Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Botchy Galoop]

On the topic of general preparedness, learn how to bake bread yeasterday (pun intended). Flour is cheap and plentiful, and as other have said, the water mains will probably last the longest in a collapse scenario (most of us won't have to worry about that doomer shit for the foreseeable future).
The things you'll need to make half decent bread - aside from water and flour - are yeast starter, a sugar source, and salt. Sugar and salt are, like flour, readily available in bulk amounts. What isn't is starter.
There are three methods I've used to make yeast starter.

1. Simplest - Buy a packet of instant yeast or jar of Fleischmann's yeast and add some to a 1:1 ratio mixture of water and flour. Best results are to activate the yeast by letting it "bloom" in a warm, carb rich environment (~100°F water + some starch or sugar) before adding it to the flour-water mixture.
2. Finicky but straightforward - Go to the local crunchy hippie co-op and buy organic red wheat, pumpernickel, and/or rye flour. The coarser and less processed, the better. The yeast you'll be cultivating for bread is on the germ of your chosen grain. Mix a 1:1 or 1.5:1 flour-water mixture and wait several days until activity is visible and the mixture gives off a pleasant fermentation aroma. If it smells like death or mold then you've fucked up.
3. You forgot to get any yeast tier - Mix your flour and water into a paste, let it stand for several days covered by a cheesecloth only. You're capturing the environmental yeast for bread making. It's a bit of a crapshoot, so multiple batches are okay. Looks for bubbling activity with pleasant aroma. If you see mycelium of any sort throw it out.

The 1st method will work 100% of the time unless you somehow fuck it up. If your tap water smells like a swimming pool it will inhibit your precious little yeasties. Letting it sit will let the chloride offgas and make the water yeast friendly. It will be somewhat bland to start, developing a unique flavor as you feed and use your starter.
Method 2 is better for flavor initially but forces you to interact with hippies in some capacity; your mileage may vary.
Method 3 is only to be done for experimentation's sake or as last resort. The youtube channel Townsends did an episode on "Bacteria Bread" which is essentially this method.

Most important to remember is that your yeast starter is a pet that you can periodically eat. Feed it regularly and treat it to periods of warm storage after feedings to ensure proper growth.

Happy baking!

The Kneady Homesteader on youtube just did a series on making your own sourdough starter. She takes you thru the process with her day by day.
She is wholesome as all get out, but has some great breadmaking and canning vids. These are great skills to have, and are becoming a lost art.

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[Shield Breaker]

That’s never a good sign. Few things say “You’re all completely fucked!” Quite like the guy in charge of fighting the virulent disease outbreak jumping off a bridge. Enjoy the K-Pop while it lasts Kiwi’s! It ain’t gonna be with us much longer.

Might have figured he was going to be the fall guy for it after the fact.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Isn't the suicide rate in Asia high?

 

[bippu_as_fuck_ls400]

Where is the best place to get the masks?

Smaller neighborhood hardware stores (Do It Best or Ace Hardware), local contactor supply stores (Tile supply companies, etc), and tool rental businesses would be a place to start.

 

[Marchesa of the Vast]

Where do you think you are?

The land of speds and honey.

"Reportedly took his life and jumped off the Han River and died"

How the fuck did he kill himself, jump off of a river and then die?

Someone's setting up a resume to work for Clinton.

 

[Shield Breaker]

"Reportedly took his life and jumped off the Han River and died"

How the fuck did he kill himself, jump off of a river and then die?

He clipped through the level.

 

[Providence Backing_21]

Isn't the suicide rate in Asia high?

It's high in China, Japan and I think South Korea. Not sure about Southeast Asia.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Had a few emergency supplies already, but decided to go out and drop a Benjamin on a some extra cans of food and toilet paper and such. Surprisingly, considering the area of the country I'm in where insane hardcore preppers aren't exactly rare (US midwest), nobody seems to be panicking and no shelves are really empty. Also, whoever said Hormel Corned Hash, I now have a weird internet crush/hateboner for you because of what you've introduced me to.

