Essential COVID-19 information

[dc2london]

Flatten the Curve: How to help protect yourself and others
www.flattenthecurve.com/

updates from WHO

www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen

The CDC informational site

www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

State Health Department sites

www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/sitesgovernance/

24 hour CDC hotline (english only)

800-CDC-INFO

Testing procedures by state

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1158041?__twitter_impression=true

Health Canada's COVID-19 dashboard

www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

Health Canada's hotline

1-833-784-4397 (translation services available)

A Cybersecurity warning:

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/03/11/warning-you-must-not-download-this-dangerous-coronavirus-map/#308234703253


However it Happened admins are not trained medical professionals. None of this should be considered medical advice. So don't sue us. 

[dc2london]

LMK if there's anything else you all would like to see here or think is helpful!

[dc2london]

Newspapers that have removed the paywall from their COVID-19 coverage include

www.washingtonpost.com

www.NYTimes.com

www.latimes.com/california/liveblog/coronavirus-live-updates

www.wsj.com/news/collection/coronavirus0312-256f2943?mod=article_inline&mod=hp_lead_pos2

www.theatlantic.com/category/what-you-need-know-coronavirus/

www.theglobeandmail.com/

If you can, consider subscribing to one of these news organizations, even temporarily, to show your support for their work to help us all stay informed and safe.

[dc2london]

Parenting and COVID-19 resources

A helpful comic for kids

www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus

www.google.com/amp/s/childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/amp/

NPR Life Kit

www.npr.org/2020/03/13/814615866/coronavirus-and-parenting-what-you-need-to-know-now

A social story

theautismeducator.ie/2020/03/11/corona-virus-social-story/?fbclid=IwAR251aOoKtX0K2SxcSbGBt9y2VDBLHUPTFnLGHRAjn7btoKvbwvxq1WLjus

[hawkward]

BrainsOn also has a podcast explaining Coronavirus in kid terms.

[Pistol]

EPA list of cleaners to use against COVID 19

www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

[mischief]

Is there any way we could do a thread for small businesses run by posters? I know small businesses are being hit really hard, every little bit helps and I know there are a few posters who have really awesome shops. If there is one already ignore me. 

[thatgolfb]

Adding this per request in the coronavirus thread. My lab director, an Immunologist and researcher, gave a lecture today on COVID-19, and I took notes.


The lecture was titled "Are We Overreacting?" And the short answer is no, we are not.

Differences between COVID19 and influenza that make COVID-19 more dangerous, and why we need to treat it differently:
- Twice as transmissible as flu (R noght is 2 versus 1)
- Incubation time is much longer (flu is 1-4 days, COVID-19 is 2-14 days, and there were a couple cases of 28 day incubations)
- Hospitalization rate is 19%, 10-20x more than for flu, which will overburden the health care system
-10-20% more fatal than flu, with the data we have

For age range 20-44, the rate of hospitalization is still 14-20% which is very high (even though mortality rate is 0.1-0.2%, so actual deaths are low)

According to WHO, China has successfully flattened their curve, South Korea is currently flattening, and Iran and Italy are NOT flattening.

**KEY POINT**- Avoiding AVOIDABLE deaths is key. The flu death rate is about 0.05% and the curve is already flat, which means that the current flu deaths, despite having so many of them, are likely unavoidable.

Avoidable deaths include: those caused by overburdening of hospital systems. At our current rate, if we do not flatten, we will have hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations that can't be accommodated.

Sequencing studies show that this was NOT lab derived.

Aerosolization/air transmission is rare, transmission via droplets on fomites is much more of a concern.

In terms of rule out testing- where if you have influenza they do not do testing for COVID, this seems reasonable until tests are widely available because generally viruses are territorial and do not coinfect. Of course, this is not foolproof, it theoretically can happen.

Chloroquine is promising.

In short, shelter in place/ social distancing/ quarantine are all completely reasonable measures we should be taking to ensure that this virus does not overburden our system.

[enchanted]

If you're like me and like to obsessively check numbers, there is this site:

coronavirus.1point3acres.com/#stat

It has both the US and Canada. You can filter by state and even county for the US and the Canadian equivalent.

