Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmmmm...I have never been called someone?s ancestor before. LOL! On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 5:41 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Correct, in a relatively small number of cases there has been fatal > strokes. The NYC data for March of about 5700 patients show no deaths > under age 14 all hospitalized and all positive for Corona 19. > > The Spanish experiment is for short distances outside accompanied by a in > domicile adult. All previous distancing rules apply. There doesn't > appear to be a large increase in risk vs risk for lowered vitamin D > levels, lowered immune system with little outside exposure, increased > risk of obesity with little exercise ad nauseum. > > There are currently no real interventions for this virus with only hope for > future progress. So, the current best medical information is that if you > are older than about 60, are hypertensive, obese, and/ or diabetic you are > at tremendous risk with this virus. Lesser numbers will have their immune > system suppressed for example people with organ transplants and are also at > heightened risk. Fit, normal immune system, under 50, no history of > smoking/ vaping, not IV drug users are at relatively low risk of death. > > If you fit the protocols of low risk and you live with people of the same > profile then you will be able to go out and do normal things. Caveats > will be wash your hands, wear a good mask, keep your distance from other > people where possible, understand your environment. If your town/ > village has low density and almost no cases then that should be > sufficient. If you live in a dense environment with many opportunities to > touch surfaces that someone not of immediate family touched then much more > stringent protocols are called for. > > Be careful, understand yourself, be mindful of your environment, but > don't be afraid. All of our ancestors survived the black plague, the > influenza of 1927-18, polio, HIV, H1N1. We will get thru this with most > still standing. Be safe and enjoy the delights that we have in this > marvelous civilization. > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 3:49 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > Children least affected? Some disturbing news on the children front > > https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52439005 > > > > On 27/04/2020 20:17, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > > Some bits of sanity prevails. Children are the least affected by the > > > virus. While they may be carriers no one has advocated that children > > just > > > be turned out of the home; it made no sense that a child couldn't go > > with a > > > parent, aunt, grandmother to the bakery as long as all lived in the > same > > > domicile. > > > > > > As different parts of the world start opening up in various ways we > > should > > > start checking date in about ten days to two weeks to see if there is a > > > differential infection rate based on testing. Swedens infection curve > > > appears to be following the same curve as Spains so possibly they are > out > > > of the death spiral as well. The state of Georgia has the most > ambitious > > > reopening(tattoo parlors, nail salons, and patio seating restaurants) > so > > > for the US they will be the canary; lets see what happens in 14 days. > In > > > Georgia the epicenter has been Atlanta and they are the most reluctant > to > > > reopen so this is mostly going to be rural and mid sized cities opening > > up. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:00 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at > > > frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > >> During our enforced confinement here in Spain which has now entered > its > > >> 7th week, arguably the children have suffered the most. Adults could > > still > > >> go out to shop for essentials or to work (if the job did not lend > > itself to > > >> teleworking), but young children had no such excuse; unless they were > > sick > > >> and needed to be taken to the doctor or hospital, they simply had to > > stay > > >> at home. > > >> > > >> So now that the pandemic seems under control, the very first tentative > > >> step towards re-opening of the country was taken yesterday: it is now > > >> allowed for parents to go for a walk with their children younger than > 14 > > >> (older children are allowed out on their own under the same rules as > > >> adults). There are many restrictions: no more than 1 km away from > home, > > no > > >> more than 1 hour, only one adult etc. But still, a small sign of > hope. I > > >> drove along the beach road yesterday afternoon because I had to go to > a > > >> greengrocer that is open on Sundays, and along the way I snapped a > > couple > > >> of pics from the car. > > >> > > >> A father and his two small children on the beach promenade: > > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-m6J32rc/A < > > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-m6J32rc/A> > > >> > > >> A little girl and her bicycle (the mother is just outside the frame): > > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-B6Mg7LL/A < > > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-B6Mg7LL/A> > > >> > > >> A small ray of sunshine in the bleakness. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Nathan > > >> > > >> Nathan Wajsman > > >> > > >> Alicante, Spain > > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > < > > >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > >> > > >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > > >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > >> > > >> YNWA > > >> > > >> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information