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Survival strategies
New to WFH? Read This Article
How to maintain your mental health while working from home
Pretty good article online at Fast Company.
I’ve been working from home since 2006. As a result social distancing and hoarding come naturally now. The article has several good suggestions and well worth reading.
Personally I would add one more suggestion to the list: your favorite music. Today is a Willie Day.
Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — United States, February 12–March 16, 2020
This is an excerpt from the latest CDC report cited above and below.
OlRedHair: Yes, our younger generations need to take this situation very seriously.
Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — United States, February 12–March 16, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 18 March 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6912e2external icon.
Among 508 (12%) patients known to have been hospitalized, 9% were aged ≥85 years, 26% were aged 65–84 years, 17% were aged 55–64 years, 18% were 45–54 years, and 20% were aged 20–44 years. Less than 1% of hospitalizations were among persons aged ≤19 years (Figure 2). The percentage of persons hospitalized increased with age, from 2%–3% among persons aged ≤9 years, to ≥31% among adults aged ≥85 years. (Table).
Among 121 patients known to have been admitted to an ICU, 7% of cases were reported among adults ≥85 years, 46% among adults aged 65–84 years, 36% among adults aged 45–64 years, and 12% among adults aged 20–44 years (Figure 2). No ICU admissions were reported among persons aged ≤19 years. Percentages of ICU admissions were lowest among adults aged 20–44 years (2%–4%) and highest among adults aged 75–84 years (11%–31%) (Table).
Among 44 cases with known outcome, 15 (34%) deaths were reported among adults aged ≥85 years, 20 (46%) among adults aged 65–84 years, and nine (20%) among adults aged 20–64 years. Case-fatality percentages increased with increasing age, from no deaths reported among persons aged ≤19 years to highest percentages (10%–27%) among adults aged ≥85 years (Table) (Figure 2).
COVID-19 – Oklahoma 03.19.20
I’ve spent most of my life learning about what kills people. Hey, it’s a job and I love it.
The numbers in Oklahoma are blessedly small. Too small for statistical significance but there are some interesting aspects to these numbers. The 2 out of state positives are professional basketball players. We shouldn’t expect a huge increase from out of state since Oklahoma is not exactly a vacation tourist type destination and no one is traveling much nowadays. The first positives were in Tulsa county. That number hasn’t really moved much but Oklahoma county numbers have, a clear indicator of community spread.
The most disturbing numbers are the positives ages 18-64. This is not Wuhan. This is not Italy. This is not Iran. This is not Spain. This is Oklahoma.
Stay safe and act accordingly to your specific locale.
| Positive (In-State) | 29 |
| Positive (Out-of-State) | 2 |
| Negative | 378 |
| PUIs Pending Results | 110 |
| County | COVID-19 Cases by County* |
|---|---|
| Canadian | 2 |
| Cleveland | 4 |
| Jackson | 1 |
| Kay | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 14 |
| Payne | 1 |
| Tulsa | 4 |
| Pawnee | 1 |
| Total | 29 |
| Age Group, Years | COVID-19 Cases* |
|---|---|
| 00-04 | 1 |
| 05-17 | 0 |
| 18-49 | 13 |
| 50-64 | 10 |
| 65+ | 5 |
| Total | 29 |
| Age Range | 0-75 yrs |
| COVID-19 Cases by Gender | |
|---|---|
| Female | 13 |
| Male | 16 |
| Total | 29 |
Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health.
*As of 2020-03-18 at 07:00 AM.
Best Practices For Social Distancing To Mitigate COVID-19 — The Skeptical Cardiologist
To flatten the curve and mitigate the impact of coronavirus we should be practicing social distancing. It is not obvious to most how this should be accomplished but there is a great article on this at The New Yorker which discusses an information sheet on the topic provided by Dr. Asaf Bitton, The New Yorker…
via Best Practices For Social Distancing To Mitigate COVID-19 — The Skeptical Cardiologist
Thank you Anthony C. Pearson, MD, FACC.
Undetected cases drive virus spread in the community — Science Chronicle
Eighty-six percent of people in China who were infected with novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) were not tested in the two week period before travel restrictions came into force on January 23 in Wuhan and other cities. And these undetected cases contributed to the majority of virus spread in the community, says a paper published in the journal Science. The paper says that undetected cases can expose a large population to the virus than would otherwise occur. The study found undetected cases were the source of infection for 79% of documented cases.
via Coronavirus: Undetected cases drive virus spread in the community — Science Chronicle
And this is precisely why you must stay at home as much as possible in the near term future. Limit your movements, avoid crowds, use common sense.
