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Today’s must-read
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller * Premier Broadcasting in Effingham has published a Facebook post by a local health care worker who was infected with COVID-19. Click here and read the whole thing. You do not want to go through what Morgan has experienced. Be safe.
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- Blue Dog Dem - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:31 am:
Get well soon. Regrettably you’ll be back to work sooner than you want.
- Dotnonymous - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:32 am:
She was one of the lucky ones…she survived…thankfully.
This virus may have long term effects…yet unknown.
- twowaystreet - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:39 am:
Possible long-term effects on individuals: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-next-coronavirus-nightmare-is-what-happens-after-the-icu
- Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:42 am:
Sounds a lot worse than the flu. Thanks for sharing Rich.
- Ok Boomer - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:45 am:
I hope this lady turns the corner soon. Her account is similar to many I have heard. A friend was hospitalized and Northwestern with COVID on 3/24. She was given remdesivir and recovered in a week. She was told she was no longer contagious. Last week, she took an antibody test at Northwestern that tested for three antibodies, IGG, IGA, and IGM. The test revealed that she was still positive with COVID, actively infectious, and had not yet developed any antibodies. Between her release from Northwestern and last week, she believes she infected a friend. This virus is nasty. We must take precautions until we have a firm grasp on how it operates, how long it remains in the body, and the impact remdesivir and other trial medications have on the body.
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:46 am:
Should be given out as a handbill at any and all future IL protests similar to Sunday’s in Springfield.
- bhartbanjo - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:49 am:
Thanks for sharing that.
- Medvale - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 11:50 am:
Perhaps she should share this with her state representative, Blaine Wilhour, who has been bragging to whoever will listen about how he has wagged his finger at Gov. Pritzker to open Illinois back up.
- Brisket - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:02 pm:
-She was one of the lucky one—
And over 99 out of 100 others…
- Langhorne - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:04 pm:
Courageous through and through.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:07 pm:
=== 99 out of 100 others…===
That’s one percent.
Illinois, through testing sits at 4% with confirmed cases.
Please don’t be Dr. Oz and say “3-4% is ok”
Thanks.
To the Post,
Bless her.
That’s sounds so terrible, the idea of isolation is the necessity to stop these infections.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:16 pm:
=And over 99 out of 100 others…=
Are you willing to be the 1? Would you volunteer one of your loved ones?
And your numbers are wrong.
- lake county democrat - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:28 pm:
People and politicians should also read this NYT piece - the longterm effects even after technically “recovered” are uncertain. The “reopen the country” people tend to conflate all illnesses as the same in terms of misery and recovery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-recovery.html
- wondering wendy - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:31 pm:
And some people STILL are not social distancing…..what DON’T THEY UNDERSTAND…..very frustrating
- Huh? - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:47 pm:
“Courageous through and through.”
Because of what she does for a living and where. She is the one keeping the ventalator running when the doctors and nurses are getting all the glory.
- Back to the Future - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:53 pm:
Morgan
Thank you for sharing your experience. Well done, well written review of your experience with the virus.
I actually learned more about the virus than I have from any of the Trump/Pritzker pressers.
Also thanks for your service in health care.
- Dotnonymous - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:54 pm:
- Brisket - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 12:02 pm:
-She was one of the lucky one—
And over 99 out of 100 others…
Can’t fix heartlessness…I fear.
- very old soil - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 1:41 pm:
Very interesting article on faster cheaper and perhaps better way to test and monitor for covid-19
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html
- WeAreAVillage - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 1:48 pm:
I have a family member who works as safety supervisor for non-IL network of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Older man was hospitalized for treatment, tested negative 3 times. Tested again before discharge, tested positive. Testing is extremely complex process, who the heck knows why negative several times. Bottom line is, testing is nowhere near where it needs to be — on multiple levels — for states not meeting federal guidelines for Phase 1 to be reopening.
- Candy Dogood - Tuesday, Apr 21, 20 @ 1:50 pm:
I just want to know what she was wearing for PPE when her employer had her go into that patient room.