Semi-OT: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread III (Info. Post 1)

sfernald · Post #421 » by **sfernald** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:10 pm

God Squad wrote:
2012NadalShadow wrote:

Read on Twitter

Any of you Floridians decide to go to the beach and get sick GOOD.

Natural selection.

If it's really hot out on the beach with that intense florida sun, wouldn't that likely kill this virus or at least inactivate it?

basketballRob · Post #422 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:10 pm

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:Dirk you don't want to take Ibuprofen. People that are doing that are reporting aggravated symptoms with COVID. A report last week also said this may be the case.

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He's saying that Chris' point was don't take ibuprofen or acetaminophen.

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crkone · Post #423 » by **crkone** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:11 pm

sfernald wrote:
God Squad wrote:
2012NadalShadow wrote:

Read on Twitter

Any of you Floridians decide to go to the beach and get sick GOOD.

Natural selection.

If it's really hot out on the beach with that intense florida sun, wouldn't that likely kill this virus or at least inactivate it?

MERS is a coronavirus that is rampant in Saudi Arabia. It replicates in the lungs and not the nose like RHINOviruses.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #424 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:11 pm

Read on Twitter

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basketballRob · Post #425 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:11 pm

Ayt wrote:
chrismikayla wrote:I really wish there was more consensus on this. My personal thoughts are to let the fever run it's course and do it's job.
https://www.sciencealert.com/who-recommends-to-avoid-taking-ibuprofen-for-covid-19-symptoms

Did you read the link? The recommendation has nothing to do with letting the fever run its course, and everything to do with ibuprofen potentially making the infection worse. You can still take paracetamol for the fever.

Paracetamol is acetaminophen i think

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OkcSinceSGA · Post #426 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:12 pm

basketballRob wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:Dirk you don't want to take Ibuprofen. People that are doing that are reporting aggravated symptoms with COVID. A report last week also said this may be the case.

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He's saying that Chris' point was don't take ibuprofen or acetaminophen.

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He said take it constantly. But he wasn't saying it related to aggravating the COVID. From what I'm reading you probably flat out don't wanna take it. Different context.

Edit:. NVM I'm an idiot who woke up groggy and should of taken 5 minutes to wake up lol. I read without looking at link.

dhsilv2 · Post #427 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:12 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:Its shameful that the bill for emergency sick leave was made to exclude business of 500 employees or more. Just shameful. Making it clear who's side they are on.

Well, I think this leaves a lot of issues, but most people working for larger companies can work just fine from home so this won't really interrupt their pay checks.
Not necessarily. The list would include companies like McDonald's, Walmart, Marriott, etc. Those people can't be at home and work the same, they also may only have part time work. The managerial class and office workers yes but not the regular workers. And if they get sick and have symptoms they can't be working, and some of these companies have just a couple of days sick leave if even that.

Fully aware and that's why I said this does leave some issues. I think the intent and reason was driven more by the expectation that there is remote work and that a lot of these companies will do the right thing for employees (given the backlash if they don't, I feel public shaming over this will be pretty strong and we CERTAINLY know those mega corps have the funds to eat this).

crkone · Post #428 » by **crkone** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:12 pm

basketballRob wrote:
Ayt wrote:
chrismikayla wrote:I really wish there was more consensus on this. My personal thoughts are to let the fever run it's course and do it's job.
https://www.sciencealert.com/who-recommends-to-avoid-taking-ibuprofen-for-covid-19-symptoms

Did you read the link? The recommendation has nothing to do with letting the fever run its course, and everything to do with ibuprofen potentially making the infection worse. You can still take paracetamol for the fever.
Paracetamol is acetaminophen i think

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Maybe he was thinking of Naproxen.

Optimus_Steel · Post #429 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:14 pm

sfernald wrote:
God Squad wrote:
2012NadalShadow wrote:

Read on Twitter

Any of you Floridians decide to go to the beach and get sick GOOD.

Natural selection.

If it's really hot out on the beach with that intense florida sun, wouldn't that likely kill this virus or at least inactivate it?

No. Its a misconception. And even if its true if you are around people who may have it's rather easy to spread to you thru contact, touching something, air, etc.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #430 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:22 pm

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It's amazing how much talent is in the world.

