COVID-19 in Trinidad & Tobago (Local Updates & Discussions Only)

[bluefete]

the mental toll from this thing getting bad... long-term anxiety, listlessness, feeling of loss, uncertainty, health concerns, I really don't know what to do with myself these days

the only thing keeping me from going mad is the NBA still operating and new movies coming out on HBO.

[Dizzy28]

30 new cases; 1 death

[redmanjp]

the mental toll from this thing getting bad... long-term anxiety, listlessness, feeling of loss, uncertainty, health concerns, I really don't know what to do with myself these days

the only thing keeping me from going mad is the NBA still operating and new movies coming out on HBO.

get some exercise to ward off that anxiety. also take some Vit. D 1000-2000 IU to boost your immune system to reduce the risk of severe impact if you get infected (a lot of studies showing good outcomes for ppl with optimal levels). If you have health conditions now is the time to manage them better if you weren't doing that before- e.g. diabetics need to keep that blood sugar under control, ppl with hypertension keep their BP under control, etc.

avoid 'doom surfing' (browsing the web looking for all the negative effects of covid). i was doing that for the first few months and every covid article was more bad news than the previous till one day my heart rate was high and i was feeling like i had trouble breathing- almost like a covid symptoms itself but then i realized it was probably a panic attack. i was worried much for myself but for my mom who has 3 risk factors (age plus 2 comorbidities).

[K74T]

[K74T]

Chief Medical Officer : As of tomorrow the Ministry of Health will release one Covid-19 Update per day at 4PM which will look like this.

[redmanjp]

^was now about to post that announcement

[redmanjp]

listen to the 'young doctor'

Also the CMO talks about 'Long Covid'.

[2WNBoost]

14-22 minute mark

[maj. tom]

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 can occur under special circumstances
Pathogens that are mainly transmitted through close contact (i.e., contact transmission and droplet transmission) can sometimes also be spread via airborne transmission under special circumstances. There are several well-documented examples in which SARS-CoV-2 appears to have been transmitted over long distances or times. These transmission events appear uncommon and have typically involved the presence of an infectious person producing respiratory droplets for an extended time (>30 minutes to multiple hours) in an enclosed space. Enough virus was present in the space to cause infections in people who were more than 6 feet away or who passed through that space soon after the infectious person had left. Circumstances under which airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears to have occurred include:

Enclosed spaces within which an infectious person either exposed susceptible people at the same time or to which susceptible people were exposed shortly after the infectious person had left the space.

Prolonged exposure to respiratory particles, often generated with expiratory exertion (e.g., shouting, singing, exercising) that increased the concentration of suspended respiratory droplets in the air space.

Inadequate ventilation or air handling that allowed a build-up of suspended small respiratory droplets and particles.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... cov-2.html

[maj. tom]

Making it absolutely imperative to wear a mask. Everyday i wake up wondering if i was infected 7 days ago, even though i never take off my mask outside my house and always washing my hands. Today i thought i was feeling a sore throat and was getting some headaches which now passed. I dunno nah... but when yuh time reach, you can only accept it.

[redmanjp]

i feeling a slight urge to cough, but it's been off and on for the past 6-7 weeks (since i had to quarantine along with 16 other ppl in my office). i at times have a very occasional cough due to allergies, but something feels different in my chest. i have no other symptoms.

Could i have been asymptomatic AND now have mild 'long covid'? or perhaps as i have been reusing my kn95 mask every 3-4 days for about 3 weeks before replacing ?

[redmanjp]

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 can occur under special circumstances
Pathogens that are mainly transmitted through close contact (i.e., contact transmission and droplet transmission) can sometimes also be spread via airborne transmission under special circumstances. There are several well-documented examples in which SARS-CoV-2 appears to have been transmitted over long distances or times. These transmission events appear uncommon and have typically involved the presence of an infectious person producing respiratory droplets for an extended time (>30 minutes to multiple hours) in an enclosed space. Enough virus was present in the space to cause infections in people who were more than 6 feet away or who passed through that space soon after the infectious person had left. Circumstances under which airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears to have occurred include:

Enclosed spaces within which an infectious person either exposed susceptible people at the same time or to which susceptible people were exposed shortly after the infectious person had left the space.

