Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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Michigan Medicine will not open field hospital due to curve 'significantly flattening'

(WXYZ) — Michigan Medicine will not open a field hospital as it was initially planned due to the curve "significantly flattening."

It continues to plan for a potential need, but there is no definite date on which the field hospital would open at this time.

"It appears from current COVID-19 cases and modeling that the curve is significantly flattening," a Michigan Medicine spokeswoman said.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/m ... flattening

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer bans 'travel between two residences'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... ravel-bet/

$1000 fine if caught.

Tomorrow (Easter Sunday) my mom and I will attempt a clandestine operation to pick up relatives for Easter dinner.

So it's not bad enough that people are out of work. The government also wants to suck them dry with exorbitant fines.

Someone who sticks up for themselves or refuse to be gaslighted obviously doesn't have self-esteem issues.

Relevant to title of the thread is this...
At risk of TMI (safety etc) this is in my city
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/04/10/ ... ronavirus/



A Markham home for adults with physical and mental disabilities is in a state of emergency after 10 patients and two staff members tested positive for the coronavirus and several staff walked off the job.


An outbreak was declared at the Participation House’s Butternut Lane site on Thursday, which currently houses 42 residents. A few coronavirus tests are still pending.

A release from the home says their staffing levels are dangerous low and they are in critical need of personal protective equipment. “we are seeking any and all assistance possible to ensure our vulnerable residents are fed and cared for,” read the update.

According to Executive Director Shelley Brillinger, most of the staff is made up of Personal Support Workers and they, along with some other permanent staff, walked off the job Thursday over the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.

They currently have six staff members and 35 are needed to run the home.

The remaining management is attempting to run the home now. Markham-Stouffville Hospital is currently supplying them with food and the Central Local Health Integration Network is currently providing emergency staffing.

Health Minister Christine Elliott was asked about the outbreak Friday and says they clearly need to get staff there.

“The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and others, I’m sure, are making sure that people will be there to care for this incredibly vulnerable population,” said Elliott.

Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti has also issued an emergency call for anyone willing to donate any personal protective equipment, adding the home is in critical need of PSWs and nurses.

The six other sites run by Participation House have not been impacted at this time.

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In my experience PSWs are either liars+lazy+ extremely neglectful+uncaring with non-verbal clients like my son...

or good but not too bright...
or good and capable but held back by horrible agencies and their bosses and the rules they are made to follow are inhumane and immoral. (They get in trouble for the stupidest things, if they followed some of those rules, they would put the client at risk.)

So it doesn't come as a surprise that they didn't have personal protective equipment supplied to them...
The fact that donations are being asked for at this point when the damage is already done...when the govt was ok to send tons of quarantine equipment to homes where kids were just coughing...

I'm afraid it's hierarchical thinking....

This topic belongs elsewhere please. Gone off track. The subject matter is Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus. It's become a discussion on severity of autism / comparisons with others.

Your efforts weren't in vain. Evidently you weren't the only one.

All one has to do, in order to prove there are extra deaths, is to find data on the amount of expired people who are placed in funeral homes, and the amount of people buried in places like “Potter’s Field.”
And compare it to the data from one year ago.

I wish I could access this information. I believe this data would prove that there were extra deaths in places like NYC, and that the extreme measures taken were justifiable, and not an attempt to impose a political ideology upon a populace.

This Pandemic is true. It has taken the lives of extremely unlucky people who should not have died. I am fortunate I only had mild symptoms and are still healthy today.

It was thought useless for healthy people to wear masks. This idea might have been related to the relative scarcity of masks at that point in time.

Later on, the wearing of masks was encouraged, but not legislated.

Nowadays, the majority of people in the streets of my neighborhood wear masks when they are outside. And they keep 6 feet, or 2 meters, apart from other people.