re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

When Do you remember this type of actual reaction around the globe? Actual school districts shutting down, travel bans, quarantines, etc.

Obviously, this is something that has experts and governments concerned.

For physicians handicapped by lack of testing.Study showed very good results with chest CT

“In a study of more than 1,000 patients published in the journal Radiology, chest CT outperformed lab testing in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)”

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Like the different cold outbreaks? What you wanna know about them? I can google for you if you need.

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Yea tell me about the other cold outbreaks and how we should use the same “requirements” as those outbreaks

Better yet don’t. Instead why don’t you think about how you will be working from home when the cases start rolling in and how some of the posters here will be directly taking care of patients with this virus, exposing themselves and their families to it. Posters who know what ARDS and a paralyzed patient on a ventilator look like in person, not a number on a graph.

So from everyone here who will be in that position, kindly shut the frick up.

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What are your thoughts on fomite transfer? I imagine we will get some of the pts from Diamond Princess. I should be able to avoid direct pt care but will be working in the same department as the infected pts. I can’t find clear info on fomite transfer just ranges based on other enveloped viruses. Any suggestions you have I would love to hear.

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I haven’t seen enough in the literature I’ve read to say for sure. Volvagia might know

How are you holding up over there? Are people still hoarding the PPE gear or did they get all that straightened out?

For fcks sake, can we please let this thread be about updates and information sharing instead of you all having a circle jerk about who is more correct?

From the presser:

Still can't tell you (or refuse to tell you) how many people have been tested.

Embarrassing

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Better yet don’t. Instead why don’t you think about how you will be working from home in when the cases start rolling in and how some of the posters here will be directly taking care of patients with this virus, exposing themselves and their families to it. Posters who know what ARDS and a paralyzed patient on a ventilator look like in person, not a number on a graph.

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Dude, this is the stuff I’m talking about.

You can give out relevant information and discuss it, but when you resort to stating that everyone who objects to it being the plague will recognize that you were right once they start seeing their loved ones dying and can’t leave their homes, you have jumped the shark.

Just calm down.

Another doctor in critical condition

“KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (CBS) — A Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia cardiologist at the King of Prussia Specialty Care site is currently hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus. Montgomery County officials say the man contracted the virus while traveling abroad to where COVID-19 is active. A source says he was in Egypt where he may have gotten infected. Now, several schools are closing this week after students and staff might have been exposed while at the facility.

The Upper Merion resident is currently in critical condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.“

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You’re still cluttering this thread with your shite? There are a lot of people trying to share and get information here. You’re providing neither.

No it’s under lock and key. N95 only for the RN caring for a confirmed pt. PAPR for anesthesia or whomever intubates. The rest of us have been asked to not wear masks at all so pts aren’t scared. Between our 2 facilities we have over 100 nurses quarantined and there is some talk about pulling us to help staff the ED/ICU. The RNs who care for the confirmed pts work only with that pt for their workweek then quarantine at home for their off days and come back to the same pt. It’s an attempt to stem the flow of staff to quarantine. Our school district is not closed yet but others in the area are. You can’t get some supplies at the stores but that is everywhere I guess.