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COVID-19

COVID-19

The topic is COVID-19.


COVID information

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CLEANING

Soap
It’s the best way to wash up (and much easier to find than hand sanitizer).

Disposable gloves
For handling things that might be contaminated. Do not wash or reuse.

Disinfectant wipes
Look for products with active ingredients such as quaternary ammonium, sodium hypochlorite, or hydrogen peroxide.

Towels, clean linens
Or anything else you might need more of as cleaning habits change.

FOOD/NECESSITIES

Supplies of shelf-stable food
Beans, rice, flour, and canned items: enough for a couple of weeks, if access to grocery stores is limited.

Coffee or tea
Or other everyday “necessities”.

A first aid kit
Hospitals may be overwhelmed, so you’ll want to be able to treat minor problems at home.

90 days of medication
The CDC recommends stocking up on prescriptions, so contact your doctor.

WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT

Yarn, art supplies, or other hobby items
It’s a good time to dive into an activity you can do at home. Morale matters!

Things for working from home
From a desk chair to a mouse, it’s better to have the tools for your job if it’s possible to work remotely.

Electronics and, potentially, spare parts
If your phone or computer breaks, it’s an inconvenience in the best of times. Right now, it might be more than that, if stores aren’t open to get a replacement.

Games for family time
If you’ve got kids at home, you’ll need distractions!

IF YOU GET SICK

Medication for reducing a fever, like acetaminophen (Tylenol).

A thermometer for monitoring a fever.

Cough and cold medication
including cough drops and lozenges, cough syryps like Dayquil/Nyquil, and decongestants like Sudafed (the active ingredient is pseudoephedrine, so get the much lower cost generic version).

A humidifier can also help with a cough that makes it tough to sleep.

Rehydration solutions
Pedialyte or Gatorade works, but you can make it at home with a liter of drinking water, a scoop of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Plain water or other liquids also work for mild dehydration in adults.

Basics

what is COVID-19?

    Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). [WHO: Coronavirus]

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new strain that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]

    Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]

    Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. [WHO: Coronavirus]

    Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing. [WHO: Coronavirus]

How do I care for myself and family?

    Everyone should take care of their health and maintain hand and respiratory hygiene to protect themselves and others, including their own families.

    Regularly and thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water, and use alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Maintain at least 1.5 metres or 6 feet distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

    Persons with persistent cough or sneezing should stay home or keep a social distance, but not mix in crowd. Make sure you and people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene, meaning cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or tissue or into your sleeve or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.

    Stay home if you feel unwell with symptoms like fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. Go to the emergency room if your symptoms turn serious. Do not engage in self-medication.

COVID-19 prepartions

    Masks and other protective gear [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]

    Water and storage [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]

    Medical equipment [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]

    Food [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]

    Other [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]


from Dr. Sarah Boon:

    These are the basic, solid graphics that people need to understand what to do and not to do in these times. Basic #scicomm, people!

    —Dr. Sarah Boon, Co-founder & BoD @ScienceBorealis, Writer, editor, photographer, Former scientist, as posted on Twitter 12:32 pm, 24 March 2020

Feeding the working poor, elderly, and homeless

    The Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, Costa Mesa, CA, has an extreme shortage of paper plates, paper napkins, paper towels, plastic forks and spoons, and toilet paper needed to feed hundreds of working poor, elderly, and homeless every day.

    If you are in the Orange County area you can contribute. See their website. Please provide contact info for other charities around the world.

    720 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 USA

    [949] 548.8861 Office

    shannon@someonecareskitchen.org Executive Director

News: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Friday that a significant number of COVID-19 patients do not recover quickly, and instead experience ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue and cough. As many as a third of patients who were never sick enough to be hospitalized are not back to their usual health up to three weeks after their diagnosis, the report found. NBC News 24 July 2020

News: Second Stimulus Check Confirmed In GOP Proposal, But Not $1,200 Amount Or $75,000 Income Cap. Forbes 24 July 2020

News: California tops 400,000 coronavirus cases. During a news conference Tuesday, California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said that it might be four to five weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tightening of rules last Monday before cases, hospitalizations and deaths start to steadily decline. The Mercury News 22 July 2020

News: Republicans in the Senate are roundly dismissing President Donald Trump’s call to withhold more federal aid from schools that remain shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, the latest sign of a split between the White House and the GOP over their party’s response to the public health emergency. CNN Politics 22 July 2020

News: Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance through the end of the year at a drastically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week. The current additional benefit of $600 per week expires at the end of July, but Democrats hope to extend it at least into next year. CNBC 22 July 2020

News: During a trip Wednesday to Copenhagen for meetings with the foreign ministers of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not wear a face mask. Pompeo wanted to shake hands. Foreign diplomats offered pats and elbow bumps instead. Washington Post [paywall] 22 July 2020

News: China used the forced labor of oppressed Uighur Muslims to make personal protective equipment (PPE) exported to the United States and other countries. 21 July 2020

News: Black mayors call for governors to let them enforce rules to fight COVID-19. "State, local and tribal governments are uniquely positioned to determine the level of migration required to combat the virus in their communities," the African American Mayors Association said. 21 July 2020

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