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Certain things need to be understood in context of the Lockout orders of various state govts and closure of hospital OPDs.
1. People should not go to Doctor or hospital for something that can wait. So a Gall bladder stone or Cataract surgery can safely be deferred. 1/n
1. People should not go to Doctor or hospital for something that can wait. So a Gall bladder stone or Cataract surgery can safely be deferred. 1/n
However, it doesn't mean stopping treatment of critical illnesses. The govt has also given exemptions to some services amidst OPD closure.
2. Kidney patients on dialysis should not delay their attendance. The OPD closure doesn't stop their treatment.
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2. Kidney patients on dialysis should not delay their attendance. The OPD closure doesn't stop their treatment.
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3. Pregnant ladies should cautiously visit their obstetrician. Ante natal services are available even during closure of routine work. Monitoring of foetus for growth and well being is very critical. So do not miss your appointments.
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@SenSherrodBrown @ewarren I don’t know if you ever see this but I beg you to fight for more action on student loan debt. Focusing solely on federal student loans will not make this large impact you think it will. #COVID19
@SenSherrodBrown @ewarren many people like myself have private loans because before the crash of 2008 that’s all we could get to go to school. I was the first person in my my family to go to college @OhioState #COVID19
My family didn’t make enough money to pay for my school but we didn’t qualify for any federal grants or help. So I took loans out to pay for nursing school. Each year @OhioState sent me notices my tuition would keep going up.
South Korea was doing a heroic job controlling #COVID for the first 30 patients. Then #Patient31 did not adhere to #socialdistancing. Caused 2 clusters responsble for 80% of South Koreas infections. Don't be #Patient31. #CancelEverything #medtwitter graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-S…
Contacts tracked incredibly for the first 30 patients. Up to 450 contacts for Patient 18. 
Attending Church Services and a Hotel Buffet, she exposed thousands of people in a matter of days.
These are scary times. And we’re still not doing enough to contain corona. (#CancelEverything.)
But the reason to act is not that the apocalypse is nigh; it’s that the right steps will save lives and allow us to weather the storm.
So here’s some much-needed optimism.
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But the reason to act is not that the apocalypse is nigh; it’s that the right steps will save lives and allow us to weather the storm.
So here’s some much-needed optimism.
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There are five reasons to be guardedly optimistic about corona’s long-term impact *IF* we act right now.
1)Social distancing works
2)Science is amazing
3)Economies rebound
4)Lemons and lemonade
5)Puppies
1)Social distancing works
2)Science is amazing
3)Economies rebound
4)Lemons and lemonade
5)Puppies
1) Social Distancing Works
Corona is spreading exponentially. In America and many European countries cases of corona are doubling every few days.
But in countries that took extreme steps to increase social distancing, cases of corona have stagnated or declined.
Corona is spreading exponentially. In America and many European countries cases of corona are doubling every few days.
But in countries that took extreme steps to increase social distancing, cases of corona have stagnated or declined.
All the Events That Have Been Cancelled or Postponed So Far Due to the Coronavirus.
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From sporting events to numerous tech events slated for this quarter, here's a list of all the cancelled or postponed events dut to the Coronavirus
E3 2020 Event
The Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3 organised by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has been cancelled. The event was to take place in California from June 9-11 this year.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3 organised by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has been cancelled. The event was to take place in California from June 9-11 this year.
The best #COVID19 option, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, was to develop a good test right away, deploy it in labs worldwide, test all people with concerning symptoms, test the contacts of all people who test positive, and quarantine all people with it. 1/
In the US we deployed a broken test, and now have too little testing capacity (and probably contact tracing capacity) so we're prioritizing (or "triaging") testing.
Triaging means not everyone gets it like they would in an ideal world. It's rationing. 2/
Triaging means not everyone gets it like they would in an ideal world. It's rationing. 2/
That means that many people who are being triaged out – people who are less sick or don't have a clear risk of exposure – won't get tested if they do present to healthcare settings. Many more are simply being told not to present in the first place. 3/
The city of Wuhan, China, where #COVIDー19 started, waited weeks before acknowledging human-to-human transmission and taking measures to control it. Wuhan thus experienced an out-of-control epidemic that overwhelmed the health care system.
Other cities in China watched Wuhan’s experience and imposed strict controls at a much earlier stage in their epidemic: They closed schools, sharply limited social contact, and traced and isolated cases and contacts. These early interventions dramatically slowed transmission.
These experiences, & historical parallels, like 1918 flu, show early and sustained imposition of measures to limit social contact will slow the epidemic. This is desirable for many reasons — fewer total people get infected in a slowly moving epidemic... bostonglobe.com/2020/03/11/opi…
I've been thinking about how different industries are responding to #Covid19 w/r/t social isolation. It's notable that many of the biggest companies telling their employees to work from home are tech companies. And although I poo-poo'd it at first 1/
I actually think it IS because tech companies, especially those in social media, fundamentally understand exponential growth and virality like, deep down in their bones, in a way that other companies don't. ALSO, obviously, they have infrastructure and know-how for remote work 2/
But if you think about what any investor is saying to a portfolio company, it's exponential growth, up and to the right. Any social media company has deeply studied network effects to see how 1 can become 1 million as fast as possible. 3/
