COVID-19 in Central Nebraska
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Have a good friend who just lost a brother and sister in law to Covid. Both were in their prime/healthy and no known pre-existing conditions.
Another friend lost her father a week ago.
Another friend lost her father a week ago.
Had two families go through it, both with mild cases, father no symptoms mothers had shmptoms, one child had slight symptoms.
We haven't figured out what this attacks and how we respond yet.
Much more complicated, it is a air borne lung,nasal infection, but sometimes acts like a skin infection like measles through contact type diseases.
Basically, if your immune system responds overzealously, your own immune system starts killing you in various ways.
We need a therapeutic right away, remdisivir shows promise, but it's being used late stage only.
My condolences
I hope they track this down
NY Gov. Cuomo Surprised to Learn 66% of Hospitalized Were Social-Distancing
This is bizarre. People not working, staying at home lead the daily known wuhan cases.
Cuomo said 600 new coronavirus cases were identified in New York on Tuesday, and expressed frustration with the figure, despite it being a significant decrease from the week before.
"Week before that, we still saw 1,000 new cases every day," he said. "Where are those new cases still coming from, because we've done everything we have to close down. How are you still generating 600 new cases every day?"
He then noted the "shocking" fact two-thirds of hospitalized patients had been staying at home and social distancing.
"These people were literally at home . . . 84% were at home, literally! Were they working? No. They were retired or they were unemployed. Only 17% working," Cuomo said.
NY Gov. Cuomo Surprised to Learn 66% of Hospitalized Were Social-Distancing
This is bizarre. People not working, staying at home lead the daily known wuhan cases.
Cuomo said 600 new coronavirus cases were identified in New York on Tuesday, and expressed frustration with the figure, despite it being a significant decrease from the week before.
"Week before that, we still saw 1,000 new cases every day," he said. "Where are those new cases still coming from, because we've done everything we have to close down. How are you still generating 600 new cases every day?"
He then noted the "shocking" fact two-thirds of hospitalized patients had been staying at home and social distancing.
"These people were literally at home . . . 84% were at home, literally! Were they working? No. They were retired or they were unemployed. Only 17% working," Cuomo said.
Here's what you have to notice in Nebraska. 3 of our 5 "hot spots" are counties that have a meat packing plant. Schuyler also has a meat packing plant (Cargill) but they are not "red" on the state case map yet. All cities with meat packing plants are nowhere near "peak" yet.
Douglas County seemed to be settling down last week. They had been in the hundreds (seemed to be consistently half of Hall County's numbers) and then suddenly they have boomed and are now about 150 away from Hall County. If they want to regain the number one spot, Hall County is more than happy to relinquish that dubious honor to Douglas County.
Lancaster seems to be on the increase as well, though not as drastically as Douglas County. Will be interesting to watch what happens when their restrictions are lifted, next Monday I think.
As someone sitting right smack in the middle of a "hot spot", I cannot help but believe that this is not being handled well. For me, no big deal. I continue to march to my own drummer. The State can do what they please. I continue to wear masks, keep my house free of other people, go to the store when they first open, etc.
I will not be surprised to see the number of new cases escalate after restrictions are eased. We are now down to under 30 counties with zero cases of Covid 19.
Douglas County seemed to be settling down last week. They had been in the hundreds (seemed to be consistently half of Hall County's numbers) and then suddenly they have boomed and are now about 150 away from Hall County. If they want to regain the number one spot, Hall County is more than happy to relinquish that dubious honor to Douglas County.
Lancaster seems to be on the increase as well, though not as drastically as Douglas County. Will be interesting to watch what happens when their restrictions are lifted, next Monday I think.
As someone sitting right smack in the middle of a "hot spot", I cannot help but believe that this is not being handled well. For me, no big deal. I continue to march to my own drummer. The State can do what they please. I continue to wear masks, keep my house free of other people, go to the store when they first open, etc.
I will not be surprised to see the number of new cases escalate after restrictions are eased. We are now down to under 30 counties with zero cases of Covid 19.
Nebraska isn't counting recovered cases, so, depending on dates, some counties with low numbers may be free of infection.
So, say a county with seven cases, last case was three weeks ago, that county is likely free of the virus.
Well, duh, I know that. Since I've been following this extremely close since the first reported cases hit Nebraska.
