Been reported that the virus destroys your lungs. Once that happens, I'm not sure how much good the ventilators are.

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Crazy story from New Orleans. Severe lung damage in folks in their 40s, ventilators on highest settings and they still gasp for air. Pink frothy secretions in breathing tubes. Running out of PPE.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

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I'm not saying this didn't happen, but ProPublica has an agenda, and everything they post is always "sources kept anonymous to protect them from retribution"

Just one example of how contagious this virus can be and why group gatherings should be limited to 10 or fewer people.

PSA


For those of you following along since page ~75 or so.....

SoccerDoc finally turned today...said

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he is concerned with the community spread here in Brazos County, the number of cases and the type of cases.

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not meet with anyone in Brazos County we are not 100% certain do not have the virus, believe it or not, until this is over.

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when Brazos County new infections have leveled off...they have it under-control.

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What'd you want them to do?

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I would rather see it multiple choice based honestly. Gonna be a cluster either way cuz it's from home...

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TexasAggie_02 said:

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Crazy story from New Orleans. Severe lung damage in folks in their 40s, ventilators on highest settings and they still gasp for air. Pink frothy secretions in breathing tubes. Running out of PPE.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

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I'm not saying this didn't happen, but ProPublica has an agenda, and everything they post is always "sources kept anonymous to protect them from retribution"

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I'm not usually one to claim bullsh*t on articles like this, but yeah, something about that interview feels off. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's as simple as the guy doesn't sound like a typical doctor, or maybe it's just that it reads a little too sensational. I know we've heard about lung failure in cases, but reports like this seem like they'd be all over the news by now, considering how graphic that sounds. Either way, I'm skeptical. Or... in denial. Because that is truly terrifying, like out of a movie or something.

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What the **** kind of factories have they had open this whole time? I thought they were already on total lockdown except for supermarkets and pharmacies.

I thought the same. Surprised to hear this wasn't the level of lockdown they were already under.

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What the **** kind of factories have they had open this whole time? I thought they were already on total lockdown except for supermarkets and pharmacies.

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Possibly stuff like food processing. You can't just stock wheat or chickens on a shelf

TexasAggie_02 said:

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Crazy story from New Orleans. Severe lung damage in folks in their 40s, ventilators on highest settings and they still gasp for air. Pink frothy secretions in breathing tubes. Running out of PPE.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this ProPublica article and the story from Pg 545 of this thread (see quote below) are "connected" in some way.....

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https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3090341/replies/56223059

No kidding. Terrible reporting

"I feel like I am dying but I don't have the test results so I must be fine. I think I will bake... Achhh, thud."

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Exsurge Domine said:

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TexasAggie_02 said:

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Crazy story from New Orleans. Severe lung damage in folks in their 40s, ventilators on highest settings and they still gasp for air. Pink frothy secretions in breathing tubes. Running out of PPE.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

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I'm not saying this didn't happen, but ProPublica has an agenda, and everything they post is always "sources kept anonymous to protect them from retribution"

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I'm not usually one to claim bullsh*t on articles like this, but yeah, something about that interview feels off. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's as simple as the guy doesn't sound like a typical doctor, or maybe it's just that it reads a little too sensational. I know we've heard about lung failure in cases, but reports like this seem like they'd be all over the news by now, considering how graphic that sounds. Either way, I'm skeptical. Or... in denial. Because that is truly terrifying, like out of a movie or something.

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Sounds a lot like this though

https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3101730

Damn.

I know some of you hate this guy because he worked for Obama, but I'm posting *strictly* because of the seemingly good news here...

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Why would Australia have Spanish labels?

Some good news/bad news from the numbers sites.

worldometers cuts off their stuff at midnight UTC, but still lets the numbers stack up in the US, then rolls some of them over to the next day.

So grand totals for 3/21 UTC were:
4824 new cases (14% decrease) and 46 deaths (down 3 from previous day). Cases are most likely random fluctuation (weekend related?), but nice to see it down, and 46 deaths is simply great news.

Unfortunately, with the UTC day only 5 hours old, we're already at 46 deaths on the 3/22 tally. Don't be shocked if we hit 100 today.

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Why would Australia have Spanish labels?

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Look at the watermark at the bottom. They used a stock image from Getty images.

I don't trust anything from the Chinese at this point, but this *seems* incredibly helpful...

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the picture was added by the news site . ask them.

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Ask them if their story is fake or their picture?

/whynotboth.gif

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Premium said:

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Rapier108 said:

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Why would Australia have Spanish labels?

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the picture was added by the news site . ask them.

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Ask them if their story is fake or their picture?

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It's not fake news nor is the image fake. They just selected a stock image of one of the drugs. Here is the link to the Daily Mail article they used as the source.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8134785/Has-Australia-coronavirus-cure-Patients-successfully-treated-HIV-malaria-medication.html

Mordred said:

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Some good news/bad news from the numbers sites.

worldometers cuts off their stuff at midnight UTC, but still lets the numbers stack up in the US, then rolls some of them over to the next day.

So grand totals for 3/21 UTC were:
4824 new cases (14% decrease) and 46 deaths (down 3 from previous day). Cases are most likely random fluctuation (weekend related?), but nice to see it down, and 46 deaths is simply great news.

Unfortunately, with the UTC day only 5 hours old, we're already at 46 deaths on the 3/22 tally. Don't be shocked if we hit 100 today.

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The US reporting has been sporadic but seems to trend heavily to reporting a lot of the deaths at night.

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PSA


For those of you following along since page ~75 or so.....

SoccerDoc finally turned today...said

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he is concerned with the community spread here in Brazos County, the number of cases and the type of cases.

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Warned our entire team to

Quote:

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not meet with anyone in Brazos County we are not 100% certain do not have the virus, believe it or not, until this is over.

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Stated

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when Brazos County new infections have leveled off...they have it under-control.

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Nice little summary thread...

Serious/Critical has been running in the 50-70 range all week for USA. Now showing 708!

Bullpen Chias said:

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Serious/Critical has been running in the 50-70 range all week for USA. Now showing 708!

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Can you please clarify this post? Between sleep deprivation and a drink or two, I cannot grasp what point you're trying to make.

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Bullpen Chias said:

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Serious/Critical has been running in the 50-70 range all week for USA. Now showing 708!

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Can you please clarify this post? Between sleep deprivation and a drink or two, I cannot grasp what point you're trying to make.

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The number of "severe" cases for the US has been showing 64 for days. This number was incorrect/not updated. It has finally been updated to 708.

Thanks and apologies for the misunderstanding!