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@Hardhatharry check out these videos for ideas. There are tons of videos on YouTube on how to make your own mask. It depends on what type you want to make. Heres a link to the simplest one ive found. It’s got step by step pictures. You can just lay a piece of that blue shop towel or other filter material inside the handkerchief. http://blog.japanesecreations.com/no-sew-face-mask-with-handkerchief-and-hair-tie And here’s a few videos for more ideas: Here’s one (the video below) made from shop towels, paper clips and a stapler. Just FYI, the video shows the wrong type of shop towels. Those are Scott’s originals. They are made from paper. Ideally you want the Pro version that is made from polyester/ hydro knit, not paper. Or you could go with one like this that has a filter pocket (where you could change out the shop towel filter each day). It only takes sewing in a couple quick spots if you’re up for it:

I don’t know if you saw that video Hapless posted in the other thread on airborne viruses indoors. But they say if you have windows that open you should open up 2 windows at least once every hour. They said it makes a big difference in clearing any airborne virus that may be in the air. I’d also echo hapless’s suggestion to have everyone start wearing masks if possible. There’s an easy video where they use a towel or bandana + 2 layers of that blue “hydro knit” shop towel (has to be that hydro knit material. Autozone or advanced auto should have rolls of it - one brand is Scott’s Pro shop towels (has to be pro, not original), or Zep’s or toolbox’s shop towels (I think harbor freight carries this brand)). A roll of 90 or so is $10-15 iirc. They should really be staying home if they’re sick, but I know that’s not your call. I’d wear a mask if possible and encourage your co-workers to do so as well (or at the bare minimum make sure they cough into their elbows every time so it’s at least somewhat contained).

Tre won’t need to leave buffalo to get paid. He’s most likely going to be one of the highest paid CB’s in the league if/when he signs a new deal here.

Thanks for sharing! I love listening to brandon Beane talk. He usually always gives a good interview.

Agreed. It’s going to be tough to ever even do a national testing and tracing program if it’s left up to each state to decide if they’ll do it or not (and if they have the funding to accomplish it).

New report on distribution of the national stockpile: https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-document-shows-inadequate-distribution-of-personal-protective-equipment-and “New Document Shows Inadequate Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment and Critical Medical Supplies to States”

? I hipe this is at least an option for everyone who wants to vote by mail in November. Nobody should have to risk their health or the health of their family to exercise their right to vote. We know elections by mail work. 25% of Americans voted by mail in 2016. 5 states already have a vote by mail. Oregon has since the ‘90’s and they’ve shown it actually cuts down on election meddling + improves voter turnout.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/829955099/federal-support-for-coronavirus-testing-sites-end-as-peak-nears Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears Another article on this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/07/testing-coronavirus-trump/ Not sure what this means for the hopes of a national testing and tracing program.

https://www.nap.edu/read/25771/chapter/1 Expert consultation on virus survival in relation to temperature and humidity. From about a dozen members of the Academies' Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats. Translation: maybe it will die off with summer, and maybe it won't, but even if it will eventually, while it's a pandemic it may not.

For context: guidelines on who who qualifies for this treatment and their thinking behind issuing this advise:

No, she didn’t say. She just told me about the 40 new patients overnight. Then she mentioned how the nurses were not wearing masks in the hallway. My friend works on the floor below the covid floors, so she only go onto the covid floor a few times a day and hasn’t yet been asked to care for covid patients (but said she knows it’s coming). She told me a week or so ago that she ordered her own masks to wear when she has to go up to the covid floors. She ordered those black fabric charcoal filter masks you see online ($100 for 4 she said! Price gouging *** holes). Said she knows it’s not ideal (or required) but it made her feel better. I can’t blame her. This is all new to her. She normally only deals with patients coming in to see a specialist. Do you think the risk is relatively low out in the hallways then? If that’s standard procedure?

Talked to my friend today who works at a local Erie county covid hospital. They said their covid cases more than doubled overnight. When they left work at 8pm last night they had 24 cases and when they came in at 8am today there were now 64. Said they only have 130 beds for covid right now. Also said nurses are only wearing PPE when they work directly with the patients, they don’t have it on when they’re in the hallways.

