Corona Virus #6

[rekees4300]

This is the case with lots of folks.

There's a very high risk beyond the virus.
From any existing problems because hospitals are going to be maxed for a few months.
TOTAL overload.
No beds for heart problems.
City people will be farmed out to all the 'rural' hospitals, in any open bed.
All beds will have waiting lists.
No space for people in car wrecks or with appendicitis, heart problems etc.

This is not a prediction.
This is happening in Italy now.

Read this: "Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance" by Tomas Pueyo
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance - Tomas Pueyo - Medium
Not an easy read but try to read it twice.
The main gist is this: We must act now, that waiting will cost society a LOT more. He says 40% more cost for every day delayed.
Lockdown NOW.
Who can predict 40%? Nobody, really, but basically he's putting a number that quantifies the danger; expanding exponentially.

The main task we all have now is to slow the spread as much as possible, with six feet distancing, hand wash, masks, all these little elements are not full-on safety, but they all add some level of protection, which slows the spread.
The measures buy time.
Time is of the essence.
More time to prepare, more time to free up hospital beds, free up ventilators, train healthcare staff, search for a cure, ,,, all saves lives.

If it all hits hard and fast we'll be like Italy and Iran digging mass graves.
And why would it NOT?

The overload is coming and there will be significant collateral damage.
Hospitals don't sit empty when there's no COVID.
All those people need care and the hospitals are kinda full right now. RIGHT?
In 2 weeks there will no capacity, just a waiting list. Could be 1 week.

Everyone who does what they can to slow the spread, to slightly blunt the inevitable overload, will be saving other people's lives.
Everyone who poo-poos our national emergency, and gets other people to go along, will be "adding deaths".

I hope all you fellers are still on your tractors in the following months.
Sorry for the bummer.
Read that link, the guy's pretty good.

Your assessment isn't optimistic but I agree with it. The worst is yet to come. How "worst" transpires depends on counter measures we perform.

 

[MossRoad]

We never had caller ID on our home phone until recently. All those years, I always let it go to the answering machine. Anyone that knew us would leave a message, we'd hear who was talking, and pick it up if we knew them. . We had a lot of hang ups that would never leave a message. Decades of this procedure. Just recently my sister-in-law commented that we never answer the phone. I told her we screen all of our calls. She said she figured if we didn't answer, we weren't home, so as soon as she heard the answering machine message, she'd hang up! 20 years she never knew we screened our calls. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

What would a good working order Model T be worth nowadays? I bet some bucks...

Ask ultrarunner...

 

[aczlan]

What would a good working order Model T be worth nowadays? I bet some bucks...

IIRC, he was hoping to sell it this spring (before this Coronavirus mess hit) for somewhere around $30-35k
Now, its probbaly going to sit in storage for a while...

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

model t for sale - Google Search

 

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Coronavirus Traces Lingered in Vacated Cruise Cabins for 17 Days

 

[shooterdon]

Why? Because my wife is diabetic, with damaged heart and kidneys. She's in the ultra-high risk category. That's why. We also live in a rural area and feel safe here. We are really stressed about going to town for essentials.

Sir,
Ask one of your neighbors to pick up essential items. Leave money on your porch and they can leave the irems on the porch

I am committed to helping one of my neighbors in that way. He has COPD, amongst other issues.

Rural people are the best

Be safe!

 

[goeduck]

Since we are on a septic tank I do not have bleach on hand and I had not been able to find it in the store, shelves were bare, every time. Wife was in a panic without bleach given the situation.

Memory chip floated up and I recalled setting some detergents aside after clearing out a rental...... bingo. Two gallons of bleach in the garage.

 

[cqaigy2]

Chest CT Findings in cases from Diamond Princess: 73% asymptomatic, of those, 54% had lung opacities on CT Excerpt from RSNA, Radiolgy:Cardiothoracic imaging.

 

[D2Cat]

I kind of enjoy some messing with the spam calls. When I'm in the mood it's a source of entertainment. The goal is to confuse them. Whatever pops into my head at the moment. Often times I pick up the phone and don't say anything. If the line gets disconnected, I guess it's a computer and took a call before me.

Sometimes I just start off with, "What ever you're selling I'll take a dozen. When can you get them here? What color will they be? Can you overnight them? The last shipment was busted when I open the box. They quickly hang up.


One of my favorites is to say. "Hello ....(city of choice) police dept. Homicide--sergeant Hall speaking. You have a homicide to report? Is this an emergency? Do I need to call 911 for you? Is someone bleeding? Did you shoot them? I just keep asking questions, speaking in a firm, fast tone. They just hang up.

I've messed with the folks going to fix my student loan so bad one guy called me a M-Fer and hung up!