Author Topic: How much is COVID-19 affecting your life now? (Read 56948 times)

coffeebean · « **on:** March 04, 2020, 06:51:49 PM »

Well let's start off with a canceled Italy trip, holding my breath on a Cyprus trip, and a stopover in Turkey on a business flight.

US · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2020, 07:53:41 PM »

For the second time my Venice trip is canceled

lazertek · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2020, 08:03:46 PM »

i have a friend that's a us citizen that learns in Israel and is currently in Austria and he's asking me for advice any chance Israel will let him back in?

zagguru · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2020, 08:35:21 PM »

Prob cancelling my Miami trip in 3 weeks. Was going to go with my wife and 7 month old

grodnoking · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2020, 08:54:39 PM »

Probably taking my trip to Miami in 3.5 weeks. Unsure why I would have a less of a chance of getting sick there than here. I'll take extra precautions in the airport.

whYME · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2020, 09:04:06 PM »

Instead of talking about Trump, now every thread on DDF is talking about COVID-19.

yitzgar · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2020, 10:11:38 PM »

Quote from: whYME on March 04, 2020, 09:04:06 PM

Instead of talking about Trump, now every thread on DDF is talking about COVID-19.

Nah, that's just because certain person is on sabbatical

Dan · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2020, 10:15:43 PM »

Quote from: grodnoking on March 04, 2020, 08:54:39 PM

Probably taking my trip to Miami in 3.5 weeks. Unsure why I would have a less of a chance of getting sick there than here. I'll take extra precautions in the airport.

Really just about the plane. Take precautions and you'll be fine iy"h.

grodnoking · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2020, 10:20:12 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 04, 2020, 10:15:43 PM

Really just about the plane. Take precautions and you'll be fine iy"h.

That's the plan. I'm visiting family so not worried about hotels and stuff like that.

farmbochur · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2020, 10:29:10 PM »

As someone who joined the workforce after the great recession, it's the first opportunity to test my temperament against stock market hysteria.

yuds70 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2020, 11:26:48 PM »

As a travel agent-

My whole day is occupied by clients cancelling tickets.

Getting on my nerves.

Thank God I dont touch mileage tickets - would be more of a disaster.

yuneeq · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2020, 11:29:55 PM »

Quote from: grodnoking on March 04, 2020, 08:54:39 PM

Probably taking my trip to Miami in 3.5 weeks. Unsure why I would have a less of a chance of getting sick there than here. I'll take extra precautions in the airport.

Because in Florida they're actively covering it up and in NY they're being proactive as they can be. No coincidence that the NY patient was just in Miami.

ckmk47 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2020, 11:39:58 PM »

Quote from: yuneeq on March 04, 2020, 11:29:55 PM

Because in Florida they're actively covering it up and in NY they're being proactive as they can be. No coincidence that the NY patient was just in Miami.

NY is working on keeping numbers low, too. Sometimes when doctors in hospitals who are following the Department Of Health recommendation to ask the Center for Disease Control to test someone, the CDC says no. And no test means they don't get a Covid19 positive person.

TimT · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2020, 11:42:05 PM »

Quote from: ckmk47 on March 04, 2020, 11:39:58 PM

NY is working on keeping numbers low, too. Sometimes when doctors in hospitals who are following the Department Of Health recommendation to ask the Center for Disease Control to test someone, the CDC says no. And no test means they don't get a Covid19 positive person.

Why would CDC say no ?

ckmk47 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2020, 12:06:27 AM »

Quote from: TimT on March 04, 2020, 11:42:05 PM

Why would CDC say no ?

To not find more cases of Covid19.

or they're saving tests for more pressing sick people
or the person answering the phone was lazy
or the CDC has different criteria than the DOH
etc

yuneeq · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2020, 12:37:45 AM »

Quote from: ckmk47 on March 04, 2020, 11:39:58 PM

NY is working on keeping numbers low, too. Sometimes when doctors in hospitals who are following the Department Of Health recommendation to ask the Center for Disease Control to test someone, the CDC says no. And no test means they don't get a Covid19 positive person.

That’s not NY, that’s on the CDC. NY is taking initiative and developing their own tests after dealing with the gross negligence and incompetence of the CDC (who apparently are so reliable when it comes to advice). Florida is denying testing to suspected patients on their own volition, not reporting suspected cases, not reporting confirmed cases either. My guess is they’re in denial as a state that is full of old people and tourists.

yuneeq · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2020, 12:46:51 AM »

Quote from: TimT on March 04, 2020, 11:42:05 PM

Why would CDC say no ?

No test kits available because they contaminated the few test kits they produced. It’s a simple $5-10 nucliec acid test that practically any lab in the country can replicate, and they only recently started giving them permission. My theory is they basically save the tests for close contacts of confirmed cases who haven’t yet developed symptoms. Bec. if they have symptoms and they suspect COVID they can isolate or treat them as if they’re confirmed without wasting a test kit. Same goes for anyone else that doesn’t fit their narrow criteria.

Meanwhile China, Italy, South Korea, Germany, have all tested tens of thousands of people and have the capacity to test more in 1 hour than the US tested in last 2 months. Even Iran is out testing the US by a significant margin.

aygart · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2020, 07:12:05 AM »

Quote from: yuneeq on March 04, 2020, 11:29:55 PM

the NY patient was just in Miami.

#FakeNews FWIU
Source:

Quote from: stooges44 on March 04, 2020, 10:12:24 AM

https://abc7ny.com/health/family-neighbor-of-westchester-covid-19-patient-test-positive/5984230/

Quote

He did travel to Miami and Israel during the past few months, but not during the two week incubation period.

yuneeq · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2020, 07:32:44 AM »

Quote from: aygart on March 05, 2020, 07:12:05 AM

#FakeNews FWIU
Source:

The patient and his wife went to Bal Harbour, just north of Miami, the weekend of Feb. 15, his father-in-law said. The father-in-law said he hoped the virus would be contained, “but I’m worried.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-has-second-coronavirus-case-11583246088

He was ill since the 22nd.

shwarmabob · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2020, 09:30:42 AM »

Quote from: yuneeq on March 05, 2020, 12:46:51 AM

No test kits available because they contaminated the few test kits they produced. It’s a simple $5-10 nucliec acid test that practically any lab in the country can replicate, and they only recently started giving them permission. My theory is they basically save the tests for close contacts of confirmed cases who haven’t yet developed symptoms. Bec. if they have symptoms and they suspect COVID they can isolate or treat them as if they’re confirmed without wasting a test kit. Same goes for anyone else that doesn’t fit their narrow criteria.

Meanwhile China, Italy, South Korea, Germany, have all tested tens of thousands of people and have the capacity to test more in 1 hour than the US tested in last 2 months. Even Iran is out testing the US by a significant margin.

entire schools and shuls should have been tested where the infected persons attended, but that's not the case, they are only testing a few people
waiting for the virus to spread