OT: The Official Coronavirus thread - Be well, be safe

[Clyde_Style]

Most people can't envision an exponential curve in their head. They see one case or 15 cases. What's the big deal?

Well... those cases were community spread... so they got it from somewhere... and we don't know where... and this thing incubates for two weeks...

But that math isn't something that resonates for most minds. Including, unfortunately, the president.

Even on a linear scale, the expansion of the virus should be obvious

But, as you're pointing out, the general pop may not appreciate the logarhithmic aspect of this outbreak, hence their lack of appreciation for the concept of getting ahead of the curve to prevent that exponential factor

The first case in Oregon SHOOK me. Close to home, yes. But they had no contact with anyone that had been to China. The next two here were out in the sticks. Anyone I'd bother to talk to about it first shrugged it off and their eyes got wider and wider as I explained what was about to happen in layman's terms.

The 'Os are ok and will be ok. We're a bit under the weather but it's either a different bug with the VERY unlikely possibility of a mild case. My work still expects me to show up tomorrow. WTF.

How're y'all???

Weird - any reason your office can't function working from home?

Stay safe

The numbers here in Florida are priming to spike into the thousands, right now we have:

160 cases
142 residents
18 visitors
5 dead

I'm nervous AF about voting, but I feel this is the one thing I need to do to fulfill my role as a citizen before I hide out.

I'll be honest. This is all pretty depressing. I live alone so posting online helps right now. I'm going to have cabin fever.

This is going to take longer to tail off than I had hoped due to the reckless behavior of our incompetent leadership. It's not just Trump, Florida's leadership has been mostly terrible as well. They're GOP, no surprise there.

[Jscratch1200]

Most people can't envision an exponential curve in their head. They see one case or 15 cases. What's the big deal?

Well... those cases were community spread... so they got it from somewhere... and we don't know where... and this thing incubates for two weeks...

But that math isn't something that resonates for most minds. Including, unfortunately, the president.

Even on a linear scale, the expansion of the virus should be obvious

But, as you're pointing out, the general pop may not appreciate the logarhithmic aspect of this outbreak, hence their lack of appreciation for the concept of getting ahead of the curve to prevent that exponential factor

The first case in Oregon SHOOK me. Close to home, yes. But they had no contact with anyone that had been to China. The next two here were out in the sticks. Anyone I'd bother to talk to about it first shrugged it off and their eyes got wider and wider as I explained what was about to happen in layman's terms.

The 'Os are ok and will be ok. We're a bit under the weather but it's either a different bug with the VERY unlikely possibility of a mild case. My work still expects me to show up tomorrow. WTF.

How're y'all???

My company has shut down all non-essential work, however there are some that are still pushing for work. My company definitely has a hierarchy within a hierarchy. The current CEO (son) just took over the company last year and many are from his father's regime. One of the biggest challenges is breaking the old regime out of it's bad habits.

[Jscratch1200]

Even on a linear scale, the expansion of the virus should be obvious

But, as you're pointing out, the general pop may not appreciate the logarhithmic aspect of this outbreak, hence their lack of appreciation for the concept of getting ahead of the curve to prevent that exponential factor

The first case in Oregon SHOOK me. Close to home, yes. But they had no contact with anyone that had been to China. The next two here were out in the sticks. Anyone I'd bother to talk to about it first shrugged it off and their eyes got wider and wider as I explained what was about to happen in layman's terms.

The 'Os are ok and will be ok. We're a bit under the weather but it's either a different bug with the VERY unlikely possibility of a mild case. My work still expects me to show up tomorrow. WTF.

How're y'all???

Weird - any reason your office can't function working from home?

Stay safe

The numbers here in Florida are priming to spike into the thousands, right now we have:

160 cases
142 residents
18 visitors
5 dead

I'm nervous AF about voting, but I feel this is the one thing I need to do to fulfill my role as a citizen before I hide out.

I'll be honest. This is all pretty depressing. I live alone so posting online helps right now. I'm going to have cabin fever.

This is going to take longer to tail off than I had hoped due to the reckless behavior of our incompetent leadership. It's not just Trump, Florida's leadership has been mostly terrible as well. They're GOP, no surprise there.

I have been reading about all the a-holes still in Florida for spring break. Stupidity really knows no limits. Please stay safe brother.

[Clyde_Style]

The first case in Oregon SHOOK me. Close to home, yes. But they had no contact with anyone that had been to China. The next two here were out in the sticks. Anyone I'd bother to talk to about it first shrugged it off and their eyes got wider and wider as I explained what was about to happen in layman's terms.

The 'Os are ok and will be ok. We're a bit under the weather but it's either a different bug with the VERY unlikely possibility of a mild case. My work still expects me to show up tomorrow. WTF.

