Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[BmillsSkier]

I think you missed the part where BMills said it was funny that a WH aide called it Kung Flu to an asian american reporter.

you know how it's funny to put people in their place because what really matters is maintaining white supremacy in the face of any obstacle and not providing information that will actually help people.

I said Nothing close to that. Not to be a dick but please quote where I said that.

FWIW I listened to the presser on the radio. Have no idea what ethnicity the reporter was or even their name. Hearing a question about “Kung-flu” while the world is shutting down struck me as funny. No less no more. Out of place and silly? Sure, but I get that we can fight racism and this pandemic at the same time.

Take a breath guys.

[bennymac]

check out that link I posted a page back - it strikes a much more ominous picture

[seano732]

My fd is almost out of N95s. Will soon be wearing scott masks with CBRNE filters on every ems run, PAPRs on symptomatic pts or those requiring als airway intervention.

Jesus...Hang in there Natty, it's gonna get worse before it gets better. Stay safe.

[schindlerpiste]

The EU just closed its borders.. What does this mean? Can EU citizens who are currently in the US return on scheduled flights? Where can I find this info.?

[XXX-er]

I like you, so, don't take this personally. Please be a little more sensitive to those of us with cross border families. You really don't know the stress this has been causing, especially today with that vague announcement. I was updated a little while ago that they had been able to cross, so I can breathe a little easier. Now they just need to survive the remaining 8hr drive without getting infected at a random gas or bathroom stop. Thanks for your understanding.

Sorry yer stressed but thats ^^ just the news in Canada eh

so I'm hoping it ain't you whom is one of all the bumbling idiots (trumps people ) who can politicize/ discount a pandemic and blame it on the democrats or Hillary or Obama but keeping us away from them is nothing but positive as i and most Canadians will see it

I believe Covid is neither republican or democrat so it can now do its own thing in the petri dish which is America and we shall see how the head idiot does with his figures , altho however many people die that didnt need to ... it was the democrates

I supose if i was religious this is where I would offer a thots and prayers eh

[skaredshtles]

The EU just closed its borders.. What does this mean? Can EU citizens who are currently in the US return on scheduled flights? Where can I find this info.?

https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en

HTH

[KQ]

I'm frustrated with my folks. They went to the store this morning to pick up cereal. Then the local bakery for some scones. I tell them I will pick stuff up for them and they just shrug and say they're okay.

They're depression era kids. They grew up under the threat of Polio. Their fathers beat Hitler and Tojo. Their moms worked in ammunition factories during the war. They lived for years in a steel mill town with a soviet nuclear bullseye on their homes. My mom birthed me during the Cuban missile crisis with my dad about to be called up from reserves. They look at this and shrug and say they've seen worse.

How the fuck do I tell them to take this shit seriously??

Do they have a store that lets them order online and pick-up? That would at least limit their contact.

I did a Walmart run for my Mom last night. She is in lockdown at her retirement residence so I got her on the phone and together we ordered what she needed then I picked it up and ran it over to her dropping it off at the door. Only problem for me was the damn Walmart guy who brought it to my car had no social distancing skills.

Re getting them to get it - I told my mom to watch PBS BBC America and World News Tonight. I think they give a concise non-emotional account of daily world events. Thought that might help her see the bigger picture.

Still no known cases in Walla Walla county but my throat is feeling scatchy......

[MontuckyFried]

Ohhh balls...

[KQ]

My fd is almost out of N95s. Will soon be wearing scott masks with CBRNE filters on every ems run, PAPRs on symptomatic pts or those requiring als airway intervention.

The EU just closed its borders.. What does this mean? Can EU citizens who are currently in the US return on scheduled flights? Where can I find this info.?

Watch PBS BBC America and World News Tonight. Lots of info there our stations don't cover.

[LeeLau]

Since that's already not the case the rest of your post is noise.

It's a worse case scenario which can be dismissed. The Imperial College models partial mitigation (Italy) and total mitigation/suppression (Singapore/Taiwan).

The numbers aren't pretty.

The numbers also assume substantial compliance by population. Given that 56% of the US feels measures are overboard (25% for Canada) those assumptions seem optimistic,

Here's the original peer-reviewed study. It may ruin your day - https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/1962...likely-impact/

[nutmegchoi]

We live in New Rochelle and boyfriend works in NYC.
He felt ill with flu like symptoms on Friday and we took him to ER on Saturday.
Hospital knew we were coming in with flu like symptoms so a nurse met with us in the parking lot handed us masks to wear and escorted us into an isolated room.
They did flu tests first which came out negative so they took chest x-ray (came out clean) and more swabs for coronavirus tests.
We were sent home to self quarantine since Saturday and still waiting on the results.
They said it normally 2-3 days but now there's no time frame.
I started feeling sick with the same symptoms since Sunday and we are both working from home.
We have enough food, groceries, supplies and medicine.
Just waiting to hear the results.

[TNKen]

Our little resort in NC had some J1's from Peru. Borders were closed with about 24 hours notice and they are in NC quarrantined waiting on re-entry.

If you can find it, ammo prices are through the roof. 5.56/.223 is over $1.00 per round, and Lake City is over $1.50/round. .308 over $2.00.

