Corona Virus #6

[3930dave]

Canuck #'s, 6pm yesterday.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update - Canada.ca

Rgds, D.

 

[shooterdon]

took my shower this morning, shaved and realized I really needed a haircut.
Well that isn't going to happen anytime soon, don't think a barbershop is a particularly safe place to be right now.
Better go find my little clippers. Ear lobes, hide!

Worried about my sister in California, just North of SF, luckily fairly remote in Muir Beach.
She was amazed that the beach yesterday had all kinds of people on it
and the parking lot was almost full. ?? While their hospitals are running out of face masks...

That is one significant difference between how China can effect results better than we can. Our "freedoms" might hurt us, but there are many who will protect the freedom to chose what works for them regardless of the effect on others. The vindictive side of me hopes people like that succumb to the Darwin effect.

I saw an excellent post on another forum that points strongly to this virus being released on purpose to evaluate it outside the lab and in the real world. The author is well respected, has never been a "tin foil hat" person, and has extensive military experience involving bio-warfare. But even if it was not intentionally released, you can be sure China is evaluating how our system of government is responding. They are measuring the relative impact on our economy vs the impact on their economy. Our relative death rate is a secondary item of interest. It lines up with my initial opinion on what happened; but I tried to be critical of it none the less. Scary but being scary does not make it BS.

Last night I reached out to someone who has been a nurse for over 35 years. They had their first patient (70YO) die yesterday. She is concerned with both how contagious this is, and how quickly it can progress to death. She is not a doctor...but has seen a lot...this is different.

 

[shooterdon]

Canuck #'s, 6pm yesterday.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update - Canada.ca

Rgds, D.

Thanks Dave...of interest to me as I am a dual citizen and most of my family is still in Canada.

For the rest of you, Canada is about 10% our size wrt population, and 90% of Canadians lives within 100 miles of the US border.

 

[groundcover]

Yea well don’t listen to all the things you hear online. Went to the store with mask and gloves yesterday, you’ll be fine they said. Yeah well everyone else had clothes on ! ��

 

[riptides]

One casualty of all this....

Trust.

 

[ovrszd]

Went to Lowes first thing this morning. Didn't want to, but needed to pickup my online tile order (shipping would have been $90) to finish my backsplash. I wore gloves and the whole time I was in there, I was more on edge than ever and we don't even have any confirmed cases in our county yet. It's going to be a long while for me to adjust to this new normal.

Did you report yesterday or day before that you have a sore throat and/or cough and/or something similar?

 

[tradosaurus]

Wife has been cutting my hair for 20 years since my barber died. Of course, every year, the job requires less and less time for some reason.

My wife has cut my hair for over 20 years. A good Oster clipper will make for a more uniform hair cut. https://www.amazon.com/OSTER-Classic-Universal-Clipper-76076010/dp/B00070E8LA/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1HYXP1ERYY98N&dchild=1&keywords=oster+clippers&qid=1584887582&sprefix=Oster%2Caps%2C207&sr=8-2


I also use to cut my 4 boys hair until they earned enough money to go to a barber. :laughing:

 

[daugen]

does taking zinc all by itself have a positive effect on the immune system?
I have a full bottle, wonder if I should start taking it.

 

[shooterdon]

My wife has cut my hair for over 20 years. A good Oster clipper will make for a more uniform hair cut. Amazon.com: OSTER Classic 76 Universal Motor Clipper 761: Beauty


I also use to cut my 4 boys hair until they earned enough money to go to a barber. :laughing:

Did you butcher them that badly???? LOL

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I have read some people suggesting that we just let the virus take its course but I wonder about the morality of letting people die who we could save.

Chris

Don't kid yourself, that happens everyday in America and always has. Many get left behind so the few can have more.

 

[sd455dan]

does taking zinc all by itself have a positive effect on the immune system?
I have a full bottle, wonder if I should start taking it.

I guess i started some of this.... with what doctor (pulmonologist & critical care specialist) Roger Seheult, MD thought).

This from back around March 12th. and maybe a few Coronavirus threads ago.

Study was in Vitro he was looking to. He said There was No randomized double blind human test trials, but Some patients were prescribed in South Korea where deaths were far less per infection. once again no double blind studies yet.


Make of it what you will ... Yes I Bought a bottle of Zinc.

 

[ovrszd]

Good policy requires good managers.
Unfortunately we seem to have neither.

I think we have very good managers. At all levels. For our society type, best that we could have ever hoped for.

 

[ruffdog]

Mnuchin said this virus fiasco will last 10-12 weeks. He also said a family of 4 will get about $3000. I say, be careful and spend wisely.

 

[ovrszd]

Mnuchin said this virus fiasco will last 10-12 weeks. He also said a family of 4 will get about $3000. I say, be careful and spend wisely.

Yep. This will require a high level of maturity. That's $300 per week. Not much for a family of 4. A frivolous trip to Wal-Mart will wipe that out.

 

[3930dave]

does taking zinc all by itself have a positive effect on the immune system?
I have a full bottle, wonder if I should start taking it.

I too have found some benefit of taking Zinc lozenges early in a fight with an oncoming "regular" cold. (IE. I start taking at the early onset of a sore throat).

Main thing with zinc compounds, don't exceed the daily dosage amounts; toxic in high concentrations.

Rgds, D.

 

[ruffdog]

Yep. This will require a high level of maturity. That's $300 per week. Not much for a family of 4. A frivolous trip to Wal-Mart will wipe that out.

A death in the family also is a big cost and is hard to deal with in these times. My MIL died one month ago and nothing is "cheap" in the process. Trying to go through probate and selling property with COVID present is proving nearly impossible. Talking directly to insurance agents, debtors, and bank employees to tie up loose ends is very trying as you do it through a window or crack of a door. Giving out "stimulus" money is a short sighted good feeling that won't last very long. We need good leadership we can TRUST and solid movement forward to give us hope.

 

[k0ua]

A death in the family also is a big cost and is hard to deal with in these times. My MIL died one month ago and nothing is "cheap" in the process. Trying to go through probate and selling property with COVID present is proving nearly impossible. Talking directly to insurance agents, debtors, and bank employees to tie up loose ends is very trying as you do it through a window or crack of a door. Giving out "stimulus" money is a short sighted good feeling that won't last very long. We need good leadership we can TRUST and solid movement forward to give us hope.

I DO trust the leadership we have, especially at the federal level. ironically I would also trust the NY leadership if I lived there. What do you think about that?