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At its Tuesday (March 31, 2020), press conference, officials noted that 73 people in Johnson County now have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease linked to the coronavirus. Johnson County now accounts for 14.7% of the 497 cases reported in the state. Dave Koch, the director of Johnson County Public Health, said 31 of the 73 patients in Johnson County are no longer considered infectious and are at home
mentalgongfu2 wrote:WARNING: slight grossness follows regarding bodily function
I found myself in the unfortunate position of visiting an emergency room this week in the city where I live (one of the few "large" cities in the state of Iowa, Midwest USA).
alloneword wrote:I've made no secret of the low opinion I have of 'Amazing Polly', but that video raises some very interesting (dare I say R.I.-esque) points. Cheers, HS
DrEvil » Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:31 pm wrote:Yes she is. Listed under Medicine (physician, including MDs & DOs).
You have to search with LASTNAME FIRSTNAME, no commas.
Edit: the post I'm replying to by Heaven Swan has disappeared. She claimed Dr. Colleen Smith at Elmhurst wasn't listed in the official registry of licensed professionals ( http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme ), which she is.
Heaven Swan » Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:35 am wrote:(before I’m scolded for the heresy of watching (or reading) non woke-sanctioned material) that old school Marxists and Black Panthers suggested that members spend 2 hours each morning reading newspapers from across the political spectrum.
of how it would not matter if the claimed thesis (e.g., that covid is some routine flu-type contagion vastly exaggerated so as to implement a global lockdown and transformation plan) was true or not. The methods used by the "Citizen Reporters" would still be a lie. They would still be showing nothing, and claiming it was proof of something. Or showing proof of the opposite, and giving it the reverse label. They would still be rejects from the James O'Keefe School of Churnalism.
mentalgongfu2 » 05 Apr 2020 01:25 wrote:WARNING: slight grossness follows regarding bodily function
I found myself in the unfortunate position of visiting an emergency room this week in the city where I live (one of the few "large" cities in the state of Iowa, Midwest USA).At its Tuesday (March 31, 2020), press conference, officials noted that 73 people in Johnson County now have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease linked to the coronavirus. Johnson County now accounts for 14.7% of the 497 cases reported in the state. Dave Koch, the director of Johnson County Public Health, said 31 of the 73 patients in Johnson County are no longer considered infectious and are at home
I was not on any fact-finding mission, unless that mission was to find the fact of why I was coughing blood and my bowel movements suddenly consisted of a black, tar-like substance.
Those of you with some medical experience may sense where this is going. My blood pressure and heart rate were through the roof. I was fitted with two IVs (one in each arm) and took several hours to stabilize before they could begin additional testing to determine what was wrong. It took sedation and an endoscopy the following day to determine I had a burst blood vessel in my esophagus, which I have learned is one particular type of GI bleed. A GI bleed is no joke, especially one in the upper GI, as the colon and liver do not interact well with the Iron in the blood that was filling my digestive system. I was blessed that my bleed was relatively slow, so I did not require a blood transfusion. I am very lucky to have gone to the ER when I did, and to have received relatively quick diagnosis and treatment for an extremely dangerous medical condition. I am now faced with making some important lifestyle changes to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.
The ER was busy, but not overflowing -- likely due to the relatively small size of this community, and because anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, i.e. any sort of respiratory symptom, was being immediately segregated into a screening area to limit exposure of patients and healthcare workers to this virus. However, the impact of COVID-19 was evident throughout the facility. All staff and patients were fitted with N95 masks, and there was much concern and precaution taken as some hospital staff have already been exposed and infected with this virus.
When the decision was made to move me from the ER, I was moved to the 4th floor - one of the mask-free areas of the hospital, as other areas designated for potential COVID patients remained under strict control. Hospital staff relayed to me that the hospital overall was at relatively low capacity compared to normal, because residents were avoiding the hospital except in cases of severe emergency like my own and/or suspected COVID exposure. I am grateful for this, because had the hospital been as busy as normal, a potential delay in my treatment could have been deadly.
I had a frank discussion with the ER doc, who hearing me express my fear and concern about my own predicament, talked to me about mindful awareness and about the danger and fear he has to overcome when daily exposing himself to this virus with protective gear that is at best, 95 percent effective.
Despite the relatively low number of cases currently in our area, medical professionals are taking what appears to me to be necessary precautions. It is because of the extreme caution being taken by health care workers and the general public that I was able to obtain treatment and secure a stay of several days despite being uninsured in a country that often leaves the uninsured for dead.
If coronavirus is being overblown (and I am not convinced it is), the entire medical system has been deceived,as the numerous doctors, nurses and technicians at this hospital certainly are not in on any kind of grand cover-up,
Frankly, I am offended by the idea that looky-loo believers in some coronavirus scam think it is reasonable to invade these spaces. As others have pointed out, that behavior would put myself, medical staff and any others seeking legitimate care at unnecessary risk for selfish and foolhardy reasons.
We are not New York or L.A., and any peak coming will hit the Midwest well behind the peak on the coasts, so it is possible things will get much worse here. And if they don't, I am inclined to attribute that to our lower population density and the lead time we have had to prepare compared to the large metropolitan areas, rather than the idea that this is some myth. The fact that China shut down vast regions completely for two months and is still believed to have widely under-reported its COVID cases should be enough of an indication that this is a real phenomena.
If you want to investigate COVID-19, by all means, do so, but keep your ass away from the emergency rooms where actual sick people are in need of real care, not stone-throwers on a mission to push some pre-determined narrative. If you really want to suss out information from those on the front lines, there are better ways to do it without endangering people seeking medical care. Send some e-mails, make some phone calls. These are public institutions. You can find names and contact information relatively easily. If you present yourself fairly, I'm sure you can find a spectrum of medical professionals willing to discuss their experience and observations, should they have the time to do so.
mentalgongfu2 » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:25 am wrote:
I had a frank discussion with the ER doc, who hearing me express my fear and concern about my own predicament, talked to me about mindful awareness and about the danger and fear he has to overcome when daily exposing himself to this virus with protective gear that is at best, 95 percent effective.
Despite the relatively low number of cases currently in our area, medical professionals are taking what appears to me to be necessary precautions. It is because of the extreme caution being taken by health care workers and the general public that I was able to obtain treatment and secure a stay of several days despite being uninsured in a country that often leaves the uninsured for dead.
Harvey » Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:40 pm wrote:Best wishes mentalgongfu.
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