Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Israel has the necessary information to begin production and trials of vaccine. As do some of our labs here in the USA. The problems is human trials by aug then mass production which is 12 months.

To be blunt the weak will be winnowed out by then. If I am one of those? Oh well. Thats quite too bad because ive still got things to do in life.

 

We always keep a few months of food in the house. I can't stand shopping at the mart. If i get the virus I get it. There is nothing I can do about it. Were all going to die some day either on the road, in bed, having sex or doing yard work or cancer. Just live life have fun and smack your other 1/2 on the buns. Or if you can't stand you DKhead neighbor cough on that #######

 

Speaking of which thats all we heard today. In the shop, three stores and god knows where else.

Cough cough cough. Even across a walmart Cough .... range 234.5 feet, weight 340, age 46 etc. YUCK.
Shop was worse. 8 souls one child, child cough, 4 of them trying to hack a lung etc.

UGH. They were gone in a hour but Im sure the damage is done.

If the Enterprise ever returned to this time line Spock would scan the planet and hear the Doc Bones say Earths Infected Jim....

 

Ha!

Sirscrapntruckalot -

 

Very true. I live in WA and you can't find alcohol (like the rubbing type), aloe vera (which is what is generally mixed with the alcohol in making hand sanitizer). Hand sanitizer is completely gone as are face masks--which is odd because face masks do absolutely nothing to protect you from the COVID19 virus. The local hospitals are having problems ordering face masks because the manufacturers are wiped out of them. People are staying inside as evidenced by empty parking lots and low traffic volumes during rush hours. Many schools are closed. Of course, we have the highest death rate in the country for COVID19 aka "corona" so folks are worried.

 

Well, to start with, in regard to TTR I follow 2 thirds of the advice of things NOT to discuss with ole Archie Bunker. 1 Politics 2 Religion and 3 everything else. So I will ignore your questions that would require a religious answer.

In my opinion, there is fear and then there is panic. Having a healthy fear of something is not a negative. In my case as I stated I refuse to panic. If this dang virus leads to my death then so be it.

 

And to think I already avoided the stores and public places enough before the craziness started. We've got a two small grocery stores, an Albertson's and a Wal-Mart Supercenter in town. The smaller two seem are always packed to the brim, but lack a few items I prefer. Wally World always is a madhouse of the lower tier variety. And Albertson's has everything, but it also seems to be packed with both air force wives and soccer moms taking their time in the aisles. Couple that with the viral panic and you've got pandemonium during peak hours.

Work wise, we've been getting hit with a slump as well. Very little loads going out to Littlefield or HEB San Antonio. But plenty going out to the local cheeseplant out here in Clovis. Only problem with that place and why no one wants to do it is the high amount of contact with humans of the angry variety over there(used to get unloaded within 1-2 hours. Now the bimbos controlling traffic just pre stage you across the street bringing total time to 2-4.) Many just elect to go broke rather than risk an incident.

Beginning to think loss of jobs will be more likely for most than catching a strain.

 

You do realise how much time and money was spent prepping for y2k so there wouldn't be a problem, right?

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A big part of the reason corona19 was so deadly is that the first reaction was "oh, you have flu, go home rest and stay hydrated". That ended up spreading the disease rapidly. Cities in China that have acted aggressively are showing much lower mortality rates.

Think of all the calamities that have come to pass. Afterwards people ask "why were we not warned/preparrd?" It usually turns out we were warned, we just didn't heed the warnings.

 

Yes, I do. A ton of jobs, an entire industry, really, was created to ward off the worst of the 2K issue.

Personally, I think we are past the tipping point on climate change. I believe it will be an extinction event for h. Sapiens.

I think we could very well be in for a rough ride on COVID-19. But, hey, the ignoramus in chief has a hunch, so, sure, let's follow that, rather than listen to the experts.

 

I thought the mods don't allow political talk in threads like these?