Wellness

[hckynut]

@hooked on books 

I have not heard anything like that talked about from the heads of any state, nor by the daily press conferences given by the president. Not that familiar with where Massachusetts falls in the number of patients etc. I did however watch a doctor, who drives from Boston to Minnesota once every month to help fight the virus.

I am over 80 and have 2 underlying causes, and a 3rd that is iffy. Not going to go into my full perspective about "what if's/might be's" etc. Will only say that what you described here is a "would be", in your own words, not a "is happening". With that, this is all I will say.

Stay safe stay well, and!

hckynut(john)

[stuyvesant]

Just my opinion here.

It's the nature of our medical establishment to treat people with preexisting conditions.  That's pretty much what they do.  Preexisting condition people are medical success stories.

We are attempting to 'flatten the curve' so that the medical system doesn't get overwhelmed and triaging doesn't become a common thing.  That's the whole point of shutting down the country.  That's how important the medical communiity and the powers that be think it is to NOT triage.  They are willing to shut down the country first.

We don't know much about the virus yet.  There's a 104 year old woman who survived.  Other very old and fragile people have survived.  They are beginning to think a lot of people may not even know they get it.  Not everybody has to go  on a ventillator.  Most people get oxygen asistance, I think.

Finally, you don't want to go on a ventilator.  You are desperately, desperately ill when you go  on a ventilator.  

[HoneyInADKS]

I can't imagine it getting as bad as Italy.  People dying gasping for breath because they were refused treatment.  People dying alone because no one was allowed to be at their bedside.  I watched a video a man posted from Italy.  His Sister was dead on the bed behind him, and no one would go and pick up her body.  They were hit hard and fast,and has/had the 2nd oldest population, behind China.  It was terrible, and I can't imagine what the doctors had to go through while refusing treatment.  I did watch a CNN interview a week ago with a doctor in New York. He showed a letter that the doctors had been given, about who gets priority in the event that resources are too limited to treat everyone.

My advice is for everyone to make some home-made masks (there are many sites online that tell you how).  I wear a mask and gloves when I go out in public, as soon as I get back in the car I sanitize my hands.  Then when I get home, I throw the mask in the washing machine, and wash my hands.  I live about 3 hours North of New York City.  My household consists of me, my 85 year old Mother, my 29 year old Daughter, and my 3 year old Grand-Daughter.  Stay well everyone.  I don't think life will ever again be like it used to be.

[catter70]

I'm on the bottom of the scale.

[pigletsmom]

This is something your state should have plans for at all times. This is just smart planning. At this point no one who needs a vent hasn't gotten it. Even the numbers in NY aren't yet close to anything that's been projected, at least where we'll need 40 thousand vents, and hopefully it stays that way.