[dc2london]

Mar 20, 2020 18:55:01 GMT -6 thatgolfb said:

Adding this per request in the coronavirus thread. My lab director, an Immunologist and researcher, gave a lecture today on COVID-19, and I took notes.


The lecture was titled "Are We Overreacting?" And the short answer is no, we are not.

Differences between COVID19 and influenza that make COVID-19 more dangerous, and why we need to treat it differently:
- Twice as transmissible as flu (R noght is 2 versus 1)
- Incubation time is much longer (flu is 1-4 days, COVID-19 is 2-14 days, and there were a couple cases of 28 day incubations)
- Hospitalization rate is 19%, 10-20x more than for flu, which will overburden the health care system
-10-20% more fatal than flu, with the data we have

For age range 20-44, the rate of hospitalization is still 14-20% which is very high (even though mortality rate is 0.1-0.2%, so actual deaths are low)

According to WHO, China has successfully flattened their curve, South Korea is currently flattening, and Iran and Italy are NOT flattening.

**KEY POINT**- Avoiding AVOIDABLE deaths is key. The flu death rate is about 0.05% and the curve is already flat, which means that the current flu deaths, despite having so many of them, are likely unavoidable.

Avoidable deaths include: those caused by overburdening of hospital systems. At our current rate, if we do not flatten, we will have hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations that can't be accommodated.

Sequencing studies show that this was NOT lab derived.

Aerosolization/air transmission is rare, transmission via droplets on fomites is much more of a concern.

In terms of rule out testing- where if you have influenza they do not do testing for COVID, this seems reasonable until tests are widely available because generally viruses are territorial and do not coinfect. Of course, this is not foolproof, it theoretically can happen.

Chloroquine is promising.

In short, shelter in place/ social distancing/ quarantine are all completely reasonable measures we should be taking to ensure that this virus does not overburden our system.

And please don't self medicate with unproven drugs!!!

[mapleme]

Mar 19, 2020 15:14:39 GMT -6 mischief said:

Is there any way we could do a thread for small businesses run by posters? I know small businesses are being hit really hard, every little bit helps and I know there are a few posters who have really awesome shops. If there is one already ignore me. 

I don't know if this got addressed anywhere else, but I came here to tell folks that own small businesses that they should apply for the $10K EIDL grant. You can apply for it here: covid19relief.sba.gov/#/ and it only takes a few minutes. This is for every business with under 500 employees - even just 1. There is a larger EIDL loan available that is a loan, if you need one. But the $10K is a grant.

If you have employees, you can also apply for the Paycheck Protection Program. It will cover 2 months of payroll, rent, mortgage interest and utilities. It's issued as a loan by a participating SBA 7(a) lender, but it can be forgiven (either 100% or a portion depending on if you've retained - or rehired - enough your staff). This is in depth info about both programs: www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/publications/2020/03/small-business-loan-relief-from-cares-act

Also, self employed people qualify for unemployment insurance for the first time ever (even if you haven't been paying in). Check with your local unemployment office about that part. 

[Yogurt]

Apr 3, 2020 11:18:55 GMT -6 mapleme said:

Mar 19, 2020 15:14:39 GMT -6 mischief said:

Is there any way we could do a thread for small businesses run by posters? I know small businesses are being hit really hard, every little bit helps and I know there are a few posters who have really awesome shops. If there is one already ignore me. 

I don't know if this got addressed anywhere else, but I came here to tell folks that own small businesses that they should apply for the $10K EIDL grant. You can apply for it here: covid19relief.sba.gov/#/ and it only takes a few minutes. This is for every business with under 500 employees - even just 1. There is a larger EIDL loan available that is a loan, if you need one. But the $10K is a grant.

If you have employees, you can also apply for the Paycheck Protection Program. It will cover 2 months of payroll, rent, mortgage interest and utilities. It's issued as a loan by a participating SBA 7(a) lender, but it can be forgiven (either 100% or a portion depending on if you've retained - or rehired - enough your staff). This is in depth info about both programs: www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/publications/2020/03/small-business-loan-relief-from-cares-act

Also, self employed people qualify for unemployment insurance for the first time ever (even if you haven't been paying in). Check with your local unemployment office about that part. 

