OT: Coronavirus

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@purplefaithful said:

@"BarrNone55" said:
The other side of this thing seems like an unseen distant shore.

I have my own up/down moments. Ones of sadness and disbelief, to much suffering..

It's a lot to absorb & process especially in such a short period of time. 

I can't always stay in a state of grateful for what we have - much as I try. 

They're already priming us about cancelling any big events this spring/summer here in Mpls. No 4th of July fireworks etc. I dont think thats happened here since 1946. 

Concern about a Covid-19 come-back this fall when it gets colder again? Thats out there too. 

Personally I don't see the new normal beginning until there is a vaccine and the economy can start recovering.

We're really early into this unfortunately. I have a much greater appreciation now for the "YEARS" not mos that hero generation went through in 1941-1945. 

It's a roller coaster. I think about my mom and grandma surviving the depression. They had it so much worse. I have so much respect and appreciation for what they faced. I know that stay at home can take a toll. I am working with people with psychological issues so I see it daily. I get the MDH and CDC updates daily in my work inbox. Self-care is important. Take a walk. Take a break. Listen to music. Call people you love. We have tools and technology that wasn't available during the depression. It's easy to get overwhelmed with the negative but embrace the positive and savor the small victories. I mean there is a lot of things that you can still do that can be positive. Be well and take care of you. 

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@JimmyinSD said:

@"BarrNone55" said:
The other side of this thing seems like an unseen distant shore.

lie to  yourself.... focusing/obsessing on the unobtainable can lead to severe depression.

look for little victories to give yourself a sense of accomplishment and something to build hope off from.

2 weeks ago I bet everybody in here thought they would die if their lives were disrupted like they have been,  but here we are 2 weeks later and still the same bickering bunch of bitches that we've always been.   different topic,  but still bitches none the less.  little victories.

Jimmy, good words of wisdom.  I try to focus on the positives that happen every day from stories of tremendous sacrifice and ingenuity.  Faith, family and friends are my priorities.  The people of the USA are a pretty resilient bunch.  Or as John Winger (aka Bill Murray) said in Stripes:

 "We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt."

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Dr. Stephen Smith, founder of The Smith Center for Infectious Diseases and Urban Health, said on “The Ingraham Angle” on Wednesday night that he is optimistic about the use of antimalarial medications and antibiotics to treat COVID-19patients, calling it “a game-changer.”
“I think this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. I’m very serious,” Smith, an infectious disease specialist, told host Laura Ingraham.
Currently there is no known cure for the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe.
Smith, who is treating 72 COVID-19 patients, said that he has been treating "everybody with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin [an antibiotic]. We’ve been doing so for a while.”
He pointed out that not a single COVID-19 patient of his that has been on the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin regimen for five days or more has had to be intubated.
“The chance of that occurring by chance, according to my sons Leon and Hunter who did some stats for me, are .000-something,” he said, adding that “it’s ridiculously low."
Smith explained that “intubation means actually putting a tube down into your trachea and then you’re placed on the ventilator for respiratory support.”
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced an emergency-use authorization for several drugs, including hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, despite a lack of clear evidence of their effectiveness.
A study published earlier this month by French researchers suggested that COVID-19 patients could be treated with antimalarial medication and antibiotics in the battle against the novel coronavirus. 
Smith noted on Wednesday that he thinks his data supports the French study.
“Now you actually have an intra-cohort comparison saying that this regimen works,” he told Ingraham.

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