Corona Virus # 3

[Diggin It]

I think the best way to cut down on the hysteria is for the media to stop carrying things like maps and 'running counts' of casualties and Governors to stop making 'emergency' declarations'.

 

[wheelbuilder]

Mrs Wheelbuilder did her regular shopping today. We're south of Albany ny and she reports that the stores were low on flour, sugar and TP. Zero disinfecting supplies too. We normally have flour and sugar handy at home anyway, it was odd for it to not be plentiful on the shelf. The clerk was dumbfounded as well.

 

[5030]

Got to be a boatload of hand sanitizer floating around. No one has any.

 

[3Ts]

Mrs Wheelbuilder did her regular shopping today. We're south of Albany ny and she reports that the stores were low on flour, sugar and TP. Zero disinfecting supplies too. We normally have flour and sugar handy at home anyway, it was odd for it to not be plentiful on the shelf. The clerk was dumbfounded as well.

Got to be a boatload of hand sanitizer floating around. No one has any.

This may be the major reason the shelves are emptying. The supplies come in from other areas by boat (or truck) and the concern over the virus is affecting the transportation of the goods.

 

[California]

SF Chronicle has a map with positives by county. Presently:
155 confirmed cases in California
2 confirmed deaths in California
95 confirmed cases in the Bay Area
10,300 Californians in self-quarantine

Nationwide
808 confirmed cases
28 deaths in the U.S.

And a frequently updated post with more details than anyone wants to know.
* Gov. Newsom said the Grand Princess off-boarding needs to be stepped up. The goal is to get 100 people off the ship every hour, but thats a work in progress. "We're going to need to see an increase in those processes - we don't want to see it here for more than a week."

* The governor said testing kits do not have all of the components needed to complete a test which why there has been confusion about how many tests are available at the federal and local level. Testing kits are not a test Newsom said. "Many of these kits are like printers but without ink". Only 800 people had been tested as of Monday.

 

[TnAndy]

Local news reports 1st confirmed case in Northeast TN, Sullivan county, one county away from us.

 

[D2Cat]

Maybe we won't all die from this virus, you think? Texas-based company has reportedly created a coronavirus vaccine

 

[txdon]

Maybe we won't all die from this virus, you think? Texas-based company has reportedly created a coronavirus vaccine

That article is now 20 days old, wonder what has happened.

 

[Jstpssng]

It needs to be over 60% alcohol to work. So using Vodka is out. Need something stronger. Everclear or rubbing alcohol.

You're referring to a different post, and your comment was the purpose of my post.

 

[5030]

That article is now 20 days old, wonder what has happened.

Just read an article in the local paper about the FDA coming down hard on companies claiming to have a vaccine and selling it. There is no vaccine yet.