Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[KQ]

Our worlds are getting smaller.....


The White House has advised people not to gather in groups of more than 10.

[Core Shot]

Time would be better spent making hand sanitizer. The idea of these masks making any kind of difference is so GD laughable

When you read real life instructions for doctors to reuse masks from room to room, and even day to day (yes, Virginia, just store that mask in a paper bag), you might just want mask production increased.

[skaredshtles]

Take the marker and write 'REDRUM' on a mirror. I'm sure she will have a laugh about it.

SHIT. Beat me to it.

[KQ]

Maybe listen to KQ instead of me.

LOL!!! I am speaking from what I would want were I her. I know last night when I was stressing and trying to relax enough to sleep I was very happy to have my cats snuggled up beside me purring. I think they knew.

Might also want to have the wife switch to some nice herbal tea and get her some of her favorite cookies to go with the couch snuggle flick fest. Get the kids in on it too with everyone under a nice fluffy blanket. Sounds heavenly to me.

[muted]

LOL!!! I am speaking from what I would want were I her. I know last night when I was stressing and trying to relax enough to sleep I was very happy to have my cats snuggled up beside me purring. I think they knew.

Might also want to have the wife switch to some nice herbal tea and get her some of her favorite cookies to go with the couch snuggle flick fest. Get the kids in on it too with everyone under a nice fluffy blanket. Sounds heavenly to me.

Huh, I need to be a better husband then. My wife posted 10 reminders about being a Mom on our fridge last year so she wouldn't go insane. I then posted one for me based on hers....

Example:
Her #1: Take one day at a time.
My #1: Only drink today.

Regrets, we all have them...time to try the hug technique instead.

[Dantheman]

Oh... I'm sorry your wife is going through such stress. Have you hugged her today? I bet she could use a good cuddle on the couch with you while you watch a chick flick like "When Harry Met Sally" or something like that. Such fretful times.

It's funny, you accidentally quoted me instead of basinbeater, but I could easily have been in the same situation. AC has had issues with anxiety for a long time. Almost exactly a year ago that culminated in a full-blown panic attack, which finally prompted her to get some counseling and make some other life changes that have drastically improved her ability to cope. So, so thankful that issue came to a head a year ago--things could be ugly right now.

[Cono Este]

Shit is starting to hit Africa.

Yikes.

I heard from a guy my uncle knows that this virus hates the sun. Let’s hope


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I’m waiting for that. While we all complain about sitting in our heated homes, with internet, and take out, those people are not going to fair well


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[Rideski]

My dentist sent me an email. They’re super thrilled as I’m sure you can imagine.

[muted]

My Dad, god bless him, sent me a chain email about the luck of the Irish and if i forward the email it to 20 people I'll have 3 years of good luck. If anyone wants to avoid this virus, PM me your email and we will get through this together safely!

And naturally, it's in massive green font where I have to scroll to read more than 6 words at once.

[Cono Este]

Everyone should look forward to the “big celebration” at the end of this.


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[powdork]

Based on the #cases and morbidity rates, we should probably copy whatever Germany is doing.

check back in a week

[AK47bp]

I’m waiting for that. While we all complain about sitting in our heated homes, with internet, and take out, those people are not going to fair well


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Well I did hear Mogadishu General Hospital has the best care on the horn.


Heard it from my uncle who is close personal friends with a guy in the state department......on Facebook.


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[powdork]

My dentist sent me an email. They’re super thrilled as I’m sure you can imagine.

I know right. i'm in the middle of a 8 visit treatment plan. They've stopped calling to remind me to make a new appointment

[beer30]

Doesn’t seem to me like we are doing much over here in DE! Perhaps we are doing a better job behind the scenes but daily life isn’t to interrupted (yet).by the way I’m incredibly nervous!

Based on the #cases and morbidity rates, we should probably copy whatever Germany is doing.

[east or bust]

When you read real life instructions for doctors to reuse masks from room to room, and even day to day (yes, Virginia, just store that mask in a paper bag), you might just want mask production increased.

Not talking about for use in hospitals, the average person does not know how to properly where one of those masks in the first place. Hand sanitizer is a bit more idiot proof.

[KQ]

It's funny, you accidentally quoted me instead of basinbeater, but I could easily have been in the same situation. AC has had issues with anxiety for a long time. Almost exactly a year ago that culminated in a full-blown panic attack, which finally prompted her to get some counseling and make some other life changes that have drastically improved her ability to cope. So, so thankful that issue came to a head a year ago--things could be ugly right now.

Did I? Going a bit batty myself.

Everyone hug your loved ones and let them know you're there for each other should they need to scream, laugh or cry. Hang tight people.

