Who has been affected by the corona crap

[Greenthorn]

Here is our dilemma, we are small and can't afford the Genome expert PCR testing like the bigger hospitals, we serve an area of approximately 30,000 residents. For as now, we must send to Labcorp or Arup laboratories - turn around time of 4-5 days, not very clinically valuable information if you ask me. We have the Cephied GeneXpert molecular analyzer and we are waiting on them to release their new testing kit for COVID, it may be days or weeks before we get them. When we get that, we will be able to collect and result in 2 hours.
Now Evansville about 40 miles from me is a metropolis of approximately 300,000 residents. Deaconess in Evansville is a multi - trillion dollar hospital network. Now they can collect, test and result in 2 hours.
It's all about dollars.....and I hate it when it deals with public health.
As I said earlier, and this is my opinion, I don't for see this being contained. And I am not optimistic about our future, and I am biting my lip from saying other things.
I generally am a very optimistic person, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. I hope I am wrong. I hope I can come back here in a month and say what a dumass alarmist I am.
In some ways I admire the Canadian healthcare system (you obviously can get results, before I can) but like ours it has it's good and bad.

In the time I have typed this, our local main employer in this area has just announced they also are shutting down for 2 weeks. Toyota Manufacturing, this will have 8-10,000 people laid off.

 

[GCJenks204]

Here is our dilemma, we are small and can't afford the Genome expert PCR testing like the bigger hospitals, we serve an area of approximately 30,000 residents. For as now, we must send to Labcorp or Arup laboratories - turn around time of 4-5 days, not very clinically valuable information if you ask me. We have the Cephied GeneXpert molecular analyzer and we are waiting on them to release their new testing kit for COVID, it may be days or weeks before we get them. When we get that, we will be able to collect and result in 2 hours.
Now Evansville about 40 miles from me is a metropolis of approximately 300,000 residents. Deaconess in Evansville is a multi - trillion dollar hospital network. Now they can collect, test and result in 2 hours.
It's all about dollars.....and I hate it when it deals with public health.
As I said earlier, and this is my opinion, I don't for see this being contained. And I am not optimistic about our future, and I am biting my lip from saying other things.
I generally am a very optimistic person, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. I hope I am wrong. I hope I can come back here in a month and say what a dumass alarmist I am.
In some ways I admire the Canadian healthcare system (you obviously can get results, before I can) but like ours it has it's good and bad.

In the time I have typed this, our local main employer in this area has just announced they also are shutting down for 2 weeks. Toyota Manufacturing, this will have 8-10,000 people laid off.

I think there will be hundreds of thousand or even millions of cases in North America. The thing we need to be mindful off is that a positive test isn't a death sentence. Of our 17 local positives only one is in hospital and that is not because of the Covid itself but more so the poor reaction to the diagnosis and being unable to care for his/her self at home. More than half our positives are over 70 yrs old and 16 of 17 are confirmed travel related.

Let's not forget that in 2009-10 more than 59 Million Americans had contracted H1N1 and some 12 000 died as a result. Before this current outbreak had anyone thought about H1N1 recently? This too shall pass and the herd will be stronger on the other end. Yes I feel for those that get sick and the families of those that don't survive but we will get through this.

 

[Greenthorn]

Hi. My Wife is very sick and I am starting to bee sick too.

Please keep us updated, hope you're doing better.

 

[Greenthorn]

I think there will be hundreds of thousand or even millions of cases in North America. The thing we need to be mindful off is that a positive test isn't a death sentence. Of our 17 local positives only one is in hospital and that is not because of the Covid itself but more so the poor reaction to the diagnosis and being unable to care for his/her self at home. More than half our positives are over 70 yrs old and 16 of 17 are confirmed travel related.

Let's not forget that in 2009-10 more than 59 Million Americans had contracted H1N1 and some 12 000 died as a result. Before this current outbreak had anyone thought about H1N1 recently? This too shall pass and the herd will be stronger on the other end. Yes I feel for those that get sick and the families of those that don't survive but we will get through this.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. It isn't the virus that's got me in such a state of disdain, it is "the handling of it," and the repercussions that may happen.

 

[Czed]

 

[Czed]

I'm a warehouse and inventory supervisor and run stocking crews for wm
People for the most part have been goodbut the crush of people has stripped our distribution centers.
We don't get as much product now
These are dairy/frozen overstock coolers
Usually 85/95% full of freight pre corona
What we get in daily sells through immediately.
Tommorow rationing starts on
One per customer milk,water,paper,sanitizer and certain food's.
Tuesday's elderly can come in one hour before
Anyone else to shop.
People are getting hateful
6 pallets of papergoods lasted less than 45 minutes.
I'm on overtime trying to keep up.
Locally all restaurants are carryout or drive through.
Ngk sparkplugs shut down over a 1000 job's
for a minimum of two weeks but they are getting paid.

 

[Czed]

No matter how bad it gets nobody will hardly buy RC
product's.
Sunkist,rc cola etc.

 

[USMC615]

No matter how bad it gets nobody will hardly buy RC
product's.
Sunkist,rc cola etc.

Yep. Picked up a case of coke and a case of ginger ale while I was getting pooch food after work today...RC products looked almost untouched. An RC Cola and a good ol’ Moonpie used to be the thing...40-50 years ago!

 

[Czed]

Yep. Picked up a case of coke and a case of ginger ale while I was getting pooch food after work today...RC products looked almost untouched. An RC Cola and a good ol’ Moonpie used to be the thing...40-50 years ago!

You grew up
And quit buying it.

 

[USMC615]

You grew up
And quit buying it.

Lol. I’ll drink an RC every now and then...probably ain’t had a Sunkist or Fanta type, orange/grape drink in decades.

 

[Tim N]

I work at Caterpillar. So far were gonna keep working. Most of Corona cases are in Chicago right now. We have tried to prepare as best we can but it's hard to prepare for the unknown

 

[S Sidwell]

We have already been told we will not close. I have been told that i will get no less than 38 hours no matter how bad it gets.

Well at least you're still getting the hours. I'm part commission part salery so I'll get my time in.

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[ammoaddict]

Yep. Picked up a case of coke and a case of ginger ale while I was getting pooch food after work today...RC products looked almost untouched. An RC Cola and a good ol’ Moonpie used to be the thing...40-50 years ago!

I remember those days. People used to also buy a bottle of coke and a pack of peanuts and put the peanuts in the coke.

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[Czed]

I remember those days. People used to also buy a bottle of coke and a pack of peanuts and put the peanuts in the coke.

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A lot of southerners do that I met
Dr pepper too with peanuts
Doesn't look appetizing.

 

[ammoaddict]

Lol. I’ll drink an RC every now and then...probably ain’t had a Sunkist or Fanta type, orange/grape drink in decades.

Only diet Sundrop and diet Dr Pepper for me.

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[USMC615]

Only diet Sundrop and diet Dr Pepper for me.

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I like diet Dr P...best diet drink out there that tastes as close as the real thing.

 

[ammoaddict]

I like diet Dr P...best diet drink out there that tastes as close as the real thing.

Do they have Sundrop where you are?

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[USMC615]

Do they have Sundrop where you are?

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Yeh

 

[ammoaddict]

Yeh

I love the regular Sundrop, but I have to drink diet now. I've gotten use to it but it's not the same.

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[Steve]

Well at least you're still getting the hours. I'm part commission part salery so I'll get my time in.

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Im part commission too but my hourly is so high its quite difficult to get to commission. So im stoked about keeping the hours. May have to bust tires or change oil but im there! Me and one other guy are the last to be sent home. Cause we can do anything.