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Ahhhh the good ole health and comfort on a friday to lock us down over the weekend.
I'm usually one of those old guys that say "stay off my lawn." This trouble has changed my tune. We have a neighborhood web site. I just posted, "whatever you need, if I got it." Time to come together IMO.
Yep, I posted that on my FB page today. Military guys understand.
It's rough right now., man. 2013 I was disabled due to blindness but since then I've put my time & effort in making my wife's dream of running and owning her restaurant... numbers don't look great right now.
I ventured out and finally found a thermometer today. Wore a mask in public for the first time in my life and felt weird but whatever. Weren't too many people out and I got in and out quick so I didn't freak out too much.
Being able to take your temp when you sneeze or cough during a pandemic is a real improvement.
It was nice out here today so I went for a walk on the river. FYI: national park fees are waived for the time being. Feels good to get out and get some exercise and social distancing is easy outdoors..recommend highly. Stay safe everyone. Fromm's hometown has a case now BTW.
Hang in there boss. Just said a prayer for you and your wife.
Good news out of China tonight: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-no-new-local-coronavirus-cases-first-time-during-outbreak-2020-3
I think Covid19 spread a lot farther in the US before we started dealing with it than in China and the US probably won't get Covid19 under control as fast as China did (unless Mother Nature helps us out a bit), but still this is very good news out of China that for the first time, there are no new cases of Covid-19 there.
Sorry, not a CV-19 report, but just checking in, since this thread is good for that.
A friend of mine died tonight, after a long fight with cancer, leaving behind a wife and three kids, ages 16-21.
Another friend is currently comforting his 18yo daughter, who just had her leg amputated as she wages her own battle with cancer.
Lots of people hurting. I don't feel comfortable revealing names, but for the believers out there, please pray for these families. God knows who they are.
That is not actual firsthand knowledge.
Sure, there will be outliers. The Spring pollen season always causes people respiratory distress. If what the CDC says is accurate regarding 6 out of 7 infected people showing very little to no symptoms, then the spread of this is far worse than is being reported - AND THAT IS A GOOD THING!
What it means is that the REPORTED 221,000 cases globally likely represents something like 1,547,000 cases, with the same 9000 deaths. That would suggest a mortality rate of 0.6%. BTW - Some medical experts are suggesting this, not me
Reported Mortality rate for the flu of 0.1% is based on estimated number of undiagnosed cases. If you look at just the mortality rate of diagnosed (tested) cases of the flu then the death rate of the flu is scary high, too.
@Kasey Really sorry to hear. I have a friend with Marriott who was very sad earlier this week at having to layoff people Our business is also shutdown. Angers me that mass transit is still running if this is really such a huge risk. If we are going to close one thing down then we should close EVERYTHING down Our employees have zero ability to earn money without prostituting themselves, and won’t again until this hysteria and panic subsides
I have about nine more day’s of work then I’m gonna start applying to target and Costco in the interim. Anything is better than collecting unemployment
I also wonder if this thing is really widespread and most of us have it without even knowing about it.
But on the other hand, I see these healthy middle age people with no medical problems advance to full blown ARDS and have to stay on life support to live.
Craziness. But I too hope it's already widespread, because that means that the vast majority of people will not need ICUs.
I know the media is touting how China has zero new cases yesterday, but I’m currently dubious of any info coming out of that country at the present moment
The vast majority of people who DO have it don't require medical attention at all. I believe this is more widespread than we know because most people have no symptoms and have not and will not get tested. If we increase testing, we will undoubtedly find more "new" cases. The huge majority of those people will be just fine. And of course there will be a certain number of people who do need medical attention and will develop serious issues, but that number is likely to be very low compared to the total number of actual infected (not known cases), and they too will likely be just fine once the virus has run its course. Once this is all over I believe the mortality rate will be far below the 3% everyone is concerned about...likely well below 1%, and more in line with a normal seasonal flu. Just my predictions.
Nothing new to report out in Germany today. Everybody is just waiting to see what happens next. Family and I are well and I do not personally know of anyone impacted yet. Hopefully all the safety measures work and it does not get any worse. Keep Calm and Dawg On
An amazingly beautiful morning in the Upstate of SC. Thankful for today. Gonna start my garden today! Might also take my girls to the driving range - it's pretty spread out. Supposed to be 78 and sunny.
Just sent out assignments to all my classes - and when those kids wake up in about 3 hours they can get started...
All good in our home.