As you know in Italy, because of the covid-19, we are all locked up at home the more time as we can, so, please, I apologize if sometimes I'll maybe do some too much intervention in the threads or maybe I'll open someone just to ask a few questions not too much. ... smart
You know how it is, after a while you want to communicate with the outside world and you tend to take advantage, perhaps a little too much, of the availability of others
Sorry and thank you all
Franco
pastry shopsfor the past 10yrs I go to a book-store that serves coffee n pastries. The Baristas ALL know me, and how I like my coffee, 2 Espresso shots in a proper ceramic Espresso cup that has been heated up. From headquarters, they quarantined MY CUP :cussing: :BangHead: :think1: Not cash. So I still go every morning to make sure my cup is safe, say hello to the regulars and go home to make my own. Saved ~$50 US so far :l2:
Also I like ceramic cup for espresso coffe:laugh:
...... back home kids were playing in the march Sun, folks out working on yards n trucks. Neighbors sighting in the guns for Turkey hunting, geese calls could be heard, normal life in the countr
not a poetthanks friend
I expect supermarkets and pharmacies to be open.Here I was at both and it was a melt-down at both.
Finally i gonna have time to finish a lot of tube amp projects.....
Somehow, it's not as easy:laugh:
QuoteSomehow, it's not as easy:laugh:
I like tracking n stalking. Turkey IS a dumb animal, til it competes with a human, then the roles are reversed :icon_biggrin:
That's why I like to eat jerky!:laugh:
Ciao PRR & Peter :smiley:My heart and prayers go out to you, also to any friends and loved ones of yours effected. It is a real eye opener to read from a first hand account of things going on, that I am yet to see. Prayers for you, Franco. Stay safe.
As I read restrictions to contain the infection are becoming similar to what we have here
however better at home on the sofa than in a hospital bed, right ?
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On my town we have a bad record, on other places there is a 3.4% of death, here we have a 7.5%
that is because the infection starten on the local hospital at the geriatric ward
where many elderly people with serious pathologies where hospitalized
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on 2019, due to subsequent health problems, I have been in bed or at home for about 4 months
maybe this had been a training to get used to being indoors :icon_biggrin:
Franco
And Shooter - in Maine:laugh:
Ciao Jeff :smiley: ...
sorry but I don't really want to give numbers on new infected cases and deceased people
My wife and I have two dogs - such a comfort in these times.
The young one (with the white star) constantly steals socks, towels, bathmats, etc. and walks around with them in her mouth trying to get us to chase her. Its quite funny.
.... my dr. is not going to be happy on my next checkup!
... at least you are healthy!
.... I hope they are right.
I think there is something odd
seems in US the new #'s were 98.4% survival rate for total population.
Your "1.6%"it's not mine, I just repeated it :laugh:
we refuse to stop helping others.ya, that's home here :laugh:
I wish ALL of you the best
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Here they say we have a 10% of deceased, in Germany 0.5%
I think there is something odd
many say that Germany did not count correctly the numbers
the numbers seems to give reason to who say that
Franco
How about smokers in Italy
About smokersthat doesn't explain NYC, a pack of smokes is ~$10 so nobody smokes there :icon_biggrin:
number of people per square footyup,
... wishing you the best
We had to take a funny brand of mozzarella.
all this because of one filthy open meat marketIf things keep going, it'll be in the USA soon.
my MD put me on strict quarantineMine won't test me for antibodies since I'm >90% had it, came out it and should be immune for 1-3yrs, "it's not in my protocol to test for antibodies" :think1:
He had an early look at what was happeningI like to day-trade (a great month is +300$ :) been at it 20+ years, in Dec the minutia I look at was all wonking, bad enough I called my wife and advised her to call her guy and move into cash til Nov '20 (she didn't listen, nor did the other 5 ppl I told) I had NO clue "what it was" I just knew it was gonna be significant
Pete, are you saying you can't go out of house also to go to the supermarket and / or the drugstore?
Have you some healt problems that absolutely discourage the exit in this period?
I work in the fishing market at the harborWhen I was in the Navy, that was one of my "highlights" when in port, walking the markets, watching the interactions, the people, way better than the "typical tourist" areas :laugh:
There seems to be some encouraging news coming from your country .....
Here in Spain, right now, president is announcing 2 more weeks of lockdown
People, take this seriously, please.
When I was in the Navy, that was one of my "highlights" when in port, walking the markets, watching the interactions, the people, way better than the "typical tourist" areas
We didn't look for particular things, we just wanted to see people's real life
Abbiamo (stamattina) solo due casi di COVID in questa contea.
They set up tents in the back of the parking lot. I suspect drive-through testing.
The rate of new cases seems to be leveling off in Italy and in other locations, including some U.S. States.
I hope that areas, such as rural Maine, that so far have few cases can maintain vigilance and avoid a steep rise
So it seems likely that next winterwhen we start all over since it's "assumed" to be an annualized microscopic thing
Yes, Maine north of Portland may miss the whip-crack of more densely populated areas.
