Covid-19++: 2nd verse same as the first...maybe.

[Raddy]

Barry makes this all tolerable

 

[Call Me Tim]

Yep.
We got Death panels in parts of the Borderlands who are deciding which old ppl are probably gonna die from this and sending old ppl home to die, no treatment cuz we cant waste resources.
Fucking sucks. Abuela n Pop Pop shouldnt have to die like that.

A society that doesn't care about it's unborn, will not care about its elderly. --- GroyperSupreme

 

[.wil]

We're also kiiinda diagnosing them n treating them as positive depending on how they present (STFU @GroyperSupreme about wils moms presents shes a lovely woman)

+ chest ct with ground glass inflitrates
+ increasing ck
+ increasing interlukins
+ d dimer
+ flu like symptoms


Any combo of two or more, you a rona child.

Soooo, just about everyone. Ground glass infiltrates are nonspecific findings and in everyone with pulmonary edema and/or pneumonia. Cxrs are only 13% effective at detecting likely covid, and that's just if they're symptomatic. CT is nonspecific for covid to begin with.

 

[Raddy]

A society that doesn't care about it's unborn, will not care about its elderly. --- GroyperSupreme

Texas is pro life af and you know that.
Its also poor af in these areas tho. And most of those hospitals were stretched thin even b4 Rona. Its a serious lack of resources.

 

[.wil]

A society that doesn't care about it's unborn, will not care about its elderly. --- GroyperSupreme

It's creepy you're old enough to be my dad and know my mom presents.

 

[Call Me Tim]

Soooo, just about everyone. Ground glass infiltrates are nonspecific findings and in everyone with pulmonary edema and/or pneumonia. Cxrs are only 13% effective at detecting likely covid, and that's just if they're symptomatic. CT is nonspecific for covid to begin with.

So there's no real test. Sounds like we have two or three strains of covid. One that kills, one that infects and one that is dormant/breeds. Or could this be the lifecycle of the virus. That it's staged like say a parasite.

 

[Call Me Tim]

Texas is pro life af and you know that.
Its also poor af in these areas tho. And most of those hospitals were stretched thin even b4 Rona. Its a serious lack of resources.

Not according to Roe V Wade.
ICU's are typically at 75% aren't they?

 

[Raddy]

Soooo, just about everyone. Ground glass infiltrates are nonspecific findings and in everyone with pulmonary edema and/or pneumonia. Cxrs are only 13% effective at detecting likely covid, and that's just if they're symptomatic. CT is nonspecific for covid to begin with.

My docs love the CTs here idk why, so much so that they make us drag crashing pts into them.
I think its cuz our covid tests were taking days to come back up until recently n they wanted a differential dx? Fuck if i know im just the dumbass in lead trying to keep an ETT in place

 

[.wil]

My docs love the CTs here idk why, so much so that they make us drag crashing pts into them.
I think its cuz our covid tests were taking days to come back up until recently n they wanted a differential dx? Fuck if i know im just the dumbass in lead trying to keep an ETT in place

Full physical exam? Nah, to CT! CT is very good tho for emergent pts. Hope you wear lead to include a thyroid collar. I can hold pts getting cxrs all day and never come close to the dose received by standing at the head of the bore during a CT. Also fun fact: a 0.5mm lead apron only attenuates 70% of the xray beam

 

[Raddy]

So there's no real test. Sounds like we have two or three strains of covid. One that kills, one that infects and one that is dormant/breeds. Or could this be the lifecycle of the virus. That it's staged like say a parasite.

Theres so much we dont know or understand about this virus that i will gladly admit we're trying everything we can think of to slow or stop it. It would be great to study it but fuck off with all the death n dying parts. Fucking sucks. It killed babies here too.

Not according to Roe V Wade.
ICU's are typically at 75% aren't they?

Ehhhh depends.
So Texas is a big state, and these smaller county hospitals typically have maybe a 10 bed icu. Thats for a region of maybe 150-200 miles, and usually they ship out anyone super sick and needing specialized treatments (crrt, ecmo, neuro surgeries. Etc). They take barebones cases they can treat easily there. Usually they run with maybe 5 pts during summer, up to 10 during flu season.

Then you have critical access hospitals, with even less ICU capibilities. They stabilize n send out, immediately.

All the super sick cases and ppl needing specialized shit get flown or w/e to the Regional care hospitals. They cover areas of up to 500 miles, specialize in a multitude of high end treatments, and accept any and all cases. They run at 50-75% icu capacity during flu season. Summer time is usually slower so they schedule alot of 'elective' stuff then.

 

[Raddy]

Full physical exam? Nah, to CT! CT is very good tho for emergent pts. Hope you wear lead to include a thyroid collar. I can hold pts getting cxrs all day and never come close to the dose received by standing at the head of the bore during a CT. Also fun fact: a 0.5mm lead apron only attenuates 70% of the xray beam

I cant wait to glow in the dark n sprout an extra finger
From my bellybutton

 

[Call Me Tim]

Also fun fact: a 0.5mm lead apron only attenuates 70% of the xray beam

Translation: My balls are radioactive. Talk about burning seed.

 

[.wil]

I cant wait to glow in the dark n sprout an extra finger
From my bellybutton

More like get cataracts and play the cancer lottery

 

[Raddy]

Mo

More like get cataracts and play the cancer lottery

Ive already got like 50 tickets to the adenoma powerball. Im set.

 

[Raddy]

I didnt know that shit causes cataracts

 

[Quence]

Scuba gear: incoming

Everyone will become bubble boys and girls

 

[lurk]

Yeah theres apparently clusters of symptoms ppl get, some ppl get the fever, respiratory symptoms, ect etc. Others get the weirdo GI ones, some lose taste/smell, others dont...
Its a fucking weird virus. At first i wasnt seeing alot of ppl with elevated liver enzymes with it either. Just high white counts n CK. Now its flipped, moderately high CK, high af liver enzymes, but no white counts.
Seems like the hypertensive ppl get the worst of it in my experience.

had the worst case of head cold/flu ever back in late jan. lost ability to smell anything and dulled my sense of taste. got over it in about 2 weeks. sucked though and still had to work through it sorting sunflower seed.

 

[Call Me Tim]

My docs love the CTs here idk why, so much so that they make us drag crashing pts into them.
I think its cuz our covid tests were taking days to come back up until recently n they wanted a differential dx? Fuck if i know im just the dumbass in lead trying to keep an ETT in place

CT's are expensive. You can't pay for it if you don't use it. They are deferring the cost through needless CT scans.

 

[Raddy]

had the worst case of head cold/flu ever back in late jan. lost ability to smell anything and dulled my sense of taste. got over it in about 2 weeks. sucked though and still had to work through it sorting sunflower seed.

Yeah there was a weird bug going around then n i wonder if it was the start of all this n we didnt realize it.

If it was, i hope they are wrong about the lack of immunity post infection.

 

[Raddy]

CT's are expensive. You can't pay for it if you don't use it. They are deferring the cost through needless CT scans.

Eh thats more machiavellian than i think theyre capable of.
I think its moreso the need for a differential plus the 'well fuck what else can we do' mindset. Thats kinda the mindset for this whole situation tbh.