[Spats]

A few important pieces of information, some new, some from posts in the other thread.

No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...sponse-office/
"It has been alleged by multiple officials of the Obama administration, including in The Post, that the president and his then-national security adviser, John Bolton, “dissolved the office” at the White House in charge of pandemic preparedness. Because I led the very directorate assigned that mission, the counterproliferation and biodefense office, for a year and then handed it off to another official who still holds the post, I know the charge is specious."

Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown. @CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19. #coronavirus
https://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/123...292748292?s=20

Over half the deaths in the entire USA are in King County (37).
Of those, 78% (29) are associated with Life Care Center of Kirkland.
https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/hea.../15-covid.aspx
From my reading of their website, LCC Kirkland is a nursing home that specializes in elderly patients fresh out of the hospital from major operations.

If you're wondering why the disease has spread so quickly in northern Italy, this is likely related:

The little town of Prato has been taken over by Chinese stuff. I had a look around
https://www.ecnmy.org/engage/prato-c...f-look-around/
"There’s a city in Tuscany, less than an hour by train from Florence, called Prato. Prato has been the one of the largest textile manufacturing bases in Europe for ages. If you’ve bought a shirt or blanket in Italy in the last century and a half, odds are the fabric came from Prato. ... ‘Prato has evolved and grown in terms of population, but the majority… how can I say it… the majority it’s all Chinese. That ‘something’ that there was before isn’t there anymore, Prato’s traditions, the feasts… on the 15th of August we used to go to Feast of Santa Maria, we’d eat watermelons, you’d go there and see all the people from Prato… now what you see, it’s mostly managed by [the Chinese]….’"

It isn't just Prato. Northern Italy has a huge population of Chinese immigrants, many from Wuhan, as well as a very old native population.

What is the purpose of 'days since tenth death'?
And what the fuck is up with the scale on the vertical axis?

The reason for "days since tenth death" is that tests for coronavirus aren't very accurate, and not very many people are being tested early on. There are a lot of false positives and false negatives. Thus, the "days since first death" could depend substantially on random chance.

The vertical scale is logarithmic. It's very common when graphing data with a wide range of outcomes.

(Maybe people who have never seen a logarithmic graph need to have less strong opinions about the mathematics of viral outbreaks...just sayin'.)

[Rideski]

A person at the station was filling up jerry cans of gas and putting them inside the hatchback of their little car in between the groceries. Tooons of Texan license plates around and some WA too. Didn’t see the plate on the hatch.

[Benny Profane]

Everyone should look forward to the “big celebration” at the end of this.


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[huckbucket]

Living in SF? Hunker down.

[bennymac]

Canada announces it will exclusively import COVID-19 from US

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2020/03...id-19-from-us/

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that all forms of coronavirus coming from outside from the country must come from American citizens.

“Today, we are announcing that any person infected with COVID-19 not exhibiting symptoms must be a Canadian, a permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of the United States,” said Trudeau in a press conference held outside his house. “Trading with the United States, whether it’s steel, lumber, or deadly diseases, is critical to Canada. We need to maintain this important free-trade relationship.”

With the rising levels of cases and evidence of community-acquired infections, the government of Canada is protecting its citizens by relying on its neighbour whose President appears to be living in a different universe.

“The borders are closed to everyone, unless they’re citizens of a country with no functioning healthcare system for anyone who isn’t a millionaire,” said Trudeau.

[Cono Este]

I went out for a one on one appt with a client and my son his friends went to a buffet.

I may not make it.

I made him listen to Trump and now he’s not talking to me.


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[singlecross]

People are fleeing Eastern cities to try retreating to their Summer homes here in Coastal Maine. One local offshore Island says NO!
Summer people, Some are not.
https://bangordailynews.com/2020/03/...box=1584377372

[bennymac]

A few important pieces of information, some new, some from posts in the other thread.

No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...sponse-office/
"It has been alleged by multiple officials of the Obama administration, including in The Post, that the president and his then-national security adviser, John Bolton, “dissolved the office” at the White House in charge of pandemic preparedness. Because I led the very directorate assigned that mission, the counterproliferation and biodefense office, for a year and then handed it off to another official who still holds the post, I know the charge is specious."

That's a nice fluff piece from one person that tries to directly deflect the blame to from Trump to China.

Can find plenty of other sources refuting this. But that's polyass material. You could start by reading the snopes' summary which has links to the relevant articles showing that the administration did indeed disband the pandemic response team.

vibes.

[Danno]

Afaik they are all cash only in the Seattle area

Some in Colorado have figured out how to use debit cards. So if skared (the person I replied to) is still hoarding cash for dispensary visits, he's going to the wrong dispensaries!