PrinceFrederickWx

Attached a picture of the Lord Baltimore Hibiscus blooming in my yard. I highly recommend the Lord and Lady Baltimore Hibiscus to anyone in this region that wants to grow flowers- they are the most weather, pest and disease resistant plants I've ever seen (and believe me, not many plants survive in my yard lol).

For anyone who wanted a follow-up to my post yesterday, I have good news- my son is doing a lot better. No one knows what was wrong (including his pediatrician) but he suddenly had a 104 fever, chills, weakness, no appetite and abdominal pain. This lasted about 2 days. His exam and tests were all normal (except for some swollen glands). None of us got sick either, so... fingers crossed. Hoping we don’t get any tropical impacts here- after the deluge Monday night, I’ve got a ton of erosion problems that need to be fixed (even worse than summer 2018).

Final system total was 5.56” from 10pm-5am. Only the July 2018 coastal had more daily IMBY, but that was over a much longer duration. Power’s back and sump pump is working again- I managed to prevent getting a basement flood. It’s a good thing the power went out at the end, rather than at the beginning. My son’s being seen this afternoon. His Dr. thinks it’s unlikely to be Covid as no one else is sick and we haven’t really been anywhere (and when we do, we’re very strict on masks & social distancing). Ticks are really bad in my yard this year (I’ve pulled them off the kids and myself several times) so Lyme is a concern. I’ll let you all know the outcome. Please, no more rain! My 7-day looks awful lol

In just the last six hours: -I got 5.52” of rain -Power went out (and is still out) -Sump pump failed -3-year-old son developed Covid-19 symptoms

He got a mass E-mail sent out- unfortunately as MD switched to the new system, it inactivated thousands of claims by mistake last week. They're working to get this fixed ASAP and get the money out. What a mess.

People don’t trust institutions because they’ve been wrong on everything and keep changing their minds week to week.

Hogan should spend less time puffing his chest about MARYLAND STRONG and more time fixing the broken unemployment system. My brother waited online for 6 hours to refile, then got an automated form in the mail saying he had to call- and the line has been busy for days, you can never get through. Meanwhile he didn't get paid, his career has been destroyed, and he's running out of money... The snarky comments on here about "awww Karen can't get her nails done!" -no, it's a lot worse than that.

MD will be the last state in the country to being reopening- and when we do, it will likely involve mandatory rectal temperature-taking before entering any store.

It’ll be for the modeled cat 5 up the bay this summer that whiffs us and hits Newfoundland. Remember this post.

The IHME has been about as accurate as the GFS was for Joaquin IMBY

Won’t get into politics but this is an important turn obviously: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo-idUSKBN22F0SC

There’s a LOT of ICU docs talking about this, but this NY Times video is a good start: Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell’s videos are all worth watching as he’s an ICU Doc in NYC. I didn’t care for the video of the two CA Docs that went viral FYI

I wasn’t even referring to the viral video of the two Doctors in CA...

This was carefully worded with "in the US", because you know the WHO did indeed say that, which is what the CDC, Fauci et. al. based their opinions on months ago.

That's the current thinking, yes, but who knows if that's correct. Those same "trusted health agencies" told us there was no human-to-human transmission, and there was no evidence masks were needed, the fatality rate was 3.4%, etc. I tend to weigh the opinions of actual Doctors with experience treating patients.more than academics.

This is argumentum ad populum though. There was time when a consensus of experts thought asbestos and lead paint were ok too. I doubt the current knowledge of COVID-19 is the correct answer across the board.

I would also add to my previous post (and I’m seeing this with people I know too), that some cardiologists are cancelling non-emergency visits, so a lot of people are not getting proper heart checkups... you can’t run an EKG in a telehealth visit.

In my opinion I think most of these at home deaths are simply people too afraid to go to the ER for fear of catching the virus. They’ll probably ignore that lingering chest pain rather than get it checked out in normal circumstances. Though I’ve read more and more anecdotal reports from ER Doctors saying ventilators don’t help, it seems like more of a blood disorder rather than a respiratory one, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get another about-face from public health officials on that, just like we did with masks and many other things. It would be interesting if we started seeing excess deaths from home in December through February, months before the panic- if so, it may be a clue as when the virus really arrived here. I don’t know if that data exists though.

I think you're downplaying the mental health aspect. For many people I know personally, this has been absolutely devastating mentally. Loneliness and isolation is associated with higher mortality. People who suffer from depression and anxiety have been told all their lives to mingle with others and get out in the world, now they're being locked away in their homes with nothing but media doomsayers telling them every day that there's no hope for years until a vaccine.

I don’t really understand the logic behind the “14 days of declining hospital admissions” as a metric to reopen in MD. Shouldn’t it be more about the actual percentage of hospital capacity rather than the trend? For example, if we decline from 90% capacity to 80% over two weeks, it’s ok to open, but if we’re at 3% and increase to 5%, we have to stay locked down? Doesn’t make much sense to me. (Those numbers are just made up- I have no idea what our capacity is right now. I can’t find that data)

Did MD start the new policy of testing all the nursing home residents and staff yet? I'm wondering if that's why there's such a big jump in cases (and still a high positive rate).

Regarding dental- most dental offices have closed entirely under the advice of the ADA. My one son has a complex dental problem that was being re-evaluated every 3 months (he’s going to need surgery at some point). Those followups aren’t being done now as the office has been closed since March. And whenever they reopen, they’ll be backlogged for months with missed cleanings. We were told if he starts with pain, we’re just gonna have to drive to Children’s National which is 2.5 hours away and try to find a dentist there.

Hospitals that aren’t being overwhelmed should start bringing back elective procedures. There’s a pretty wide range of what’s being considered “elective” now... I know someone who currently can’t walk and needs a knee replacement, whose surgery was cancelled last month until further notice. I think it’s ridiculous tbh

So is mine... we’re not sure what to do. I think the office itself is probably ok but we have to go through a crowded lobby, an elevator, etc. with a baby that likes to grab everything (especially people’s faces lol). But I’m not sure what delaying will do to help. He’s gonna need 15 month shots in September too and this certainly isn’t going away by then.

I bet a car ride with you sounds something like this