Quarantime March Links
I'm going to try to make a sort of time capsule of quarantine by collecting my various posts and shares and such over here so I can look back on them in the future. Here are some link shares from March:
- A Heart Attack? No, It Was the Coronavirus: Cardiologists are seeing infected patients whose worst symptoms are not respiratory, but cardiac. (NYTimes)
"The Brooklyn patient had myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that has been seen in patients with other viral infections, such as MERS — also caused by a coronavirus — and the H1N1 swine flu."
- “We were thinking lungs, lungs, lungs — with us in a supportive role,” said Dr. John Rumsfeld, chief science and quality officer at the American College of Cardiology. “Then all of a sudden we began to hear about potential direct impact on the heart.”
- "... The study, led by Dr. Zhibing Lu at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, found that 20 percent of patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, had some evidence of heart damage."
- A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead (LA Times)
"Sixty singers showed up. A greeter offered hand sanitizer at the door, and members refrained from the usual hugs and handshakes. “It seemed like a normal rehearsal, except that choirs are huggy places,” Burdick recalled. “We were making music and trying to keep a certain distance between each other.” - After 2½ hours, the singers parted ways at 9 p.m.
Nearly three weeks later, 45 have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or ill with the symptoms, at least three have been hospitalized, and two are dead.
In interviews with the Los Angeles Times, eight people who were at the rehearsal said that nobody there was coughing or sneezing or appeared ill.
Before you get angry, the rehearsal was before we all went into lockdown. Please let this serve as a reminder that people are often infectious before they feel or show symptoms, and for you to stay the fuck home." - Disabled advocates warn coronavirus stimulus does not address pandemic's impact on community (The Hill)"There is nothing that the disability community asked for in these bills,” Rebecca Cokley, director of the liberal Center for American Progress’s Disability Justice Initiative, told The Hill in an email.“If anything, in their various iterations the legislation occasionally attempted to make things worse for the disability community with attempts at blanket waivers for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and attempts to exempt people on Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance from being able to access any cash benefits tied to the response,” she added."
- People With Intellectual Disabilities May Be Denied Lifesaving Care Under These Plans as Coronavirus Spreads - Disaster preparedness plans in Washington and Alabama say people with cognitive issues are a lower priority for lifesaving treatment. Disability advocacy organizations have asked the federal government to clarify the plans. (ProPublica)
- CDC issues travel advisory for New York tri-state area after coronavirus kills more than 2,000 (CNN)
- Asian Americans report over 650 racist acts over last week, new data says - “The deliberate use of terms like ‘Chinese virus’ has definitely fanned the flames of racism toward Asian Americans in this country,” one nonprofit leader said. (NBC News)
- The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases - Following a series of missteps, the nation is now the epicenter of the pandemic. (NYTimes)
- UK coronavirus home testing to be made available to millions - Test to be validated this week, then made available to healthcare workers and general public (The Gaurdian)
- 7 Members of Same New Jersey Family Contract Coronavirus, 4 Dead (UPDATE) (Complex)
- Why is distancing utterly critical in the fight agains COVID-19? (The Spinoff)
- What's behind West Virginia's low Coronavirus rate? (CNN)
- The face of coronavirus: Grandmother of 4 dies days after likely contracting virus at church (WSB-TV2)
Political:
- The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life: - The president was aware of the danger from the coronavirus – but a lack of leadership has created an emergency of epic proportions (The Gaurdian)
- States Quietly Pass Laws Criminalizing Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus Chaos (HuffPost)
- ‘The Strike Wave Is in Full Swing’: Amazon, Whole Foods Workers Walk Off Job to Protest Unjust and Unsafe Labor Practices (Citizen Truth)
- If you're not watching Trump's nightly Coronavirus shitfest, here's the summary (Jim Wright, FB)
- The stimulus bill includes a tax break for the 1% (CNN)
- "An open license to pollute": - Trump administration indefinitely suspends some environmental protection laws during coronavirus pandemic (CBS News)
- Secretary Of Interior Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation 'Disestablished,' Tribe Says (WBUR)
- 'Not Done Yet': Bernie Sanders Campaign Mobilizes Donors for Coronavirus Relief and Raises $2 Million - "The Bernie Sanders campaign puts its fundraising prowess to another purpose." (Common Dreams)
- United warns of possible job cuts if government doesn’t act quickly on coronavirus aid (CNBC)
- After Denying At-Risk Workers Paid Leave, Kroger Relaxes Policies Slightly [UPDATE] (HuffPost)
Ohio:
- DeWine 'stunned" FDA limiting Ohio company's mask sterilization technology (10TV.com) --- the headline and article have been changed at time of compiling this to show that they did eventually approve it, but the quote is from my fb share march 29th:
"The FDA has authorized Columbus-based Battelle to sterilize only 10,000 surgical masks in Ohio each day, though the company can sterilize up to 160,000 masks daily in Ohio alone.
|"The FDA's decision to severely limit the use of this life-saving technology is nothing short of reckless," DeWine said in a statement emailed to 10TV. "Battelle's innovative technology has the capability to protect healthcare professionals and first responders in Ohio and across the country, but in this time of crisis, the FDA has decided not to support those who are risking their lives to save others. This is a matter of life and death. I am not only disappointed by this development, but I'm also stunned that the FDA would decline to do all it can to protect this country's frontline workers in this serious time of need."
The allowance of the sterilization of 10,000 masks per day is limited to Battelle's Columbus headquarters. The company is not allowed to send its sterilization technology to other states." - Applauding Release of Prisoners in Ohio Due to Coronavirus Threat, ACLU Calls on Officials Nationwide to Do the Same - "In normal circumstances, ICE has proven time and again that it is unable to protect the health and safety of detained people. These are not normal circumstances." (Common Dreams)
Colorado:
