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Utah hospitals discussing plan to ration ICU care with governor as coronavirus cases surge in the statehttps://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/522707-utah-hospitals-plan-on-rationing-care-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-theHospitals in Utah could soon be forced to begin prioritizing younger COVID-19 patients over older ones in some cases amid a surging rate of hospitalizations from the virus in the state, according to a plan presented to Utah's governor on Thursday.Hospital administrators in the state told Gov. Gary Herbert (R) that they could ask him to approve a plan in the coming weeks that would take drastic steps to reduce intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the event of hospital ICUs being overwhelmed, which they said was a serious possibility in the days ahead.A state official told The Hill that the specifics of the plan were not presented to Herbert, but that he was advised that hospitals would likely have to enact a plan to deal with at-capacity ICUs in the coming weeks.If ICUs are nearing capacity, patients who are not seen to be improving even with intensive care will be asked to consider moving to a regular hospital bed. Doctors will also be asked to clearly communicate with patients about do-not-resuscitate orders.-----------------It did not have to come to this....
This is the original fear with this virus. It wasn't death toll or lasting damage, if you recall it was the likelihood that it'd force hospitals to start making judgement calls on who can we save based on availability of beds and how that could cripple us.
Flatten the curve, eh?
Fox News has COVID problems.https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-covid-infection-sends-election-coverage-plans-into-chaos
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Trump-Administration-ST-Highlights-2017-2020.pdfNever mind. The White House has declared victory over COVID. Mea Culpa. Shut the thread down.
Just a couple of days ago, I predicted possible targeted lockdowns as the virus surges. Several people disagreed that we'd see anything before January 20. But...N.J’s Largest City Shuts Down Again as Virus Cases Surgehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/nyregion/newark-coronavirus-curfew.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=HomepageIt has been barely seven months since Newark, New Jersey’s largest city and a short ride from New York by train or car, began suffering disproportionate losses when the pandemic first gripped the region in the spring.And it is here that the state is getting a glimpse of what could lie ahead this fall and winter as New Jersey struggles to control an alarming uptick in new virus cases statewide.On Tuesday at 8 p.m., the state’s first new shutdown order since March took hold in the city by order of the mayor, Ras J. Baraka, a Democrat.------------------Other local restrictions I found:* Indoor dining will be banned in Chicago as of 8 pm Friday: https://abc7chicago.com/covid-19-restrictions-chicago-indoor-dining-restaurants/7414934/* Denver is moving back to Level 3 "Safer at Home' restrictions: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/27/denver-safer-home-level-3-coronavirus-cases-rise/I'll admit these new restrictions are being imposed a few days sooner than I expected; I thought they'd wait until after Nov. 3. Still, I suspect this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Not so good news for herd immunityhttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-54696873Covid may actually be like a super flu where a vaccine will be needed every year or even more often.
Based on virologists takes, this is a really misleading article/headline. Antibodies always fall off in the timeframe. The question for immunity is how quickly and for how long do they come back if you are exposed to the virus. I don’t know that there is any study yet understanding the durability against reinfection.
White House could have traced and contained its COVID-19 outbreak stemming from the Barrett super-spreader event. It chose not to.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/trump-omaha-supporters-stuck-cold/?fbclid=IwAR1DKONsQF0Mz5zKx95OfXI93QFnyL86TosY_Mv3_Oo-in7HFdXB4cMCdMYWhen he called the White House about a coronavirus outbreak, the Indiana doctor expected to get some help, not a “head in the sand approach.”It was Oct. 1, and Mark Fox, a county public health officer in South Bend, had just learned that the University of Notre Dame’s president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending a Rose Garden ceremony days earlier in honor of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. It seemed likely that either Jenkins had taken the virus to the White House, potentially infecting others there, or he had become infected in Washington and brought the virus home to South Bend.There are long-standing protocols for investigating the spread of a virus: contact tracing, or interviewing infected people about their recent interactions and advising those exposed that they should get tested. There’s also a more cutting-edge technology that can map the spread of a virus by tracking tiny changes in its genetic code. The Trump administration did not effectively deploy either technique in response to what Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist, has called a “superspreader event” at the White House, leaving not just the president and his family and staff at risk, but also the hundreds of people who were potentially exposed.They simply do not care who gets sick or who dies from a virus that their leader called "deadly stuff" and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus."They. Don't. Care.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-germany-to-enter-four-week-lockdown-from-november-chancellor-merkel-confirms-12117056National lockdowns in France and Germany.• A 'stay at home' order except to exercise for one hour a day, seek medical care or buy essential goods• Shutting restaurants and bars• Non-essential shops to close• A travel ban between regions• Closing some external borders• Universities moving to online teaching