charleswrivers
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Well... there's zero cases of this thing in my county. They are... however... not testing for it at all. There's buzz from locals who are getting sick with suspect symptoms but have been refused testing. My surrounding counties have cases.
The boy came down with moderate cold symptoms and as a 102F fever at night... which can be managed with Tylenol. I woke up yesterday feeling fine... then in the evening after I got home, started feeling increasing tightness in my chest. Mild dry cough. This morning? Increasing dry cough. Tight chest. Headache. No fever.
Do I think I have this thing? Maybe... maybe not. The tight chest I'd liken to bad smoke inhalation, which I've had a few times before (submarine running diesel with the ventilation lineup such that you're breaking a lot of diesel fumes for hours). Constant soreness in my check. Very tight. I can take a full breath and hold it though. I let my boss know we're treating symptoms and (fortunately) I don't have work for the next 2 days so I can let it ride and see how this goes. I may very well be required to self-quarantine for a bit though. I feel bad if I was an asymptomatic carrier and was a spreader. I've been transparent and communicative to my boss.
I do think the very limited testing means that 10x-100x of actual cases compared to the confirmed cases may exist. It's still is doing a number of the elderly and ever some middle aged folks. Right now I feel like weird-tight-chested-cold coming on. I would not consider seeking medical aid and would continue treating symptoms unless I have actual difficulty breathing... which is what anyone ought to do. Some folks really need medical intervention to get past the hump on it... and we've got a finite amount of ventilators across the country. I also think that the current steps in quarantine really only are aiding is slowing down the spread and limit critical cases to within the capacity of our medical facilities. This thing will keep spreading even inside limited social circles. Hopefully a vaccination will come out to help those that are high risk in time to make a difference... and those high risk people should absolutely receive top priority in receiving it. It's going to be a crappy next stretch of months for all of us... those folks especially.
Edit: Unless random testing of a large group of people is done, regardless of symptoms, then hit and miss testing of symptomatic people is always going to flawed, IMO. You'll also have the data clipped if lack of testing due to not having them or refusal is going on.
As for conspiracy theories... China is a global leader and competitor with us. This pandemic or no... they will continue to develop and try and carve out an ever increasing slice of the global power/economy pie, as the United States would. I've been waiting for them to effectively do their version of the Monroe Doctrine and challenge our power and place in their region. It's been going on for certainly longer than I've been alive, though their recent rapid growth is pretty amazing. I'd certainly prefer we stay business partners and ally ourselves together than be combatants. Neither the US or China win an open conflict with each other... it's just who would be the lesser of the two losers. My only piece that really is a "conspiracy theory" is that the Chinese may be withholding a still-developing and worsening epidemic in their country... far worse that the data is being reported. I hope they are actually doing as well as they state... but... when I compare their data to other countries and see how, on a logarithmic scale... confirmed cases just level and go flat after trending up rapidly, it seems too good to be true. Given the tough time everyone else is having, and knowing how they are able to control information pretty effectively, well... it's the only conspiracy thing I tend to entertain.
The boy came down with moderate cold symptoms and as a 102F fever at night... which can be managed with Tylenol. I woke up yesterday feeling fine... then in the evening after I got home, started feeling increasing tightness in my chest. Mild dry cough. This morning? Increasing dry cough. Tight chest. Headache. No fever.
Do I think I have this thing? Maybe... maybe not. The tight chest I'd liken to bad smoke inhalation, which I've had a few times before (submarine running diesel with the ventilation lineup such that you're breaking a lot of diesel fumes for hours). Constant soreness in my check. Very tight. I can take a full breath and hold it though. I let my boss know we're treating symptoms and (fortunately) I don't have work for the next 2 days so I can let it ride and see how this goes. I may very well be required to self-quarantine for a bit though. I feel bad if I was an asymptomatic carrier and was a spreader. I've been transparent and communicative to my boss.
I do think the very limited testing means that 10x-100x of actual cases compared to the confirmed cases may exist. It's still is doing a number of the elderly and ever some middle aged folks. Right now I feel like weird-tight-chested-cold coming on. I would not consider seeking medical aid and would continue treating symptoms unless I have actual difficulty breathing... which is what anyone ought to do. Some folks really need medical intervention to get past the hump on it... and we've got a finite amount of ventilators across the country. I also think that the current steps in quarantine really only are aiding is slowing down the spread and limit critical cases to within the capacity of our medical facilities. This thing will keep spreading even inside limited social circles. Hopefully a vaccination will come out to help those that are high risk in time to make a difference... and those high risk people should absolutely receive top priority in receiving it. It's going to be a crappy next stretch of months for all of us... those folks especially.
Edit: Unless random testing of a large group of people is done, regardless of symptoms, then hit and miss testing of symptomatic people is always going to flawed, IMO. You'll also have the data clipped if lack of testing due to not having them or refusal is going on.
As for conspiracy theories... China is a global leader and competitor with us. This pandemic or no... they will continue to develop and try and carve out an ever increasing slice of the global power/economy pie, as the United States would. I've been waiting for them to effectively do their version of the Monroe Doctrine and challenge our power and place in their region. It's been going on for certainly longer than I've been alive, though their recent rapid growth is pretty amazing. I'd certainly prefer we stay business partners and ally ourselves together than be combatants. Neither the US or China win an open conflict with each other... it's just who would be the lesser of the two losers. My only piece that really is a "conspiracy theory" is that the Chinese may be withholding a still-developing and worsening epidemic in their country... far worse that the data is being reported. I hope they are actually doing as well as they state... but... when I compare their data to other countries and see how, on a logarithmic scale... confirmed cases just level and go flat after trending up rapidly, it seems too good to be true. Given the tough time everyone else is having, and knowing how they are able to control information pretty effectively, well... it's the only conspiracy thing I tend to entertain.
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