As we’ve discussed, i think it’s most likely only a matter of time until it’s cancelled. I’d love to believe it’ll start again, but I just don’t see it. Right now I’m not even 100% sure next season will be able to start on time.

Article on contact tracing: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-policy-watch/is-contact-tracing-getting-enough-attention-in-u-s-coronavirus-response/

Wtf is that? How are you going to tell States and local hospitals to acquire their own supplies and then seize them when they do? ?‍♂️?‍♂️

Wisconsin yesterday: Pictures like this all over the Internet. Might want to start looking into what you need to do to be able to vote by mail (in November) in your state now.

Damn, I got excited for a minute. I thought maybe there was a legit rumor we were trying to trade for Kamara. It’s an exciting idea but I don’t really see why the saints do this, especially if this is Drew Brees’ last season like Sean Payton said.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Confirmed COVID19 cases: Worldwide- 1,422,000 US- 394k Spain - 141k Italy- 136k France- 109k Germany- 107k New cases in the last 24 hours: US - 26,778 France- 11,059 Germany- 4,083 Spain- 3,942 Big spike in deaths today. Over 1800 today (up from 1200 yesterday). Highest single day total yet. ? We also surpassed the death total total from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic (12,500 deaths from April 2009 to April 2010).

I get what they were saying. I was just nitpicking. I thought it was a weird way to word it. Instead of saying “just”, I would have said the Bills “still” have 7 picks in this draft after the Diggs trade, or something like that. 7 picks is the normal amount every team starts with. So we have the normal # of picks, were just missing our 1st and have an extra 6th. We still pick at least once in every round from 2-7. So it’s still basically a full draft (Diggs is just our 1st round pick). like I said, I was just nitpicking. lol

Yep, Just read the IG report on the our hospitals experience responding to the covid pandemic. Here’s the link: https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.pdf There are staff shortages, overcrowding/bed shortages, PPE shortages, shortages on all sorts of other medical equipment, cleaning equipment, food, etc. I’ve read doctors and nurses in NYC saying that they are so overcrowded that have patients dying in the hallways before they can even be moved to a room. Just because they may not be totally out of 1 specific piece of medical equipment yet doesn’t mean that they won’t be soon (many of those 323 hospitals said that they anticipate running out of ventilators soon and don’t know how/where to get more) or that they aren’t facing very difficult problems from shortages in many other areas of need. NYS had to get 1000 from China to keep from running out this coming week. Other hospitals are reporting acquiring ventilators by unusual means or converting other less than ideal equipment to use as ventilators (as you mentioned) and can potentially spread covid19 (by aerosolizing it). It’s not like there’s an abundance of them or something. They’re taking drastic measures to ensure they have enough. Interview with Doctors at NY Presbyterian hospital: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/ventilator-shortage-new-york-hospitals-coronavirus That part about “we got a new ventilator, let’s get somebody on it” implies that they’d have already been on it if they had more. Read this survey of 250 healthcare workers and all the shortages they’re facing: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/system-doomed-doctors-nurses-sound-nbc-news-coronavirus-survey-n1164841 NYC’s morgues are also over capacity. They had to set up something like 50+ new mobile morgues (and those are reportedly already almost at capacity too). They’re talking about soon having to temporarily bury people who died from covid in the local parks. And They say this next next week is probably going to be the toughest yet. I’m hopeful things are trending in the right direction but we have a long way to go before we are out of the woods.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001108552/article/afc-east-roster-reset-patriots-vulnerable-after-tom-bradys-exit “AFC East roster reset: Patriots vulnerable after Tom Brady's exit?” I got a laugh out of the author saying that the Bills, after the Diggs trade “have just 7 draft picks” total in this (7 round) draft... lol

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/hbo-free-streaming-us-launch-1234570139/ If you’ve never watched these series I’d definitely recommend checking them out. Especially The Wire (maybe the best series ever), The Sopranos & Ballers (it’s a show w/Duane “the rock” Johnson about the NFL. If you’re a sports fan you will most likely really enjoy the series. There’s even some bills related mentions).

This is going to be an interesting draft. I’m excited to see how it all plays out. Will they be more lenient if a team doesn’t get a pick in on time? At least If there are any issues they should hopefully be worked out before we pick on day 2.