With that and a bigass box of shotgun ammo I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
Come and get me Corona-chan, you filthy Asian whore!

 

[chaosrevolutions]

I might be reaching here but perhaps they felt guilty cause Corona chan got into Korea and was responsible to keep it out?

 

[dopy]

considering the area of the country I'm in where insane hardcore preppers aren't exactly rare (US midwest), nobody seems to be panicking and no shelves are really empty

it'll only be a city thing in the midwest, and minimal at that compared to LA, san fran, NY, miami, and other miasma extruders masquerading as centers of culture. chicago and minneapolis-st paul will get hit the hardest for demographic, population density, and sanitation reasons. maybe cleveland too but nobody will know because nobody gives a shit about you cleveland.
btw, not a bad time to buy up some real estate now in detroit in this upcoming recession. you could even ride out the pandemic there and probably be all right. yee haw.

edit: just remembered that the detroit airport is a huuuuuge international hub especially for flights to/from east asia. just kidding. maybe detroit will get hit since obviously it employs a hell of a lot of people. oops.

also not to mention U of M has a lot of asian students who would have been home for CNY. mega oops.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

it'll only be a city thing in the midwest, and minimal at that compared to LA, san fran, NY, miami, and other miasma extruders masquerading as centers of culture. chicago and minneapolis-st paul will get hit the hardest for demographic, population density, and sanitation reasons. maybe cleveland too but nobody will know because nobody gives a shit about you cleveland.
btw, not a bad time to buy up some real estate now in detroit in this upcoming recession. you could even ride out the pandemic there and probably be all right. yee haw.

Yeah, I'm not in a major city, but not exactly a one horse town either. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Still Anonymous For This]

Not to completely skip over the point you're trying to make, but in the interests of trying to calm a few people down: an enormous bulk of that 3% figure also comes from a third-world country with nearly no healthcare systems or proper sanitation. We still don't have a clear indication of what a first-world figure will be, but if it's only 3% in somewhere like China then it's going to be much lower than that in a more-developed, more-advanced nation. It also wouldn't be a bad idea to factor in that of those 3%, the majority of them were people who were very old (75+) and/or had a compromised immune system.

COVID-19 isn't a flat 3% mortality chance across the board, there's a lot of other factors involved.

All true, but at the end of the day the 3% figure coming out of China is likely bunk in the first place. We really don't have any real clue what this disease is doing in China, because the CCP is anemic to telling any sort of truths that might hurt the Party. What is really going to be telling about the disease is how it spreads and kills in Italy as the weeks progress. Italy is a true first world nation with a fairly robust healthcare system and healthy population. So far we stand right around 400 infected and 12 dead - which is right at 3%, but I don't think we have enough infected yet to take that number seriously.

Bear in mind, especially if you compare China to the US, that China does have a poor healthcare system and the population has respiratory issues due to a high prevalence for smoking and pollution, but they do not have high instances of obesity. Pneumonias are extremely tough on people who are already weakened due to excess body weight: the US has millions of those. We also run into the same mathematical equation that has hurt China: X amount of hospital beds, but Y amount of patients. Doesn't matter what the quality of care is if there are not enough healthcare workers to go around.

I don't think we're going to be having to fight off hordes of LGBTQ raiders on bicycles from touching our stockpiles of shotgun box magazines, but as time goes on, I wouldn't be surprised to see some mild economic downturn or a momentary strain to our healthcare systems from this virus.

 

[Garth]

Where is the best place to get the masks? I just found a sealed N95 pack of 20 for $60 on Ebay and that seemed the best deal after looking for 20+ minutes on various sites. The big retailers like Home Depot, Walmart and Amazon are either sold out or gouging already.

The masks are useless unless you actually have the virus or you're caring for/in consistent and close proximity to those infected with it.

CDC Source

 

[Clones of Alex Jones]

Coronavirus update: Hundreds have been quarantined in Mass.

