The cessation of the sedation that's necessary for a COVID-19 patient put on a ventilator does not mean the patient's recovered. More and more, those who don't die on the ventilator are facing lengthy recovery periods, often including a long stint in a coma. There HAS to be some better better solution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/07/coronavirus-ventilators-prolonged-comas/ Some covid-19 … Continue reading Getting off a ventilator isn’t the end of problems
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How a busier MTA will operate
400,000 New Yorkers will come back to work Monday. Sounds like a large number but it's just a tip toe back into the real world. These are mostly people working in construction, manufacturing, and retail that delivers to the curb. When normal daily MTA ridership is 6 million, this is truly just a test. It's … Continue reading How a busier MTA will operate
This is what happens to your body when you stop wearing a bra
https://www.thelist.com/213311/when-you-stop-wearing-a-bra-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body/ When you stop wearing a bra, this is what happens to your bodyBy Lauren Barth/May 31, 2020 12:34 pm EDT/Updated: May 29, 2020 12:36 pm EDT Getting your first training bra was a major milestone and was likely considered an important and exciting rite of passage as a tween. But, over time, bras lose … Continue reading This is what happens to your body when you stop wearing a bra
Don’t think you need a mask? Many infection never show symptoms
One of the objections many make to wearing masks is that they feel fine so they can't be ill. This excuse has long been proven to be nonsense as those who show symptoms generally have a three to five day period before producing symptoms. Now it appears that many who have the coronavirus fail to … Continue reading Don’t think you need a mask? Many infection never show symptoms
Your senses of smell and taste may not come back
Coronavirus Patients Lose Senses of Taste, Smell—and Haven’t Gotten Them Back Many experience emotional fallout from the loss; pizza that ‘tastes like cardboard to me’ Matt Newey, in Centerville, Utah, recovered from Covid-19 in March but still hasn’t regained his senses of smell and taste. LINDSAY D'ADDATO FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By Preetika RanaUpdated June 1, … Continue reading Your senses of smell and taste may not come back
Live theatre (much less Broadway) won’t reopen until it’s safe
If you've been to a Broadway show in the past few years, you're familiar with how the audience is packed tightly even with substantial ticket prices. Implementing the standards needed to ensure that performers, staff, and the audience are kept healthy and safe will increase those prices. Despite the good will evidenced by these proposed … Continue reading Live theatre (much less Broadway) won’t reopen until it’s safe
Dynamics of employing household help during COVID-19 quarantine
I've attached two separate articles about the very first-world questions about the relationship between employer and housekeeper who doesn't live in during the COVID-19 isolation. First, I found this op/ed an excellent reminder to look at decisions from all sides, not just from the perspective of personal convenience, or even need. In my case, I … Continue reading Dynamics of employing household help during COVID-19 quarantine
Why does COVID-19 attack certain groups so much more severely?
Thought provoking article about a serious issue. It's not enough to draw lines. We have to know why they're needed. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/we-dont-know-whats-behind-covid-19-racial-disparity/612106/ What’s Behind the COVID-19 Racial Disparity? Outrage is warranted. But outrage unaccompanied by analysis is a danger in itself. MAY 27, 2020 Graeme Wood Staff writer at The Atlantic COVID-19 is killing black Americans with … Continue reading Why does COVID-19 attack certain groups so much more severely?
This simple trick will make your mask more comfortable
Please remember. You're wearing your mask because you can't be sure that you're not in the early stages of COVID-19 which you don't show any symptoms. During that period, you can sneeze at me, cough on me, or even breathe heavily on me and infect not only me but everyone I know. It's not a … Continue reading This simple trick will make your mask more comfortable
Ignored essential workers — those who work in the grocery business
I did not know that the stores are not even required to report the number of grocery workers who become infected much less the many other details. These people deserve far more recognition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/05/24/grocery-workers-coronavirus-risks/? On the front lines of the pandemic, grocery workers are in the dark about risks Elaine Eklund holds her son as … Continue reading Ignored essential workers — those who work in the grocery business
Face masks ubiquitous, at least in NYC
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-to-require-all-passengers-to-wear-masks-beginning-monday/2020/05/14/560e00a8-95e4-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html Metro has closed 19 stations, including College Park. (Bill O'Leary/The Post) Metro to require all passengers to wear masks or face coverings beginning Monday The policy will not be enforced with criminal sanctions, but the agency is hoping riders will take responsibility for themselves and consider the health of others.
Availability of safe public bathrooms a barrier to reopening
The need to go is a big barrier to going out. Why public bathrooms are a stumbling block for reopening. Despite new portable toilets outside the Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theater in North Ridgeville, Ohio, moviegoers lined up outside the older, traditional bathroom Thursday night. (Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post) By Marc Fisher May 18, 2020 … Continue reading Availability of safe public bathrooms a barrier to reopening
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