[MontuckyFried]

Lol

[schindlerpiste]

Thanks. I will check it out

[Danno]

That was hilarious.

Rome is burning, people losing jobs, stock market shut down every day to slow crashes, people getting sick and some dying... and “um, shouldn’t we be concerned about offending people?”

We are losing our damned minds.

So we’re white-knighting the geographic origin of the virus now?

Clearly we have a long way to go before this gets serious.

My gut feeling as well but we live in interesting times where (i) infected people openly flaunt quarantine, (ii) it's apparently racist to say anything about the Chinese origin of this virus (not the food or people, sjws), and (iii) Gen X (go team!) are the defacto leaders in the room.

Are you white-knighting a general geographic source of the outbreak?

Bold play.

So, are we allowed to say fuck these bat eating shits in Wuhan for all this or is that not socially acceptable?

Yet?

Are these words put in your mouth? This has been your response when people have questioned use of terms like "Chinese flu" or "kung flu". And I didn't have to do more than 3 seconds of searching to find them. But I'm sure you'll just call this white knighting or call me a SJW. Or did I just put words in your mouth?

Pointing out it's origin, or where people have identified that it spread from, isn't being "racist". Indicating that the wet-markets of China are seriously fucked up is not "racism". Not that you're saying it is, but just a point of clarification here.

It's fine to say that the virus is from China, but calling it the Chinese flu or kung flu is different. It spreads racism, it makes it a problem of "the other" that we are being forced to address. And I suspect that people of Chinese descent here are seeing very real impacts from that. Yes, we're smart enough to not treat a Chinese-American poorly because of the "Chinese flu", but do you think that's the case everywhere.

[LeeLau]

Yes, that is part of the uncertainty and fear driving the economic collapse. Nothing really to be done right now but observe other countries, and how they are handling their curves, IMO.

Correct. The entire world is a real-time laboratory

[KQ]

We live in New Rochelle and boyfriend works in NYC.
He felt ill with flu like symptoms on Friday and we took him to ER on Saturday.
Hospital knew we were coming in with flu like symptoms so a nurse met with us in the parking lot handed us masks to wear and escorted us into an isolated room.
They did flu tests first which came out negative so they took chest x-ray (came out clean) and more swabs for coronavirus tests.
We were sent home to self quarantine since Saturday and still waiting on the results.
They said it normally 2-3 days but now there's no time frame.
I started feeling sick with the same symptoms since Sunday and we are both working from home.
We have enough food, groceries, supplies and medicine.
Just waiting to hear the results.

((((((HUGS))))))) to you both! Cuddle with Jackson and drink lots of fluids.

[Danno]

I said Nothing close to that. Not to be a dick but please quote where I said that.

FWIW I listened to the presser on the radio. Have no idea what ethnicity the reporter was or even their name. Hearing a question about “Kung-flu” while the world is shutting down struck me as funny. No less no more. Out of place and silly? Sure, but I get that we can fight racism and this pandemic at the same time.

Take a breath guys.

you ridiculed the person who pointed out that it was wrong. Goddam, dude, be a little honest about what you've been posting instead of acting like it's everyone else.

[ex-powderbroker]

I said Nothing close to that. Not to be a dick but please quote where I said that.

FWIW I listened to the presser on the radio. Have no idea what ethnicity the reporter was or even their name. Hearing a question about “Kung-flu” while the world is shutting down struck me as funny. No less no more. Out of place and silly? Sure, but I get that we can fight racism and this pandemic at the same time.

Take a breath guys.

i'm fine, just calling out deplorable behavior as deplorable. Let me know if it's still funny now that the details are painted in. Last I heard, punching down = not funny.



Meg, that is awful, keeping you guys in my thoughts.

[StickyFingers]

We live in New Rochelle and boyfriend works in NYC.
He felt ill with flu like symptoms on Friday and we took him to ER on Saturday...

Ugh. Pulling for you (and everyone else dealing with this) to get through this with a full recovery.

[muted]

you ridiculed the person who pointed out that it was wrong. Goddam, dude, be a little honest about what you've been posting instead of acting like it's everyone else.

Danno, you are about to beat this to death aren't you?

[BmillsSkier]

Are these words put in your mouth? This has been your response when people have questioned use of terms like "Chinese flu" or "kung flu". And I didn't have to do more than 3 seconds of searching to find them. But I'm sure you'll just call this white knighting or call me a SJW. Or did I just put words in your mouth?



It's fine to say that the virus is from China, but calling it the Chinese flu or kung flu is different. It spreads racism, it makes it a problem of "the other" that we are being forced to address. And I suspect that people of Chinese descent here are seeing very real impacts from that. Yes, we're smart enough to not treat a Chinese-American poorly because of the "Chinese flu", but do you think that's the case everywhere.

That’s neat Danno.

[nutmegchoi]

((((((HUGS))))))) to you both! Cuddle with Jackson and drink lots of fluids.

Thank you.
We are both sick but it's not any worse than flu.
Just want to find out what it is so I can get some fresh air outside.

Jackson is my superior.

[Conundrum]

Been eating a lot of garlic and juicing. Current favorite juice is ginger, beet, apple carrot with carrot being the most and ginger the least.

This sounds delicious.

[Norseman]

Nutmeg, hope you feel better. Is yours a confirmed covid case?