The Swamp

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:22 pm Added bonus was I hung up on my sister during the call where she was informing me. She is incapable of being short and to the point about anything and listening to her tell me nonessential things was infuriating.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:25 pm Sorry to hear it, and hope for the best for her.

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:27 am My neighbor and his wife have it. He was taken to the hospital with Pneumonia yesterday afternoon. They both work in healthcare.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:55 am Speaking of, has anyone else gotten an oximeter "just in case"?

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:07 am

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:55 am Speaking of, has anyone else gotten an oximeter "just in case"?

I bought a pulse oximeter when I was actively sick with Covid in July. While my oxygen levels never got below 97, I was surprised at how much my pulse dropped. Turns out one side effect of Covid is a lower pulse. At times, my pulse was around 50 when normally it's about 70.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:55 am Speaking of, has anyone else gotten an oximeter "just in case"?

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:04 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:55 am Speaking of, has anyone else gotten an oximeter "just in case"?

Bought one back in March. It has been great to check whenever panic over feeling short of breath kicks in.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:02 pm A pulsox? Mine is finger one - runs on batteries - just turn it on and stick index finger in and quick reading and it turns off. It’s like this:

https://iproven.com/products/oximeter-o ... gI01_D_BwE

On Wednesday morning, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock urged residents to stay home and meet family online for Thanksgiving to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus.

“Pass the potatoes, not covid. Host virtual gatherings instead of in-person dinners,” the Democrat tweeted. “Avoid travel, if you can.”

Then, less than an hour later, Hancock boarded a flight on his way to Mississippi for Thanksgiving with his wife and daughter, his spokesman Mike Strott confirmed to The Washington Post.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:21 am Now THAT's leadership!

Denver’s mayor urged residents to avoid Thanksgiving travel. Then he flew cross-country to see family.

On Wednesday morning, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock urged residents to stay home and meet family online for Thanksgiving to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus.

“Pass the potatoes, not covid. Host virtual gatherings instead of in-person dinners,” the Democrat tweeted. “Avoid travel, if you can.”

Then, less than an hour later, Hancock boarded a flight on his way to Mississippi for Thanksgiving with his wife and daughter, his spokesman Mike Strott confirmed to The Washington Post.

With hospitals preparing for the potential to reach capacity due to COVID-19, Longmont's mayor wants to limit who can receive help in his city's two hospitals.

Mayor Brian Bagley is seeking to put an issue on the city council's agenda that would restrict hospitals from caring for patients that live in counties where leaders are not enforcing the state's restrictions.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:00 pm My mother got a positive test result for her 70th birthday today.

According to state health department reports, the largest sources of coronavirus infections are workplaces like meatpacking plants and warehouses, institutional settings like prisons and retirement communities, and businesses like restaurants and bars, Murray tells All Things Considered.

"We have seen really large spread happening from things like bars especially and other kind of indoor gatherings like that, where people spend a long time in proximity with a lot of people," she says. "And I think that those places need to be closed down, for at least until we can get a handle on the current surge."

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:03 pm This is worth a quick watch, if only for Williams' dry "breath-taking moment of situational awareness" remark...

rass wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:07 am That right there is why it's not worth being a nice person.

Were you guys masked up in the car at least?

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:08 am

rass wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:07 am That right there is why it's not worth being a nice person.

Were you guys masked up in the car at least?

We were not. Never even thought about that.

rass wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:17 am The wife's workplace will be receiving and distributing the Pfizer vaccine. In addition to having to make arrangements to store it, (I think they're buying new freezers in addition to learning all about dry ice), it needs to be mixed on-site by the people distributing it.


We've also decided to try to quarantine for the 2 weeks prior to Christmas, and my parents are going to do the same, so they can come up here and spend Christmas Eve/Day with us (and the girls). I never leave the basement except to go grocery shopping, so not much effort for me. My wife will be skipping a couple of testing events at work, the oldest will be giving up two weeks of unofficial winter track practice, and the youngest, who decided she wants to train with her soccer team this winter (outside) after skipping the fall season, will get one training session in this weekend and then will skip the next 2 or 3.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:56 am The (new) wife has her friend coming this weekend. The friend went through a particularly nasty divorce, and then spent some time in Aspen with some disreputable folks. I'm basically expecting to be infected, so we scheduled a test for early next week. I'm already planning a full quarantine for the hopes that I can have Christmas Eve this year.

The sucky part is that I've needed to use my asthma rescue inhaler a few times in the recent days.