Coronavirus

Clean said:
Just a cold, but a nasty one. I stayed home for 5 work days with a weekend thrown in the middle. Now I'm back at work, but still hacking and coughing like everybody else around here. I managed to pass it on to the wife. She's pissed at me.

Because of my respiratory issues I get a flu shot every year. I also got a pneumonia shot 5/6 months ago. And, to top it all off, I got the Shingrix, 2-shot shingles vaccine. I do all I can to stay healthy. I had about a one year run of good health going there until I came down with this.
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My wife had had off and on sore throat and cold for 6 weeks. Sick one week then well, then sick, etc.
 
Yup, wife told me she heard experts saying it will be full-blown in the US in the next 4-6 weeks. Got a P-13 pneumonia shot yesterday as a precaution.
 
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Clean said:
CDC says it's no longer a matter of "if" covid-19 will spread to U.S. but only a matter of when:
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said during a conference call that the spread of the new coronavirus in countries other than China has officials concerned about outbreaks in the U.S.
"Ultimately we expect we will see community spread in this country," said Messonier. "It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness."...
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Do you know who that woman is?
She is Rod Rosenstein's sister
And she decided to drop that bomb while Trump was on India travel
 
mc
Amazing detailed interview. The scope of what the Trump admin has done in such a short time is remarkable.
But we know Dems and media will skewer Trump no matter what
Thanks for posting that.

Ps Schumer etc are vile haters but people will believe them just like haters still think Bush let new Orleans flood because he hates black people
 
Clean said:
We here in San Antonio are getting 250 Coronavirus evacuees today! Woopee! They're to be housed at Lackland AFB, about 5 miles from where I'm sitting right now. Lackland has about 3,000 employees, many of them military who travel all over the world. What could possibly go wrong, go wrong, go wrong.....
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When I got stationed at Lackland back in 2007, during my orientation they said that at anyone time there are 35,000 on the base. That includes all the permanent party stationed there, civilian employees, temporarily assigned personnel, all the trainees (basic training, technical school, and foreign students), and visitors on the base. I didn't even mention the family members associated with those permanently stationed here.

By the way, I live right across from the base and while I was there a couple weeks ago I drove by the lodging facility that the initial group was located in and it was fenced off from the public. I felt safe being on base.
 
militaryhorn said:
By the way, I live right across from the base and while I was there a couple weeks ago I drove by the lodging facility that the initial group was located in and it was fenced off from the public. I felt safe being on base.
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I don't worry about the ones in quarantine, but it's the ones they're transporting to medical facilities all over town for testing and treatment that bothers me. They need to be totally self-contained so that nobody leaves the quarantine.
 
Clean said:
I don't worry about the ones in quarantine, but it's the ones they're transporting to medical facilities all over town for testing and treatment that bothers me. They need to be totally self-contained so that nobody leaves the quarantine.
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militaryhorn said:
When I got stationed at Lackland back in 2007, during my orientation they said that at anyone time there are 35,000 on the base. That includes all the permanent party stationed there, civilian employees, temporarily assigned personnel, all the trainees (basic training, technical school, and foreign students), and visitors on the base. I didn't even mention the family members associated with those permanently stationed here.

By the way, I live right across from the base and while I was there a couple weeks ago I drove by the lodging facility that the initial group was located in and it was fenced off from the public. I felt safe being on base.
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Overseas bases are doing quite a bit. In Korea, Japan, Bahrain, and Northern Italy, they're closing DoDEA schools and shutting down a lot of on-base activities. No big changes in Germany - yet. (They did close schools in our area due to snow.)
 
Mr. Deez said:
Overseas bases are doing quite a bit. In Korea, Japan, Bahrain, and Northern Italy, they're closing DoDEA schools and shutting down a lot of on-base activities. No big changes in Germany - yet. (They did close schools in our area due to snow.)
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Snow? What ever happened to the 2-3 days of global warming last summer? (Texas laughs hysterically).
 
mchammer said:
Snow? What ever happened to the 2-3 days of global warming last summer? (Texas laughs hysterically).
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It has actually been a pretty warm winter -warmest we've had. Even today, it's barely at freezing. In fact, it's pretty slushy. This is my street.