So if we own a small bbq restaurant we can apply for this grant you linked? And it is not a loan?

[mapleme]

Apr 3, 2020 22:20:03 GMT -6 Yogurt said:

Apr 3, 2020 11:18:55 GMT -6 mapleme said:

I don't know if this got addressed anywhere else, but I came here to tell folks that own small businesses that they should apply for the $10K EIDL grant. You can apply for it here: covid19relief.sba.gov/#/ and it only takes a few minutes. This is for every business with under 500 employees - even just 1. There is a larger EIDL loan available that is a loan, if you need one. But the $10K is a grant.

If you have employees, you can also apply for the Paycheck Protection Program. It will cover 2 months of payroll, rent, mortgage interest and utilities. It's issued as a loan by a participating SBA 7(a) lender, but it can be forgiven (either 100% or a portion depending on if you've retained - or rehired - enough your staff). This is in depth info about both programs: www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/publications/2020/03/small-business-loan-relief-from-cares-act

Also, self employed people qualify for unemployment insurance for the first time ever (even if you haven't been paying in). Check with your local unemployment office about that part. 

So if we own a small bbq restaurant we can apply for this grant you linked? And it is not a loan?

Yes to the $10K grant. That is just a pure grant of money into your bank account. The PPP starts out as a loan, and as long as you use it for payroll/rent/utilities AND keep (or rehire) your staff it will be forgiven. If you lay off some of your staff then the forgiven portion will be reduced by the percentage reduction in staff and the remainder will stay as a loan. The goal of the PPP is keep people off unemployment and ready to come back to work for you. But it serves the same purpose as unemployment (government paying people money to live on). You cannot use PPP and EIDL money for the same thing, so if you apply for both, the PPP will be reduced by $10K (but you get the EIDL much faster). If you are self employed, you can use EIDL/PPP money for yourself and when that money runs out (it covers 2 months payroll) you can go on unemployment. That way you don’t use up your unemployment as quickly. I also feel like (based on no concrete information) that the PPP will be extended past 2 months of payroll.

[wildflower]

If you are looking to make your own cloth mask, good patterns and videos can be found her: masksnow.org/

Wearing a cloth mask has the highest effectiveness in preventing the spread of germs that *you* have and does not serve as proper medical PPE.

[brux]

That's an ugly ass-link :-) Here's a shorter one: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfm7fxeyXQWO-Cevey-oyVFz4VtwzbKmHCRGAOUnf-yZzLrjg/viewform

So, to give more info...

I set up a google form to collect info from both people who need help and people who want help. All I'm asking is an email address, your HIH user name, and what generally you need/can offer.

I'm thinking that I can collect this basic info and then be able to match up needs and haves. 🍍 🍊 Fineapple 🍍 🍊 has also asked for access to view and match up responses. I think a second set of eyes is a good thing in this case.



I'm open to personal preference on the next steps, but I was thinking I would just put individual posters in touch, or share an email address of someone who needs with someone who has, so they can sort out the actual details.



I am not going to share any person info of anyone without consent. I am not collecting any money on behalf of anyone.



I'm just thinking of this more as a matchmaking effort, as anonymous as it can be, or as people prefer.



PM me with any questions or comments or issues.

[tj]

Y'all are good people.

[athn64]

Someone in my hometown shared info about this grant program from the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation. It's for small businesses in economically vulnerble areas with between 3 and 20 employees. It apparently just launched today and is for $5K grants. The application is currently down but you can at least check to see if your area qualifies.

www.savesmallbusiness.com/

[AmyG]

FYI Full Cart has moved itself into being a virtual Food Bank now.
fullcart.org/

You can click to donate
or you can click to request food.

There is no real income eligibility requirements,
if you have covid19 or at high risk (elderly, compromised immune system, other health issues)
they will put you higher on the list to get a box of food.

It's not the greatest high quality, fresh veggies and proteins
it's a carb heavy, pastas, some beans, rice

But it's free food to supplement and stretch your food budget.

Note I applied and got a 25lb ish box of food when this all started

[sterling]

Unannouncing this too