Will Corona Panic Stop Trucks From Rolling And Empty The Stores???

Infosaur · Apr 23, 2020

jon69 said: ↑

Yeah, think of all the lawsuits.
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House always wins.

x1Heavy said: ↑

Stay dead.

Thats not living. For example Ive got a bowling ball thats really lonely and calling my name. I wonder if can get ten pins delivered to the door and start throwing that ball on them on some back road somewhere.
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Trailer floor, made of wood, reasonably straight. Probably make a nice alley.

BackwoodsGA · Apr 23, 2020

x1Heavy said: ↑

Stay dead.

Thats not living. For example Ive got a bowling ball thats really lonely and calling my name. I wonder if can get ten pins delivered to the door and start throwing that ball on them on some back road somewhere.
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Very possible.Anything can happen.

striker · Apr 23, 2020

Moosetek13 said: ↑

I never said I do things perfectly.
What I do is try to control my own time.
And sometimes that means saying no.
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Not everyone has the ability to say No and still keep their job. Yes, I turn down some work, but with all the food service guys out of work, companies are taking apps in record numbers, I may have 23 yrs, but that's not a given.

striker · Apr 23, 2020

FLtoOKBound said: ↑

To say that this virus is killing only as much as the common flu is factually incorrect. There is already the same number of deaths as the annual amount for the common flu's season. But in half the time. Assuming the numbers stay the same that means it will be at the minimum twice as deadly.

As this flu is more contagious than the common flu by a factor of 4x's, and the fact that a lot of truckers are not healthy already. With heart, lung, and other issues. Those that stay on the road and put themselves at a higher risk of infection, with those health issues are heroes. In a sense. The younger and healthier ones, not as much. Even though this virus has killed persons that are healthy with no underlying issue.
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Numbers, as of 3:30 pm 4/23/2020
Global population 7.82 billion
Total Global Confirmed Covid Cases: 2.7 million (based on other numbers, estimated at 3 million)
Total Confirmed Covid Deaths: 188,000 (These numbers could either be higher or lower depending, as many other deaths are being reported as Covid, and there are many who have died in their homes that have not been found yet)
Total Confirmed Covid Recovered: 740,000
Total Confirmed Covid Cases: .034% of the global population
Total Global Covid Deaths: '023% of the population

Current US Unemployment 26.5 million (at the start of this, it was 2.9%, it's now 16%, U-3 is expected to be closer to 20%)

Per the CDC
Oct 1st, 2019 thru April 4th, 2020 Seasonal US Flu numbers
39,000,000 to 56,000,000
410,000 to 700,000 hospitalizations
24,000 to 62,000 deaths

The biggest thing that makes Covid-19 scarier, more dangerous than the regular Flu is a lack of vaccine, lack of anti-virus, and no known absolute medication treatments.

BigDog Trucker · Apr 23, 2020

striker said: ↑

Numbers, as of 3:30 pm 4/23/2020
Global population 7.82 billion
Total Global Confirmed Covid Cases: 2.7 million (based on other numbers, estimated at 3 million)
Total Confirmed Covid Deaths: 188,000 (These numbers could either be higher or lower depending, as many other deaths are being reported as Covid, and there are many who have died in their homes that have not been found yet)
Total Confirmed Covid Recovered: 740,000
Total Confirmed Covid Cases: .034% of the global population
Total Global Covid Deaths: '023% of the population

Current US Unemployment 26.5 million (at the start of this, it was 2.9%, it's now 16%, U-3 is expected to be closer to 20%)

Per the CDC
Oct 1st, 2019 thru April 4th, 2020 Seasonal US Flu numbers
39,000,000 to 56,000,000
410,000 to 700,000 hospitalizations
24,000 to 62,000 deaths

The biggest thing that makes Covid-19 scarier, more dangerous than the regular Flu is a lack of vaccine, lack of anti-virus, and no known absolute medication treatments.
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And now that people like Stanford and USC, along with the state of NY and MA, are doing random tests on the population to see who has antibodies, theyre finding that bookoo amounts of people have already had corona and that puts the fatality rate at well below 1%.

The whole thing is a hoax that has crashed our economy and brought families across America to their knees.

longhaultransport · Apr 23, 2020

Yeah, but was it intentional?

BigDog Trucker · Apr 23, 2020

Moosetek13 said: ↑

Truckers are not heroes simply for doing what we do.
That hero thing needs to stop.

And only a few people die from this virus, just like with the yearly flu.
Not much made of the flu every year, but many people die from it. Why this time?
And up to half the people that have it show no symptoms at all and go unreported. That reduces the death rate by a lot.

This panic thing needs to stop as well.
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Theyre tossing around the hero card as if its a tee-ball game where every 5 yr old gets a trophy.

BigDog Trucker · Apr 23, 2020

longhaultransport said: ↑

Yeah, but was it intentional?
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i think certain leaders in our govt and among the global elite have a vested interest in crashing segments of the economy and making sure they have a healthy amount of people begging for help from the govt.

I dont know about anybody else, but I dont want my family eating sewer rats because America has become a smoldering hellscape. I'm actually surprised people havent lost their cool over this yet. Maybe its because of all the weed and pills people take now. Keeps em nice n mellow.

Brettj3876 · Apr 23, 2020

FoolsErrand said: ↑

Dont stop at the 3 rest areas in western NY on 81 up the hill. Theres some crooked troopers in middletown barracks with a racket to put you out of service at regional towing for huge storage money. They took my trailer for a month, accused me of it being stolen and tried to auction it. Cost me $3k. It was all lies from the first minute she pounded on the cab while i was in the rest area. That trooper retired but the cmv sgt and capt are still there and in on it. I prefer binghamton to albany to mass pike when its feasible.

If you do any loads to spfld watch out for DOT up in the doubles switching yard off 90 exit 6 at 291, and also at the MA CT line on 91. Theyre quota jockies. They tuck up on that last southbound ramp in mass where 20 feeds into 91S.

Its a bit longer but i prefer to sneak across 57 and come from southwick to winsted to torrington on 8 and skip hartford waterbury. Nice country drive, all good roads for big truck.
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Didn't see this til today. Yea I CT I'll deff give that a try next time. They screwed up times so i came back to the house and ran 88 up. Troop C dot boys are fair, one of the few decent crews still out. Got yanked dodging the coop by Otego, got an over length ticket. Got a compliment on how clean the 93 was. I know if we get yanked by them they're just looking for an easy inspection to meet quota or whatever

Moosetek13 · Apr 24, 2020

BigDog Trucker said: ↑

Theyre tossing around the hero card as if its a tee-ball game where every 5 yr old gets a trophy.
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I agree.

Anyone and everyone that is still working is glad of it, and not a hero for doing so.
Lucky is more like it.

But I would consider health care workers hero's in all of this. They are the ones most at risk.

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