that.  They just need to spark up some doobies and they'll be fine.

That ship sailed on me long before covid lol

3 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Well turns out my boss does have covid and didn't show up today which is good. My company has however , takes the stance of not telling anyone someone has it like we are stupid and won't notice someone missing for 10 days out of no where. People seem to keep forgetting that you can have the virus without symptoms for 14 days so we could of all been exposed to it. 

HIPA laws

48 minutes ago, rambo said:

There's been huge jumps in general in depression and anxiety in general.  Being locked down to basically the confines of your home with no real interaction with people will do that.  They just need to spark up some doobies and they'll be fine.

I know someone who states they have to smoke to feel normal. Their normal is pretty Fing paranoid then.

23 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

HIPA laws

It's not a HIPAA law violation to inform employees that they've been exposed to someone who tested positive for covid. 

50 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

HIPA laws

You don't have to say who has it but you can still say someone does have it. So people in certain situations can make personal decisions on what is best for them and be more cautious. Also it's obvious as to had it when they just stop showing up for 10 -14 days. 

Lost in the chaos of the election and the outstanding Pfizer news, is the report of a strain of sars-cov2 spilling over to minks and then back to humans in Denmark. This is potentially extremely troubling news. Even with vaccines providing sterilizing immunity in humans, the numbers worldwide will still take several years to get under control, but if this virus finds refuge in zoonotic reservoirs, it'll make those efforts exponentially more difficult. 

4 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Well turns out my boss does have covid and didn't show up today which is good. My company has however , takes the stance of not telling anyone someone has it like we are stupid and won't notice someone missing for 10 days out of no where. People seem to keep forgetting that you can have the virus without symptoms for 14 days so we could of all been exposed to it. 

Im glad where I work we are anal retentive about it. If anyone tests positive security does an investigation to see who they came into contact with recently and anyone who was close to them gets sent home to test.

Though the new chick I’m seeing is a 7th grade teacher and 14 year olds are morons so...
 

28 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Lost in the chaos of the election and the outstanding Pfizer news, is the report of a strain of sars-cov2 spilling over to minks and then back to humans in Denmark. This is potentially extremely troubling news. Even with vaccines providing sterilizing immunity in humans, the numbers worldwide will still take several years to get under control, but if this virus finds refuge in zoonotic reservoirs, it'll make those efforts exponentially more difficult. 

Sounds like Denmark is planning on culling its entire mink population. Pretty crazy to think about, but highlights the severity of the problem.

6 minutes ago, Dawkins 20 said:

Sounds like Denmark is planning on culling its entire mink population. Pretty crazy to think about, but highlights the severity of the problem.

Absolutely the right thing to do, they have no other option. But the concerns stem from the fact that while this spilled over into captive minks today, what other wild species can it spill over into tomorrow where our chances of controlling it are much smaller. Each successive hop carries news risks of course, seeing as how that's exactly how this ish storm all got started in the first place.

2 hours ago, rambo said:

There's been huge jumps in general in depression and anxiety in general.  Being locked down to basically the confines of your home with no real interaction with people will do that.  They just need to spark up some doobies and they'll be fine.

it's kept me sane. 

23 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Absolutely the right thing to do, they have no other option. But the concerns stem from the fact that while this spilled over into captive minks today, what other wild species can it spill over into tomorrow where our chances of controlling it are much smaller. Each successive hop carries news risks of course, seeing as how that's exactly how this ish storm all got started in the first place.

Looks like they've reneged on that plan. I had only first read about it a few days ago and at that point they were planning to go ahead with it...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/denmark-drops-plans-for-mass-mink-cull-after-covid-mutation-fears

3 minutes ago, Dawkins 20 said:

Looks like they've reneged on that plan. I had only first read about it a few days ago and at that point they were planning to go ahead with it...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/denmark-drops-plans-for-mass-mink-cull-after-covid-mutation-fears

Then they can go right to hell. Completely irresponsible of them given the transmission back to humans has already been confirmed.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Lost in the chaos of the election and the outstanding Pfizer news, is the report of a strain of sars-cov2 spilling over to minks and then back to humans in Denmark. This is potentially extremely troubling news. Even with vaccines providing sterilizing immunity in humans, the numbers worldwide will still take several years to get under control, but if this virus finds refuge in zoonotic reservoirs, it'll make those efforts exponentially more difficult. 

That came out a few days ago right?  I think they had to cull thousands of minks right?

 

Edit: nevermind

Its getting pretty bad folks......  Hospitalizations in PA right now over 1,500 in state now from a low of just over 500 back in late September

47 minutes ago, barho said:

Its getting pretty bad folks......  Hospitalizations in PA right now over 1,500 in state now from a low of just over 500 back in late September

I started to slowly stock up on items in preparation of a shut down.   

MD is tightening restrictions and ND is at max capacity at hospitals 

Anyone starting to buy a bit extra food 

15 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

MD is tightening restrictions and ND is at max capacity at hospitals 

Anyone starting to buy a bit extra food 

I don't think things are going to be as bad as before.  But I'd be lying if I said I didn't pick up some extra TP lentils and drugs these past 2 weeks.

Still think will only shut down when beds are at capacity. But yeah, I get it. 

7 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I don't think things are going to be as bad as before.  But I'd be lying if I said I didn't pick up some extra TP lentils and drugs these past 2 weeks.

Really disappointed with the contact tracing.  My niece is doing that now after leaving LA in Mar and is working for St Joe’s U.  At least she has a chance in succeeding tracing being it’s a campus, but in the general public these folks are just doing what they want.  If they even know someone they’ve been around could be contagious.  I feel what maybe our saving grace this fall/winter is the treatments.  So thank you for that! 

3 minutes ago, DiPros said:

Really disappointed with the contact tracing.  My niece is doing that now after leaving LA in Mar and is working for St Joe’s U.  At least she has a chance in succeeding tracing being it’s a campus, but in the general public these folks are just doing what they want.  If they even know someone they’ve been around could be contagious.  I feel what maybe our saving grace this fall/winter is the treatments.  So thank you for that! 

My sister in law is doing something similar up in New England.  It's such a clusterF, I don't envy them right now.  

I think the spike is going to be bad but we're at least much better prepared.  Still, the wait times in a lot of our COVID testing sites have really started to creep up recently as the case numbers increase.  

I havent seen paper towels my last two costco trips 

19 minutes ago, paco said:

I havent seen paper towels my last two costco trips 

I haven't been to Costco probably since June ☹️

I’ve never been to Costco 

Neighbors just sent us a text saying they tested positive. They supposedly were being very careful, though I am pretty sure the husband was going to work and not wearing a mask. Even people that should know better can't follow simple guidelines. It's only mid-November too, the horror in store for us as we creep deeper into winter is going to be insane. I'm trying to talk the wife into pulling our kids out of school but now she's hesitant, which is a compete role reversal of 3 months ago. We are all F'ed.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Neighbors just sent us a text saying they tested positive. They supposedly were being very careful, though I am pretty sure the husband was going to work and not wearing a mask. Even people that should know better can't follow simple guidelines. It's only mid-November too, the horror in store for us as we creep deeper into winter is going to be insane. I'm trying to talk the wife into pulling our kids out of school but now she's hesitant, which is a compete role reversal of 3 months ago. We are all F'ed.

Don't panic, bud.  Treatments are already exponentially better than they were 6 months ago.  It's not something you want to get but if you do, or a loved one does, the likelihood of survival now is the greatest it's ever been.  There could likely be as many as a half-dozen vaccines available within 6 months as well.