OT: Coronavirus

That's probably all the Fed can do?

After that it's going to have to be tax cuts...

Key is to keep banking liquid so those in greatest needs can get the help - if the system actually works. 

In MN, they won't test you, even if they have the test, unless you check of a list of symptoms provided by the MN Department of Health.

How would have accepting test kits earlier from the WHO affected policy medical facilities are bound to by the MNDoH to even administer a test?

That's not a snarky policial quipper, it's an honest question.

@"BlackMagic7" said: In MN, they won't test you, even if they have the test, unless you check of a list of symptoms provided by the MN Department of Health.

How would have accepting test kits earlier from the WHO affected policy medical facilities are bound to by the MNDoH to even administer a test?

That's not a snarky policial quipper, it's an honest question.

The states are going by the restricted criteria from the CDC. There is supposed to be some flexibility and revision to this initial stated criteria but clearly there are still issues. The states are trying to do what they can beyond the lack of assistance from Washington. I was down in Rochester and they have the tents set up. Mayo Clinic labs are trying to make test kits.

Fauci Says U.S. Testing System for Coronavirus Is `A Failing'

Dr. Antony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, urged Americans to shut down more aggressively as the coronavirus spreads.

On MSNBC’s “Meet the Press” Mr. Fauci endorsed a 14-day “national shutdown” to help slow down the virus. He explained that he has brought it up with the administration, which is generally open to his ideas.
“I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing,” he said.
On ABC’s “This Week” the doctor explained that lockdowns helped China and South Korea fight the rapid spread of the disease in their countries. China, he said, has reached its peak and is starting to see number of cases drop, whereas South Korea has flatlined.
However, he warned that while its hard to predict exactly how long the virus will be a threat, the U.S. should prepare for this to last for several weeks or a few months
“What we should be doing is absolutely much much different. Not business as usual. Just chill down,” he said on ABC.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/15/anthony-fauci-urges-coronavirus-national-shutdown/

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1239301417397035014?s=19

What kind of meal costs 35 cents?  It's great and all that they donated that money,  but honestly who writes this stuff and more to the point,  who believes this stuff?

A Minnesota COVID case. An APS is someone with Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), the major cause of multiple miscarriages, thrombosis, young strokes and heart attacks. 

From Emily, a #APS who has had #COVID19

My history with APS began three years ago when I found out I had a pulmonary embolism at 20 years old. I am not on immunosuppressants but I do have lung issues from that incident 3 years ago. I am now just on warfarin to manage it. My APS is generic from my fathers side.

Recently I found out I had gotten COVID-19. The reason I went in to urgent care was because I was concerned I was having another PE. While I was there I told them about the shortness of breath I was having and fever. The gave me a CT scan and found I have pneumonia (which I get frequently) but no PE! They then said pneumonia is usually brought on by a virus. So they tested me for the flu and then COVID-19.

Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health called and told me I have COVID-19. I was shocked, my doctor was shocked. I wasn’t showing the classic symptoms of cough and sore throat. The symptoms I had were 103 fever, chills and sweats, shortness of breath and was tired and weak. I did have a high d-dimer test at 0.9.

Before all this I had been on antibiotics and thought all of this was just a bad reaction to the antibiotics. So in truth I didn’t even notice that I actually had COVID-19.

By the time I had gotten my result I had felt completely normal again. My symptoms lasted about three days and were very manageable. I do however, need to be in quarantine for 2 weeks from the last day of showing symptoms.

I can answer questions if people are worried.

2 week national quarantine incoming within a couple days is my guess

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1239301417397035014?s=19

What kind of meal costs 35 cents?  It's great and all that they donated that money,  but honestly who writes this stuff and more to the point,  who believes this stuff?

@"Rugbyvike" said: 2 week national quarantine incoming within a couple days is my guess

Probably 8 weeks

@"Hidalgo" said:

@"Rugbyvike" said: 2 week national quarantine incoming within a couple days is my guess

Probably 8 weeks