Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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what I want to know is, what is the difference between this virus and every other flu and pneumonia virus that is continually circulating, killing tens of thousands of people in our country every year? Why is this the one that has to have the major panic and over-reaction? Why not any of the others?
Did Tom Hanks die? THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR IT. A large percentage of flu related deaths tend to be elderly people who are already health compromised and don't get a flu shot. The reason it does not kill as many people every year is because enough people get a flu shot. And even if you get the shot, you can still get the flu but generally symptoms will only be mild which allows your body to fight it off easier. No flu shot, you're on your own. If you get it the COVID-19 virus it does not necessarily mean you are automatically going to die. Per the CDC/WHO info out there, 80% of people who get it will only experience mild fever cold/flu like symptoms and be over it within a shorter time. But, if you are elderly (60-older) and/or also have an underlying health condition, (name your disease/condition here) you are at a much higher risk of becoming severely ill from complications resulting from contracting the virus. This group of people are the ones who are feeling the brunt of the virus. Like said already, if you are otherwise healthy, contracting the virus may not necessarily mean anything to you personally but if you somehow mange to contract the virus and continue to spread it through close contact, you are putting exponential numbers of people beyond your immediate family/friend circles at risk. It's not a political issue in any way shape or form, it's a regular-everyday people dying issue. This is why its important not to be cavalier about it and take it seriously. People in the interior of the country are about a week behind those of us on the coasts which are where most of the points of entry into this country are. Maybe you will get lucky and not have as many cases/deaths as we have had here already. Locking down everything beyond essential services will theoretically slow the spread of the virus but we won't get a real read on it until we can do mass testing to see who actually has the virus. In a way, our situation could wind up being worse than China's since the virus has been allowed to run unchecked through our population without any real mitigation. Good or bad, China has the ability to enforce these severe draconian lock down measures and also can build hospitals with 1,000s of beds in 10 days. We don't even have widely available testing yet so we really have no clue how many people may actually have it. We probably won't see the peak of cases for a little while. Hopefully the lock down will slow it a little.
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
[Re: RMCHRGR]
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03/16/20 11:46 AM
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I'm hearing through the grapevine Texas is going to join the early states in shutting down businesses and those who can will be working from home. Supposed to be announced @ 6:00 PM today, I can't find a documented source yet. This is making 1938 look like a cake walk.
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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Wow, did you really read any of the links posted in this thread? How about the one on how it exploded in South Korea by just one person? If you can't see how highly contagious this virus is and how lethal it is to the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions as compared to other viruses then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you should try doing some research on your own since you don't trust anyone else. BTW, whether Tom Hanks lives or dies is really of no consequence to the situation.
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
[Re: 3hundred]
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I'm hearing through the grapevine Texas is going to join the early states in shutting down businesses and those who can will be working from home. Supposed to be announced @ 6:00 PM today, I can't find a documented source yet. This is making 1938 look like a cake walk. Lets see if I stay within the guardrails here. Heard today Individual #1 is tele-conferencing with 50 officials in every state. I suspect that will be a nationwide roll out of more robust isolation measures, in that all responses to the pandemic seemed to be driven by the sinking dow jones. How did I do?
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
[Re: jcc]
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
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That was a rather sobering read. The way it starts out so relatively benign, and the way seemingly the fevers rise and fall over days and then it goes quickly downhill even when under a Dr's supervision.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Quarantined $100 Bills from Asia ? ? ?
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03/16/20 01:34 PM
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Maybe this article will be useful? It was 6 days ago...
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Re: The official Coronavirus thread
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03/16/20 01:43 PM
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As of 9 PM my wife was still sick with headache, sore throat and fever of 99.4F I am headache, sore throat, chest pain and 99.2F fever. Not high enough to go for Covid-19 testing.
So not knowing what hit us Sunday morning we are quarantining in place. This SAME thing (symptoms of yours) went through my family the middle of Feb. My youngest daughter (25) got it first - low grade fevers for first 3 days, dry cough, generally feeling lousy all over. Then she started feeling better & was fine a week later. Then I started feeling it on Sunday 2/16. Felt LOUSY all the following week - low grade fevers all week, dry cough, sore lungs (something I've never felt before) for 3 weeks, a little bit of a sore throat & sore ears. I went to my doctor on Sat. 2/22. They did blood work, chest X-ray, urine sample, etc. Gave me a shot of Depomedrol & put me on an antibiotic just-in-case, & 36 hours later I was feeling a lot better. Now - feeling fine. Then my other daughter got it & my wife had symptoms - both had it mild. In my wife, the cough has held-on. We may have very well had this, before all the hype.
Typically, if I get something like this, it's usually in the dead of winter - Dec, Jan. VERY unusual for me to get something like this this time of year. You guys should be fine - just like getting over the flu. Keep us posted! It does not matter right now if what we have is Covid-19 or the common Flu going around. What matters is SOMEONE was sick and decided it was nothing and went out in public to spread the wealth. That person is one of the many that did not take precautions and the MAIN reason these Virus's become Pandemic's. My wife and I are breaking the chain by NOT going out and staying in isolation. So, the few on here that think this is a hoax, I hope (and pray) that you recover 100% from this virus WHEN it hits you. Its not IF if you do not take heed and protect yourself and your love ones. But it may skip you and hit your mother/sister/child because you though "Its nothing to worry about". And as of this morning, Wife still same and running 100.2F. I am the same and running 100.8F. Still below the local guidelines for the Covid-19 testing. It is so far better for us to stay isolated. Our son and daughter call a few times a day so we have that lifeline.
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Re: The official Coronavirus thread
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03/16/20 02:05 PM
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