Bucky wrote:

The Dude wrote:My wife and I are arguing right now bc she wants to go see her stepmother who is really close to passing away. She wants to wear a mask our neighbor made, like go right there right now and just put it on and go see her stepmother. She's at home but has had nurses and aides in and out 24/7 and we have no idea if anyone has been exposed. It's not a heated argument but we are going back and forth

can you possibly find an N95 mask anywhere? Put it out on your nextdoor and describe the circumstances and see if any neighbors might have one??

Awesome, she was texting her friends at the same time and got a sealed N95 from someone around the corner

The Dude wrote:

Bucky wrote:

The Dude wrote:My wife and I are arguing right now bc she wants to go see her stepmother who is really close to passing away. She wants to wear a mask our neighbor made, like go right there right now and just put it on and go see her stepmother. She's at home but has had nurses and aides in and out 24/7 and we have no idea if anyone has been exposed. It's not a heated argument but we are going back and forth

can you possibly find an N95 mask anywhere? Put it out on your nextdoor and describe the circumstances and see if any neighbors might have one??

she just left

It's good that she went. The risk is low to very low if you take all the precautions and people need to be able to mourn the loss of loved ones. It would have stayed with her if her stepmother passed without seeing her one last time. Have her take a shower when she gets home and throw the laundry in the washer, then wipe down the car with some clorox wipes if you have them. Done and done.

Monkeyboy wrote:

The Dude wrote:

Bucky wrote:

The Dude wrote:My wife and I are arguing right now bc she wants to go see her stepmother who is really close to passing away. She wants to wear a mask our neighbor made, like go right there right now and just put it on and go see her stepmother. She's at home but has had nurses and aides in and out 24/7 and we have no idea if anyone has been exposed. It's not a heated argument but we are going back and forth

can you possibly find an N95 mask anywhere? Put it out on your nextdoor and describe the circumstances and see if any neighbors might have one??

she just left

It's good that she went. The risk is low to very low if you take all the precautions and people need to be able to mourn the loss of loved ones. It would have stayed with her if her stepmother passed without seeing her one last time. Have her take a shower when she gets home and throw the laundry in the washer, then wipe down the car with some clorox wipes if you have them. Done and done.

I just wanted her to wear something more than what we had. She wasn't listening to that part

swishnicholson wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I posted in the work thread for god knows what reason, but NJ today 'only' had 106 deaths vs. 175 last Monday. Yesterday's deaths were also much lower than the previous Sunday. So either tomorrow is going to be awful, or things are improving more rapidly than I would've expected.

It will be interesting to see. Clearly the number of cases detected running up to this date haven't really declined much, but that could be more due to expanded testing detecting less severely infected people. Or, not. Could be that death doesn't schedule great, along with the usual bureaucratic idiosyncrasies of the weekend. Certainly hoping it's a trend.

Still a few states to report, but it seems like for the second day in a row deaths in the US will be well below the 1500 mark (in fact perhaps below the 1200 mark). First time that has happened (two days in a row, that is) since April 3.

Pepcid is the new wonder drug?

Well as someone with chronic heartburn who takes two Pepcid a day
1) I am obviously immune to coronavirus
2) This must be why I can’t find fucking Pepcid at Wegmans

What about prilosec? Mrs. Vulture just got a prescription filled for her reflux.

Also, her allegist thinks flovent might help.

They tried Flovent in March. They are literally throwing everything at it

Eem wrote:Well as someone with chronic heartburn who takes two Pepcid a day
1) I am obviously immune to coronavirus
2) This must be why I can’t find fucking Pepcid at Wegmans

I have a hiatal hernia and was literally puking blood at one point from esophageal erosions. I started off on prescription protonix to get it under control and ever since I take one generic off the shelf omeprazole (42 pills from amazon s&s for $12) a day and have no problems.

I was a Zantac user before switching to Nexium. It was like a miracle! Started eating things I hadn't in years. Inadvertently purchased Prilosec before the lockdown and haven't missed a beat.

They all beat the years I kept a bottle of Pepto in my desk and took slugs from it throughout the day.

interesting...zantac >>> omeprazole?

i take one of the latter a day and still sometimes wake up in need of a handful of tums. usually when i have a few mike's before bed.

Uncle Milty wrote:I was a Zantac user before switching to Nexium. It was like a miracle! Started eating things I hadn't in years. Inadvertently purchased Prilosec before the lockdown and haven't missed a beat.

They all beat the years I kept a bottle of Pepto in my desk and took slugs from it throughout the day.

I took Prilosec for a few years for bad acid reflux but then it stopped working for me. Even while taking the drug, it felt like I was having stabbing chest pains randomly and like I was swallowing knives when I ate.

Doctor switched me over from a PPI (Prilosec) to an H2-blocker (Zantac), which I took for a couple years until it was pulled due to the concerns of links to cancer.

Have been taking Pepcid ever since but now that's apparently going to be difficult. Just checked all the usual places and they're pretty much sold out.

Bucky wrote:interesting...zantac >>> omoprepazole?

I'm saying the opposite in my case

I feel like I walked into the wrong trailer in an over 55 central Florida community, but don’t let me slow you lads down.

Wife and I registered for Phila Medical Reserve a few weeks ago but haven't been called to duty. I think they had plenty of volunteers for the CBP testing site and also the Liacouras Center which has barely been used.

This week's questionnaire was to see if we want to help with contact tracing. Supposed to commit a few hours per week to call people who tested positive (and presumably their contacts) and check on their condition. Will be interesting to see if they follow up. Most of what I've read indicates these should be paid positions since they are so important in snuffing out "second wave" outbreaks.

by the way, if you have an FSA, they've opened the floodgates on what can be reimbursed, retroactive to 1/1. So I just submitted all my tums & omeprazole etc. purchases since the beginning of the year and they got rubber stamped, just like the old days. i still may end up losing a bunch of $ by default this year since who knows when my kid's weekly OT sessions will continue, but this really helps.

and thephan GET OFF MY LAWN

I don't know whether to laugh, cry or laugh until I cry.

https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/ ... -covid-19/

North Carolina babyyyyy

New cases today in the US are the lowest since march 30.