Just heard this...The toilet paper mystery has just been solved. It seams that a man sneezed and coughed in a public place and 1000 people messed their pants ....
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Ewww in my country they use toilet paper as a glove eg push elevator button or opening the door.
Don’t want to know what they use for toilet tissue then. 
Need to change your eating habits mate
Coloursfly
New Member
So, here's my Covid 19 story (as of Saturday).
I work as a nurse (as some of you likely know), I work in a unit with elderly with dementia. Saturday, I got report and was informed that one of my patients had a temp of 39.6 and was given tylenol with effect. No other indicators given. I assessed them and found them exceptionally SOB, cyanotic actually, and their O2 sat was 80%. 2L of oxygen was started and it did not improve, up to 4L and upped to 84% (very low). They was very agitated and attempting to climb/stnd (righty so if you couldn't breathe). They was tachy; pulses from 94-224. They was sent to hospital, and because this was so acute, no nurses actually had time to get PPE on.. nor did we actually think to.. act immediately situation. Admitted to hospital but NOT being tested for Covid 19 as "[they] does not meet the critera". Criteria was met with SOB, respiratory distress and high temp. But, according to the mandate here they "must have travelled outside Canada in order to qualify" [for testing].
As it stands, they have been admitted to hospital and is poor. On a Venti mask. This is generally not a good sign. Still has not been tested. This person 'may' have Covid 19 as they are a resident who gets a significant amount of visitation, and up until Friday there was no restriction on visitation [visitation is no longer possible unless the person is end-of-life]. Because of this lack of routine screening: 1) we 'may' have Covid 19 in a LTC home. 2) may have infected every single nurse and PSW in the unit on every shift. 3) it may now be present in every resident on the unit [exceptionally bad given this is the most vulnerable population]. 4) staff being infected may now be infecting others in the community/family as they are asymetmatic at present.
My question I pose to this forum: Does this make any sense whatsoever when they are trying to stem the spread of this infection?
Please keep in mind that there may be other reasons for these symptoms besides Covid 19, but I believe mandatory screening should have been in place for this. I should also point out that he is currently in the ER still, and has not been segregated from others [according to family].
I work as a nurse (as some of you likely know), I work in a unit with elderly with dementia. Saturday, I got report and was informed that one of my patients had a temp of 39.6 and was given tylenol with effect. No other indicators given. I assessed them and found them exceptionally SOB, cyanotic actually, and their O2 sat was 80%. 2L of oxygen was started and it did not improve, up to 4L and upped to 84% (very low). They was very agitated and attempting to climb/stnd (righty so if you couldn't breathe). They was tachy; pulses from 94-224. They was sent to hospital, and because this was so acute, no nurses actually had time to get PPE on.. nor did we actually think to.. act immediately situation. Admitted to hospital but NOT being tested for Covid 19 as "[they] does not meet the critera". Criteria was met with SOB, respiratory distress and high temp. But, according to the mandate here they "must have travelled outside Canada in order to qualify" [for testing].
As it stands, they have been admitted to hospital and is poor. On a Venti mask. This is generally not a good sign. Still has not been tested. This person 'may' have Covid 19 as they are a resident who gets a significant amount of visitation, and up until Friday there was no restriction on visitation [visitation is no longer possible unless the person is end-of-life]. Because of this lack of routine screening: 1) we 'may' have Covid 19 in a LTC home. 2) may have infected every single nurse and PSW in the unit on every shift. 3) it may now be present in every resident on the unit [exceptionally bad given this is the most vulnerable population]. 4) staff being infected may now be infecting others in the community/family as they are asymetmatic at present.
My question I pose to this forum: Does this make any sense whatsoever when they are trying to stem the spread of this infection?
Please keep in mind that there may be other reasons for these symptoms besides Covid 19, but I believe mandatory screening should have been in place for this. I should also point out that he is currently in the ER still, and has not been segregated from others [according to family].
@Colin_T don't know if it will follow the same pattern but my local shops were really bad for about 10 days then people started realising the supply chains are fine and shops are only running out of stuff because of the panic buying. Seems to be nearly back to normal around here. Shops only have small stock rooms these days and most of the orders are electronically placed based on last week's sales.
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Colin: Maybe Can go to Mcdonalds' and maybe just discard the buns?
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TheTenthDoctor
Fish Herder
you can order a la cart everything on the menu from quarter pounders to grilled chicken
That is bad. The patient should have been isolated until confirmed with or without the virus. The fact they haven't been isolated means the virus will spread if he has it. And if he does have it, everyone in the nursing home probably has it.
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re: my situation.
