nyc-the-reality

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anytime anyone says "must read" well, watch out!

Edited: 04/19/2020 at 05:19 PM by StirfryMcflurry

Read it. Reality, it can be here too, if we're not careful.

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"I remember South Africa in the late 70's, sleeping on the beach at J-bay, smoking ganja with the blacks. On weekends we'd go to the pub in East London to drink beer and fight with the Afrikaners. They liked to fight, I liked to fight. It was a good time"

Another truly insightful and useful StirfryMcDerp posting

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When America was "great"

pretty sure its already here

An addition from Tenfooter:

"Crazy
Everyone back on the streets And no Fucking masks
Anyway
I will see them
At the ICU
In a much different shape"

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UPDATE from Tenfooter:

Hey Guys
Thank you so much for all the kind words and support
People here are really nice and bring food everyday
I can feel the spirit and solidarity of New Yorkers
When you say NY strong, it Is not a joke
Is a reality and I am blessed and proud to help them.
Gladly I see a small decline in the severity of this crap. In the sense
that is not the mayhem I saw ten days ago. We are kind of fixing and dealing with all the complications of the guys who survived, and now are chronically fighting it. I never seen things like that. I don't want to go into technical scary details, but this motherfucker can bring on the game things that are so rare, and lethal as well. But here we are to deal with them.
I see we are kind of going into a plateau, with not so many new cases, which is good.
But sadly, as I was following nations trend, yesterday all hell went loose.
I went to Central Park and witnessed a convention of massive proportions of retards gathering, picnics, jogging, biking, etc. And 60 % of them with NO MASK.
I was having the feeling that people were already tired of quarantine, but that crap was so wrong. I understand you get bored, you wanna go out, socialize, etc.
Well, then deal with the consequences, which may include getting the virus, passing it into your loved ones, getting intubated, end up in ICU, tracheostomy, Dialysis, stroke, Heart failure, or even worst; surviving and dealing with the loss of a loved one that you infected.

yes, the whole deal sucks, but until there's a cure, stay the fuck inside and away from people.
Look at those idiots going en masse to the Florida beaches, WTF are they thinking?

As far as treatment, someone asked me about avoiding intubation and getting in the prone position. If you can, You will do both. But sadly, I am dealing with the sickest of the sickest in ICU. I am also in a team who goes to the floor to evaluate the guys who get decompensated, and I try my best not to intubate them and bring them to ICU, they been fighting it bravely for weeks, and If I can avoid it, I ll do it. But some others have no choice.
Proning is really good, helps a lot in improving oxygenation. Not easy to do, but we do it all the time.

Anyway, lets hope this will pass, and the second wave will be nicer, but there will be one. Be prepared.
For the ones who offer beer, thank you so much. Is a temptation to me to say, just send good IPA. But for now, lets use in a better moment. As a gathering of all of US to celebrate this shit is gone.

Be safe

Sebastian

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