More on the virus

I was at the hospital in San Antonio to see my Doc for my physical. And I am doing fine for my age.

I asked if there were any reported Corona Virus patients in the area. I was told that although a few had been tested, so far no one has tested positive for the virus.

I am sure that it will be here. I just hope it comes late :)

1378 confirmed cases in Mexico this morning.

Not counting the what must be more thousands who were, or were not, treated or died while never being tested.

My neighbors are getting antsy and are staying home in the daytime, except for the ones that are still working - mostly construction teams, but wandering out at night more. Looks like the families are again cruising over to the plaza in the evenings. Where they will gather!

On the bright side, every day that we wake up symptom-free means we were not exposed or infected 2 weeks prior when things were still up in the air and we didn't take such dire precautions. Right?

Right. Unfortunately it will likely be a worker from Guadalajara that brings it here. I know lots of Mexicans who commute to work there. Many take the buses.....there are 99 cases in Jalisco. I imagine most are in Guadalajara with a few in PV.

Which means we are going to be living like this for many months to come. We haven't even reached the outbreak stage yet.

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9923225-coronavirus-outbreak-among-b-c-migrant-workers-should-be-a-wake-up-call-to-farmers-industry-experts-say/

And this people is the absolute stupidity we are up against here in Mexico.

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/there-should-be-deceleration-in-number-of-virus-cases/


These idiots think it will all be a downhill stroll in 7 days. WTF are they smoking???? I want some!!!!

Does anyone really need AMLO to figure out the right thing to do?

Unfortunately I think AMLO is tightly attached to the Holy spirit. Thinks God is going to save Mexico. He sure as shit ain't saving the US, Italy, Spain, Germany or France.

From Reuters article "Why is New Orleans CV death rate 7x New York? (10x Seattle)

'Some 97% of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a preexisting condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40% of the deaths, obesity in 25%, chronic kidney disease in 23% and cardiac problems in 21%."

This does not bode well for Mexico.  Obesity & diabetes are considered epidemiologic crises already =56 million mexicans are obese & diabetes is often a secondary condition. Thx Coca Cola. Because so many young Mexicans are fat, whole families will be taken down simultaneously. They are talking about it being worse here than Italy.. And w healthcare infrastructure largely non-existent.. It all happened in NOLA in just 5 weeks.  Holy Week is here, week 1 if you will..Week 5 will be Cinco de Mayo ~ there will be no celebration of victory..

Mexico now reporting 1510 confirmed cases. There are 50 deaths. 3.3% fatality rate........so far.

633 have recovered.

Yes it is.

Yep and judging from what I saw at WM last night the slope will soon resemble Mt. Everest.

The US is by far the one getting hammered the most. Over 25,000 new c cases in the past 24 hours giving them a total of over 260,000 confirmed cases.......WOW. The other countries with high numbers are starting to slow down in the number of new cases.

Got this today from a FF/medic friend in SF:


To quote a beloved friend of mine who works in the ER: "Some of you have never seen a person paralyzed, intubated, receive all treatments, and then die anyway. And it shows."

READ THIS. IT IS A REAL ACCOUNT OF A HOSPITAL IN NYC. WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING- STAY THE F AT HOME.

“My entire hospital is covid. Including pregnant women. People young and old. People with young kids. These patients are so scared and anxious, gasping for air and dying so fast and we can’t help them. We are doing random trials on different floors but don’t seem to be helping. It’s devastating to them and their families and to us.

Our surgeons are covering ICU, traching people left and right. It’s a catastrophe and it’s only going to get worse...

I don’t know how we are going to keep this going for the next 2 months. Or more. They die alone. Isolated.

Yup. Me too.

Nice way of trump to treat his neighbor, ally and biggest trading partner. Fuck do I hate this guy and anyone who agrees with shit like this.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/3m-pushes-back-on-trump-administration-order-to-stop-sending-n95-masks-to-canada/ar-BB1287Bx?li=AAggNb9

CanuckBob wrote:Nice way of trump to treat his neighbor, ally and biggest trading partner. Fuck do I hate this guy and anyone who agrees with shit like this.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/3m-pushes-back-on-trump-administration-order-to-stop-sending-n95-masks-to-canada/ar-BB1287Bx?li=AAggNb9

Could he sink any lower than that???

Yes and he will....

They pirated a shipment heading to Canada.

Mexico now reporting 1688 confirmed cases. 60 deaths.