I can't have anything with wheat, gluten, dairy, preservative, onion, cauliflower and a bunch of other things in due to anti-biotics I was put on years ago. I spent a month on different anti-biotics and they did nothing to fix the problem I went to the doctor for, but they did screw up my intestine and made me allergic and intolerant to half the food and medications out there.
I can't have fast food because they have wheat or gluten in everything, including their chips. I can't have salads unless I have red meat to settle my insides. And I'm not particularly keen on the idea of salads with a virus running around. People breath the virus onto the salad and you got it.
There's no food banks around here and the only place that helps homeless people gives them a bowl of soup (containing wheat) and a couple of slices of bread (made from wheat).
Apparently there is no food in any shop anywhere in Australia. I was talking to some people online and they said the same as me. They go to their local supermarkets any time of day or night and the shelves are completely empty of food and paper products (towels, tissues, loo paper). The people I spoke to live on the east coast whereas I am on the west coast.
Can't order food online from supermarkets because they have no food to send out.
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Hi, I’m a nurse too in Texas but recently retired. I assume if the patient is still in ER that there is a bed shortage??? I would report this to the news with them agreeing not to use my name or be on camera. Just a phone interview. This is horrible and should not be allowed!
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Well how bout you buy a fishing pole and try to catch some fish and then fry em up.That is bad. The patient should have been isolated until confirmed with or without the virus. The fact they haven't been isolated means the virus will spread if he has it. And if he does have it, everyone in the nursing probably has it.
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re: my situation.
I can't have anything with wheat, gluten, dairy, preservative, onion, cauliflower and a bunch of other things in due to anti-biotics I was put on years ago. I spent a month on different anti-biotics and they did nothing to fix the problem I went to the doctor for, but they did screw up my intestine and made me allergic and intolerant to half the food and medications out there.
I can't have fast food because they have wheat or gluten in everything, including their chips. I can't have salads unless I have red meat to settle my insides. And I'm not particularly keen on the idea of salads with a virus running around. People breath the virus onto the salad and you got it.
There's no food banks around here and the only place that helps homeless people gives them a bowl of soup (containing wheat) and a couple of slices of bread (made from wheat).
Apparently there is no food in any shop anywhere in Australia. I was talking to some people online and they said the same as me. They go to their local supermarkets any time of day or night and the shelves are completely empty of food and paper products (towels, tissues, loo paper). The people I spoke to live on the east coast whereas I am on the west coast.
Can't order food online from supermarkets because they have no food to send out.
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
Just before this virus hit they had a sale on toilet paper and paper towels so my wife stocked up. The funny thing is I complained to her about all the toilet paper and paper towels she bought. Now I keep quiet and she has a big smile on her face when ever we hear on the news about the shortage of toilet paper.
I thought about getting some fishing gear but there's no fish here. People have been taking bucket loads of undersized fish from the local waterways for years and there is literally nothing left.
I went past the jetty tonight and there were 6 people fishing. They had been there for hours and had nothing to show for it.
I walk around most nights with a torch and look in the ocean and there is nothing but gobbleguts (a small gray cardinal fish that grows to about 3 inches long).
We didn't even have any crabs around here this spring and summer. There just weren't any baby crabs produced. This is quite bad considering Mandurah (the town I live in) used to be considered the home of blue manner crabs. There are no crabs left here.
The kangaroos have all left. There were only 3 to begin with but one of the females had a joey and she and the joey disappeared in the middle of last year. The male and remaining female left the area in September when the stupid council set fire to the bush and cooked a heap of baby birds and animals.
There's not even any bees here now due to people using ant powders (to kill ants). The ant powders blow around and kill all insects, fish, frogs and reptiles. The only things around here now are ants and flies.
I went past the jetty tonight and there were 6 people fishing. They had been there for hours and had nothing to show for it.
I walk around most nights with a torch and look in the ocean and there is nothing but gobbleguts (a small gray cardinal fish that grows to about 3 inches long).
We didn't even have any crabs around here this spring and summer. There just weren't any baby crabs produced. This is quite bad considering Mandurah (the town I live in) used to be considered the home of blue manner crabs. There are no crabs left here.
The kangaroos have all left. There were only 3 to begin with but one of the females had a joey and she and the joey disappeared in the middle of last year. The male and remaining female left the area in September when the stupid council set fire to the bush and cooked a heap of baby birds and animals.
There's not even any bees here now due to people using ant powders (to kill ants). The ant powders blow around and kill all insects, fish, frogs and reptiles. The only things around here now are ants and flies.
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I think some people are trying to corner the market for toilet paper.to sell at higher prices on ebay or amazon. If you want to know where a lot of the hand sanitizers have gone, read this:
www.nytimes.com
He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them (Published 2020)
Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging. Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks.
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