The Observation Deck

Well in Lakewood we have a bunch of problems with what is coming. The largest is not having a community owned hospital or the foundation funds that were here to help Lakewood. As noted both Lakewood Health Foundations funded with money from the Hospital are DEAD QUIET when we need them most.

OK that didn't work out now what? Baby steps.

Social distancing, BUT we need to support our restaurants. Lakewood went from a city designed for seniors and health to a bar based economy. Because of this we have bars and restaurants that will be hurting, many might not make a 2-4 week shutdown.

Order food to go! Pay by credit card on phone with Tip, have them leave it at the door.

I was talking with more than a handful of restaurant owners this week about what is coming. ALL are overstocked based on St. Patrick's Day, and St. Patrick's week. Everything from 50+ full Corned Beefs at TJ Butcher Block, to 30 full smoked homemade Pastramis at Woodstock. Wet End and Around the Corner have put in hundreds of pounds of corn beef for the weekend. Others have taken similar steps. Get it to go!



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As noted both Lakewood Health Foundations funded with money from the Hospital are DEAD QUIET when we need them most.

I started a thread on this.

What are they doing to make Lakewood the healthiest city in America?

We have a large at risk population. Lots of over 60 and a large percentage of residents suffer from diabetes (per the Cleveland Clinic Community Health Report that pointed out areas of great need).

In some areas they are taking over hotels to provide isolation areas for the sick and affected.

Perhaps the “bricks and mortar” could have been temporarily repurposed here. But we’ll never know.

For those of you that have not been through this kind of thing before, here are a couple hints.

1) Stock your shelves for emergency. The idea is not a week of food, but weeks of food that can be extended, and stored months. After all hopefully you will not need it now, and it can go into your cellar for other emergencies way down the road.

2) DO NOT TOUCH THAT UNTIL EMERGENCY!

3) Continue on with your life, acting normally, practicing safe distances.
The longer you live your life comfortably and smart, the less the emergency will impact you.

4) IF and when they start shutting cities down, continue on as normal as possible, BE SMART

5) When the shutdown comes, eat the perishables you bought first, thinking this was like a power outage.

6) Continue accessing everything else you can but your emergency stash. Because that is your emergency stash.

7) When you finally get into the emergency stash, pace yourself replenish whenever you can.

8 ) DO NOT PANIC, keep your mind busy, you will have a lot of time to think, read, watch reruns on TV, etc.

Walking, books, movies, nature, soon boating, fishing, cleaning homes and garages. Let's do it all we have time now.

I will continue to post things to inform you and distract you as I find them.

We go through and get through this as a community.

Luckily the last two administrations decided to make us the Healthiest City in America by selling off community owned hospital, run by the leader in Health Care for $1.
No biggie as we drive 4 cities to get tested! WTF!!


Health care 2020 thanks to Ed FitzGerald, Mayor Summers, Mary Louise Madigan, Tom Bullock, Sam O'Leary, John Litten, David Anderson, Three Arches members, Build Lakewood, Downtown Lakewood, etc.





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Details on the Cleveland Clinic “drive through” testing. DO NOT think you can go get tested without a doctor’s order!

- For drive-thru testing, you MUST have a provider order. You cannot just arrive on scene and demand a test. "Worried well" would overwhelm the system and make it unsafe for EVERYONE.
- If you develop symptoms that are not life-threatening, the FIRST STEP is to call your PCP or set up a virtual visit through your respective health system. A provider will screen you and determine if testing is necessary.
- DO NOT got to straight to the Emergency Room unless you are critically ill or are instructed to do so by your provider. Going to the ER when you are not critically ill will put everyone at risk, especially healthcare workers who need to stay healthy to help the sick. HELP US, HELP YOU!
- Obviously, as always, if you are experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, or stroke, or have another life threatening emergency, call 911
- Be emotionally prepared to see a potential rise in "new cases" as testing begins. This is because we will now identify cases that have been there. It will feel more real because it's on paper but DO NOT PANIC.
- Stay safe and healthy, wash your hands, and most of all BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. Everyone is scared and we are all in this together.

Does it have to be a Cle Clinic doc referring?

Dan Alaimo wrote:Does it have to be a Cle Clinic doc referring?

According to a CC employee, generally yes. But if your insurance includes CC, you can use it.

Also, UH has partnered with CC on this.

Metro to follow suit soon.

Just put this on the Observer Facebook page but as long as restaurants are open, we plan to order takeout and over tip to help the businesses. At least every other day. Hopefully there will not be a total ban to stay home but, if there is, want to help our local restaurants as much as possible. Think about Roman Fountain that finally reopened and now this. Or Sauced that is just getting past its first year and starting to do very well. Or Lindsey Lake House trying to make inroads in its new location. We all want to practice social distancing but there is nothing wrong with doing takeout and giving business to our local restaurants. JMHO.