COVID-19 & US healthcare system

[robkelk]

We're at 34. Most of them related to Italy - but a few that aren't. Tracing is so far going well.

St Patrick's Day parade is cancelled. Trinity is closed. Dublin Comic Con is going ahead. Kaizokucon in 4 weeks is going ahead. Steve Martin tomorrow night is going to head.

And I've got a bollocks of a head-cold that's been simmering since I was last on a particular worksite (before Corana even hit the State) and it's making itself become known right as loud coughs went out of fashion.

Meanwhile the profiteering scum are out an about in force.



Or How about this for gouging?

I amn't sure whose worse - the profiteers or the eejits hamstering these things away.

Is that all? Only €9.99?





Source for both images: Customers complain of price gouging as hand sanitizer sells out in stores

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Ottawa finally stopped dodging the bullet: Ottawa records 1st case of coronavirus. "The man in his 40s contracted the virus while travelling in Austria ... The man is currently self-isolating"

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Trudeau announces $1B package to respond to COVID-19

The important part (other than the extra money) is that they're waiving the usual 1-week wait for employment insurance - one can go into self-isolation in Canada and start collecting benefits immediately, unless one is self-employed.

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CBC, March 10: COVID-19: Why are cruise ship passengers quarantined and not self-isolated at home?

CBC, March 11: COVID-19 case confirmed among cruise ship passengers in Trenton

I think they just answered their own question.

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Never mind COVID-19, half of you aren't even washing your hands after going to the bathroom

According to the BC Centre for Disease Control, about 80 percent of common infections are spread by hand. While Tetro admits there's greater attention being paid to washing them to prevent the spread of viruses like COVID-19, it's a custom that could likely fall by the wayside once those fears subside.

"The problem is getting people to continue [washing their hands] after the virus, or the threat, has gone away," he said.