I am an ER nurse in Denver. Take COVID seriously, stay home.

Thank you for your service OP.

Joe Blow wrote:

Sadandtrue wrote:

I am an ER nurse in Denver. The Denver ER's are full of otherwise young people in there 30-40s. Yes, we have older people as well but almost equal numbers of younger folks in the ICU on ventilators. Will the younger people die? Probably not but it would surely be horrible to be on a ventilator while sedated (You have to be sedated to be on one). Take care of yourself people wash your hands and stay at home. Most hospitals are not even releasing the numbers that they are confirming on COVID to prevent further hysteria and to make matters worse its estimated one in 30 people who have COVID currently are even tested as the testing kits are few and far between.

Do you think the altitude amplifies there breathing difficulties once the lungs are compromised?

No, Denver is at 5000ft....so not exactly high altitude. Unless they are from out-of-state why would it?

RancidCupNoodle wrote:

Joe Blow wrote:

Do you think the altitude amplifies there breathing difficulties once the lungs are compromised?

No, Denver is at 5000ft....so not exactly high altitude. Unless they are from out-of-state why would it?

I live in CO and 5000 ft definitely makes a difference, especially when you aren’t at full lung capacity. Try racing here compared to sea level and see what happens.

itsNotAcrisis wrote:

HeyKittyGirl wrote:

[quote]smart dude wrote:

We are not testing correctly in the US. There are huge #s of people who are likely COVID positive without realizing it.

So if what you’re saying is true, and tons of people who have it don’t even know it because their symptoms are so mild, this is not such a fatal and dangerous disease. If the number of infected people is significantly higher, that death rate gets watered down dramatically.

All the "bro science" trolls confuse "fatality" and "danger", which are very, very different.

People who die can be taken away and buried, and leave the health care system, and are no longer a problem.

The danger is the survivors stuck on ventilators, clogging up the healthcare system beyond its capacity; THAT is what every one is worried about.

To try to put this in a short phrase with no long words:

The danger is not the deaths, but the organ damaged survivors overfilling the hospitals.

Martial law would be unconstitutional in this case - remember this is the United States of America not some Communist human-right violating tyrannical nation. Ever heard of the Bill of Rights? The Constitutional Ammendments? Enough freedom has already been taken away (I'm surprised legal action has been taken against some of these states that have enacted mandatory Shelter in Place (translation: Home Imprisonment in Place).

Exactly, much worse "100s may die".... Like the flu? If you extrapolate the numbers approx anywhere from 3-10 deaths per state per day (Influenza). Nobody is doubting 100's if not thousands will die. That is a small price to pay for freedom.

Rojo, meet Google wrote:

Here's your reality wrote:

That's easy for you to say. You're getting paid. If you weren't getting paid would you be saying the same thing.

why are posts like this allowed to stay up? Where is Rojo's outrage now?

That post should stay up. Like the nurse, I'm still working, not in healthcare, another essential industry. I can emphasize with the people stuck at home for so long though. People who go from being out of the house for over 40 hours a week to stuck need something. At least the president hasn't taken a golf trip while all this is going on, yet.

Sadandtrue wrote:

Take care of yourself people wash your hands and stay at home. Most hospitals are not even releasing the numbers that they are confirming on COVID..

Here's the deal. If this is true about numbers withheld, it is very counter-productive. If you want people to take this seriously and social distance properly (not crowd at the grocery store), let them know the true situation. We're at day 7 of slow the spread and people are already going stir crazy.

I'm not a denier, but report transparently people in charge. Don't be giving private briefings to senators to give them a stock market advantage. That should not happen. Are the people in charge going to brief those same senators when it's safe to buy back in?