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Ruzious wrote:Speaking of trips overseas, are you all cancelling plans because of coronavirus? Relatives have a vacation set for France next month and are now re-thinking it. Can you see people stocking up for food at the grocery stores soon - afraid that they won't let their employees go to work? Are you planning on telecommuting? People are going to start wearing masks when they go out - if they go out at all. Today, your neighbor's going to the Giant to get 30 cans of tuna and 20 cans of chilli - if they haven't run out. What about you?

BearlyBallin wrote:

Ruzious wrote:Speaking of trips overseas, are you all cancelling plans because of coronavirus? Relatives have a vacation set for France next month and are now re-thinking it. Can you see people stocking up for food at the grocery stores soon - afraid that they won't let their employees go to work? Are you planning on telecommuting? People are going to start wearing masks when they go out - if they go out at all. Today, your neighbor's going to the Giant to get 30 cans of tuna and 20 cans of chilli - if they haven't run out. What about you?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/26/809650625/a-guide-how-to-prepare-your-home-for-coronavirus

A Guide: How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus
February 26, 20205:56 PM ET
Maria Godoy
Senior Editor, NPR Science Desk
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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/share-facts.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fshare-facts-stop-fear.html

From The Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Know the facts about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help stop the spread of rumors.
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I found these 2 links most helpful and up to date, both posted or reviewed 3 days ago or sooner.

It helped me feel better prepared and clear up some misinformation.

Personally I’ve chosen not to travel. I’m over 60 and probably at a higher risk. But if I needed to travel (example, care for a parent) I’d probably do it & pack hand sanitizer.

Ruzious wrote:

BearlyBallin wrote:

Ruzious wrote:

Good stuff. It's interesting that there doesn't appear to be a recommendation for healthy people to wear masks - it's more for those who are sick so they don't infect others.

Zonkerbl wrote:Important things to know about coronavirus:
1. Masks don't help. Don't go out and buy up a bunch of masks other people need more than you
2. WASH YOUR HANDS. The coronavirus has a lipid (fatty) shell so washing your hands with soap will literally kill it, even though it's a virus. Sing "happy birthday to me" twice while soaping up.
3. If you're not in a vulnerable group your morbidity rate is like 0.1%. You'll be fine. Your job is to not spread it to old and immuno-compromised people.

Zonkerbl wrote:Okay, "deactivate it" then

Zonkerbl wrote:Important things to know about coronavirus:
1. Masks don't help. Don't go out and buy up a bunch of masks other people need more than you
2. WASH YOUR HANDS. The coronavirus has a lipid (fatty) shell so washing your hands with soap will literally kill it, even though it's a virus. Sing "happy birthday to me" twice while soaping up.
3. If you're not in a vulnerable group your morbidity rate is like 0.1%. You'll be fine. Your job is to not spread it to old and immuno-compromised people.

Zonkerbl wrote:Important things to know about coronavirus:
1. Masks don't help. Don't go out and buy up a bunch of masks other people need more than you
2. WASH YOUR HANDS. The coronavirus has a lipid (fatty) shell so washing your hands with soap will literally kill it, even though it's a virus. Sing "happy birthday to me" twice while soaping up.
3. If you're not in a vulnerable group your morbidity rate is like 0.1%. You'll be fine. Your job is to not spread it to old and immuno-compromised people.

Hannah Smith, 20, filed a lawsuit against the University of Maryland on February 20 claiming she became violently-ill after being served foods containing gluten. She alleges that on complaining that she’d been served food containing gluten that made her ill, she was served blackened toast by a sarcastic member of staff. That worker is said to have told her: ‘You know, I got called on the carpet because nobody told me that malt had gluten in it. ‘Here’s your breakfast. I hope you enjoy your “gluten free” toast.

All students living on campus must buy a meal plan, with the student keen to ensure a gluten-free option would be made available. Staff are said to have reassured Smith and her family that her intolerance could be accommodated. But they are accused of reneging on that promise at least three times during the 2017-18 academic year by serving Smith food containing gluten. The federal lawsuit says staff did so despite Smith asking on each occasion whether or not the meal contained gluten.

dobrojim wrote:

Zonkerbl wrote:Important things to know about coronavirus:
1. Masks don't help. Don't go out and buy up a bunch of masks other people need more than you
2. WASH YOUR HANDS. The coronavirus has a lipid (fatty) shell so washing your hands with soap will literally kill it, even though it's a virus. Sing "happy birthday to me" twice while soaping up.
3. If you're not in a vulnerable group your morbidity rate is like 0.1%. You'll be fine. Your job is to not spread it to old and immuno-compromised people.

Putting on my biologist hat for a moment (I was a biologist at NIH for a couple few decades).
Not sure how many folks understand what viruses are. Depending on how you define 'life',
they're not really alive. They're just little packages of instructions, inert until they infect
a targeted cell, that can hijack the machinery of a living cell. A virus particle can't do anything
until it gets inside an actual living cell. Obligate intracellular parasites. But we all (mostly) understand,
they can be nasty little boogers.

Ruzious wrote:Well, I'm set up with a couple months supply of spaghetti and tuna. Add a little butter and garlic, mmm. Once the McDonalds close, you know that's the end of civilization as we know it. Then there's only one solution - colonize Mars.

Ruzious wrote:Well, I'm set up with a couple months supply of spaghetti and tuna. Add a little butter and garlic, mmm. Once the McDonalds close, you know that's the end of civilization as we know it. Then there's only one solution - colonize Mars.