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South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist Covid-19 'not real'

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Re: South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist Covid-19 'not real'

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Post by tedmcory77 »

whalesalad wrote: post #12

My wife and I just moved from Orange County, CA to Detroit, MI this last August. We decided to drive the northern route. Heading through Vegas, Utah, Yellowstone and Montana. Then onward through the plains of North Dakota and Minnesota. Turning north we entered Wisconsin and finally the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan. After a few days exploring we turned south to Detroit. In Vegas the concern for masks started to w…

A few weeks ago we drove from Hendersonville, NC (by Asheville) down through South Carolina and Georgia. We were the only folks in gas stations wearing masks, and received a few chuckles when people saw us wearing them. Your comment of feeling like an outsider alien really resonates.

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Post by jeffbee »

Diederich wrote: post #3

https://mackuba.eu/corona/#south_dakota_united_states.daily?...

To set the perspective for those not familiar, the population of the state is close to 900k, roughly the same as the city of San Francisco. The normal pace of all-cause deaths is about 24 per day, so with COVID-19 killing off 15 people per day it is probably the leading cause of death in that state today.

Re: South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist Covid-19 'not real'

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Post by s5300 »

rriepe wrote: post #10
StavrosK wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is her first-hand reporting that patients don't believe in COVID an unsubstantiated rumour?

It's either unsubstantiated or a HIPAA violation

Hey look, another person who doesn't know what HIPAA actually is/does...

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Post by andy318 »

posix_compliant wrote: post #19
whalesalad wrote: post #12

My wife and I just moved from Orange County, CA to Detroit, MI this last August. We decided to drive the northern route. Heading through Vegas, Utah, Yellowstone and Montana. Then onward through the plains of North Dakota and Minnesota. Turning north we entered Wisconsin and finally the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan. After a few days exploring we turned south to Detroit. In Vegas the concern for masks started to w…

Weird, I moved from SF to Philadelphia last week and most stores on route 80 required masks.

How is the move working out for you, btw?

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Post by Valgrim »

silverpepsi wrote: post #5
djsumdog wrote: post #2

This feels like it's just to shame everyone based on very few eccentrics. I'm sure most people in SD agree COVID is real, but it's also not a very densely populated state with small cities, and the governors response seems appropriate. It's keep the economy from totally collapsing. I drove to Sioux Falls a few weeks ago, just to be some place normal. It was nice just being able to go into a brew pub or an indoor rest…

Are there still people who believe it is just "a few eccentrics"? As someone who has a lot of them in my direct family, extended family, and even Facebook friends, my perception is that partisanship has reached a point where there is literal mass delusion out there far left and far right. And in the case of covid19, it feels like at least 10% don't fully believe in it (the level of doubt varying by individual and sit…

>there is literal mass delusion out there far left and far right.

What delusion is the "far left" believing in, in your opinion?

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Post by skyzyx »

Yes, the pandemic fatigue is real. Yes, it would be wonderful to hang out with my friends in person, or to drive 100 miles crossing the border to go visit my children.

But the reason this is lasting so long, and things are shutting back down is because people are ignoring the truth. You can talk about the economy all day long, but the fact of the matter is that if we all would’ve taken this seriously and shut everything down, we would be through the worst of it already.

Comparatively, New Zealand and Canada have done a dramatically better job than America. People there appear to be willing to set aside their selfishness in favor of the common good.

And the people who don’t believe that it’s real? All I can say is that it’s extremely clear that we are living in a second Cold War. But instead of fighting with nukes, we’re fighting with misinformation, and Russia is winning.

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Post by whalesalad »

andy318 wrote: post #24
posix_compliant wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird, I moved from SF to Philadelphia last week and most stores on route 80 required masks.

How is the move working out for you, btw?

they're posix compliant so I would imagine they can colo anywhere lol

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Post by Claudus »

whalesalad wrote: post #12

My wife and I just moved from Orange County, CA to Detroit, MI this last August. We decided to drive the northern route. Heading through Vegas, Utah, Yellowstone and Montana. Then onward through the plains of North Dakota and Minnesota. Turning north we entered Wisconsin and finally the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan. After a few days exploring we turned south to Detroit. In Vegas the concern for masks started to w…

Out of curiosity, what is your basis for wearing a mask?

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Post by rriepe »

Retric wrote: post #18
rriepe wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's either unsubstantiated or a HIPAA violation

That’s not how HIPAA works. There is a huge difference between knowing a specific person has a specific disease, and talking about a case without identifying the specific person. A case study is very common and gives a great deal of information about the medical side of what someone has gone through, without identifying them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study

So how would she substantiate these claims without committing the violation, again?

Assume just for this answer that she's not an institution conducting a case study, but an individual conducting a TV interview. Tell me what evidence she sends to the station that substantiates the story but does not violate HIPAA.

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Post by pwinnski »

whalesalad wrote: post #12

My wife and I just moved from Orange County, CA to Detroit, MI this last August. We decided to drive the northern route. Heading through Vegas, Utah, Yellowstone and Montana. Then onward through the plains of North Dakota and Minnesota. Turning north we entered Wisconsin and finally the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan. After a few days exploring we turned south to Detroit. In Vegas the concern for masks started to w…

I spent a weekend in Oklahoma last month (October 10-11), and was unable to enjoy myself because so few people were wearing masks, observing anything like distancing, etc.

I saw a Carls Jr. employee wearing a corporate-supplied t-shirt that used "maskhole" to describe anyone not wearing a mask... and he was not wearing a mask, just like all the other employees.

The hotel itself was the only place that seemed to be taking the pandemic seriously, so we retreated there, ate takeout, and left early.

The current spike in Oklahoma[0] does not surprise me at all.

0. https://mackuba.eu/corona/#oklahoma_united_states.daily?tren...

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