corona virus...this is no joke!

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  1. x1Heavy

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    #### someone else who knows the Spanish Flu history. I rejoice.

    That parade by the way ultimately killed approximately 12000 phillies in time.

    In 2006 a Level 4 medical lab was able to replicate spanish flu virus and activated it to life. They found that it replicated about 50 times faster than anything. So basically ate the host from inside out essentially.

    They were warehousing people stacked three deep rotating them to sunshine once per day for that vitamin D production.

    I did a examination into iron lungs and found that there are about two maybe three still in use today. Otherwise that particular technology has been retired for want of spare parts and closed production decades ago. We use ventilators today, I think 16000 is stated to be in Strategic stockpile and around 160000 in use coast to coast today.

    In my library sit two or three cold war nuclear attack books, I think a paragraph in one of them stated that there were in 1984 time period approximately 115000 burn beds east of the mississippi and a 2 megaton strike on the US Capital during the rush hour would have generated around 900000 second to third degree burn cases, most of which will die relatively quickly in agony without care which will not be possible at that scale at a radius of up to 40 miles.

    My family has always thought I was a little bit of a nutter talking about what we would have to do to get through the Cold War years. Well here we are in the virus shut down, isolation and so on so forth etc and no one is talking about preppers and nutters anymore.

    When this is all over there is going to be a hell of alot of money unspent.

    In the end, I cannot help but be emphatic for the young ones at there late teens, 20's and 30's enjoying life. They get sick they get sick. Otherwise they cannot be bothered with anything. And thats unfortunate.
     
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    Was NYC not complaining about many shops closed up? Or the loss in businesses and so on?

    China is opening up Wuhan this week, removing roadblocks and firing the place up and opening up. Call it 4 months.

    4 months from now maybe we can do the same here.
     
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    Or quit for cause.

    One trucking company hates me very much for winning a unemployment suit against them when they tried to starve me out against my savings then. It cost them alot of fuel waiting so many days between loads. I was filling every 3 days. HA.... But you cannot fight a billion dollar company that wants you out. So there is that.
     
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    During the 1918 influenza, the mutation took several months to happen the first time. Some research has suggested that up to 5 mutations occurred during that outbreak. The first two variants being the strongest.
     
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    Short of a nuke attack, the next worse thing that could happen right about now would be an EMP attack, shutting down the nations electric grid....
     
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    I tell you something else about NYC. Lord knows I spent so much time up there. I don't know any better.

    Ive got a neice up there and Ive got a dear gal friend from my teen years also up there. I think she is still doing well. But she sure enjoyed her escapes to the country in the mason dixon back in our time.

    If I was to ignore for a minute some of the more dangerous aspects of a very large city like NYC, I find the people motivating. And the food. Not necessarily what they charge for that food its a racket. forgetaboutit =)
     
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    At least we won’t be dependent on that government cheese :)
     
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    Just remember when you vote socialist this will be your future. Rations on food, TP etc. Being told when, where and how you can do things. We ain't far away from being commies these days.......
     
  10. x1Heavy

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    I rather not consider it.

    That is one of the things that keep me up at night. If something like that happens I would find a big chain saw and so on and get to work. At least I can earn my keep in the area doing that kind of processing for alot of people who will have need of it.
     
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    Arkansas has tried to do a good job not barking orders at us more than necessary right now. If we were Maryland, we would have been dominated and beaten senseless by now. (Sorry Maryland, but they have been laboring under certain problems for decades)

    I would rather that there is no more restrictions any more than what we have already. I think what would burn me up quite a bit is freedom to travel. If they took that away, I have a problem.
     
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