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03-12-2020 01:45 PM
All the things this guy is saying he's afraid of, are happening. It's like a checklist of all the crappy things that can happen during an epidemic. Getting checked off one by one. This is the opposite of reassuring.
I don't need to hear what a doctor is afraid of. I want to know what he intends to do proactively to improve public health and prevent all his fears. He's going to wash his hands. Bravo. Tiny clap.
03-12-2020 01:55 PM
@suzyQ3 wrote:I'm fully aware that the vast majority of people who get the virus will be just fine. Doesn't everyone know that?
But that doesn't change anything for me, maybe because my husband and I are in the vulnerable group.
And I happen to trust WHO when it comes to how serious this pandemic is.
And for the upteenth time, that doesn't mean that I'm spending my days cowering in my closet.
No, unfortunately not everyone knows that majority who get the virus, will be just fine.
They think that having the virus is an automatic death sentence, that everyone who has it, is going to die from it.
Since you and your husband are in a vulnerable group, it is good that you are taking precautions, and you should, and I commend you for it.
03-12-2020 03:00 PM
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03-12-2020 03:27 PM
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:I'm fully aware that the vast majority of people who get the virus will be just fine. Doesn't everyone know that?
But that doesn't change anything for me, maybe because my husband and I are in the vulnerable group.
And I happen to trust WHO when it comes to how serious this pandemic is.
And for the upteenth time, that doesn't mean that I'm spending my days cowering in my closet.
No, unfortunately not everyone knows that majority who get the virus, will be just fine.
They think that having the virus is an automatic death sentence, that everyone who has it, is going to die from it.
Since you and your husband are in a vulnerable group, it is good that you are taking precautions, and you should, and I commend you for it.
Who thinks this?
I don't anyone who thinks this.
03-12-2020 03:30 PM
@Porcelain wrote:All the things this guy is saying he's afraid of, are happening. It's like a checklist of all the crappy things that can happen during an epidemic. Getting checked off one by one. This is the opposite of reassuring.
I don't need to hear what a doctor is afraid of. I want to know what he intends to do proactively to improve public health and prevent all his fears. He's going to wash his hands. Bravo. Tiny clap.
I agree.
I want some competent people in charge who listen to the knowledgeable people on the front lines and then make a plan to get things done. Not some namby pamby who shows me how to wash my hands and then tells me not to worry, that everything is going to be O.K. somehow, that it'll just all work out.
03-12-2020 05:22 PM
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03-12-2020 05:27 PM - edited 03-12-2020 05:29 PM
I agree with Dr. Sharkawy On COVID-19
I have stated in another thread I am living as normal and I already know how to wash my hands.
03-12-2020 05:29 PM
People in Italy didn't want to make any changes in their lives and look what's happened to them.
03-12-2020 06:41 PM
He is a voice of reason in all this. A new post....
Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, Infectious Diseases Specialist
I understand panic. When I first took swimming lessons at the age of 5, it was near impossible to resist the urge to clasp my hands into any part of my instructor, telling myself I would sink and drown otherwise. No matter how many times I survived this harrowing trial of nerves, my reaction was the same.
I needed that anchor, that safety post to stave off certain terror. I'm a grown adult now and still not the best swimmer. Every now and then the water gets a little high, my breaths more shallow, my chest and throat tighten. But I don't give in.
I understand fear. When I climbed Kilimanjaro at the age of 32, I found sepsis, delirium and a dislocated knee to contend with on my descent. And as I pleaded my case in broken Swahili to a group of older men playing cards outside a dusty motel, the response was something between indifference and jest.
After all, death is everywhere in the world's poorest continent. What was so special about me? A privileged tourist, someone sure to have enjoyed more and sacrificed less than most anyone else there. And as I came to the realization I was likely to die of septic shock, I was terrified as much by not being prepared for the moment...as not being cared for while it was happening. But I persevered. A clumsy concoction of bottled water, salt and every conceivable antibiotic I could rustle up from my backpack saved me. Barely.
I am still here. I am thankful and more aware of the privilege of life and health than ever before. I see it each day with every friend taken ill and every patient who dies.
In the coming days and weeks, more public events and organized gatherings will be canceled, or at least postponed indefinitely. The wave of new cases has evoked a sure sense of terror in many. And I understand. I also understand the fear and panic that has only heightened as news outlets everywhere declare new pockets of trauma and death in areas near and far.
This is a rare moment in history. We have a choice to make. We can determine to find helplessness, failure and futility by trying to save ourselves no matter how we see fit. Or we can determine to find survival, resilience and endurance by saving each other. Thoughtfully. Responsibly.
Non-essential travel and crowds of anything much bigger than a walk in closet can fit can no longer be condoned. The risk to the many now outweighs the benefit to you. Until testing can be rolled out more fully and index cases are prevented from spawning clusters and outbreaks, we will have to do without all inclusive resorts, Le Bron James up close and Coachella. We will have to be more creative and resourceful to work, learn and manage other tasks from home.
I don't know how long this will last. Nobody does. This may dissipate in the summer heat and become an unpleasant memory or slowly percolate into a call for Martial Law.
But we must not fall to fear or succumb to panic. We CAN wash our hands and avoid others when we feel sick. We CAN call a trusted doctor or public health unit to ask for advice before flocking to the ER. And we can help each other with patience, servitude, kindness and compassion.
I'm still surviving swimming pools and plan on climbing Kilimanjaro again one day. I'm not afraid. I've already survived.
03-13-2020 03:19 PM
And here is a quote from him today:
“I think erring on the side of extreme caution at this time is warranted,” Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, infectious disease specialist with Toronto’s University Health Network, told CTV News Friday.
“It will save more lives.”
You can read the entire article by googling his name.
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