Why Toilet Paper? — RadaJonesMD
I roll in my bed, unable to sleep. I listen to BBC talk about the craziness that took over the world, preoccupied with this one question. What question? It’s not: “Why, Corona?” For that, I already have more answers than I want. Scientists say that COVID19 is an animal virus. It spread to humans from…
COVID-19 – Your Daily Dose 03.11.20
I’ve been reading a lot of COVID-19 news articles. Here are a few of my favs.
In South Korea, public health officials screened about 100,000 people and detected over 7,300 cases. So far, the death toll is 50, which translates to a case-fatality rate of 0.7 percent. That’s still seven times worse than seasonal flu, but it’s far lower than the initial reports from China.
Impact of the epidemic in the U.S.
Now that new COVID-19 cases are being detected in the U.S. every day, it is too late to stop the initial wave of infections. The epidemic is likely to spread across the U.S. The virus appears to be about as contagious as influenza. But this comparison is difficult to make since we have no immunity to the new coronavirus.
How big will the coronavirus pandemic be? An epidemiologist answers.
Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, is among those arguing hospitals need to change course. “It’s just not sustainable to think that every time a health care worker is exposed they have to be quarantined for 14 days. We’d run out of health care workers,” Nuzzo said.
Self-quarantines will lead to health worker shortagesSelf-quarantines will lead to health worker shortages
Community Factors and Life Expectancy
“When we controlled for historical life expectancy, we found three additional community factors that each exert a significant negative effect — a greater number of fast food restaurants, higher population density, and a greater share of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction,” Dobis said. “For example, for every one percentage point increase in the number of fast food restaurants in a county, life expectancy declined by .004 years for men and .006 years for women.”
Community factors influence how long you’ll live
Journal Reference: Elizabeth A. Dobis, Heather M. Stephens, Mark Skidmore, Stephan J. Goetz. Explaining the spatial variation in American life expectancy. Social Science & Medicine, 2020; 246: 112759 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112759
Be Proactive – Be Prepared
Marler Clark is a law firm in Seattle Washington. Outstandingly proactive and quoted here for my readers to view.
I especially liked the generous financial contribution to the employees and the last item on the list to stock in your pantry.
Here is what I sent my staff late last week:
All, see symptoms below – if you are sick, please stay home.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html
I have asked Chris and Michelle to give me some ideas on recommendations on how to responsibly deal with this from a medical issue. We will give you all our thoughts early next week.
All, please email to Leslie all your contact information and a close contact too. Leslie, please share that with all.
All, please let me know if anyone needs any technology to work from home if necessary if this becomes a bigger problem. Think about what you might need to work from home for an extended period of time. What do you need to effectively do your job from home – computer, paper, pens, etc.? COVID-19 is not an excuse to work from home, but I want to be prepared and sensible.
Also, let’s look at travel schedules over the coming months to see if there are alternatives. Please shoot me your travel over the next 30-60 days.
All, take a hard look at your cases – what deadlines might be impacted by Court and other office closures, etc. I want us to be proactive and think ahead. I do not want deadlines missed.
Finally, not to be a “prepper,” but Kelli, please drop $2,500 (pre-tax) into everyone’s account on Monday to be used as they see fit to prepare for some disruptions. I have not thought of exactly what those needs might be, but there are probably a few websites that have suggestions.
Here are some ideas for being prepared for home:
All medications (over the counter *ibuprofen* , allergy, cold etc and prescriptions )
All household products you will need for two weeks (toilet paper, soap, paper towels, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, etc)
Supply of water for two weeks
Food for two weeks
⁃ Chicken broth
⁃ Beans
⁃ Onions
⁃ Garlic
⁃ Potatoes – sweet, Yukon, etc
⁃ Pasta
⁃ Canned tomatoes
⁃ Steel cut oats
⁃ Peanut butter
⁃ Bread *freezer*
⁃ Eggs
⁃ Frozen meat
⁃ Canned fish
⁃ Jerky or dried meat
⁃ Dried nuts and fruit
⁃ Popcorn
⁃ Chocolate
⁃ Wine/booze of choice
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