You absolutely winSwung by home depot to see if any masks and there were none. Decided to cure my depression by going to liqour store and found a nice bottle of Blatons. Clearly I lucked out!
Trump just put Pence in charge of the response for Covid-19. The guy who said smoking doesn't cause cancer, climate change doesn't exist and lobbied against HPV vaccines.
We're all gonna die.
Are you talking about the CDC here?Just having some fun GB. Wasn't directed at you.
More of a reference to the people arguing that they are ineffective at lowering your odds of contracting the virus when around people who are infected.
ironically, we have a subscription to a meat supplier. He is due to drop off the next 6 mo order in a few days. I may try and move it up. So i'll have plenty stocked to ride though most anything, assuming the power stays on (I am sure it will, just know its been mentioned upthread), but I have a generator too.Yes, how much meat we storing?
No, 7 out of 1000 that get infected, die.But even 1/4 that (.7%) is 7 people per thousand who become infected.
Actually don’t think we disagree much. I just had an issue with a certain poster posting items that were not accurate and blaming unrelated items on the virus. I have been in this thread from beginning it has been a constant theme from that poster.We may disagree on the severity of this virus, but Blanton's is freaking great. 3 more days of sober February. I'm gonna go get a bottle for the tournament.
OK I'll bite...Healthcare providers are working intimately with sick people - with commensurate risk for exposure to infectious bodily fluids/secretions. In most everyday interactions, this isn't the case.
No, 7 out of 1000 that get infected, die.
Glasses (eye protection) and masks are part of all Hospital PPE protocol.OK I'll bite...
Would masks reduce (Not eliminate) someone's risk of being infected if, say, A sick person coughed in their face while They were talking?
Let's assume we are wearing sweet wraparound Oakleys in this scenario.
Lol really?my brother works at a hospital and gave me 5 medical mask, can i just simply reuse them?
a doctor who isn’t sold on evolutionThinking about this more, this is probably the one thing he probably should have given to Ben Carson. At least that guy's a doctor.
I knew it was a Jeep Bud![icon] said:Not sure why you feel need to mock, but whatever makes you feel GB.
Now, yes I'm making a point to keep a little extra space where convenient. I'm not avoiding people altogether but for those of us not in the sardine can that is Manhattan, this is pretty easy
The plan to meet up with my buddy if something bad happen was hatched over a campfire talk, like I said. Was prob a couple hour general chat about preparedness.
With things escalating globally and our CDC warning folks to start preparing for What might be significant disruption, I had a 1hr chat with two of the buddies last night while helping him work on his Jeep. Seemed like as suitable topic as any.
Like I said, prob won't be a big issue... but if my city ends up like some of these cities in China, South Korea, Italy, Iran..... it'll be a few hours well spent. If not, we'll we were prob just going to bull#### about sports or whiskey anyway so we didn't miss much.
I'm sure you'll be totally fine up there, not much chance of it spreading In Manhattan. You're right, I wouldn't worry about this much at all if I were you.
Yep. Once this is in the wild here, Being being responsible and taking smart precautions to not transmit the virus will go a long way to ease the load on our healthcare system, and will have a direct impact on the complication & fatality rate at the end of it all.The issue all along with this virus is that a large % need hospital level care at some point, and there aren't enough beds or doctors or nurses to tend to that volume of patients simultaneously. That's what needs preparation, and I'm assuming that all hospitals are preparing as should all emergency services.
I take the fit test also for this type of mask/respirator. I think the majority of people in the thread are talking about this type of mask.Those masks are a bit of a pain to come by in general, I have to take an annual "fit test" involving them.. and for years I had to go to a specific Lowe's to get em.
There's a survey for that.I have not read any of this thread. What % of people posting in the last few days are like totally freaked out by this?
Ooooo ooooo! Now unweld everyone's apartment doors and let folks go back to work, and see what happens!China CDC Situation Report on Feb-26
31 Provinces & XPCC
Suspected: 2358 (+508)
Confirmed: 78497 (+433)
Severe: 8346 (-406)
Dead: 2744 (+29)
Recovered: 32495 (+2750)
Hong Kong - Confirmed: 91 (Dead: 2, Recovered: 24)
Macau - Confirmed: 10 (Recovered: 7)
Taiwan - Confirmed: 32 (Dead: 1, Recovered: 5)
Can I get a COd invite?CGRdrJoe said:I've played gears and cod with you gb, you pulled that from teh google, no way you know about it any other way.
If you can fly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays (maybe Saturdays), get on the Spirit Airlines email mailing list. They just had an 85% off sale a couple of days ago. They will probably have a 95% off or 99% off sale within the next couple of weeks. They post their sales mid-morning and the sale will only last until midnight of that same day. You definitely don't need to buy a ticket now because cheap tickets aren't going away anytime soon. You'll probably be able to buy your tickets a few days before your flight at the same price as now.top dog said:I need to buy a couple airline tickets for a domestic flight at the end of may. Tickets are pretty cheap right now. What are the odds that the tickets drop more as we get closer due to fears of this?
