Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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New COVID testing is "self-testing". A friend experienced mild symptoms (body aches and unusual tiredness) this week, reserved an appt at CVS on 466 for testing, after signing up online. The person spoke to a nurse (?) thru the drive up window, answered a few pertinent questions and was given a brown paper bag thru the moveable bin. Inside the bag were 2 plastic zip lock bags. One contained the dreaded nose swab and a capped test tube. The other bag contained a wet sani wipe. The nurse explained to my friend how to swab her nose, press the swab toward the ear on both sides, break off the swab and place it in the bit of liquid inside the test tube and seal it in. Using the sani wipe, my friend then wiped the baggie containing the test tube, rolled up the bag (also containing her name, DOB, address and contact phone number) and placed it in the bin. The nurse explained that she would receive her results in 2 to 5 days by email. Easy peasy, and no hurtful swabbing up to the brain. Hope my friend is negative...she had mild symptoms, but did the right thing! She says she is self-isolating until the results are in. She is healthy, not overweight, and with no underlying conditions.
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Method of dying
What difference would that make?
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This data is a week old now: I continue be amazed at how many folks seem to think everyone they encounter has the virus, when in fact, several days ago Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO Health Emergencies Program Director, said their best guess is that 10% of the world's population has been infected, or about 750 million people. WHO's data says that about 1 million people have died from it. Disregarding whether they died "from" it or "with" it, doing the basic math: 1,000,000 ÷ 750,000,000 = .0013 .0013 x 100 = 0.13% death rate of those infected OR 99.87% of everyone who gets it survive. Covid-19: World in ‘for a hell of a ride’ in coming months, Dr Mike Ryan says There have been 7.7 million cases in the USA, well below the 10% figure above. The 2009 H1N1 flu infected over 60,000,000 people. Which one was more contagious? The average death rate for the seasonal flu is 0.1% vs. 0.13% for Covid-19. No one batted an eye back then thinking they might get the flu and so many ITT in a panic for this. Also, 40% of the deaths in the USA are from nursing homes because the governors of 4 or 5 states thought it was smart to put covid patients into them. |
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I have been hunkering down since this began. Except for playing golf and being an Ambassador, I stay home and away from crowds. My neighbors do likewise. Thank you for posting one of the more sensible comments I have read on this site in quite awhile.
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Here at home, they just announced that many restaurants in Gloucester are closing because the TOTAL number of active cases in the town has reached 53. Not 530 or 5300, 53, of which none are in the hospital. |
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No, they just got killed by someone who was driving drunk, or texting, or inattention. How is one different from another?
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Not true. Check these Oct 16th 2020 stats in this link • COVID-19 deaths per capita by country | Statista Sweden has 580.37 deaths per million US has 662.88 deaths per million Happy to say Canada is very low at 263.26 deaths per million. Sweden are now rethinking herd immunity and adding Covid restrictions. |
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Not as a percentage of population.
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You realize that the distance between the fibers in the vast majority of masks being worn compared to the size of this virus is akin to a chain link fence and a fly, right?
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Seems like the scientists were right about wearing mask to prevent this from spreading. What adjective best describes people who don't wear masks? Are they the same ones who don't stop at stop signs?
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