COVID-19: Let's Stick Together Virtually

@merprep and fiesty 76 Thank you for responding so quickly. I did go to see the doctor. The waiting room was weird. No one in it. A few people came in while I was waiting. Well, fluid in one ear and apparently an infection in the other. This can be causing dizziness and awful sore throat. Strep test came back negative. I have a prescription for augmentin, recommended Flonase also. I will see if this helps. If not he will look further. His nurse told me they are not seeing any people with respiratory issues that may be part of the corona virus. These people are being told to stay in and go to ER if necessary. He said the corona virus is viral and there is not much to be done as with other viral viruses. Hospitalization is needed for some. Thank you again and let's keep this forum open. I admit I am frightened. not so much about the virus, but about people. We will destroy ourselves with selfishness, ignorance and hate . The toilet paper incidents is the beginning.

@fiesty 76 Thank you. I was glad there weren't people in the waiting room. It just seemed eerie. Everywhere and everyone tells the story of our present situation. It is not bad when I am at home doing the usual at home things, but when I leave my safe place I am hit as to what is happening. I ordered carry out from a favorite restaurant on my way home. It was a place to sit down and enjoy good food and company. Today we had to park around back and my food was brought out to the car. The devastation will soon be felt. So sad. I pray this medication works. He prescribed Amox-Clav 875 mg. Pretty strong antibiotic. Will kill many infections. Guess the doctor thought why not treat the present problem and any other that may be in my body. This way I won't need to come back in. I will keep you posted. It is still a struggle with the neuropathy and lymphedema. I hurt for sure.

@fiesty 76 Thank you. I was glad there weren't people in the waiting room. It just seemed eerie. Everywhere and everyone tells the story of our present situation. It is not bad when I am at home doing the usual at home things, but when I leave my safe place I am hit as to what is happening. I ordered carry out from a favorite restaurant on my way home. It was a place to sit down and enjoy good food and company. Today we had to park around back and my food was brought out to the car. The devastation will soon be felt. So sad. I pray this medication works. He prescribed Amox-Clav 875 mg. Pretty strong antibiotic. Will kill many infections. Guess the doctor thought why not treat the present problem and any other that may be in my body. This way I won't need to come back in. I will keep you posted. It is still a struggle with the neuropathy and lymphedema. I hurt for sure.

Why are we in lockdown in our homes is, of course, the Coronavirus. I believe we all who are in the Mayo family have various backgrounds, from the farmers of the Midwest to the health workers at Mayo, we can pool our backgrounds to solve this Coronavirus challenge. At the same time, we are posting on this site, we are making friends and with that - connections.

The Coronavirus challenge. Flatten the curve is the goal, more testing is the way to do this, though the current rate of producing and processing the kits are not going to meet this demand. But how do you meet this goal will require people of all backgrounds working together through the art of Synergy.

I used to tutor business at college, logistics was one subject I taught, other areas of subject matters included how successful companies are organized. Synergy is key, people of all backgrounds are needed to meet goals and solve problems.

I believe the best way to increase production and to process the kits is to ask people of all backgrounds directly what they have learned on their jobs to help with any problem, in this case, it would be finding ways to increase the rate of testing. People who work in production, truck drivers, farming and in the medical field among others would play a part and be asked, “what have you learned on your job to help meet this coronavirus (testing) challenge?”(People in the medical field could advise how much max time must be met between the swab to the actual processing of the swabs for the sample to be effective.

After getting the input and perfecting a plan, closed down, off-season medical devices/food processing plants/transportation systems would be retooled and reopened just for the goal of making those kits. The Department of Agriculture experts should get involved.

To process those kits, I believe health buses with the testing kits on board should be part of the equation. They would drive right up to patient's homes to get the swab; several health buses would be assigned to geographic areas. Medical rail/trucking processing depots nearby would be where the kits would be transferred to, and from there the kits would be transported to regional (several states) kits processing labs. Off-season farming/food processing/transportation systems could be where to focus on to meet this testing processing challenge.