Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@JC said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Mokey said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Just give me PPE, a taser, and 10 mins with security cam turned off.
A bat. You need a good, sturdy bat as well. Or a riding crop, surely you’ve got one of those lying around.
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Holy shit. This hit me.
So a few weeks back I sent copy edits to my editor with time to spare so we could meet the deadline of March 23. That day came and went, still no reply except an auto email to say they were under the weather. Finally got a reply a few days ago, and I quickly did the things needed doing and sent off to publisher. I was annoyed, because deadlines are deadlines and wtf. ANYWAY. Just found out a few mins ago that the reason they were 'under the weather' they had the fucking virus!!!
This what they had to say:
I’m on day 16 of this and it’s still hanging on but I’m not as ill as I was even just a few days ago. It’s getting better, just…so…slowly. I feel like I will never not have a cough. I feel like I will never breathe normally again. And I’m afraid my running days might be over.
I don’t know where I picked this up from. I’d been staying inside, only going out to shop for food. I work from home. I went to no social gatherings. I didn’t invite people over. I sanitized everything. Somehow I still got it and I can’t point to a definitive source. This is the sickest I’ve ever been. I went to the ER twice because I was having much difficulty breathing. I was afraid to go to sleep for fear I’d stop breathing overnight. But I was so exhausted I fell asleep anyway.
Day after day, I felt completely wiped out. The first week was the worst. For 5 straight days, I couldn’t speak. Not from a sore throat but from lack of air. I didn’t have enough air to even form words. If I tried to talk, I felt like I was suffocating. Because I was. I had thought my lungs were one of the strongest parts of my body. I’m a runner. I used to run every day. To suddenly have the strongest part of you turn into the weakest is unbelievably scary.
I am grateful to still be alive. There were times I didn’t think I would be. I’m still here, though my energy is not 100%. I’m still breathing, though not without regular coughing fits. And I’m still hopeful that my lungs haven’t suffered permanent damage. Right now it feels like they might never be the same. But time will tell. -
So on Saturday we had 2 in intensive care, yesterday after the lady died, 1.
Today we have 2 again, is that another one who was sick now in ICU or one of the new cases today, or less likely, be who was in ICU yesterday now ok and 2 new cases in ICU...
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback early 40s.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback No, America. And yep, very grim. People need to get out of the mindset that if they are fit or under pensioner age they are all good. When it hits, it hits hard.
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@taniwharugby I don't think the woman that died was in ICU. She was in Greymouth the two ICU patients were Nelson and Wellington.
@Mokey the scariest part of that is they went to ED twice and weren't admitted when everything I have read says his symptoms were beyond stay at home. Shows the pressure hospitals are under.
Actually even scarier is how did they catch it?
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so 58 (48 confirmed, 10 probable) new cases today, but apparently this lower number likely due to the fact less tests done on Sunday (so 2 day lag in results now?)
2 in ICU, but stable, and the good bit is over 70 recovered.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so 58 (48 confirmed, 10 probable) new cases today, but apparently this lower number likely due to the fact less tests done on Sunday (so 2 day lag in results now?)
2 in ICU, but stable, and the good bit is over 70 recovered.
The thing that annoys me in the total figure is that they include the recovered in that total.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so 58 (48 confirmed, 10 probable) new cases today, but apparently this lower number likely due to the fact less tests done on Sunday (so 2 day lag in results now?)
2 in ICU, but stable, and the good bit is over 70 recovered.
The new cases climb due to more testing and some people becoming symptomatic. Obviously it is important but I'm more concerned about the numbers needing hospitalization or even worse ICU care
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@canefan think it was 12 in hospital, which I assume includes the 2 in ICU.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so 58 (48 confirmed, 10 probable) new cases today, but apparently this lower number likely due to the fact less tests done on Sunday (so 2 day lag in results now?)
2 in ICU, but stable, and the good bit is over 70 recovered.
The new cases climb due to more testing and some people becoming symptomatic. Obviously it is important but I'm more concerned about the numbers needing hospitalization or even worse ICU care
Agree, at this stage who has it (or has had it) is mostly only important in terms of how many people will end up in hospital/ICU.
Later on, cases per day will matter because it will determine when lockdown ends.
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@Toddy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Anyone else see they have added 7 days to the state of emergency. How fuc*ing long is this going to go for.
I don’t think that’s to do with the 4 week lock down period, more to do with their powers etc?
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@Toddy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Anyone else see they have added 7 days to the state of emergency. How fuc*ing long is this going to go for.
Another 3 weeks. The state of emergency only lasts for a week, and get renewed as required. So there will be another re-assess in a weeks time and (more than likely) another week of SoE