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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2020 22:29:08 GMT -5
Several people in Oneida County are currently awaiting the results of their coronavirus tests. "I would say a handful of seven or eight...some symptomatic but hadn't been in countries but fell into that fifth category," says Oneida County Director of Public Health Phyllis Ellis. The 'fifth category' is a new criteria for testing for the coronavirus. Expanded criteria means an expanded test pool. "They added a fifth category that at the discretion of their primary care physician or their healthcare provider, they may potentially have been exposed and they're allowed to request testing," said Ellis. "So at this point, those tested currently, some have come back negative already and some we're waiting for their lab results so we do not have any pending cases that we think are positive at this moment." The governor, on Thursday, banned all mass gatherings of 500 or more. Local, brewery and race officials are looking ahead to Saranac Thursdays and the Boilermaker. "...we're going to follow what state and local departments of health say and err on the side of safety. If there's any grey area, we're going to err on the side of safety," says FX Matt Brewing Co. president and Boilermaker Board chair, Fred Matt. Information is coming at local officials nonstop, and changing almost by the minute. "This is something that is unprecedented; we've never seen something of this magnitude," says Utica Mayor, Robert Palmieri, who held a news conference with Oneida County Executive, Anthony Picente and the county's director of public health Thursday afternoon. They say it's likely that even the best efforts won't prevent the virus from coming to Oneida County, but slow its progression. "We believe it's inevitable that we will have a case at some point," says Oneida County Executive, Anthony Picente, Jr. New York state has 325 cases of coronavirus as of Thursday afternoon. www.wktv.com/content/news/More-coronavirus-testing-in-Oneida-County-568750731.htmlAn earlier alert would have been best. Now what we wait. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 9:09:50 GMT -5
Woke up this morning to a notice by door and it says that our building(s) are now on lock down and no visitors are allowed until further notice. I would like to see them monitor this, LOL. They can't control anything.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Mar 13, 2020 10:39:21 GMT -5
We had a notice from son Joe that schools in Michigan are closed for 3 weeks. Meanwhile Barb has a trip planned for us this morning which includes stops at 2 banks, 2 health care facilities and Hannaford. If I don't come back COVID 19 got me.
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Post by BHU on Mar 13, 2020 13:35:29 GMT -5
We had a notice from son Joe that schools in Michigan are closed for 3 weeks. Meanwhile Barb has a trip planned for us this morning which includes stops at 2 banks, 2 health care facilities and Hannaford. If I don't come back COVID 19 got me. I was in New Hartford Hanaford about 10 this morning & the place was mobbed. Not a roll of t.p. to be found Lol. I also noticed quite a few items that are in short supply. People need to stop hoarding. |
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Post by clarencebunsen on Mar 13, 2020 13:49:21 GMT -5
We had a ham a few days ago and it is time to make soup. I think there were 2 bags of dried beans left on the shelf. Similar in canned goods.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 15:20:24 GMT -5
Price Chopper and Walmart in North Utica were also packed with panic buying. I saw a guy with 20 gallons of milk in his cart. I also saw two people each together and both carts were filled with cases of bottled water. Panic mode is on.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 14, 2020 21:41:12 GMT -5
How the hell will someone use twenty gallons of milk unless they run a restaurant? They would have to freeze some of it to keep it from souring if they are just buying it for family use. A person could dunk a whole crap load of Oreo cookies with that much moo.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Mar 14, 2020 23:00:47 GMT -5
Yes it is hard to understand why a milk shortage would be imminent. Anyone who has ever been near a farm would know that milk and eggs get produced 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year. There are no federal holidays on a dairy farm. If there is a possible interruption in the supply chain, buy powdered milk and some canned milk to add to it. Not great but it is palatable if cold enough. Make sure to wait a couple hours after mixing to allow the proteins in the milk powder to become part of the solution.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 15, 2020 7:55:32 GMT -5
There was a period of time when my dad was out of work when my parents would buy powdered milk and mix it half and half with whole milk to stretch the dollar. Three of us kids used to drink 2-3 quarts a day. It was not bad. Probably equal in flavor to the 1 and 2% milks they market today. You are correct CB. If it is cold it is best. We also used to drink pitchers of Carnation instant chocolate drink, which was made with powdered milk. That was a period that only lasted a short time before we were back to whole milk in a bottle, but we continued to drink the Carnation chocolate drink because we had grown to love it.
