Sexual Wellness and Safe Sex related Discussions

[Phordphan]

"In a speech posted on YouTube Sunday afternoon, Lopez Obrador suggested May 10 as a possible date to begin lifting lockdown measures in the country, but would make the decision after meeting with scientists and experts. "

Data on Sunday showed Mexico has lost more than 130,500 jobs in March and some economists see the country sinking into an even deeper recession than a devastating crisis in the mid-1990's.

Google: Mexico President Faces Threats of Tax Revolts in Some States.

For more info.

130 K jobs in March alone. Contrast that with fewer about 4,600 total cases and fewer than 300 deaths in the whole country at this point.

[DramaFree11]

"In a speech posted on YouTube Sunday afternoon, Lopez Obrador suggested May 10 as a possible date to begin lifting lockdown measures in the country, but would make the decision after meeting with scientists and experts. "

Data on Sunday showed Mexico has lost more than 130,500 jobs in March and some economists see the country sinking into an even deeper recession than a devastating crisis in the mid-1990's.

Google: Mexico President Faces Threats of Tax Revolts in Some States.

For more info.

M.

They will cave in 7-10 days. Texas is opening up soon, so I would imagine around the same time they will open up.

[Travv]

"In a speech posted on YouTube Sunday afternoon, Lopez Obrador suggested May 10 as a possible date to begin lifting lockdown measures in the country, but would make the decision after meeting with scientists and experts. "

Data on Sunday showed Mexico has lost more than 130,500 jobs in March and some economists see the country sinking into an even deeper recession than a devastating crisis in the mid-1990's.

Google: Mexico President Faces Threats of Tax Revolts in Some States.

For more info.

[Captain Solo]

Mexican medicines seem a lot harsher than the US' equivalents. Not sure how much you could save.

There is a doctor in an alley off Calle 2 near Revo, but each script will cost $10-15 plus a long wait.

International Farmacia, on Calle 2 at the trinket alley next to McDonald, will sell without script. Their prices are slightly higher.

[ShadowJ]

I know a few years ago, the farmacias started requiring prescriptions to get antibiotics like the Z-Pack. With what's been going on, I'the like to try to stock up for myself and family next time I go down there. Are there any of the 50 peso consult places that will just write my script without wasting my time with having to say I have an infection?

[Captain Solo]

CoVid-19 takes hold in Tijuana with 150 cases confirmed, many more untested or unreported.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2x5XlrEw3U

Tijuana's Already Strained Hospitals Feel Even More Pressure As Pandemic Takes Hold.

KPBS.

While Mexico has lagged behind the United States in Coronavirus cases, the pandemic has begun to take hold south of the border.

The largest hospital in Baja, California, Tijuana's General Hospital, is straining under the pressure. KPBS reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler and video journalist Matt Bowler show us more.

[Sound7]

Under reporting the COVID 19 death, lack of tested individuals. Home death would not be considered COVID 19 death, unless a person tested positive for COVID 19. Symptoms of COVID 19 with no positive test. Cause of death. Influenza + other underlined conditions. Most cases in one minority group in USA, 60 percent. Not sure why we are not addressing the death issue directly. Poverty and lack of medical access mentioned by various Public Health Departments. Dragging our feet, sure want to be PC, really at this time? Corona virus does not care about race or nationality at this stage. COVID 19 killed thousands starting in Wuhan / China and now the whole world.

Sanitation standards and Social Distance. Tx.

Tijuana. Would be greatly modified in the near future.

The majority of infections result in mild or maybe no symptoms. Yet it's killing everybody. People are dying in their houses, untreated, from the virus. Yet those people aren't tested because we don't test dead people. Yet we know they died of the virus.

Am I the only one having difficulty following the logic here?

[Travv]

Vendors in Soroti Main Market have deployed bouncers to enforce safety measures against the spread of coronavirus. The bouncers are tasked to deny customers who refuse to wash hands access to the market.

Mr George William Eriebat, the chairperson of Soroti Market Vendors Association, said the initiative was taken following concerns that some customers were rushing past handwashing facilities.

"You will not know who is infected with the virus. The best is to observe hygiene by frequently washing hands but some people have been ignoring that," Mr Eriebat said.

"If you do not want to wash your hands, you go back to your home other than spreading the coronavirus," Mr Enangu said. The vendors have placed handwashing facilities in different spots of the market. They have also barricaded their lockups as a measure for social distancing to prevent customers from getting into contact with them and their commodities.

Mr Peter Okoth, one of the bouncers, said their purpose is basically to counter indisciplined customers who try to defy the order. "Those who try to defy the regulations at the entrance will be denied any entry to the market," he said. . . "

Seems clubs and restaurants in Tijuana should be enforcing hand washing and IR thermometer forehead fever checks at the door so the customers can come back without worries. . .

I was in a San Diego store that had hand disinfectant at the door so customers could do this. . .

[Phordphan]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavir...144532120.html

A majority of people infected with the Covid-19 show no symptoms or little symptoms. And for the deniers, the Covid-19 is now killing more than 1,200 Americans each day. Well sort of because we don't test dead people that died in their homes since we are short on test kits.

