Let us not forget those working the truck stops!

It's the mentality not the age... me..me..me... screw everyone else..

52,145 US cases 677 deaths

 

Current population: 330,485,246

So 0.0002 of the U.S. population, confirmed cases so far.

 

Wait a minute. On another thread you said with all the restaurants supposedly closing that you arent set up to cook in your hot shot which is part of the reason you headed home.

The other reason was you couldn't find anything to load on your hot shot...

I'd bet a lot of money if you was setup to cook and could find loads ( essential or not ) your arse would be out here hauling freight on that hotshot.


Lots of restaurants are open.

I dont cook in my big truck, I'm not starving out here. You just gotta order the food 2 go.

 

That was my original concern but after I started watching how bad this is getting I realized we need to be off the road if we aren't essential. I had the cook thing sorted, bought a camp stove and bunch of canned food while I was in AR. However after seeing how real this #### is getting I got the wake up call and I'm trying to impress on others that this is pretty serious. Yes last week I was 100% considering staying out there just like some of these guys.. but then I really thought about this after seeing one of those truck stop cashiers wearing a face mask and gloves.. I realized I shouldn't be out there risking spreading it if I'm not hauling essential freight..

Trust me as a newer MC less than a year old it's pretty #### hard to not stay out there, but this is about more than me.. We all need to be thinking about everyone else not just ourselves..

 

According to what they are seeing in New York it's doubling infections every 3 days... This is not a nuffin burger dude.. Do you realize that in the Swine Flu epidemic of 2009 it took from April to August to get to 422 deaths. We are at 700 deaths in 1 month since our 1st confirmed community transmission. The 2009 Swine Flu out break went on from April 2009 to August 2010.. So just think about that with 700 deaths our 1st month.. and this isn't going away by next month..

Swine flu was RO 1.6-1.9 meaning each person infected infected between 1.6 to 1.9 other people. This stuff is RO2.5 to 3.0 meaning every infected person is infecting up to 3 people and that multiplies by 100% every 3 days in the outbreak zones.. That's way faster than swine flu did. meaning this can and will be very deadly if we don't get this under wrap.

Think about that...this isn't a prove how much of a man and tough guy you are. This is a think about what will happen to this country if we don't get this #### under control. The economy will come back fast because were aren't in a financial shut down we are in a shut down cause by a medical issue. When we hit the road again the #### is gonna boom, but we need to do the right thing now.

Also my bet is during this we are gonna work the deal out with China for trade. They need it and we need it so I think one good thing is we will get rid of those tarriffs..

 

Italy is now at 6,820 dead, as of a few hours ago.

 

Every truck stop I went by today was open. The Pilot in Sulpher springs was friendly and had a good Roast beef samich

 

I found that disposable nitrile gloves are still widely available at auto parts stores.

 

Most of their dead are over 80 years old.
Italy stopped treating people over 80 a couple weeks ago. They are on their own.