COVID19 - How it's affecting you

Any update KFDancer? Thinking of you all x

Sorry for the delay guys.

The GP did direct FIL to fill in something online, so we can only assume it was the 111 notification.  I’m rather frustrated that my husband is dealing with this by pretending it’s not happening!

Today is our daughters birthday, so hopefully they will Facetime later and I’ll have an update with my own eyes.

Huh? NY is just now closing playgrounds??

Sorry for the delay guys.

The GP did direct FIL to fill in something online, so we can only assume it was the 111 notification.  I’m rather frustrated that my husband is dealing with this by pretending it’s not happening!

Today is our daughters birthday, so hopefully they will Facetime later and I’ll have an update with my own eyes.

I'm so sorry this is all falling on your shoulders but you are doing a great job, hang in there.     He is probably terrified.
Sending best thoughts your way.  x

MIL definitely seemed better in our call tonight and wasn’t hacking up a lung as much.

I asked her lots of questions about if she will get tested and such.  She really doesn’t have the memory capacity needed.  It would be good if she was tested and HAS had it and made it the other side, as she could re-enter the world. 

But I will be able to sleep tonight. She seemed *much* improved from Sunday.  I heard it peaks Day 10/11 and that’s likely what Sunday was.

So good to hear KF!


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This may be a stretch, bit if anyone has family or friends in the Fort William area that you are worried about.....I will happily check in on them, or take them anything they need.


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MIL definitely seemed better in our call tonight and wasn’t hacking up a lung as much.

I asked her lots of questions about if she will get tested and such.  She really doesn’t have the memory capacity needed.  It would be good if she was tested and HAS had it and made it the other side, as she could re-enter the world. 

But I will be able to sleep tonight. She seemed *much* improved from Sunday.  I heard it peaks Day 10/11 and that’s likely what Sunday was.

I look forward to the day antibody tests are available. We will all be so much safer when that happens!

From the friends who have it, there are 2 waves. You get sick with the cough and fever and think you're getting better and then get walloped again. So I definitely hope that is the case for your MIL and she's on the other side of that second wave now. (sharing that here for anyone else who comes down with it) My friends are still avoiding the hospital even though their GP thinks they should go in. I hope their stubbornness pays off and they beat this in the next few days, I'll be crushed if they take a turn and don't get help in time.

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Good news KF

I hope things keep going in the right direction KFD.

Oh. Dear. God. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html

Nation's top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci forced to beef up security as death threats increase

(CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic and a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, is facing threats to his personal safety and now requires personal security from law enforcement at all times, including at his home, a source confirms to CNN. A law enforcement official told CNN that the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General, the agency's law enforcement arm, asked the US Marshals Service for assistance following threats to Fauci. The Marshals then deputized HHS officers to act as personal security for the doctor. The Washington Post first reported the threats to Fauci and the increased security.

A source also confirmed to CNN last week the presence of several members of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department stationed at all times around Fauci's home in the district. The source added the stepped up visible police presence was a response to growing threats to Fauci's safety, though the source of the threats was not identified.

During the White House coronavirus task force briefing with reporters on Wednesday, Fauci was asked whether he or White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who also serves on the task force, had received threats of any kind or whether they had been assigned a security detail. He said he was not able to answer. "Anything that has to do with security detail I would have to have you (ask your question) to the inspector general of HHS," he said, referencing the Department of Health and Human Services.
Fauci's response was quickly interrupted by Trump, who stepped up to the podium to say the nation's most visible infectious disease expert doesn't require protection. "(He) doesn't need security, everybody loves them," said Trump. "Besides that, they'd be in big trouble if they ever attacked."

However, as Fauci's profile in the pandemic crisis has grown, so has the concern for his welfare. Fauci's guidance to Trump for the country to remain as locked down as possible to help control the virus spread has not earned fans among some fervent right-wing voices. Fauci was among the health advisers on Trump's team encouraging a continuation of the current guidelines after the President heard from business leaders and some conservative allies that the restrictions were more damaging than the virus itself.
In fact, Trump's decision to extend those guidelines came after Fauci and Birx gave a strong presentation with the new models that showed 100,000 to 200,000 people could die, a source familiar with the President's decision told CNN.

"You don't make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline," Fauci told CNN last month when asked about how long the novel coronavirus could affect daily life in the US. "You may see in a relatively shorter period of time, when you're seeing the inkling of the flattening and coming down," he said in reference to slowing the speed of the outbreak. "But you know, you can't make an arbitrary decision until you see what you're dealing with. You need the data."

"(He) doesn't need security, everybody loves them," said Trump. "Besides that, they'd be in big trouble if they ever attacked."

Precisely what a 7 year old would say!
I was watching a clip from one of Trump's news coronavirus press events and all of a sudden he starts going on about some big name corporation and repeating their name and saying how much good work they've been doing.  It was so obviously an advertisement I almost fell out of my chair. 

KFDancer, I'm glad they're getting better!

margo, hope your friends get over the hurdle too!


Mmm, the 'MyPillow' guy Trump brought on. I .can't. even.

Precisely what a 7 year old would say!
I was watching a clip from one of Trump's news coronavirus press events and all of a sudden he starts going on about some big name corporation and repeating their name and saying how much good work they've been doing.  It was so obviously an advertisement I almost fell out of my chair.

I've been watching all of his press briefings lately.  The tone changed in them this week.  Last night's was shocking.  You should catch Tuesday's and last night's, if you have time.  They're on Youtube.... I watch the live-stream, but the replay video should be retained.

Monday's was a lengthy advertising bloc and Trump praise fest.  It was disgusting.  But Tuesday's was utterly sobering as the Administration finally admitted to the American people that the pandemic was real and serious and a lot of people are going to die.  And last night's...?  Well...?  It was bizarre and a bit shocking, even for Trump.

I've been watching all of his press briefings lately.  The tone changed in them this week.  Last night's was shocking.  You should catch Tuesday's and last night's, if you have time.  They're on Youtube.... I watch the live-stream, but the replay video should be retained.

Monday's was a lengthy advertising bloc and Trump praise fest.  It was disgusting.  But Tuesday's was utterly sobering as the Administration finally admitted to the American people that the pandemic was real and serious and a lot of people are going to die.  And last night's...?  Well...?  It was bizarre and a bit shocking, even for Trump.

Although I still keep up with what's going on in America, I don't watch the news out of Washington. I read it, but I don't watch it, because it's so much worse hearing Trump's stupid voice blathering on and lying about whatever he wants to be true, and listening to people having to kiss his ass because they're just as bad as he is, or out of fear of losing their jobs.

Whenever Trump does something particularly stupid or outrageous, there's a sizable contingent of my British friends and in-laws who always ask me what I think about whatever stupid thing he's said or done. They're always surprised when I say I haven't seen the video of whatever they're talking about. It's just too embarrassing that such a stupid person convinced such a large number of people that he'd do a good job running the country.

I've been watching all of his press briefings lately.  The tone changed in them this week.  Last night's was shocking.  You should catch Tuesday's and last night's, if you have time.  They're on Youtube.... I watch the live-stream, but the replay video should be retained.

Monday's was a lengthy advertising bloc and Trump praise fest.  It was disgusting.  But Tuesday's was utterly sobering as the Administration finally admitted to the American people that the pandemic was real and serious and a lot of people are going to die.  And last night's...?  Well...?  It was bizarre and a bit shocking, even for Trump.

  Thanks for the recommendation, I did check it out and it was bizarre.  Drug dealers?  Build the wall?  Venezuala?   Just seeing all those guys up there not concerned at all about social distancing  scares me.