How're y'all???

Weird - any reason your office can't function working from home?

Stay safe

The numbers here in Florida are priming to spike into the thousands, right now we have:

160 cases
142 residents
18 visitors
5 dead

I'm nervous AF about voting, but I feel this is the one thing I need to do to fulfill my role as a citizen before I hide out.

I'll be honest. This is all pretty depressing. I live alone so posting online helps right now. I'm going to have cabin fever.

This is going to take longer to tail off than I had hoped due to the reckless behavior of our incompetent leadership. It's not just Trump, Florida's leadership has been mostly terrible as well. They're GOP, no surprise there.

I have been reading about all the a-holes still in Florida for spring break. Stupidity really knows no limits. Please stay safe brother.

Thanks. Tomorrow I'll try to get in and out of the polling place which is down the street and then I'll be on lock down.

The beaches in my area are packed with college kids. It is like nothing changed. The municipalities could close the beaches with the snap of a finger, but greed trumps wisdom.

Here's a video from a Florida TV station. People are so out of touch

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/03/14/south-florida-beaches-packed-despite-coronavirus-fears-as-spring-break-arrives/

[Clyde_Style]

This article is pretty trippy. Trump sees the world like a reality TV host. It's all about the ratings. Kushner made it worse. Camelot it is not.

Trump is scared now. He's in completely over his head. It is too late for prevention, but the only silver lining is even a delusional and paranoid narcissist like himself may concede he now has no choice but to defer to experts for once.

“There’s No Boogeyman He Can Attack”: Angry at Kushner, Trump Awakens to the COVID-19 Danger

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/trump-awakens-to-the-covid-19-danger?fbclid=IwAR2iqQy1qfg8g36rZ8BN3gf0fg0cNMlxysJ155EbOR6MkO2fkoyjW_qrHMk

[stopstandthere]

Everyone please work from home and enjoy family life.

[duetta]

We have a couple of people in my office who have it.

Virtually everyone in our company is now working from home - but I'm coming down with a bit of a sore throat and beginning to wonder if I could be infected.

[DOLPHIN2020]

mitch is the best defensive player......and we're off lol

Rudy Gobert > Mitch

question is whether Gobert will make a full recovery. If not, Mitch has a chance

[Rasho Brezec]

So my mom works at a hospital and said they had a patient come in 6 days ago. The man is in his 60's and came in feeling weak, lethargic, and with a fever. On his charts, it stated he was weak and in a confused state, so my mom and her coworkers cared for him not knowing what was going on. The man was treated for 2 days in general population before someone said he was complaining of shortness of breath, but still nothing was done. It wasn't till he literally vomited on one of the workers did one of the doctors say that he should get tested for the Corona. Sure enough, he tested positive yesterday.

The hospital literally had all signs they could need to isolate him and didn't till exposing many others. The workers weren't pulled from work till just yesterday. So who knows how many people that came into contact with him also came into contact with others. The way this virus is being handled is a disgrace on so many levels.

This story just proves how underprepared we've been as a country for this type of global pandemic. We always thought of it like it was a sci-fi movie and not something that could happen in real life. I keep hearing not many hospitals know how to really handle it. Gov. Cuomo was right when he said today we better start preparing for the worse because it's coming.

I think the death toll in the US could end up around a million.

[Clyde_Style]

I just voted in the Florida primary

The polls opened at 7 am

I arrived at 7:05 am

I walked in and all of the poll workers said "Good Morning!" because I was the first person to walk in. I thanked them for their service and told them they were doing something honorable being there and they seemed to appreciate it.

They have their latex gloves and wipes so I hope they will be fine. It is a large space with room for distancing so there doesn't have to be any unnecessary physical contact.

Turnout in Florida is way down. The mail-in ballots are down heavily from 2016 and based on my impression this morning I expect a sparse turnout today.

So I'm done. Figured if I went early I'd be fine and I feel good about the experience. I wore my heavy duty latex gloves and lubed up my ID after it was handled so I didn't make contact with surfaces without protection.

Onwards

EDIT: I just found online contradictory information saying the mail-in vote is normal so maybe the vote difference with 2016 will not be as sharp as I thought it was shaping up to be.

[Zenzibar]

Watch on YouTube

This video was removed from Youtube? Crazy. It should how China had successfully contained the virus amongst it's 1.2 billion people. Net Nuetrality at it's best.

[Zenzibar]

Watch on YouTube

Thanks very much for that

Excellent info

I'm going to go dig up my heat gun in my box of tools. Just have to be sure I don't melt my face

Is that even legit? Maybe it can help clear up sinuses. not really sure it can prevent transmission or cure it.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Listen guys,I'm not saying this is legit or not. It's a basic home remedy option.

