No trolls, adult conversation about Coronavirus.

Jade Dragon

Jade Dragon

And I'm the one that jaded you.
A discussion reserved for chatting like adults about the Coronavirus, its effects, people's concerns, or how people can help each other during these trying times.

Be serious.
 
I think I already got it ... and survived. I'm keeping my distance from people, but still interacting.
It's suppose to peak next month, that's when everyone will start to freak.

Jade. Don't you have 'underlying issues'?
I'd stay in the house for the next month if I was you.
 
Jack said:
I think I already got it ... and survived. I'm keeping my distance from people, but still interacting.
It's suppose to peak next month, that's when everyone will start to freak.

Jade. Don't you have 'underlying issues'?
I'd stay in the house for the next month if I was you.
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I'm set, so I'm not going anywhere. Got about $500 of food and supplies to last a month or so. Moving to Ohio might not happen for some time now.
 
Jade Dragon said:
Anyone else on lockdown? Did you get enough supplies?
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My wife and I are fine. We live in rural area so usually stock up for a month at a time with a large chest freezer in the garage, and extra shelves for canned goods.

FWIW, I think most of the hoopla will be over in 2 weeks as far as supplies go. It's a global crisis so every First World nation is working on medical solutions and I'm certain those solutions will be found. Treatments first, vaccines second and cures, maybe. Since there's no cure for the common cold or flu, I think we're in the same boat with SARS/SARS2.
 
Hello Jade,

Good luck on having a mature thread.

I applaud the effort.

Not on lock down, but withdrawn as much as possible from socializing. No more going out and seeing people. Got the freezer full. Ready to binge on movies. One good thing is a newfound emphasis on housekeeping, cleaning and gardening. Time to slow down and do some 'nesting.' And I have been getting busy cleaning up the cars, detailing everything out. Also catching up on some reading. Life's good. We can hole up for a while. No need to see anybody or go anywhere. Just about planting time for the organic gardening. We are totally planning a "Victory Garden." V for victory in the war which has united us all. It's the humans against the bug.

Wish Congress would get the bill worked out. Glad they went to school on the Great Recession. Hopefully will avoid a big give-away to corporate executives.
 
Like Uncle we always have a lot of supplies/food/other stuff on hand due to living in the woods and in a place with wicked winter weather. The U.P. now has two confirmed cases; one of them resides in our county.
 
countryboy said:
You were moving to Ohio? What part? I'm in the NE.
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Back down around the Northern Dayton suburbs. Was looking in a few of them to find the perfect house. My usual luck though. We put moving on the back burner and a house comes on the market that's walking distance to family.
 
Jade Dragon said:
A discussion reserved for chatting like adults about the Coronavirus, its effects, people's concerns, or how people can help each other during these trying times.

Be serious.
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Being a microbiologist is rocketing to the top of my career choices in my next life, assuming the Hindus are correct about human destiny. Scientifically this stuff is actually pretty compelling!
 
Jade Dragon said:
Back down around the Northern Dayton suburbs. Was looking in a few of them to find the perfect house. My usual luck though. We put moving on the back burner and a house comes on the market that's walking distance to family.
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Now's the time. Interest Rates are LOW.
 
Dallas and Fort Worth , I live between, are both on shelter in place. I'm self isolating on a family farm in East Texas. Its on a dirt road off of a dirt road off of dirt road. I'm not sure a virus could find the place. :laugh:
 
We are good. Staying away from folks as much as possible. Got plenty of food. For the first time ever we canceled Sunday service but I did a sermon on Facebook Live from my living room.
 
PoliTalker said:
Why this is not comparable to seasonal flu:

Seasonal flu does not overwhelm hospitals all over the planet!
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Agreed. Trump's claim it was just the flu could come back to bite him. There'll be a 1000 dead American voters by Friday.....mostly Republicans. If the death toll exceeds that of flu, the Democrats will be trumpeting (pun intended) that fact all the way to Election Day.


https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...onavirus-to-the-flu-but-they-are-not-the-same
1. COVID-19 is novel, or new. That means there's no vaccine, and it's unclear how it will manifest;

2. This strain of coronavirus appears to infect two to 2.5 people versus 1.3 with the flu, so coronavirus seems to be about twice as contagious as the flu;

3. Some 20% of coronavirus patients are in serious enough condition to go to the hospital, 10 times the number who wind up in the hospital because of the flu;

4. Hospital stays for the coronavirus are twice as as long as for the flu;

5. About 8% of people get the flu every year. Some estimates are 25% to 50%, possibly up to 80%, could get the coronavirus without drastic actions being taken by individuals, states and municipalities and the federal government;


6. The coronavirus could be 10 times deadlier than the flu — about 0.1% who get flu die. It's estimated that about 1% of those who have gotten coronavirus have died from it;

7. There are treatments for the flu. There are no approved treatments for the coronavirus, despite the president's optimism for certain drugs, which are untested for coronavirus to this point; and

8. The flu tends to wane in warm weather, but it's too soon to count on that for coronavirus, which is thriving in warm, tropical places.

One of the people advising the president has already argued that this is not a good comparison to make.

"I mean people always say, 'Well, the flu does this, the flu does that,' " Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said two weeks ago during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. He added, "The flu has a mortality rate of 0.1%. This has a mortality rate of 10 times that. That's the reason I want to emphasize we have to stay ahead of the game in preventing this."
 
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