My Covid-19 Story in Brooklyn

Post by gdubs » Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 9:09 PM UTC

outside1234 wrote: post #158

I have a brutal cold right now with a ton of congestion and a fever. I am trying decide on if I should go to the hospital here in California - has anyone read anything that helps you make that decision? I am a Caltrain rider daily and I feel like it is not fair to subject other folks to this if it is a COVID-19 - but I don't also want to overload the health system unnecessary if there are folks with Acute symptoms.

Post by petertodd » Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

prostheticvamp wrote: post #140

kragen wrote: post #111

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N95 masks are used in many industries to protect their wearers from particulates, including wet particulates. Many of them have check valves that make them useless for protecting other people from the wearer. We don't yet know how much protection they provide against SARS-CoV-2 infection, because we don't know how essential saliva droplets are to contagion, but they probably provide some. Although there are different…

Have you worn an N95 for any particular amount of time? Honest question. Because Uou refer to a few grams as “not uncomfortable.” I find N95 face masks insufferably hot and muggy, with their “few grams” hanging off my nose and ears eventually very annoying. I don’t know if any hc workers that find N95s tolerable for very long.

Post by fortran77 » Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

Keloo wrote: post #87

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You can actually increase your odds of infection by different deceases by having a paper mask since they are often uncomfortable or fit poorly and people put their hands to the face to adjust them.

I've heard the opposite rationale. Having 'any' kind of mask decrease the number of times you touch your mouth or nose..

Post by DanBC » Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 9:22 PM UTC

outside1234 wrote: post #158

I have a brutal cold right now with a ton of congestion and a fever. I am trying decide on if I should go to the hospital here in California - has anyone read anything that helps you make that decision? I am a Caltrain rider daily and I feel like it is not fair to subject other folks to this if it is a COVID-19 - but I don't also want to overload the health system unnecessary if there are folks with Acute symptoms.

Post by Consultant32452 » Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 9:27 PM UTC

wool_gather wrote: post #124

takeda wrote: post #115

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Say what you want, but 2% is not negligible. That's 1 of every 50 people. With 330,000,000 population that's over 6.5mil people. Yes, the mortality changes with age younger people are about 0.2% but older are close to 15%. Having health issues such as cardiovascular or diabetes increases the risk further, and Americans aren't the healthiest people.

You are mixing up several different measurements. First, parent was talking about the risk to an individual adult person; you yourself note that varies with other parameters including age. This isn't comparable to the 2% figure. Second, the mortality figure is 2% of people who are infected , not of the total population. So it's substantially less than 6.5 million people, unless literally everyone in the country catch…