COVID-19

[Bball]

We were supposed to take mitigation seriously, rely heavily on contact tracing and testing, and use what we learned in the spring and summer about the disease so as not to be in this place now. But some had other ideas...

[BlueNGold]

We were supposed to take mitigation seriously, rely heavily on contact tracing and testing, and use what we learned in the spring and summer about the disease so as not to be in this place now. But some had other ideas...

I warned about this earlier in the year. It's gotten worse all over the western world because weather is the overriding factor. Even Germany with its god-like handling of the virus is getting worse by the day.

[Bball]

Bloomberg White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says

(Bloomberg) -- A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months in the hospital, though he lost his right foot and lower leg in his battle against the virus, according to a friend.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/white-house-official-recovers-from-severe-covid-19-friend-says/ar-BB1bV9tN

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Bloomberg White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says

(Bloomberg) -- A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months in the hospital, though he lost his right foot and lower leg in his battle against the virus, according to a friend.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/othe...ys/ar-BB1bV9tN

Good Lord, you gotta feel sorry for that guy. The $30K raised in his go fund me won't cover much of his medical bills. He should have went public with his condition months ago in hopes that the government would step in and take care of his bills.

[Bball]

Sad story here. And a cautionary tale as well:

The death toll among Washington nursing home residents continues to rise following a 300-person wedding in November, which was attended by a number of staff members.

Grant County health officials announced on Friday that 23 residents of two separate long-term care facilities had died of COVID-19 following previously-reported coronavirus outbreaks. There are also 6 additional deaths that are still under review.

Although three staff members working at local nursing homes have “self-identified as attending the wedding and worked while contagious before they knew they were ill,” as those workers “care for all residents...it will not be known which individual cases or deaths are tied to the staff," health officials wrote in a news release.

https://people.com/health/23-nursing-home-residents-died-covid-staff-attended-wedding/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm&fbclid=IwAR2fsmoPSX9XdrvPUhQ4Cp4gg97Ucs3LCDxFRpDs4ZfGMHw01mY6VssaKFU

[BlueNGold]

While Germany continues to do better than most of western civilization, they continue to climb in deaths per capita as compared to the rest of the world. Over the last several weeks they have gone from #79 in the world to #63 and climbing.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Indiana isn't doing well. We are 13th in the nation at 1035 deaths per capita. Compare to Sweden which is at around 750. Interestingly, if Sweden were state in the US they would be #31 behind Montana and with below average deaths.

Hmmm. No masks in Sweden. Doing better than the US.

[BlueNGold]

Bloomberg White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says

(Bloomberg) -- A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months in the hospital, though he lost his right foot and lower leg in his battle against the virus, according to a friend.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/othe...ys/ar-BB1bV9tN

Anyone know why Covid now causes limbs to get amputated?

Edit: or maybe it's this:

COVID-19 Patients With Arterial Leg Thromboses Risk Amputation and Death

tctmd.com/news/covid-19-patients-arterial-leg-thromboses-risk-amputation-and-death

[Bball]

Amputation happened with the Broadway actor (whose name escapes me at the moment), who ultimately didn't make it anyway. He was hospitalized with Covid early in the pandemic and remained there for some time.

We know there are theories about the clotting issues some experience with Covid-19, but I don't know if they've exactly zeroed in on the exact cause and have anything in the toolkit to avoid this, or if all they can do is treat the symptoms and hope for the best if it presents.

[Bball]

Here is the article reporting the death of the actor who had his leg amputated due to Covid-19. He died in July after battling Covid in the hospital for 3 months.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-cordero-death-broadway-actor-age-41-coronavirus/

[BlueNGold]

Here is the article reporting the death of the actor who had his leg amputated due to Covid-19. He died in July after battling Covid in the hospital for 3 months.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-co...1-coronavirus/

So you're thinking this is a pretty nasty bug?

[Gamble1]

Anyone know why Covid now causes limbs to get amputated?

Edit: or maybe it's this:

COVID-19 Patients With Arterial Leg Thromboses Risk Amputation and Death

tctmd.com/news/covid-19-patients-arterial-leg-thromboses-risk-amputation-and-death

The thrombosis can be anywhere not just the legs but typically if you throw one down your descending aorta then it can lodge itself in the legs. Throw one up you ascending aorta and up your carotids then you stroke.

The reason most likely is the general inflammation response and the platelets.

[Gamble1]

While Germany continues to do better than most of western civilization, they continue to climb in deaths per capita as compared to the rest of the world. Over the last several weeks they have gone from #79 in the world to #63 and climbing.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Indiana isn't doing well. We are 13th in the nation at 1035 deaths per capita. Compare to Sweden which is at around 750. Interestingly, if Sweden were state in the US they would be #31 behind Montana and with below average deaths.

Hmmm. No masks in Sweden. Doing better than the US.

Something is fishy with Swedens numbers. Look at this chart and see the trend. They plateau for 4 to 5 days then a spike then a dip rinse and repeat since early November.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-11-08..latest&country=~SWE&region=World&deathsMetric=true&interval=smoothed&perCapita=true&smoothing=7&pickerMetric=total_cases&pickerSort=desc

[BlueNGold]

Something is fishy with Swedens numbers. Look at this chart and see the trend. They plateau for 4 to 5 days then a spike then a dip rinse and repeat since early November.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavir...ickerSort=desc

I just think it's the way they record the data and it's not being done daily. It should be, but they're busy partying in the bars and taking extended Euro vacations filling the beaches. ...while Germany is tucked away in their houses and all they have to do is collect and analyze their cases rising.

Edit: OK, seriously...it's just the fact they are not doing a good job reporting numbers on a daily basis. I don't think it's anything fishy. It's just not a thing there as we know they don't wear masks and wipe down everything.

[Bball]

Swedish PM and their Covid Commission discuss the current state of the pandemic in Sweden:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/15/swedish-pm-says-officials-misjudged-power-of-covid-resurgence

[BlueNGold]

Swedish PM and their Covid Commission discuss the current state of the pandemic in Sweden:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...vid-resurgence

Yet the state of Indiana is far worse and most states in America are worse than Sweden.

also take a look at their demographics in Sweden. They are not as homogeneous as the other Nordic countries.

edit: in addition to being more diverse Sweden simply has a larger population. It’s closer to being the size of a European country than any other Nordic country.