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chrismikayla · Post #431 » by **chrismikayla** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:23 pm

Ayt wrote:
chrismikayla wrote:I really wish there was more consensus on this. My personal thoughts are to let the fever run it's course and do it's job.
https://www.sciencealert.com/who-recommends-to-avoid-taking-ibuprofen-for-covid-19-symptoms

Did you read the link? The recommendation has nothing to do with letting the fever run its course, and everything to do with ibuprofen potentially making the infection worse. You can still take paracetamol for the fever.

I did. I was just injecting my personal thoughts that fevers can help the body recover.

SirCharles3434 · Post #432 » by **SirCharles3434** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:24 pm

Read on Twitter

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Ayt · Post #433 » by **Ayt** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:31 pm

basketballRob wrote:
Ayt wrote:
chrismikayla wrote:I really wish there was more consensus on this. My personal thoughts are to let the fever run it's course and do it's job.
https://www.sciencealert.com/who-recommends-to-avoid-taking-ibuprofen-for-covid-19-symptoms

Did you read the link? The recommendation has nothing to do with letting the fever run its course, and everything to do with ibuprofen potentially making the infection worse. You can still take paracetamol for the fever.
Paracetamol is acetaminophen i think

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Correct. Acetaminophen in the US.

sfernald · Post #434 » by **sfernald** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:33 pm

crkone wrote:
sfernald wrote:
God Squad wrote:Any of you Floridians decide to go to the beach and get sick GOOD.

Natural selection.

If it's really hot out on the beach with that intense florida sun, wouldn't that likely kill this virus or at least inactivate it?

MERS is a coronavirus that is rampant in Saudi Arabia. It replicates in the lungs and not the nose like RHINOviruses.

I get that, but it seems like it would be really hard to spread out there at least.

Senbonzakura · Post #435 » by **Senbonzakura** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:34 pm

So what the mods do now here is delete posts they don't agree with? What the ****, where is my post from earlier today?

crkone · Post #436 » by **crkone** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:38 pm

sfernald wrote:
crkone wrote:
sfernald wrote:
If it's really hot out on the beach with that intense florida sun, wouldn't that likely kill this virus or at least inactivate it?

MERS is a coronavirus that is rampant in Saudi Arabia. It replicates in the lungs and not the nose like RHINOviruses.

I get that, but it seems like it would be really hard to spread out there at least.

Yeah out there if everyone is staying away from each other it's probably the best case scenario for a mass grouping of people. Problem comes when we start thinking what they do at night.

Post #437 » by **bwgood77** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:46 pm

basketballRob wrote:
2012NadalShadow wrote:

Read on Twitter
We're trying to keep the number of positive test down. We can just not test and treat people for pneumonia

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I know that was the early intent, but it is just going to make the panic all that much worse when the testing REALLY rolls out. Hopefully most already realize that there are significantly more people infected than what the numbers show due to lack of testing.

chrismikayla · Post #438 » by **chrismikayla** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:46 pm

Man I've really got to handle this better as far as constantly watching news on this. I had a migraine/cluster headache last night and it was the absolute worst I have ever had. The pain and nausea were excruciating and I know it was brought on by anxiety and stress.

Lazy Faizy · Post #439 » by **Lazy Faizy** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:01 pm

People that hoard up on groceries are really selfish imo, they're only thinking of themselves. I haven't been able to buy all my groceries at once. I've had to go to 3 different stores over the past week to buy everything I need. I'm just buying my normal stuff, like soap, water, milk etc. Things that I'd be buying anyway, virus or not. People need to get a grip.

PT416 · Post #440 » by **PT416** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:02 pm

chrismikayla wrote:Man I've really got to handle this better as far as constantly watching news on this. I had a migraine/cluster headache last night and it was the absolute worst I have ever had. The pain and nausea were excruciating and I know it was brought on by anxiety and stress.

Me too.

But it really isn't something to be totally stressed about. Here's why:

America has a population of 327 million. That means for it to even reach 1% of the population, it would have to spread to 32.7 million people. So far in Wuhan the total cases are under 100 thousand. I feel like even if it were to hit 32.7 million people across the US they would have a vaccine by then. And lets say 5% are fatal, that would be a total of 1.6 million deaths. Which is A LOT. Crazy a lot.

But is only 0.004% of the total population.

And that would be the worst case in my opinion because I don't see it reaching 32.7 million people, that's a ridiculously high number. And even if it were to approach numbers that high, I think vaccines will be created by then because it will take a long time to get there.