How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Salome]

But today I am sad and angry about a 13 year old dying in hospital without any of his family with him. I have been in the position of sitting in a hospital not knowing if my son was going to live through the night, and the idea of a thirteen year old being forced to go through that with only strangers at his side fills me with rage and fury.

I think a lot of us are struggling with this emotionally. As someone who spent a fair amount of my childhood and adolescence In and out of hospitals, I was accustomed to being alone in medical facilities, but the people around me never were. Thinking about all those facing this now is almost too much to allow myself to dwell on. If I do, I become unable to process for a bit. And that‘s just one facet of this obscene situation.

 

[Sredni Eel]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Cristiano]

Can't find what you want in the grocery store? Here's why

The coronavirus pandemic has delivered a shock to tens of millions of people in rich countries around the world: Suddenly, they can't buy the food they want, when they want.

www.cnn.com

 

[Sredni Eel]

Looks like I'm not commuting for the rest of the school year. Gavin Newsom has just announced schools statewide are to remain closed for the remainder of the year.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

'Absolutely wrong': how UK's coronavirus test strategy unravelled

Ministers shrugged off warnings a lack of tests could cost lives, until they were forced to change tack

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sredni Eel]

 

[Rose Karuna]

I was already weird, now I'm Isolated and Weird. It does not bode well.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Since many of us will be cutting our hair at home, here's a tip.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Hahaha no.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The vice president of the Italian parliament replaced the EU flag in his office with an Italian one. #EUFail

 

[Sovereignty]

Women are using code words at pharmacies to escape domestic violence during lockdown

 

[Casey Pelous]

Since many of us will be cutting our hair at home, here's a tip.

For that coveted Moe Howard look!

 

[Sredni Eel]

In spite of the SF Bay Area and Alameda County in particular beginning to flatten the curve, I still got this from my doctor at Kaiser Fremont today:

Hello,
Thank you for doing your part to keep us all safe during this trying time. Social distancing is essential for flattening the curve! If you or a loved one does become ill, please know that we are here to help.

A coordinated effort is in place to request donations from the community. Kaiser Permanente is accepting donations of medical supplies and other items including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes.


Current list of items we are accepting. All donations must follow these guidelines:

- Unopened N95 respirators & surgical masks

- Unopened packages of disposable gloves

- Unopened containers of hand sanitizer (60+% alcohol based)

- Unopened containers of disinfectants & disinfecting wipes

- Packaged, unused protective goggles

- Unopened swabs for collecting screening samples

- Unopened gowns (surgical & isolation)

- Face shields


We will also accept donations of home-made masks. This will help us manage our supplies of medical-grade masks for physicians and staff who provide direct patient care. Home-made masks need to meet certain specifications in order to be effective. Please see this link:

https://www.phoebehealth.com/media/file/PatientsVisitors/MaskProductionInstructions_Revised3-20-2020.pdf for instructions to make effective fabric masks.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Phoebe Putney Medical Center for instructions to make effective fabric masks.

404 - here's the intermediary page: Mask Production

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Women are using code words at pharmacies to escape domestic violence during lockdown

The real virus we need to eliminate; if we'd not just let it slide under the radar, these women wouldn't be in quite as much danger.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

We're seeing now just how terrifying to an oligarch a general strike can be.

 

[Cristiano]

A healthy 39-year-old DJ died of coronavirus. What his young widow and daughter want you to know

Nicole Buchanan wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to her husband. "I would hate for anybody ... to have to go through what we've gone through," she said. "Our hospital systems aren't ready. Just stay home."

www.cnn.com

 

[Archer]

The Real Cause of Why We Don't Have Toilet Paper

In short, the toilet paper industry is split into two, largely separate markets: commercial and consumer. The pandemic has shifted the lion’s share of demand to the latter. People actually do need to buy significantly more toilet paper during the pandemic — not because they’re making more trips to the bathroom, but because they’re making more of them at home. With some 75% of the U.S. population under stay-at-home orders, Americans are no longer using the restrooms at their workplace, in schools, at restaurants, at hotels, or in airports.