Are You Worried About Coronavirus?

[Unregistered]

Coronavirus Info: for Administrators of US Childcare Programs

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/guidance-for-schools.html

[Blackcat31]

The thing I find scariest is the lack of truthful info.

I have a grandparent of a DCK that is a regular pick up person. This grandparent has a sibling that lives part time in the US and part time in Italy. Traveling back and forth approximately every 6 weeks or so.

The other day when the grandparent picked up my DCK I noticed the sibling was with. I mentioned the sibling being home and were they home due to the Corona virus?

Grandparent said "No not at all. The virus isn't there."
I questioned them and said it's all over the news that Italy has cases of it and the number of them are climbing.

Grandparent said it's not true and the WHO as well as the CDC are just saying that to make us all panic. Grand parent went on to say they had closed cathedrals, schools and tourist places but have since re-opened them because there are no "real" cases of the virus there.

I don't follow the news super closely and know enough to know no news source is 100% truthful all the time but this grandparent's attitude/belief does have me concerned abit.

The grandparent is the main pick up person and they spend ALOT of time at their sibling's house WITH my DCK.

[Michael]

The thing I find scariest is the lack of truthful info.

Here is a quote from Johns Hopkins University and I hear it repeated everywhere:

A mask is not required or recommended, as there is no evidence available to suggest that they protect healthy people.

I keep hearing this but it doesn’t make sense. If masks don’t protect healthy people, why are healthcare workers wearing them?

[tenderhearts]

I wasn't too much until now, am a little because we are a county that just had 2 people test positive, and my husband is going through chemo. So it is scary, plus having my daycare open now and hearing how parents took their kids to the biggest indoor play areas in the area, I'm a little nervous although we are pretty careful where we go

[MyAngels]

Here is a quote from Johns Hopkins University and I hear it repeated everywhere:

A mask is not required or recommended, as there is no evidence available to suggest that they protect healthy people.

I keep hearing this but it doesn’t make sense. If masks don’t protect healthy people, why are healthcare workers wearing them?

It's my understanding that if you see a healthcare worker wearing a mask it's just another layer to try to protect their sick patients. Mostly they wear them for surgery (same reason, protecting the patient). You can have the coronavirus and not even show symptoms, so this could protect an already immunocompromised patient from contracting something from the healthcare worker, not the other way around.

[Snowmom]

Here is a quote from Johns Hopkins University and I hear it repeated everywhere:

A mask is not required or recommended, as there is no evidence available to suggest that they protect healthy people.

I keep hearing this but it doesn’t make sense. If masks don’t protect healthy people, why are healthcare workers wearing them?

I've been reading everything I can get my hands on.

https://www.facebook.com/DawnHasbrouckFox32Chicago/posts/2017405368405128?__tn__=K-R

This post resonated with me and was a good explanation of why we should be wearing masks. I only have a few left in my normal supply but have cloth buffs (think like the TV show Survivor :. I'm going to be breaking those babies out!!

The FL news today was a bit concerning (2 confirmed cases and 795 on watch).

[Michael]

I've been reading everything I can get my hands on.

https://www.facebook.com/DawnHasbrouckFox32Chicago/posts/2017405368405128?__tn__=K-R

This post resonated with me and was a good explanation of why we should be wearing masks. I only have a few left in my normal supply but have cloth buffs (think like the TV show Survivor :. I'm going to be breaking those babies out!!

The FL news today was a bit concerning (2 confirmed cases and 795 on watch).

I have a box of 100 n95, that I purchased a fews ago, which are contoured for the face and have an aspirator on the front. I offered to give one to any of my friends and half of them took one. I’m not planning on wearing them until there is a full blown outbreak in my area. I’m north of LA. There is a huge homeless population in LA that are compromised because of their health, living in tents and some drug use. I worry that they will not be adequately cared for and be a factor in the virus’ spread.

This virus seems to hit some “counties/cultures” harder than others. It makes me wonder that China may have been experimenting on the genomic sequencing of pathogens. There is too much they won’t say or allow access to.

[Valerie928]

I have a box of 100 n95 which are contoured for the face and have an aspirator on the front. I offered to give one to any of my friends and half of them took one. I’m not planning on wearing them until there is a full blown outbreak in my area. I’m north of LA. There is a huge homeless population in LA that are compromised because of their health, living in tents and some drug use. I worry that they will not be adequately cared for and be a factor in the virus’ spread.

This virus seems to hit some “counties/cultures” harder than others. It makes me wonder that China may have been experimenting on the genomic sequencing of pathogens. There is too much they won’t say or allow access to.

I agree about the masks. I will only wear one if if there are cases in/near my community.
My husband is the GM of a plant that NEEDS dust masks because of the environmental dust there. They are running out and he can only find them on Amazon for over quadruple the normal price they would be. It's not fair Also, they will be on back order for obvious reasons.