The majority of infections result in mild or maybe no symptoms. Yet it's killing everybody. People are dying in their houses, untreated, from the virus. Yet those people aren't tested because we don't test dead people. Yet we know they died of the virus.

Am I the only one having difficulty following the logic here?

[Jackie888]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavir...144532120.html

A majority of people infected with the Covid-19 show no symptoms or little symptoms. And for the deniers, the Covid-19 is now killing more than 1,200 Americans each day. Well sort of because we don't test dead people that died in their homes since we are short on test kits.

[Jackie888]

Eurekalert .

04/06/2020.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

Both surgical and cotton masks were found to be ineffective for preventing the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 from the coughs of patients with COVID-19. A study conducted at two hospitals in Seoul, South Korea, found that when COVID-19 patients coughed into either type of mask, droplets of virus were released to the environment and external mask surface. A brief research report is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

During respiratory viral infection, face masks are thought to prevent transmission, leading health care experts to recommend their use during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a shortage of both N95 and surgical masks, which have been shown to prevent the spread of influenza virus, cotton masks have gained interest as a substitute. However, it is not known if surgical or cotton masks worn by patients with COVID-19 prevent contamination of the environment..

"May not" is either a cover your ass disclaimer, or they are uncertain. If I don't have an N19, I would wear anything including a cotton or surgical or even a scarf, plus glasses to protect my eyes. That should protect me from an accidental sneeze. I can always remove the mask immediately after getting sneezed on.

But right now we are approaching the peak of the contagion, I would just stay inside.

[Travv]

"3 Weeks Ago Newsom Said 25.5 Million People in California Would be Infected with Coronavirus Over 8-Week Period. Actual Number Today? 15,247.

Three weeks ago Governor Gavin Newsom projected that 56% of California's population — or 25.5 million people will be infected with the Wuhan Coronavirus over an 8-week period.

Since we are nearly at the halfway point of Newsom's prediction, we thought we would check in.

As of Monday morning, California has 15,247 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 350 deaths — OUT OF about 40 million people!

California is one of the largest economies in the world, yet the entire state has been virtually shut down because 0.04%. Of the population has confirmed infections and 0. 0009%. Of the population has died from the virus. . . "

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...r-today-15247/

[Travv]

Eurekalert .

04/06/2020.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

Both surgical and cotton masks were found to be ineffective for preventing the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 from the coughs of patients with COVID-19. A study conducted at two hospitals in Seoul, South Korea, found that when COVID-19 patients coughed into either type of mask, droplets of virus were released to the environment and external mask surface. A brief research report is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

During respiratory viral infection, face masks are thought to prevent transmission, leading health care experts to recommend their use during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a shortage of both N95 and surgical masks, which have been shown to prevent the spread of influenza virus, cotton masks have gained interest as a substitute. However, it is not known if surgical or cotton masks worn by patients with COVID-19 prevent contamination of the environment.

Researchers from Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea instructed 4 patients with COVID-19 to cough 5 times each onto a petri dish while wearing the following sequence of masks: no mask, surgical mask, cotton mask, and again with no mask. Mask surfaces were swabbed with aseptic Dacron swabs in the following sequence: outer surface of surgical mask, inner surface of surgical mask, outer surface of cotton mask, and inner surface of cotton mask. The researchers found SARS COV-2 on all surfaces. These findings suggest that recommendations to wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may not be effective. . . ".

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-nsn040620.php

Contra: Masks help you to not touch your mouth or nose.

As long as you handle the mask properly (don't touch the inside of the mask when doffing, it can be an effective tool as part of a tool box to minimize potential infection.

And it is better than nothing.

[Jackie888]

I have family working in health care. They told me to avoid people the next two weeks. The reason is it will be peak of the incubation period for the people that has the Covid-19. People in the ICU will start dying in mass. And people who are carrying the virus but are not that sick will be at their peak contagion.

[Travv]

The coronavirus entered Milwaukee from a white, affluent suburb. Then it took root in the city's black community and erupted. As public health officials watched cases rise in March, too many in the community shrugged off the warnings. Rumors and conspiracy theories proliferated on social media, pushing the bogus idea that black people are somehow immune to the disease.

As of Friday morning, African Americans made up almost half of Milwaukee County's 945 cases and 81% of its deaths in a county whose population is 26% black.

In Michigan, where the state's population is 14% black, African Americans made up 35% of cases and 40% of deaths. In New Orleans, 40% of the state's deaths have happened in Orleans Parish, where the majority of residents are black. The Connecticut Mirror.

Commenters: 40% of African American males and females have high blood pressure.

African Americans are 60% more likely to have Type II Diabetes.

40% of African American men and women over 30 are obese.

Just remember, one out of twenty AAs in DC are HIV+, and that's just the ones who bothered to get tested. No telling what the real infection rate is.

If you are obese, have diabetes or high blood pressure. Shelter in quarantine and wear a mask and gloves.