Corona virus. Stay home or work?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by DUNE-T, Mar 14, 2020.

Home or work?

  1. Staying home

    25 vote(s)
    12.8%
  2. Keep working

    170 vote(s)
    87.2%
  1. Lennythedriver

    Lennythedriver Road Train Member

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    I am going on about my life business as usual. However I think you’re a little off on under playing this virus circling the globe. There’s already been documented cases of people catching it twice. That means it’s mutating at an alarming rate. A 35-year-old healthy marathon runner was just about over it and was quarantined with a group of other 14 individuals who had contracted the virus. Just as they were about to release him he came down with it again, a mutated version and now he’s on a ventilator. He’s not expected to live. In fact he may be dead by now as this was two days ago.

    It’s a new strain of virus so we don’t know how it’s going to act. The Spanish flu wasn’t that deadly the first time it circled the globe and it killed almost everyone who contracted it the second time around.
    Furthermore even with our best case containment and quarantine efforts infectious disease experts estimate that at least 110,000,000 of us Americans are going to contract this virus over the next year. 480,000 people will die, and we currently have 925,000 available hospital beds with only 5% of those for critical care patients. This is why they’re closing everything down so that they can spread out the time. When people catch this. We are going to be dealing with this for a minimum of 12 to 18 months. One in three of us will catch it and that’s best case scenario. Some experts say as much as 70% of us will catch it. In 20% of those people require medical attention in the hospital but won’t be available to them. This is real. It’s going to get ugly. Just wait
     
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  3. HoneyBadger67

    HoneyBadger67 Road Train Member

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    If it's as bad as all the hype suggests it is, you're not going to escape getting some form of it. Go to a house of worship for whichever religion you believe in and make peace with your god. Then go out and live your life according to the rules of your religion and hope for the best. At least all your toilet paper will be put to use wrapping you up like a mummy.
     
  4. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Wish i could thank ur posts 10 times !!
     
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  5. homeskillet

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    I got the flu this year. I spent 26 hours in my sleeper until I was steady enough to drive home, then sent to bed by the doc for another five days.

    That was a HUGE kick in the wallet, and I'm just now getting caught up. So I hope they can keep me running, but our freight seems to be slowing down. I had 26 hours left on my 70 and I'm home this weekend. Oh well.

    I'm just "maintaining social distance", washing my hands frequently, and staying rested and hydrated. From where I sit, there's nothing else I can do. Just wait -n- see.
     
  6. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    if what you say is true, all that i bolded, then send a copy of this, to our president.....cuz he was the BIGGEST speaker of the false narrative.
     
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  7. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    i think soon enough, body condom makers will not be able to keep up with demands.
     
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  8. Muskie

    Muskie Medium Load Member

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    He definitely was and will be judged in November, soon enough.
     
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  9. exACT driver

    exACT driver Light Load Member

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    Only if you are eating KFC
     
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  10. exACT driver

    exACT driver Light Load Member

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  11. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Hard times create strong men,
    Strong men create good times,
    Good times create weak men,
    Weak men create hard times.
     
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