[Baby Beluga]

It's my understanding that if you see a healthcare worker wearing a mask it's just another layer to try to protect their sick patients. Mostly they wear them for surgery (same reason, protecting the patient). You can have the coronavirus and not even show symptoms, so this could protect an already immunocompromised patient from contracting something from the healthcare worker, not the other way around.

That was my understanding as well.

Thankfully, we keep masks in the house anyway because I use them when blowing leaves and mowing grass. If don't, I feel sick for days.

I went to walmart yesterday and the shelves in the OTC medication aisle were pretty bare. That was the first time I had seen it like that. I talked to a guy who said he just came from a different walmart because the medication shelves at the one he originally went to were bare.

It's interesting.

[Josiegirl]

Ugh, one of my dds lives very close to the place in Washington that has had 2 people die from this. I know they're doing what they can to keep this virus in check but they can't do everything. People don't always follow rules. Besides, NOW the media says this virus may have been in Wa. state 5 weeks before anyone knew it was there?? I hope and pray all of you, all our loved ones, stay healthy through this scare.

[Cat Herder]

I keep hearing this but it doesn’t make sense. If masks don’t protect healthy people, why are healthcare workers wearing them?

Protocols tell us when we have to wear them on certain calls. OSHA decides some, insurance decides some, CDC decides some.

Sometimes it is about protecting us, other times it is about protecting that particular patient from us.

[Cat Herder]

The rapid rise of syphilis, hepatitis C and drug-resistant TB are pretty worrisome for most EMS workers right now.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2019/2018-STD-surveillance-report-press-release.html

https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2017/Hepatitis-Surveillance-Press-Release.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/rise-drug-resistance-tb-cases-threatens-europe/

"The national rise in congenital syphilis parallels increases in syphilis among women of reproductive age. From 2017 to 2018, syphilis cases increased 36 percent among women of childbearing age. The 40 percent increase in congenital syphilis cases continues a dangerous trend seen in recent years. Although most states reported at least one case of congenital syphilis, five states – Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, and Louisiana – accounted for 70 percent of cases in the U.S."

"Over just five years, the number of new hepatitis C virus infections reported to CDC has nearly tripled, reaching a 15-year high"

"New figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, released in advance of World TB Day on March 24, have shown that the number of cases of the most severe form of drug-resistant tuberculosis – known as extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and classified as resistant to four or more drugs – has increased from around 350 in 2012 to almost 5,000 in 2016, the majority of which were in the former eastern bloc."

https://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/drtb/xdrtb.htm

[Ariana]

I have a box of 100 n95, that I purchased a fews ago, which are contoured for the face and have an aspirator on the front. I offered to give one to any of my friends and half of them took one. I’m not planning on wearing them until there is a full blown outbreak in my area. I’m north of LA. There is a huge homeless population in LA that are compromised because of their health, living in tents and some drug use. I worry that they will not be adequately cared for and be a factor in the virus’ spread.

This virus seems to hit some “counties/cultures” harder than others. It makes me wonder that China may have been experimenting on the genomic sequencing of pathogens. There is too much they won’t say or allow access to.

According to one of my scientist parents who works in forensics the N95 has to be specially fitted for it to work. Health care workers have individually fitted masks so they actually work for them. She also said they get sprayed with some sort of gel or mist with a bitter taste to add a further form of protection.

[Ariana]

The thing I find scariest is the lack of truthful info.

I have a grandparent of a DCK that is a regular pick up person. This grandparent has a sibling that lives part time in the US and part time in Italy. Traveling back and forth approximately every 6 weeks or so.

The other day when the grandparent picked up my DCK I noticed the sibling was with. I mentioned the sibling being home and were they home due to the Corona virus?

Grandparent said "No not at all. The virus isn't there."
I questioned them and said it's all over the news that Italy has cases of it and the number of them are climbing.

Grandparent said it's not true and the WHO as well as the CDC are just saying that to make us all panic. Grand parent went on to say they had closed cathedrals, schools and tourist places but have since re-opened them because there are no "real" cases of the virus there.

I don't follow the news super closely and know enough to know no news source is 100% truthful all the time but this grandparent's attitude/belief does have me concerned abit.

The grandparent is the main pick up person and they spend ALOT of time at their sibling's house WITH my DCK.

WOW!! This is scary! What is fact, what is fiction? I know here in Canada they are saying that border agents are asking people travelling from certain countries to self identify and quarantine but two people who came back from South Korea said they landed and no one told them anything, no signs up, no questions at customs, nothing!! They are self quarantining anyway but I find this info troubling.

[Cat Herder]

According to one of my scientist parents who works in forensics the N95 has to be specially fitted for it to work. Health care workers have individually fitted masks so they actually work for them. She also said they get sprayed with some sort of gel or mist with a bitter taste to add a further form of protection.

Ours (EMS) are one-time use. We do "fit test training" where we have to put a hood over our masked face while they spray a rancid smelling/tasting mist in our faces. It shows us where our seals are not so great. Mostly it is to point out that beards are not such a great idea in the field.