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I think I am almost guaranteed to get it, eventually. Hoping it’s not too bad. When we have a suspected or positive case, we cover ourselves head to toe, with N95 masks, etc. But what about the patients that aren’t suspected or positive? I still have contact with a lot of people every day. My advice, if you dont need surgery, put it off for a few months, even if the surgeon tells you not to worry about the virus.
Hey, stay healthy, AnesthesiaMD. Will be thinking of you.
If you didn't get the regular flu the last few years and have not had your shots then you are probably going to be ok. While Corona can be caught easily, it is still a cold virus. I've haven't had regular flu shot the last 10 years. I've only had 3 flu shots and not annually the past decade. I've caught the flu only once.
The most important thing is to always wash your hands and it still alarming how many people don't wash hands after the restroom and before eating hand foods.
While Corona spread is headline stuff, the regular flu is over 500k death around the world annually and nobody seemed to care. It still kills people with flu shots. So whether you will die or survive depends on your current health.
health care workers dont have much ability to stay away from people. the DOH has had to change its guidance from the other day when they realized that they would quickly run out of health care workers if everyone quarantined if they encountered a PUI.
Yes, that is a problem. If we keep on quarantining everyone for 14 days that has had contact with a test-positive patient or staff member, we will soon have nobody left. When tests are more available, it will cut the quarantine down to 3 days. We are still not testing anyone who doesn’t show symptoms.
Yes, that is a problem. If we keep on quarantining everyone for 14 days that has had contact with a test-positive patient or staff member, we will soon have nobody left. When tests are more available, it will cut the quarantine down to 3 days. We are still not testing anyone who doesn’t show symptoms.
I'm not sure that testing is going to solve all our problems. I could get tested right now and show negative. I go out grocery shopping an hour later and pick up the virus. Now I'm positive but I'm living my life under the impression that I'm negative. So how do you really know when to self isolate and when it's safe to stop?
I'm not sure that testing is going to solve all our problems. I could get tested right now and show negative. I go out grocery shopping an hour later and pick up the virus. Now I'm positive but I'm living my life under the impression that I'm negative. So how do you really know when to self isolate and when it's safe to stop?
I don't really think we'll be able to be completely safe until a vaccine is available for everyone.
that thought piqued my curiosity and i wonder how deaths of the flu has changed over time. i found one graph but i would like to spend more time finding better ones (would love if someone else found something). i also want to see if i can find data specific to nyc. i remember that at some point (my googling quickly found 2009) new york mandated flu shots for health care workers. i would love to see some data on flu deaths before and after that was implemented.
that thought piqued my curiosity and i wonder how deaths of the flu has changed over time. i found one graph but i would like to spend more time finding better ones (would love if someone else found something). i also want to see if i can find data specific to nyc. i remember that at some point (my googling quickly found 2009) new york mandated flu shots for health care workers. i would love to see some data on flu deaths before and after that was implemented.
here is the one i found:
It's a between 300k-600k in the US annually. CDC website. I know we're panicking over Corona but it has the potential to overtake the Flu because it is a cold virus (easier to catch) and ability to cause flu like symptoms.
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