Counties may or may not be free of the virus. Pretty much the only people getting tested are those with severe symptoms or first responders/health care providers. You know have to go through "Test Nebraska" to be scheduled for a test and if you don't meet their criteria, no test.
I can not display symptoms and still have COVID-19. Therefore, I'm not included in the stats and that certainly doesn't make my country "free of the virus". Also, folks can be infected and not display symptoms for several weeks as they run around, without wearing a mask, leaving the present of COVID-19 on whatever they touched or wherever their sputum from their sneezes and coughs lands.
Those low populated counties are the best bet to be COVID-19 free but I would NOT place money on it because "the masses are asses" and don't take this crap seriously.
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Ricketts made a few good points yesterday in his briefing, and I think we need to remember them, along with all the other Covid-19 info out there, to keep proper perspective. First, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases are on the rise because many more people are getting tested. More testing is a good thing. 2nd, the number of cases is not the main focus, but avoiding the overload of health care facilities is. Nebraska is doing well with that goal, and still has 49% of their beds available. And, he mentioned that nothing we do will stop this virus completely. Over time, the chances of people eventually being exposed to the virus are very high. The strategies are only trying to manage it in a way to avoid a massive surge and prevent an overload of health care facilities. That way the seriously ill will have the best care available. The last thing he mentioned is that the approach he and some other state governors are using is called the "hammer & dance approach". You hammer the virus quick with aggressive restrictions to prevent a massive surge, then do a delicate dance to relax restrictions while trying to maintain health care capacity. Related to this strategy, he mentioned that most health officials and gov't leaders accept the fact that you can't keep things locked down for too long, or people will just start to disregard restrictions all together.
Glad he's wise enough to listen to common sense given by his 'experts'.
Quarantine, the old latin name means forty days for a reason.
That's absolutely correct. We're already seeing people disobeying lockdown orders, etc.
It very definitely is a delicate dance.
However, any of these towns that are showing dramatic increases in numbers still need to have very limited reopenings. I go to the store when they first open. Generally there is at least one customer with no mask (generally someone in their 20's, 30's, or 40's). But that is not the case as the day gets longer. Almost every day there is a letter to the editor with folks voicing their concern over people not wearing their masks, infringing in other people's 6' safe space, etc.
Things need to be handled differently in the "hot" spots. That's why our DHM are not being lifted at the same rate as those places that are not seeing dramatic increases in their positive numbers.
Virus loading in closed spaces, masks help, but wont prevent you from spreading or getting it,but is a huge help.
Limiting customers with good air exchange helps too.
Limiting customers with good air exchange helps too.
Our numbers have dropped like a rock and the respiratory care section of ER has been closed. However, 1,500 tests were conducted last week and no one has gotten results other than a very small handfull. Head of CNDH is one of those waiting for tests and publically stated in her presser yesterday that there may be a huge increase once those test results come back.
So, I'm a little hopeful that we have peaked (because of the decrease in respiratory cases) but not convinced because of the lack of test results.
No matter how it shakes, I'll be wearing mask in public for quite a while and continuing to go to the stores when they first open. It will take quite a while for my confidence in this to be restored.
So, I'm a little hopeful that we have peaked (because of the decrease in respiratory cases) but not convinced because of the lack of test results.
No matter how it shakes, I'll be wearing mask in public for quite a while and continuing to go to the stores when they first open. It will take quite a while for my confidence in this to be restored.
Lets all be sure to safely get outside.
Wuhan came from bats. Bats live in colder confined spaces in the dark, they fly at night, cooler,no sun.
The suns uv kills the virus, the winds disperse in quickly.
Theres tests showing vitamin D is helpful, the sun gives us vitamin D.
All things point to getting outside in the sun is the opposite of where wuhan thrives.
Wuhan came from bats. Bats live in colder confined spaces in the dark, they fly at night, cooler,no sun.
The suns uv kills the virus, the winds disperse in quickly.
Theres tests showing vitamin D is helpful, the sun gives us vitamin D.
All things point to getting outside in the sun is the opposite of where wuhan thrives.
Thanks for posting that. Last thing we need is another f'ing conspiracy theory.
I'm tired of fear-mongering (on both sides, this virus is not extinction level but bad enough to warrant chilling out for a bit). Waving our hands and saying "deep state! Big pharma!" while listening to New Age nutbags like Rashid Buttar does nothing but cause confusion and misinformation.