Prolonged exposure to respiratory particles, often generated with expiratory exertion (e.g., shouting, singing, exercising) that increased the concentration of suspended respiratory droplets in the air space.

Inadequate ventilation or air handling that allowed a build-up of suspended small respiratory droplets and particles.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... cov-2.html

well this is almost every office! so u are in an air-conditioned environment among coworkers for 8 hours everyday!

[K74T]

2 deaths and 76 new cases. (24 of those cases came from the prison in Tobago)

[redmanjp]

so only 6% of active cases in hospital- i remember months ago they said like between 15-20% require hospitalization - have me wondering if ppl at home going untreated.

[redmanjp]

2 deaths and 76 new cases. (24 of those cases came from the prison in Tobago)

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taken from samples from the last 3 days - another backlog again?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

I guess this new format is easier to read

[paid_influencer]

also more colorful

[Ted_v2]

well thought out

[killercow]

How will we anticipate prospective deaths? (ICU / HDU). I not seeing that info in this new format.

[Strugglerzinc]

Number of new deaths not immediately obvious unless you keeping mental count and do some subtraction.

[adnj]

Projected deaths and ICU use.

https://covid19.healthdata.org/trinidad-and-tobago

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Source: Johns Hopkins University

[redmanjp]

Number of new deaths not immediately obvious unless you keeping mental count and do some subtraction.

yeah they omit that as well as age, health condition of those persons

they could simply have e.g. a +2 for 2 more deaths in 24 hrs

[bluefete]

Do you see how these people monitor our discussions here?

Since I started closely looking at the ICU / HDU figures and projecting deaths, they have totally abandoned giving us the ICU/HDU figures.

We no longer know how many are in ICU / HDU in the updates.

More things for them to hide.

I guess this new format is easier to read

[sMASH]

Do you see how these people monitor our discussions here?

Since I started closely looking at the ICU / HDU figures and projecting deaths, they have totally abandoned giving us the ICU/HDU figures.

We no longer know how many are in ICU / HDU in the updates.

More things for them to hide.

I guess this new format is easier to read

Just this week I Sawa release saying 9/10 HDU /ICU...
Prolly look out fir it next week to see if its changes.

[Dohplaydat]

Do you see how these people monitor our discussions here?

Since I started closely looking at the ICU / HDU figures and projecting deaths, they have totally abandoned giving us the ICU/HDU figures.

We no longer know how many are in ICU / HDU in the updates.

More things for them to hide.

I guess this new format is easier to read

I know for a fact Avery Hinds' team monitor this thread. Hence why I call him out a lot because they're deliberately creating misleading graphs and models.

Also, why did someone cut and paste the total persons tested number onto this amateurish graphic? That looks so embarrassingly bad.

Secondly, there needs to be a New Deaths category or simply create something like "total deaths - 86 + 1 (in super script so that we'll know there's one new death).

Also, patients in ICU and HDU need to return.

[elec2020]

^ for real. On that note give us the real numbers Avery

[mero]

I know for a fact Avery Hinds' team monitor this thread. Hence why I call him out a lot because they're deliberately creating misleading graphs and models.

Right right

Daran and his "facts"

[redmanjp]

i guess we have to go to MOH website for the full details, but the new deaths should at least be next to total deaths

http://www.health.gov.tt/sitepages/default.aspx?id=314

but d same info in this pic with a couple lines at the bottom- so they couldn't even put in 2 lines about the deaths ?







EDIT: It seems the link to the images points to the current day's update- i posted the data from yesterday but it got updated to today

[pugboy]

after a run of very low numbers things gone back up