The other more basic is to gargle with vinegar, warm water (as hot as possibly withstood) and lemon. It may not be pharmaceutical but poor folks have been using these remedies for ages and living to 90.

It's on you.

[Zenzibar]

Someone enlighten me.

Where did the $1.2 TRILLION that Trump just "gave" Wall Street go?

[Clyde_Style]

Thanks very much for that

Excellent info

I'm going to go dig up my heat gun in my box of tools. Just have to be sure I don't melt my face

Is that even legit? Maybe it can help clear up sinuses. not really sure it can prevent transmission or cure it.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Listen guys,I'm not saying this is legit or not. It's a basic home remedy option.

The other more basic is to gargle with vinegar, warm water (as hot as possibly withstood) and lemon. It may not be pharmaceutical but poor folks have been using these remedies for ages and living to 90.

It's on you.

My favorite folk medicine remedy has saved my ass many times:

Raw onion immediately applied to an injury. It suppresses the body's overreaction response and dramatically reduces inflammation.

If you've ever lost a fingernail you know it goes black and blue and then takes months to grow out and replace the old nail. I've whacked my thumb with a hammer so hard I was rolling on the ground bawling. I put onion on it and the next day the tissue under the nail was pink and healthy and there was never a problem with the nail. If I had not applied the onion, it would have been black in a few days and had to grow out.

I had a muscle severed in my left forearm and my forearm ballooned up to Popeye proportions, over double in size. I put onion on it and the swelling went down to almost normal within 20 minutes.

There is really no medicine out there that does this. Onion is a miracle healer for physical trauma as long as you apply it to the injury within the first 15 minutes or so. Use onion in a crisis like this and you will sustain far less damage than you would otherwise have experienced. Everybody who does any kind of physical labor should keep a fresh onion in their toolbox.

[Kampuchea]

I just voted in the Florida primary

The polls opened at 7 am

I arrived at 7:05 am

I walked in and all of the poll workers said "Good Morning!" because I was the first person to walk in. I thanked them for their service and told them they were doing something honorable being there and they seemed to appreciate it.

They have their latex gloves and wipes so I hope they will be fine. It is a large space with room for distancing so there doesn't have to be any unnecessary physical contact.

Turnout in Florida is way down. The mail-in ballots are down heavily from 2016 and based on my impression this morning I expect a sparse turnout today.

So I'm done. Figured if I went early I'd be fine and I feel good about the experience. I wore my heavy duty latex gloves and lubed up my ID after it was handled so I didn't make contact with surfaces without protection.

Onwards

EDIT: I just found online contradictory information saying the mail-in vote is normal so maybe the vote difference with 2016 will not be as sharp as I thought it was shaping up to be.

I have been trying to get my parents to stay inside more, they live in the Fort Pierce/Vero beach area. Really the only thing they do outside is going to restaurants, and they tell me to not worry because they are open-air and accordingly they are safe. I am not on-board with that, hopefully I have convinced them.

My father is very much into politics and nothing is keeping him away from the vote today. He isn't on the Bernie train with me, unfortunately

[Triple C]

Great message from the Captain

[Clyde_Style]

Boris Johnson seems to have bungled the UK's strategy for dealing with the virus. Up to yesterday they were gambling on the Herd Immunity approach of basically letting the population infect itself to allow for some collateral deaths while building up immune resistance to the virus in the general population. Now they're in disarray as there are mixed signals being given and highly contentious debates over the wisdom of this policy. They're starting to walk back their premise and it's a mess over there.

[Deeeez Knicks]

Thanks very much for that

Excellent info

I'm going to go dig up my heat gun in my box of tools. Just have to be sure I don't melt my face

Is that even legit? Maybe it can help clear up sinuses. not really sure it can prevent transmission or cure it.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Listen guys,I'm not saying this is legit or not. It's a basic home remedy option.

The other more basic is to gargle with vinegar, warm water (as hot as possibly withstood) and lemon. It may not be pharmaceutical but poor folks have been using these remedies for ages and living to 90.

It's on you.

Things like that can def help and I do like home remedies as long as they are legit, just as long as people understand it's not going to kill/cure/protect you from Coronavirus.

[Clyde_Style]

Is that even legit? Maybe it can help clear up sinuses. not really sure it can prevent transmission or cure it.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Listen guys,I'm not saying this is legit or not. It's a basic home remedy option.

The other more basic is to gargle with vinegar, warm water (as hot as possibly withstood) and lemon. It may not be pharmaceutical but poor folks have been using these remedies for ages and living to 90.

It's on you.

Things like that can def help and I do like home remedies as long as they are legit, just as long as people understand it's not going to kill/cure/protect you from Coronavirus.

Whatever you do, don't change your name to SneeeezKnicks. Could backfire

[K_ick_God]