Loved his aquarium.
Fireman said:
You know, if you are running short on masks, you might consider working for hours with patients that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and wearing the same mask, then working for hours with patients that do not have the disease and wear a second mask. I recognize that in normal times you get a new mask and a new pair of gloves with each new patient. Things stop being normal about 20 days ago, so you have to adapt, and doctors using 200+ masks in a single day, doesn't make much since when you seem so impassioned that masks are in short supply.
Fireman said:
You know, if you are running short on masks, you might consider working for hours with patients that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and wearing the same mask, then working for hours with patients that do not have the disease and wear a second mask. I recognize that in normal times you get a new mask and a new pair of gloves with each new patient. Things stop being normal about 20 days ago, so you have to adapt, and doctors using 200+ masks in a single day, doesn't make much since when you seem so impassioned that masks are in short supply.
Just to be clear, I am not the doctor writing these up, just an Ag in Texas, looking on and pulling hard for our fellow Americans in NYC.Fireman said:
You know, if you are running short on masks, you might consider working for hours with patients that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and wearing the same mask, then working for hours with patients that do not have the disease and wear a second mask. I recognize that in normal times you get a new mask and a new pair of gloves with each new patient. Things stop being normal about 20 days ago, so you have to adapt, and doctors using 200+ masks in a single day, doesn't make much since when you seem so impassioned that masks are in short supply.
Marcus Aurelius said:
I predict alot of NYers fleeing the state. Be careful around any of these people. They will likely head South.
tamc91 said:
I was driving my daughter back to TX from school in North Carolina yesterday. I noticed a relatively high number of NY license plates heading west through Tennessee. Most were on nice cars and SUVs. I believe it has started with those with resources to leave.
And wussies are still gonna wuss. Quote of Lenin =/= ode to Lenin.Builder93 said:
Regarding the freak out over the Lenin quote: Remember, a broken clock is still right twice a day.
No matter how dire his updates get, the last lines of every post always have me ****ing proud and wishing I could actually do something to help.96AustinAg said:
Agree with the poster above, that doc is leading his ass off!
Wow.Mordred said:
Sorry for being late with today's update. Not the most fun read, and the 10% increase every day is definitely alarming.
tamc91 said:
I was driving my daughter back to TX from school in North Carolina yesterday. I noticed a relatively high number of NY license plates heading west through Tennessee. Most were on nice cars and SUVs. I believe it has started with those with resources to leave.
In the movie Jaws, Brodie knew there was a shark in the water, but the Mayor wouldn't close the beach.Aggie1946 said:
Can someone explain what "Jaws of doomsurfing" is? No reference to this anywhere online except an obscure game.
Mordred said:In the movie Jaws, Brodie knew there was a shark in the water, but the Mayor wouldn't close the beach.Aggie1946 said:
Can someone explain what "Jaws of doomsurfing" is? No reference to this anywhere online except an obscure game.
I took it as all the negativity he's reporting would make him the guy that the alarmists would be shouting about, i.e. "we have to shut things down, look what Craig Smith is saying!"
Not a perfect analogy since Brodie wasn't someone surfing in the movie, but cut the guy some slack he's probably completely burnt out trying to lead his people.
Builder93 said:
Regarding the freak out over the Lenin quote: Remember, a broken clock is still right twice a day.
I'm sure many have seen my opinions on this already and disagree, but I do think it is important to remain skeptical, especially in times like these. I can't speak for Dr. Smith, but unless I am intubated and can't say otherwise, I would not want the HCQ+Zpack combo therapy unless they can get me enrolled in an RCT. Giving two QT prolonging agents together in a disease that increases incidence of Vtach/V-fib is a bad idea if there is no proven benefit. Couple that with HCQ's history of failing to demonstrate clinical efficacy in countless viruses it had shown promise in based on in vitro studies (HIV, HepC, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika), and you can see why there are many docs right now that are a bit hesitant about its use. You have a known severe, but rare complication of the drug combo, and a low pre-test probability of efficacy. That combination should give pause to anyone considering this therapy. This is also ignoring countless people who are being treated with it for their connective tissue disorders now being unable to fill their prescriptions. Smith's comments on this are not irresponsible, they are prudent.KT_Ag08 said:
Thanks again for sharing. My guess is the Doc would want the HCQ if he tested positive. I get what he is saying but until we come up with something better or prove that it isn't making any difference then it seems irresponsible to not continue treating with that cocktail.
Nice to hear a 2nd opinion on this.Dr. Not Yet Dr. Ag said:I'm sure many have seen my opinions on this already and disagree, but I do think it is important to remain skeptical, especially in times like these. I can't speak for Dr. Smith, but unless I am intubated and can't say otherwise, I would not want the HCQ+Zpack combo therapy unless they can get me enrolled in an RCT. Giving two QT prolonging agents together in a disease that increases incidence of Vtach/V-fib is a bad idea if there is no proven benefit. Couple that with HCQ's history of failing to demonstrate clinical efficacy in countless viruses it had shown promise in based on in vitro studies (HIV, HepC, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika), and you can see why there are many docs right now that are a bit hesitant about its use. You have a known severe, but rare complication of the drug combo, and a low pre-test probability of efficacy. That combination should give pause to anyone considering this therapy. This is also ignoring countless people who are being treated with it for their connective tissue disorders now being unable to fill their prescriptions. Smith's comments on this are not irresponsible, they are prudent.KT_Ag08 said:
Thanks again for sharing. My guess is the Doc would want the HCQ if he tested positive. I get what he is saying but until we come up with something better or prove that it isn't making any difference then it seems irresponsible to not continue treating with that cocktail.