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03-13-20, 08:32 AM
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One of my partners had one that definitely needed to be tested.
I got a call last night from someone who was at a large gathering last Saturday and was informed that someone else there was positive, so that patient would be tested if she has any symptoms.
That's it so far. But I am sure there will be more.
I got a call last night from someone who was at a large gathering last Saturday and was informed that someone else there was positive, so that patient would be tested if she has any symptoms.
That's it so far. But I am sure there will be more.
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03-13-20, 08:50 AM
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Wife says that remote co-worker just informed her that MI (co-worker's state of residence) just shut down schools for a month. I mean, if there were hopes of keeping this in the cage, I'd be all for something this drastic, but damn.
03-13-20, 08:51 AM
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03-13-20, 09:17 AM
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It’s out of the cage. The goal is to slow it down, disperse the load over time, and spare the system.
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03-13-20, 09:35 AM
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Hey @datlas and @MoAlpha Mr H was asking me about the test metrology and I honestly didn’t know.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
03-13-20, 09:37 AM
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Hey @datlas and @MoAlpha Mr H was asking me about the test metrology and I honestly didn’t know.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
I believe the "test kit" is a viral swab. Similar to what we use for running HSV and other viral studies.
03-13-20, 09:39 AM
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Why is it referred to as a test kit? Don’t you have the normal supplies you’d need to collect appropriate samples in your clinic?
03-13-20, 09:39 AM
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Correct. It's possible that eventually everyone will be exposed to this and it will be part of the pathosphere, as I said before. The goal is to make that as slow as possible to happen over many YEARS.
03-13-20, 09:40 AM
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03-13-20, 09:42 AM
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Hey @datlas and @MoAlpha Mr H was asking me about the test metrology and I honestly didn’t know.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
looked it up and it looks like it’s a RT-PCR. Do either of you know what the lab turn around time is for reporting test results for this?
Any likelihood of a bedside “spot” type of test? For some reason when I’ve heard reference to “test kits,” I Was imagining that a positive/negative bedside spot Test was what we’re talking about.
03-13-20, 09:46 AM
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Not a big deal, other than accurate words do make a difference in the level of people’s understanding of what’s going on.
03-13-20, 09:47 AM
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I heard on yesterday’s network news that there was a newly developed test that gets results in just 6 hours. No, have no way to confirm that.
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03-13-20, 09:53 AM
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Our friends think we’re overreacting, which is fine. They might be correct. Still, I think we’ve made the right call. It’s hard to have training about infectious disease and epidemiology, and to have taken a professional oath to protect public health, and justify a pleasure trip in the early days of an epidemic.
Sad though because they’ll have sunshine up there until Sunday, whereas we’ll have 3 days of rain. Not sure I’ll get to ride at all this weekend when I’m all rested up for a high volume weekend.
03-13-20, 10:03 AM
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In other medical news, I’m scheduled for hernia surgery a week from today and I’m just hoping it goes off on schedule and there’s no delays because this thing is becoming a consistent nuisance every evening lately. I had a pre-op Visit with my PCP yesterday and he didn’t like how the EKG looked so I’ve scheduled a visit with the cardiologist for Monday.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.
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03-13-20, 10:05 AM
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03-13-20, 10:09 AM
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03-13-20, 10:31 AM
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03-13-20, 10:32 AM
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Understood, which is why I think that things like closing schools for an entire state for a month is a bit much. It's going to kick up again. And again. And again. Are they going to close down schools for a month each time? Are parents going to beg out of work for a month each time? Educate, employ best practices, make sensible decisions on low-hanging fruit like certain extracurriculars, but shutting down education and care for months at a time is a whole 'nother strain.
03-13-20, 10:35 AM
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Our living situation is remote. Out at the edge of a town of 10,000, mostly peasants. 25 km out from the city, who's international airport has only two gates.
Coming here, in these times, is like reading Tom Clancy. Or Stephen King.
I can hear birds singing and nothing else, now, at this time of day. And the wind. A very different world than the one I'm reading about. Sigh
No inkling of panic, or even knowledge that there might be reason for panic
I wish you all well in the coming weeks and months.
Coming here, in these times, is like reading Tom Clancy. Or Stephen King.
I can hear birds singing and nothing else, now, at this time of day. And the wind. A very different world than the one I'm reading about. Sigh
No inkling of panic, or even knowledge that there might be reason for panic
I wish you all well in the coming weeks and months.
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03-13-20, 10:35 AM
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From my sister in Boston:
"Boston is like a ghost town. We’ve officially gone remote – most businesses working from home (except Mary and me, because well, when you run a business, it’s hard to do it from home). Every conference, event, meeting has been canceled. Restaurants and bars are empty. No one is on public transport and there’s no traffic at all. Grocery stores are picked over, you can’t get toilet paper in the city, and Instacart is down because grocery delivery is out of control. It is so crazy and weird."
"Boston is like a ghost town. We’ve officially gone remote – most businesses working from home (except Mary and me, because well, when you run a business, it’s hard to do it from home). Every conference, event, meeting has been canceled. Restaurants and bars are empty. No one is on public transport and there’s no traffic at all. Grocery stores are picked over, you can’t get toilet paper in the city, and Instacart is down because grocery delivery is out of control. It is so crazy and weird."
03-13-20, 10:37 AM
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In other medical news, I’m scheduled for hernia surgery a week from today and I’m just hoping it goes off on schedule and there’s no delays because this thing is becoming a consistent nuisance every evening lately. I had a pre-op Visit with my PCP yesterday and he didn’t like how the EKG looked so I’ve scheduled a visit with the cardiologist for Monday.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.
03-13-20, 10:39 AM
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Don't think I mentioned this yesterday, but I made my regular Whole Foods stop on the way home from my NJ office. Got there around 3:30. The parking garage is usually relatively quiet at that house. This time it was nuts. By the luck of the draw I found a space, but I was thinking "Oh boy."
Went upstairs into the store and it was a madhouse. Decided to wander around. Shelves with things like canned tuna, pasta, soup and canned beans and vegetables were stripped nearly bare. No paper products to be had. Even the olive oil selection was nearly limited to the really expensive stuff.
A guy I know reported that he stopped in around 7:30. Every line was open, but the cues stretched to the back of the store. I was surprised that there was anything left to buy.
Went upstairs into the store and it was a madhouse. Decided to wander around. Shelves with things like canned tuna, pasta, soup and canned beans and vegetables were stripped nearly bare. No paper products to be had. Even the olive oil selection was nearly limited to the really expensive stuff.
A guy I know reported that he stopped in around 7:30. Every line was open, but the cues stretched to the back of the store. I was surprised that there was anything left to buy.
03-13-20, 10:39 AM
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Understood, which is why I think that things like closing schools for an entire state for a month is a bit much. It's going to kick up again. And again. And again. Are they going to close down schools for a month each time? Are parents going to beg out of work for a month each time? Educate, employ best practices, make sensible decisions on low-hanging fruit like certain extracurriculars, but shutting down education and care for months at a time is a whole 'nother strain.
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In other medical news, I’m scheduled for hernia surgery a week from today and I’m just hoping it goes off on schedule and there’s no delays because this thing is becoming a consistent nuisance every evening lately. I had a pre-op Visit with my PCP yesterday and he didn’t like how the EKG looked so I’ve scheduled a visit with the cardiologist for Monday.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.
Drama, but I should be fine. If not, who wants my RB1 at 62cm. Nobody’s getting the Merlin, that gets buried with me.