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Passionate Progressive started the topic Russia Sends 60 Tons of Medical Aid to the US in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago

Passionate Progressive started the topic Package and Delivery Tips for COVID-19 in the forum CORONA Virus / COVID-19 1 day ago

Passionate Progressive started the topic How Covid-19 Kills; I'm a Surgeon; Why We Can't Save You in the forum CORONA Virus / COVID-19 2 days ago

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic PPE Competition … in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

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Passionate Progressive started the topic Tim Black: Essential Workers Lives Are Being Sacrificed in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago

Having worked in Washington, DC (Tim’s neck of the woods), I have long thought that mass transit personnel were the most undervalued contributors to the work force. I utilized mass transit a lot – some days were so hot and humid that they were labeled ‘code red’ and free to encourage commuting…The drivers went through hxxx dealing with…[Read more]

Passionate Progressive started the topic Easy (no sewing required) Way to Make a Face Mask in the forum CORONA Virus / COVID-19 2 days ago

A friend just posted a quick way to make a face mask with a bandana and 2 hair bands. I needed to go to the Post Office, so made one and wore it. Lenny filmed me making one.

Posted by Sandy Lenny Heerdt on Thursday, April 2, 2020

(Click the above f/b link and you’ll see the video)

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Notes from NH on Covid in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

@elias39, @fasttense

CONCORD – As the COVID-19 continues to spread across the state with 540 sickened and seven dead, Gov. Chris Sununu announced the state now has 14 makeshift medical surge facilities completed to deal with the projected need in the coming weeks.

Sununu said he feels New Hampshire and much of New England is in a relatively g…[Read more]

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic My older brother was very ill, and he was tested for COVID 19 in the forum General Discussion 3 days ago

Glad he’s getting better!

Passionate Progressive started the topic As Washington Privatized Pandemic Preparation, the national security state left Americans defenseless against coronavirus in the forum General Discussion 3 days ago

Donald Trump’s failure to act decisively to control the coronavirus pandemic has likely made the Covid-19 pandemic far more lethal than it should have been. But the reasons behind failure to get protective and life-saving equipment like masks and ventilators into the hands of health workers and hospitals run deeper than Trump’s sel…[Read more]

Passionate Progressive started the topic The Hill: Dem Leaders Realize They Screwed Up the Bailout in the forum Multimedia 3 days ago

Passionate Progressive started the topic Grocery Shopping in Covid-19 (Revised 3/31) in the forum Multimedia 3 days ago

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic This US Navy captain has balls of steel. in the forum General Discussion 4 days ago

and still works for the Navy as a civilian contractor in the Washington, DC area. I’ve been telling him he shouldn’t be going into work – the supposed schedule this week was MWF….Long story short, someone in his office has come down with CoV….Former husband is over 60 and a cancer survivor at great risk as is my older son who lives with his…[Read more]

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Charts reveal coronavirus spreading faster in US than anywhere else — and it may be too late to stop it – RawStory in the forum General Discussion 4 days ago

fatal flaws in dealing with something like this.

Stay safe everyone!

Passionate Progressive started the topic Live From JFK Airport As Russian Humanitarian Aid Arrives in NYC in the forum Multimedia 5 days ago

Большой Спасйбо Россия!

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic CT scan shows damaged tissue from a covid-19 patient's lungs / Pretty gruesome if you ask me. in the forum General Discussion 5 days ago

Can the damage be repaired or is it permanent?

This article addresses the question – as I read it, they really don’t know because this experience is so new….Apparently, as bad as the damage is, some improvement can be made.

https://www.sciencealert.com/even-those-who-recover-from-corona-can-be-left-gasping-for-breath-afterwards

Passionate Progressive started the topic Russia Sends Plane With Medical Supplies to US for Coronavirus Response in the forum Latest Breaking News 5 days ago

This was also on Democracy Now’s highlights for today – so for those Russophobes this is not April Fool
Russia is sending a planeload of masks and other supplies to help the United States fight the coronavirus pandemic as the number of cases threatens to top 200,000 across the country.
The plane will arrive today, after President Donald Trump…[Read more]

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Postcard from Krasnodar: How is Russia Doing in an Era of Western Sanctions? in the forum General Discussion 5 days ago

@fasttense

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/russia-sends-medical-supplies-coronavirus-159009

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Corruption in the Time of Coronavirus in the forum General Discussion 5 days ago

is that only the little people see this as ‘corruption’. To political and financial elites, this is business as usual.

Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Trump’s Chernobyl Moment: the US May Lose Its Status as World Superpower and Not Recover in the forum General Discussion 5 days ago

If it’s defined by the quality of life of its citizenry, and its humanitarianism, the US missed the mark long before Donald Trump. And I would welcome other than US leadership on the international stage.

Passionate Progressive started the topic US Virus Cases Are Off the Scale– But People Can Build A Movement From This in the forum General Discussion 5 days ago

As of now the U.S. has 164.435 known cases. It will reach a total number of several dozens of millions and will have several hundreds of thousands of dead caused by the covid-19 disease.

Most but not all of those who will die from it will have one or more co-morbid diseases. The number of death in the U.S. will likely be higher than elsewhere…[Read more]

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