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@Georgie.........brother you know I dig you , and I totally 100% respect your opinions on this whole thing. You're a nurse , and know literally 1 billion times more than me , but since I've been following this , it has done nothing but grow and grow world wide. The USA seems to be defending against it pretty well , but there is one thing you are not saying.......and that this virus is supposed to be 23 x more deadly then the actual flu. Weather that's true or not..........wouldn't it be wise to at least be careful? My opinion......I think this thing is going to get a lot worse than you think it is.
And while it’s true that anything like this hits those with other issues harder, that doesn’t make the importance of limiting the spread of it any less serious.
Totally agree with you Jeffro be careful is important. But being careful simply starts with hand washing and covering your mouth. I don’t agree with This quarantine Of citizens. I’d rather educate the population without the media scaring the shit out of everyone. I read a story where they quarantined a Cruise ship. Turns out 14 days later more people had it. Yea because they corralled them all together and probably didn’t take 5 minutes to tell the people to wash their hands, cover their mouth and be vigilante. Where if the boat woulda let them off, passengers would of went home.
Education.
Self quarantine
Proper hygiene.
The elderly and immunocompromised will always be affected by any ailment. It’s just how it is.
@Redid........I mentioned earlier in the thread , that I had ordered stuff from China before , that got to my house a little under , to a little over 1 week. It's been a while since I made any orders through them , but was buying my RC batteries from overseas , and couldn't believe how fast they got to me. Maybe things have changed?
A few years ago I did buy a set of 4 hi end gas masks and cartridges as well as solar/crank powered lights, radio, chargers and a water purifier kit. Probably never need them but the second you do they wont be available so hey why not. Its here stored for my kids, grandkids etc god forbid the need arises. I bought some of the recommended medical masks a few weeks ago and a giant box of the good disposables. It was hard to get them on Amazon. I would order and then get refunded the next day over and over. I order ungodly amount of goods from Amazon (probably paid for Mathes first Ridgeline) and never had that happen once let alone 10 times for the face masks.
I had the worst flu of my life 5 years in a row during December thru February right after Disney trips except this year I finally didnt get it. I never got the flu growing up that I remember but it kicked my ass the last 5 so I am a bit concerned because I feel at risk. I am not a paranoid person at all but in Lowes yesterday I was turning 180 if I saw the slightest sniffle on someone. It's not easy having fun!
Also, stated that it survives better in cold conditions.
Pit Row
So my question is this. Tons of people commute into Switzerland from Lombardi every day to work (especially nurses in Ticino hospital). Currently the gov has banned all events where more than 1000 people gather. If stopping cross border contamination is their goal, wouldn’t closing the border make more sense? 67k people cross into Ticino every day. 120k people from France into my region..every day. Commuters come into close contact with locals.
Anyhow...i think it’s all overblown but i am focusing on eating healthy, basic hygiene etc. Thanks for the hospital tip!!!
*Knocks on wood
We are almost militant with our flu shots in our family. My wife has heart issues and she and my oldest daughter are Type 1 diabetics. The flu is much more serious for them than it would be for me. We go through bottles of Purel like crazy, use hand wipes, etc. But even with those precautions, we sometimes get sick.
The crazy part to me is a medical professional suggesting that COVID-19 isn't something to worry about because only those with compromised immune systems or with other conditions are likely to die. Nearly every one of us has a loved one who fits into that category. If the mortality rate is 2.3% overall, then it is MUCH higher in those groups.
Personally, I have a 76yo father who is mostly healthy, but nowhere near as hale as he was 30 years ago. I have a wife and daughter with Type 1 Diabetes. My wife has a heart issue/valve replacement. I have many aged family members that I care about that I would hate to have infected and play the mortality lottery any more than is already occurring.
I'm not overly worried about myself dying if I were to be infected (although I don't want to be infected at all!) but more what would occur if I were to be infected and pass it along to a family member. The seasonal flu is bad enough, but this is a lot worse if infected.
Whatever needs to be done to keep the infection rates down is very important. If it were to spread as easily and quickly as the flu, we'd be phucked.
APL you’re seriously a troll that has a click hall pass here on vital. It’s really not worth my time to argue with you. I know what I’ve been doing for 10+ years. I don’t just crap out statistics that have no real value. Common sense let’s you know stats can be skewed anyway they want to be. Every paper written about corona has a different “stat”. Keep doing what you do with your jabs though.
Have a nice day sir. Also, I’m not recommending anything for anyone. all I’m saying is this coronavirus is getting blown out of proportion. It’s a damn virus. Good lord. Get off it.
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