This story (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/06/i-dont-have-coronavirus-it-might-kill-me-anyway-163101) touches me. The author has a medical crisis very much like mine. The treatment drug will burn skin so the nurse must mask-up. Where he lives, they do not have enough masks. The alternative is surgery to take out a lot of his pee-plumbing. But then they needed a COVID test before he could schedule surgery, and he can't get one. So it seems likely that next winter(?) when they can handle "normal" work again, his tumor will be too far along even for surgery.
So I am grateful my hospital still had the mask for my nurse, this time. I'm scheduled for two more infusions but obviously "plans may change".
about the medical crisesPam got the ok for bum hand, pulled a 12, bored (very unusual here), CT has been prioritized for Pos cases to evaluate lungs; liver,....., problems wait :think1:
apparently endlesslyI would agree there, no way to analyze dinosaur spit, but I'd wager on those odds.
In Maine, there have been very few proven cases north of Portland; but now we hear it is probably all through the state, everywhere.It seems so - even "The County" (Aroostook) now has a couple of cases. A friend's daughter in Kennebec county has it. The ER sent her home with the instruction to monitor her blood oxygen level. They did not have a finger monitor to lend, so she has ordered one from that really big river place. She is in her 30s and healthy but even still she says it feels like an elephant is sitting on her chest.
..... even "The County" (Aroostook) now has a couple of cases....
turns out it has peopleand they blew the annual budget on signage :laugh:
does not give immunity
... become like a sparrow ...
Five Hancock County coronavirus cases reported; emergency order extended into Mayhttps://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/health-news/five-hancock-county-coronavirus-cases-reported-emergency-order-extended-into-may/
"There are many predictive models out there, some that actually say that the surge will hit us as early as next week and some that put it as far out as June and July," said Dr. James Jarvis.... "We tend to follow the one that the state is using and that would put us somewhere around the 14th to the 21st of April."
Shah said on Tuesday that the peak of cases is generally evident only "in retrospect."
Shah has repeatedly stressed that the number of confirmed cases is "only the tip of the iceberg," and that without large-scale testing, residents must assume the virus is everywhere.
"The numbers that Dr. Shah presents every day — when we say it’s new cases, it’s really new test results as opposed to new cases," she said later.
It could be a 'false positive'. When I was young, tuberculosis was a concern. One of the old-time TB treatments has other effects and is used for several things, I am getting big doses. Apparently now if there is another TB scare I have to tell medics that I will test false-positive for TB. Of course there is Chicken Pox, lying dormant in the body for 40 years and then coming back as Shingles. (varicella, herpes zoster)
test false-positiveMines malaria, the Navy still used live ones to "prevent" getting it, that was a 3 day delirium no drug I've ever sampled in my youth could touch :huh:
In my state:laugh:
... And a lot of people are hurting for lack of income.
so no work for my son
> many people who have all the symptoms, even serious, are negative for the coronavirus swab, but by carrying out a thorough examination of the fluid in the pulmonary interstices, the presence of the virus is revealedYikes - that is scary.
the mask thing is a quandary, we've had them since 1918, but just decided they were a must in 2020 :dontknow:
Glad they help people with fear.I imagine that they do help some people calm their fears. But the fear they actually affect is the fear of spreading it to someone else. I am not a person who lives in fear. I'm well past 60, have been riding motorcycles since I was 14, ski raced for a decade, etc. But I can tell you that I am being damn careful. There is a difference. On my bike I watch all drivers closely to see if they are seeing me, or playing with their phone. I now shop delivery or curbside, because I'm being careful not because I'm afraid. This morning I read 3 articles claiming that this whole situation is not so bad, and we are letting it cripple us. But, I also read the obituary of a friend of my wife. Early 50s, no risk factors, got the virus was recovering when it came back and took her life. And I also got an email from my sister - a friend and co-worker of hers got the virus, turned septic, and in an attempt to save her life, both feet were amputated. So this situation is "so bad." Most of the things I hear it compared to, heart disease, cancer, vehicle accidents are not contagious. Nor do we have much of a role in controlling societal rates of those things. For Covid-19 we don't need to live in fear, but its our duty to be very careful, especially of others, and smart. It appears to me that there are a lot of people who are doing neither.
It appears to me that there are a lot of people who are doing neither.
You can go septic from most any wound that gets infected, and hospitals have been the #1 place for at least the 30yrs I was working in 'emall true, and I have other friends with missing limbs to prove it. But she lost her feet due to this virus, and my wife's friend lost her life due to this virus. If you die from a motorcycle accident (like I could) the fact that you could also die from heart failure does not change the cause of death. People should enjoy life, including during this situation. Today I went for a long bicycle ride, put that bike away and hopped on the Moto Guzzi for a longer ride. Since the mask and social distancing are there to protect others, not yourself, I find the disregard for others safety to be alarming. I don't agree with lock-downs but I do agree with being respectful and responsible - its the way I was raised.
protect others, not yourself,
if anything survives
...students are having covid parties.
Hi Friends
this last days there aren't very good news
numbers are again raising in my region, at the moment the numbers aren't so high, but tendency is that
Franco