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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/mask-shortage-for-most-health-care-workers-extended-into-may-post-ipsos-poll-shows/2020/05/20/1ddbe588-9a21-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html ‘Mask shortage for most health-care workers extended into May, Post-Ipsos poll shows’

@JohnC AHL it is.

Anyone get their mask for Dhvani yet? @Just Jack did you?

Wasn’t sure where else to put this. ?

Definitely sounds pretty cool. I’ll watch it if they have it.

It’s vitamin C and zinc, and in super low doses none the less. What a massive ripoff. 120mg of vitamin C. 11mg of zinc. 60 capsules for $45! You’d get more vitamin C eating an orange. For comparison, a 100 count bottle of 1000mg vitamin C is about $6-9. 500mg vitamin C is even cheaper. A bottle of 100 count 50mg zinc is about $2.50. Snake oil salesman taking advantage of people’s fears during a pandemic. What a douche.

My cousin is supposed to get married in early September. So far she has no plans to change it (she thinks this pandemic is no big deal and makes fun of people wearing masks ?). I already told her that if she goes through with it unfortunately my family won’t be able to attend. I apologized but said that we couldn’t take the risk (we have high risk family members). A number of others in my (extended) family have already told her the same thing. I feel bad but a wedding certainly isn’t worth putting my family at risk. My sister was supposed to get married in October. She already cancelled her wedding and is hoping to do it next fall. She didn’t think it was right to ask people to put themselves at risk for her wedding, and she said when she does have the reception she wants everyone there to have a good time, not to be worried about getting sick if they talk too close to someone or dance with someone (etc). I agreed with her.

So I wonder what happens if the “new hospitalization” rate holds steady where it is? 3 days ago it was at 20. 2 days ago it was 17. That’s an 18.5 average. If yesterday’s rate wasn’t below 15, we would technically fail the 1st metric, right? So what happens then?

I’m going to have to check mine. Thanks for sharing this.

I am not sure. He is 27yrs old so if I had to guess I’d say he will probably at least get a shot at making the Sabres roster. Rochester seems more likely though.

2 weeks minimum before phase 2. Not sure about phase 3.

More detailed guidelines: https://forward.ny.gov/industries-reopening-phase and here is a tool to look up your business and see if it qualifies to reopen: https://www.businessexpress.ny.gov/app/nyforward

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/05/12/fact-check-did-woodstock-take-place-middle-pandemic/3094481001/ I see this story about the 1968 flu pandemic and Woodstock making its rounds on social media. Here is some context. (no, it was nothing like this coronavirus pandemic)

I’m just happy that there will (hopefully) be football to watch.

It will be more important now than ever to follow all the safety guidelines, especially wearing masks and social distancing. We are only entering phase 1 of reopening. That is nowhere near “back to normal”, and it is not a guarantee that we will be able to move to phase 2 (or even that we’ll be able to stay open in phase 1). We barely met the hospitalization metrics needed to be able to open. If people don’t obey the safety guidelines we will close back up as quickly as we opened...

@Hapless Bills Fan it looks like WNY did meet the 2nd criteria for hospitalizations, but it looks like it’s only because of that big dip 2 days ago. Look at the bottom right chart. 19 hospitalizations, then 5, then 20. So, if my math is correct that would be a 14.6666 average. We could fail it as quickly as we met it though, if we don’t see more dips in hospitalizations.

I would almost think that Every player+coach+NHL & team employee would have to quarantine for 2 weeks upon return. Then they’d have to be kept in quarantine for the entire length of the playoffs (until they were eliminated) and have all of their interactions with anyone/everyone in the hotels limited to those who have stayed in quarantine. How else do you ensure that this virus doesn’t make it into one of the hotels the players are staying at? Imagine how quickly it could spread if it did? Or if it made it into a locker room? There’s really no way to do it without any risk. So I guess it’s up to the NHL & NHLPA to decide if they’re willing to take the risk. I’d love to watch some playoff hockey, but I also don’t want to see anyone put at risk.

Sounds like it would be 1-24 by points percentage, which would put the Sabres on the outside. They’d be 1 of 7 teams not to make the playoffs. But it sounds like we’d at least get the chance at the #1 overall pick. I still don’t see how they can finish this season but they seem determined to try.

Where do you see the data that shows 15 new hospitalizations over the last 2 days? I can’t seem to find it. I don’t know if it’s not available on mobile/tablet? Or if I’m just missing it.

We had a big drop in hospitalizations yesterday. From 204 to 189 https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region So I’m guessing we must be under the “15 new hospitalizations every 3 days” criteria? Seems a bit surprising, but I’m glad to hear it.

Be careful of some of those disposable paper masks for sale on amazon. From the description of that 50 pack for $35: That would definitely make me pause before buying them. My sister bought some of those 3 ply paper masks off amazon and they were garbage. They are super thin. Maybe she just picked a bad seller, I don’t know. But they were terrible. Personally, I’d wear a home made mask over these. As far as masks being generally available, I would say “it depends on what type of mask”. You can find foreign made masks and fabric masks but you can’t order n95 masks from almost anywhere. Maybe the Chinese kn95 but not our 3M masks. You can’t get them from websites like home depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, etc like normal. You can’t order p100 respirator masks for painting either. There are cheap 3 ply paper surgical look-alike masks available for purchase like the ones described above. But they’re not surgical grade masks from what I’ve seen for sale. I haven’t been able to find any surgical grade disposable masks (at least not for s price I’d be willing to pay). I was able to get 9 Chinese made disposable kn95 masks. A 4 pack from amazon and a 5 pack from a friend who’s boss ordered 1000 of them from China for all his employees. They are ok. Better than a paper mask or piece of cloth/bandanna. But they are the best I’ve been able to find. If anyone has been able to find real n95 masks or real surgical grade masks, please share the link. I would love to get some.

Also try an auto parts store. I got a box from there a while back. Got em at Napa. I only have a couple pairs left or I’d offer them to you. Autozone or advanced auto may have them as well. Maybe try harbor freight too. Back before this started they had a whole section filled with different types of latex, nitrile, vinyl gloves. Edit - hey, I checked the auto parts websites. They all say you have to call the store to buy them. So they may have them, you’ll have to call, but they’re not shipping them. You’d have to go pick them up (that’s what I had to do). I checked amazon but most places weren't delivering until July. If you can’t find them elsewhere, I did find these available to ship on Walmart.com. Says they arrive by May 26th. But they’re sold by a 3rd party, not directly by Walmart. I have bought stuff like that before (not from that seller), but prefer to buy it from the ones listed for sale from Walmart.com whenever possible. Maybe there’s a better option. Here’s the disposable gloves they show for sale. https://www.walmart.com/ip/100-Shield-Nitrile-Blue-Disposable-Powder-Free-Gloves-Non-Latex-Vinyl-Exam-Small/295081411 Here’s the disposable gloves for sale on Walmart.com: https://www.walmart.com/browse/health/disposable-gloves/976760_2571007_9602421

Definitely not “just an average flu” (if there’s anyone left who actually still believes it is...).