My wife is not concerned about this stuff yet, but being an irrational germophobe to begin with, I can't help but keep popping into this thread to read the news on this.
I can't see the results. Say poll was to end today, but it ended 2/25.
Chet suites?My guess is they assume that the government will be guilted into subsidizing it. Wouldn't be the first time tax dollars were used to pick up a tab that went on to fatten a bunch of C suite wallets.
Coonasses know how to cook Awesome chow with next to nothingFYI. Buy dried red beans. Soak overnight and then cook with veggies/sausage. Cheap and good.
I didn't bother to change the subject heading:I can't see the results. Say poll was to end today, but it ended 2/25.
US Identifies First Coronavirus Without Outbreak TiesACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
Open Transmission on US Soil
"BNO Newsroom @BNODesk
BREAKING: California reports 1 new case of coronavirus in someone with no recent travel, no known links to previous cases - WaPo"
Yay! (/sarcasm)
U.S. health authorities said they’ve identified the first case of coronavirus that doesn’t have known ties to an existing outbreak, a worrying signal that the virus is circulating in the U.S. despite reassurances from the Trump administration that it’s contained.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the patient doesn’t appear to have traveled to China or been exposed to another known case of the coronavirus. Health authorities are increasingly concerned about what’s known as community spread, where the virus begins circulating freely among people outside of quarantines or known contacts with other patients.
“At this time, the patient’s exposure is unknown,” the CDC said in a statement. “It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of Covid-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States.” Covid-19 is the technical name for the disease caused by the virus.
The CDC said the case was picked up by doctors in California, and that the patient may have been infected by a traveler who brought in the disease. It didn’t give more information on the patient’s status. The new case brings the total of known infections in the U.S. to 15, not counting repatriated Americans.
The California Department of Public Health said the patient is a resident of Solano County, an area between San Francisco and Sacramento, and that the person was receiving medical care. The patient didn’t have a close contact with a known case or a travel history to China, the state said, a sign that health workers are examining the patient’s history to try and find out how they may have caught the virus and whether other people may be infected without knowing it.
“We have been anticipating the potential for such a case in the U.S., and given our close familial, social and business relationships with China, it is not unexpected that the first case in the U.S. would be in California,” Sonia Angell, the director of the California Department of Public Health, said in a statement. The state said the risk to the general public remains low.
Every provider I spoke with (3) said it wasn't covered. Speak with your provider directly to confirm but expect a no, not covered.I read in another thread this morning that people in here were posting about travel insurance. What was the verdict on this?
I'm 6 weeks out from four days in Rome, 8 day cruise to barcelona, then four days in Spain.
Wife went to doctor yesterday for annual check up. Doctor said we should be fine. For wife not to panic over something like this is pretty remarkable.
Who would want to bring a child into the barren wasteland that will exist post virus?!What do you mean by this?
Do you already have travel insurance? If not, then I wouldn’t say get it now. If you do, do you have “cancel for any reason”? Unless you do, you’re unlikely to be able to use it for this unless you actually become sick from this and unable to travel.I read in another thread this morning that people in here were posting about travel insurance. What was the verdict on this?
I'm 6 weeks out from four days in Rome, 8 day cruise to barcelona, then four days in Spain.
Wife went to doctor yesterday for annual check up. Doctor said we should be fine. For wife not to panic over something like this is pretty remarkable.
It usually costs next to nothing, I would get it.I read in another thread this morning that people in here were posting about travel insurance. What was the verdict on this?
I'm 6 weeks out from four days in Rome, 8 day cruise to barcelona, then four days in Spain.
Wife went to doctor yesterday for annual check up. Doctor said we should be fine. For wife not to panic over something like this is pretty remarkable.
I'm assuming this. I got the insurance for the first time ever due to the cost of the trip and I had some health issues a year ago. Got it Jan 8.Every provider I spoke with (3) said it wasn't covered. Speak with your provider directly to confirm but expect a no, not covered.
Do you already have travel insurance? If not, then I wouldn’t say get it now. If you do, do you have “cancel for any reason”? Unless you do, you’re unlikely to be able to use it for this unless you actually become sick from this and unable to travel.
I have a European trip in seven weeks I don’t plan to cancel unless I have to (I.e., Delta isn’t flying). I have a Caribbean cruise in a week that I’m also not canceling. This is just based on my risk tolerance, though. I could see others reasonably making different decisions.
It usually costs next to nothing, I would get it.
Cost was $648.I'm assuming this. I got the insurance for the first time ever due to the cost of the trip and I had some health issues a year ago. Got it Jan 8.
I just said that because at this point, if available at all, it would be prohibitively expensive to get “cancel for any reason” insurance, which is what he needs.Or what K4 said.
See above.I'm assuming this. I got the insurance for the first time ever due to the cost of the trip and I had some health issues a year ago. Got it Jan 8.
Most infections have a range for incubation period. The range for COVID-19 is big because we’re still learning about it.Doug B said:Incubation period, unfortunately, seems to vary wildly. You can find accounts of ~3 days, you can find accounts of nearly a month.
@Terminalxylem or other MedicalGuys -- is that also generally true of influenza? Viral infections in general?