Good Luck Dave! A lot of folks here in the U.S. that have the means, are bringing some of their nursing home relatives home to try and avoid having them get the virus. Seems to me like a lot of nursing homes need to update their cleanliness standards.
I live in a 100-bed nursing home and fear staff incompetence, at every level of management, far more than the virus.
The "Peter Principle" is much in evidence here where the staff has been promoted to their "highest level of incompetence, and then remain there."
The staff is currently wearing masks and going through health checks before being allowed in. If the virus should get in, we're all doomed!
When Mickey D's and Walmarts are paying more than nurse aides earn while having no lives in their care, the healthcare industry gets the dregs. Many of this staff wouldn't qualify for McDs.
I stumbled upon a site that showed thousands of fiberglass caskets and that was months ago. Does someone know something they're not telling?
Don, I wouldn’t be too concerned about that website. If it’s what I’m thinking of, that is from an old anti-Obama conspiracy theory that claimed that plastic coffins were ordered for FEMA internment camps. The mention of the body bag order came up during yesterday’s White House press conference.
Good Luck Dave! A lot of folks here in the U.S. that have the means, are bringing some of their nursing home relatives home to try and avoid having them get the virus. Seems to me like a lot of nursing homes need to update their cleanliness standards.
History shows me that every dime that management can trim from the budget is not returned to the patients but is given to the senior management staff in the form of bonuses. Obv, there is no rush to correct the situation. The entertainment budget has been slashed to zero and they are "slow pay" to Danny so he doesn't play here anymore unless they pay upfront. He hasn't played here for several months.
On the cleanliness point; they have laid off several housekeepers and expect the aides to pick up the slack without a resultant impact on quality of care.
I’m listening to today’s installment of the White House COVID 19 press conference and the Treasury Secretary said that the SBA loans will be loans that turn into grants. He specifically pointed out that the loans were also available to businesses that are sole proprietorships. I assume that includes musicians.
It does but the loans are for keeping employees on the books for 8 weeks. The full name is the Paycheck Protection Program. If they do that the loans are forgiven but few musicians have employees.
Thanks Josie for the good wishes. Glad he's okay and so far his girlfriend didn't get it. Maybe in the future they'll have more of the blood plasma treatment and a vaccine so that we don't have to go through this again.
I lost 2 friends yesterday to the virus. Know 6 more that are sick.
Your mileage will vary with this virus. Don't underestimate it.
Originally Posted By: DSM
Thank you. It makes a big difference when you put a person to a number. Deaths: 6069 on TV right now. One of those are Tom; the other one is George.
...Deb
Hi Deb,
It certainly does make a difference when this virus strikes close to home. So far for me, touch wood, no-one I know has had close-range contact with COVID-19. I hope it stays that way but it probably won't.
Were Tom and George caught up in the virus's assault on New York?
It does but the loans are for keeping employees on the books for 8 weeks. The full name is the Paycheck Protection Program. If they do that the loans are forgiven but few musicians have employees.
Bob
The reason I mentioned this is that the Treasury Secretary said that people like Barbers and Plumbers who work for themselves are eligible. Those don’t sound like people with employees.
I just checked into this further and you are correct Keith and thanks for bringing that up. Everything I had seen or heard was about businesses with employees. I just watched this vid done by a CPA and he's explaining it fairly well. Still somewhat confusing but stick with it. I will also post this in my tax thread.
Right now the application process has been delayed for a week. This is brand new and note near the end he says it's not clear if this is based on the gross or net. I have not had the time to dig into this myself so I'm not saying this is absolutely correct but as far as the basic question, yes Sch C people can get this. And since I am one of those for my tax business I'll be looking into this as well.
I found one new 3M Cool Flow N95 Pro 8511 respirator in my tool box. I tried to give it to my son but he wouldn't take it. So we agreed that whoever takes it should be the only one who goes out to the store.
My question is, how reusable is it? I know we can't share.
Your thoughts please. I started to send this to you in a message but I thought your answer might be helpful to others.
"70 C / 158 F heating in a kitchen-type of oven for 30 min, or hot water vapor from boiling water for 10 min, are additional effective decontamination methods."
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