Ferret Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Local Food Bank... you can help without leaving your home. Donate with a credit card or paypal. https://www.insidelakeside.com/t22627-foodbank-lakeside Companies stepping up worldwide... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/companies-leading-the-fight-against-coronavirus/ss-BB122oyD#image=78 Here are the Canadian companies working on a vaccine... https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-canada-143155720.html Please add any other GOOD news to this thread. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiko Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thanks Ferret for posting a proactive comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Very happy to read this but it emphasized the importance of testing on a wide spread scale. Until a vaccine is available and/or drug trials are sorted out, this is the good old fashioned way of helping. Good on Jason! https://us.cnn.com/2020/04/06/us/plasma-donor-coronavirus/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Here’s a company that’s stepping up in a different way: https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/a-supermarket-chain-was-one-of-first-to-anticipate-coronavirus-then-it-made-an-extraordinary-gesture-to-help-local-restaurants.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 H. E. B. A really superior supermarket chain and company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holalola Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Love H. E. B.! They truly are part of the communities they serve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 35 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: H. E. B. A really superior supermarket chain and company. San Luis Potosi has 3 H.E.B.s. We use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holalola Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Words from the Pope during Holy Week that fit Ferret's call for doing good: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palmsunday-pope/pope-opens-holy-week-amid-pandemic-says-now-is-the-time-to-serve-idUSKBN21N0ET?il=0 “The tragedy we are experiencing summons us to take seriously the things that are serious, and not to be caught up in those that matter less; to rediscover that life is of no use if not used to serve others. For life is measured by love,” Francis said on Sunday. “May we reach out to those who are suffering and those most in need. May we not be concerned about what we lack, but what good we can do for others,” he said. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Ventilators in Mexico https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/35-firms-work-together-to-manufacture-15000-ventilators/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 I am ignorant about life support system but U just found out that my brother was on a ventilator and a ecmo machine I guess, It sounds like the equivalent of the dyalysis where the blood is being oxigenated outside of the body as the respirator is not enough.. I wonder how much of those they will need as well when it s all over.. catherer gets put in in one of the artery and the blood is circulating outside of the body and oxignated and put back in the body with another tube.. In order to do that you need to be in lots of blood thinner, too little blocks the system and with too much you can hemorrage..That wonderful system has a flaw as it can be infected with staphilococs pretty easily, which it did.. .besides that they say his lungs are improving so if the hospital does not kill him he may come out of it.. Of course the longer you are on the respirator and the more chances you have to damage your organs . His are good so far.. but If it takes that much work to save one person imagine what will happen in Mexico... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 When push comes to shove, you have to admire the ingenuity of some folks... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-not-fancy-but-it-works-mississippi-doctor-uses-garden-hose-lamp-timer-and-electronic-valve-to-create-makeshift-ventilators/ar-BB12hDwb#image=BB12ic4o|6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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