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Clean said:
CDC says it's no longer a matter of "if" covid-19 will spread to U.S. but only a matter of when:


ATLANTA, Ga. – The Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that it appears inevitable that COVID-19 will spread in United States communities. Officials said it’s no longer a matter of if, but when.

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said during a conference call that the spread of the new coronavirus in countries other than China has officials concerned about outbreaks in the U.S.

"Ultimately we expect we will see community spread in this country," said Messonier. "It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness."

The CDC says the agency is preparing to address the potential spread of the virus in the U.S. and it's encouraging Americans to begin planning as well.

"We will maintain, for as long as practical, a dual approach where we continue measures to contain this disease, but also employ strategies to minimize the impact on our communities," said Messonier.

Messonier said that officials don't know whether the spread of the disease in the U.S. would be mild or severe, but Americans should be ready for "significant disruptions" to their daily lives.

“We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad,” Messonnier said.

If the virus begins to spread amongst Americans, the CDC says it will becomes increasingly important to implement basic precautions to prevent more infections. That includes staying home when ill and practicing respiratory and hand hygiene.

Additionally, the CDC says community level intervention might include school dismissals and social distancing in other settings, like postponing or canceling large gatherings. Officials said it may become necessary for students and the workforce to meet over the internet, instead of in person.

“For adults, businesses can replace in-person meetings with video or telephone conferences and increase teleworking options,” said Messonier.

The virus is believed to have originated from Wuhan, China, where early patients had some link to a large seafood and live animal markets.

The CDC says more than 2,400 people have died from COVID-19 worldwide, with a majority of the deaths in mainland China. However, other countries are now battling sizable outbreaks as well.

Europe’s biggest outbreak is in Italy, where more than 280 people have reportedly been infected. Iran has reported at least 95 cases. And, South Korea has more than 970 cases.

As of Tuesday, the CDC had confirmed 14 cases in the U.S., 12 being travel-related and two from person-to-person spread. A total of 43 cases have been confirmed in the group of people repatriated to the U.S. from either Wuhan or the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan, the CDC says. That's a total of 57 cases.

At this time, there’s no vaccine or medicine to help stop the spread of the virus.

“In the absence of a vaccine or therapy, community mitigation measures are the primary method to respond to widespread transmission and supportive care is the current medical treatment,” wrote the CDC.

Symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to those of influenza (fever, cough, and shortness of breath) and the current outbreak is occurring during a time of year when respiratory illness are highly prevalent. The CDC is hoping COVID-19 is a seasonal disease like the flu, but officials are preparing in case it’s not.


CDC: No longer a matter of if coronavirus will spread in US communities, but when
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Lovely...
 
Joe Fan said:
It probably even eats yellow snow
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Frank Zappa! There's an image/name/musical genre that deserves to stay buried in the past. I was at a party in the 60s and heard a Zappa album (yes it was an album). I thought it was the greatest thing ever. So I rushed out and bought a Zappa album. I must have been stoned out of my gourd at that party. That was the worst crap I ever heard in my life.
 
Clean said:
Hard to believe that people are this stupid, but Corona Beer sales have slumped. I heard they were down 38% on the radio. Apparently the word "Corona" is enough to keep beer drinkers from buying Corona beer.

Beeriously? Corona Beer Sales Take Massive Hit After Connected To Deadly Coronavirus
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It's like when Crock Pot was getting slammed on Twitter because the dad on "This is Us" died from a fire caused by a faulty crockpot. The actor had to come out an remind people (1) that he wasn't really dead and (2) that the crockpot was just a prop on a TV show and didn't actually start a fire.

Dumbasses.
 
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I had a business trip cancelled and was very relieved. Not because I was scared of getting the Coronavirus but more worried about the hysteria. I could see getting quarantined because someone else on my flight had flu like symptoms. Or what if I just developed a normal cold along the way.
 
So, you're supposed to spend 3 minutes washing your hands each time? Brain surgeons don't scrub in that good! As soon as you touch anything, anything. You're contaminated again.

The other thing you can try is to not touch your face. Try it. It's hard as Hell! The minute you lose focus, you may find yourself unconsciously rubbing your eyes or nose.
 
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