Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: lease, brokers, landlords)

[lrfox]

Anyone read this? https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/g...onavirus-tale/

It’s long, and it doesn’t tell us much we don’t already know, but It’s a good read and really humanizes a lot of the numbers and headlines we’ve seen over the past few months.

[brightdoglover]

Originally Posted by lrfox

Anyone read this? https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/g...onavirus-tale/

It’s long, and it doesn’t tell us much we don’t already know, but It’s a good read and really humanizes a lot of the numbers and headlines we’ve seen over the past few months.

Globe.com has a paywall.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by lrfox

Anyone read this? https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/g...onavirus-tale/

It’s long, and it doesn’t tell us much we don’t already know, but It’s a good read and really humanizes a lot of the numbers and headlines we’ve seen over the past few months.

I just got done reading this in the print edition. If nothing else, it reinforces how darn contagious and insidious this virus has been.

My conclusion, at the end of it all, was that Mar 3 was the pivotal date when the state experts should have begun acting. There's the DPH epidemiologist who twice dismissed the report from the physician in the Berkshires, and the host of authorities who did not realize the implications of the Biogen event right away. We would probably still be in the current stay-at-home situation had we acted sooner, but the number of deaths would have been likely cut in half. The "comparing of notes" between MGH and UCSF is extremely telling, in and of itself.

[porterhouse]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/h...ronavirus.html

It will be interesting to see what happens with what are currently extremely positive (and hard earned) data trends over the next 2 weeks.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by porterhouse

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/h...ronavirus.html

It will be interesting to see what happens with what are currently extremely positive (and hard earned) data trends over the next 2 weeks.

It'll probably cause it to spread some but it'll be okay, don't think it'd be any worse than Home Depot or Lowes these days.

Maybe this will be the kick in the butt the Pols needed to get things reopen. I guess it was inevitable this would happen with all the tension building from the shutdown. Just needed a spark.

[BostonMike7]

So just a bit of a personal update.

My MIL is still recovering from Covid after contracting it back in early March. She was tested again in early May and deemed negative, but has been complaining of being persistently out of breath. Some Cat scans and tests later, it was determined she still had blood clots and damage in her lungs. Still being treated for that now. Again, she was 61 with no prior conditions. Very healthy woman.

Interestingly enough, she was prescribed Vitamin D to take.

[NewfieMama]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

So just a bit of a personal update.

My MIL is still recovering from Covid after contracting it back in early March. She was tested again in early May and deemed negative, but has been complaining of being persistently out of breath. Some Cat scans and tests later, it was determined she still had blood clots and damage in her lungs. Still being treated for that now. Again, she was 61 with no prior conditions. Very healthy woman.

Interestingly enough, she was prescribed Vitamin D to take.

The clotting is scary, I'm sorry she's still battling it. Do they want her up and moving around? Is she on any blood thinners, or do those not help with the covid-related clotting?

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

The clotting is scary, I'm sorry she's still battling it. Do they want her up and moving around? Is she on any blood thinners, or do those not help with the covid-related clotting?

She's been active for a while. Going out, kayaking, doing short walks, etc. So it's not like she's been housebound. The lingering effects have been more of a nuisance really. Walking up a flight of stairs and needing to catch one's breath. She's started a few meds of which I didn't catch the name. The vitamin D was the only one I can remember at the moment.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

I just got done reading this in the print edition. If nothing else, it reinforces how darn contagious and insidious this virus has been.

My conclusion, at the end of it all, was that Mar 3 was the pivotal date when the state experts should have begun acting. There's the DPH epidemiologist who twice dismissed the report from the physician in the Berkshires, and the host of authorities who did not realize the implications of the Biogen event right away. We would probably still be in the current stay-at-home situation had we acted sooner, but the number of deaths would have been likely cut in half. The "comparing of notes" between MGH and UCSF is extremely telling, in and of itself.

Yeah, I had similar takeaways. The MGH and USCF comparison was extremely telling - the Bay Area and Boston reported a wave of cases at around the same time, but the Bay Area locked down almost immediately. The results speak for themselves.

The thing that also stood out was how hard it was to get tested early on. Like you said, the DPH epidemiologists dismissing the physician in the Berkshires was one example. The Biogen cases are terrifying. We ran into this personally, my father had symptoms in early March. He hadn't traveled to an infected area and was told that he couldn't be tested. Thankfully, the VA in Providence was able to test him, but my mother and my siblings who all had contact with him were unable to get tested. The CDC being slow to implement testing, then putting out flawed tests/having to recall them and start over further exacerbated the response.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

She's been active for a while. Going out, kayaking, doing short walks, etc. So it's not like she's been housebound. The lingering effects have been more of a nuisance really. Walking up a flight of stairs and needing to catch one's breath. She's started a few meds of which I didn't catch the name. The vitamin D was the only one I can remember at the moment.

Blood clots is something that should be treatable. Can be deadly but treatable.