Eggs may become scarce because they are an excellent source of protein should other things such as chicken and fresh meat become hard to find in the stores. Who the hell knows what this insane panic buying will result in.
Someone stated last night that the possible reason that chicken is flying out the door and becoming hard to find was because it was a cheap alternative to buy in quantity compared to red meat. they said that they saw someone with three of the 10lb bags of chicken legs quarters that are sold at Walmart and other stores for a bargain price. Someone without a lot of money, in a panic, could buy a lot of chicken for a little bit of money compared to buying an equal amount of pork or beef. The recipe possibilities are endless, but I would get damned sick of looking at chicken and probably would never eat it again after the crisis passes.
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Post by kit on Mar 15, 2020 9:30:03 GMT -5
This whole hoopla over COVID-19 is actually laughable in spite of the damage to the economy the hype is doing. True, the virus can be dangerous for some people, but so can the flu and the common cold and they can be, and are, passed around just as easily.
I believe all the quarantines, closings, hoardings and other scare tactics attributed to COVID-19 are the result of what my ex-girlfriend used to call "SMA Maneuvers". (SMA stands for "Save My A$$") With most of the country's citizens being sue-happy nowadays, so many schools, businesses and other crowd-gathering places are afraid to not give in to the hype for fear of someone getting the virus (even a slight case) and suing their pants off. I'm sure there are many lawyers jockeying to get in line, salivating, just waiting for their client list to blossom, with visions of yachts, expensive cars, or other high price rewards in their heads. I feel this will be Phase 2 of this brouhaha.
Many people believe I'm way out in left field thinking this, but just as sports, religion, and political prognosticators have their opinions (and that's really all they are) I believe it isn't far from the truth. We'll see.
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Post by BHU on Mar 15, 2020 10:31:34 GMT -5
Because of the lack of testing, nobody knows who's infected or a carrier from who isn't. This virus can be more deadly then the flu for some of the population. Nobody has immunity from it, unlike the flu. There are thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities & elderly housing units where this virus can run rampant if precautions aren't taken. This country has a signifant elderly population in the millions & if only a small percentage die from this, that's a hell of a number.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 10:51:30 GMT -5
I was talking to a few cashiers from Walmart of the Bus yesterday where were exhausted. They were saying people were buying up to $600. and more worth of groceries at a time because of fear of grocery stores having to close for several weeks or more which could be possible. Who knows what will happen. Yes while at the store yesterday a man with his cart filled it with the left over chicken parts on the shelf. Another lady literally grabbed all the whole chickens out the cooler and put them in her cart. I saw families dragging three and four carts at a time full with everything you could think of as they were waiting in line to check out.
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Post by BHU on Mar 15, 2020 13:34:31 GMT -5
There was an author on the tube today who wrote a book on pandemics a few years ago in which he predicted that a pandemic was inevitble. He's saying the pandemic will last at least till the fall & that 45 million people in the U.S. will be infected. Wait till it strikes the homeless population & the drug addicted. Don't look good.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 14:18:23 GMT -5
Not enough hospital beds especially ICU's nor enough equipment. Respirators and ventilators are very small in numbers throughout the USA. I think we only have 100,000 or so. I heard something like that on MSNBC earlier. Yeah Doctors estimate 21,000,000 people will need be hospitalized and not enough beds for that number. Heard that dorm rooms in colleges can be used if necessary.
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Post by Ralph on Mar 16, 2020 12:49:27 GMT -5
I had to go to Faxton this afternoon for a CAT scan, nothing going on here, just a routine lung screening because I had smoked for so many years and they like everyone my age to get one. It was free, so, what the Hell.
Receptionist was wearing a mask, Hell, I would having to wait on all who enter there, but no one seemed concerned after that, no gnashing of teeth or hand wringing going on in the place. In and out, though the streets seemed a little quiet for 1:00 in the afternoon.
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