More than half of the individuals have already completed the quarantine process without developing symptoms.

www.wcvb.com

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Spoiler: Article

Coronavirus update: Hundreds have been quarantined in Massachusetts
DPH officials say risk here remains low

Updated: 7:34 PM EST Feb 26, 2020


BOSTON —
Health officials announced Wednesday that hundreds of people remain under quarantine in Massachusetts as a precaution related to COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus. They emphasized, however, that the risk of infection here remains low.
To date, only one person has tested positive for the virus in Massachusetts.

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That patient, a UMass Boston student identified only as a man in his 20s, had traveled to Wuhan, China, and arrived in Boston via Logan International Airport. His diagnosis was announced earlier this month.

UMass Boston student tests positive for Wuhan coronavirus, officials say
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials said Wednesday that the patient is doing well and continuing to recover.
During a conference call, DPH officials also said that 608 individuals have undergone quarantine procedures in this state. So far, 377 of those have completed the two-week process and were released without symptoms.
Another 231, all of whom had recently visited China, are still being monitored.

President Trump addresses coronavirus concerns, names Vice President Pence to head response
During quarantine, patients stay away from the public for 14 days and report their health condition to DPH officials.
Symptoms of this infection include fever, cough, shortness of breath and pneumonia.
Health officials reiterated the message that the risk of COVID-19 in Massachusetts is low and that local hospitals are adequately supplied for facing potential future cases of the virus.

Person under quarantine at UMass Medical after traveling to China
"What's unique about Boston – we're a gateway to Europe," said Dr. Leonard Marcus, of the Harvard Department of Health Policy and Management. "There are cases in Europe, and so, there are many, many planes that come in here every day."
In part because of Boston's role as a transportation hub, infectious disease and crisis management experts suggest that individuals should also be prepared.
"It's going to require each and every one of us – personally – to take on the responsibility," said Marcus. "If you're not feeling well, if you're sick, don't be a hero and go to work, don't send your kids to school."

Boston YES!!!

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

"Reportedly took his life and jumped off the Han River and died"

How the fuck did he kill himself, jump off of a river and then die?

We live in a Bethesda game now. Beware of the suicidal mammoths jumping 100 feet in the air.

 

[Twinkletard]

Coronavirus update: Hundreds have been quarantined in Mass.

More than half of the individuals have already completed the quarantine process without developing symptoms.

www.wcvb.com

Archive

Spoiler: Article

Coronavirus update: Hundreds have been quarantined in Massachusetts
DPH officials say risk here remains low

Updated: 7:34 PM EST Feb 26, 2020


BOSTON —
Health officials announced Wednesday that hundreds of people remain under quarantine in Massachusetts as a precaution related to COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus. They emphasized, however, that the risk of infection here remains low.
To date, only one person has tested positive for the virus in Massachusetts.

Advertisement
That patient, a UMass Boston student identified only as a man in his 20s, had traveled to Wuhan, China, and arrived in Boston via Logan International Airport. His diagnosis was announced earlier this month.

UMass Boston student tests positive for Wuhan coronavirus, officials say
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials said Wednesday that the patient is doing well and continuing to recover.
During a conference call, DPH officials also said that 608 individuals have undergone quarantine procedures in this state. So far, 377 of those have completed the two-week process and were released without symptoms.
Another 231, all of whom had recently visited China, are still being monitored.

President Trump addresses coronavirus concerns, names Vice President Pence to head response
During quarantine, patients stay away from the public for 14 days and report their health condition to DPH officials.
Symptoms of this infection include fever, cough, shortness of breath and pneumonia.
Health officials reiterated the message that the risk of COVID-19 in Massachusetts is low and that local hospitals are adequately supplied for facing potential future cases of the virus.

Person under quarantine at UMass Medical after traveling to China
"What's unique about Boston – we're a gateway to Europe," said Dr. Leonard Marcus, of the Harvard Department of Health Policy and Management. "There are cases in Europe, and so, there are many, many planes that come in here every day."
In part because of Boston's role as a transportation hub, infectious disease and crisis management experts suggest that individuals should also be prepared.
"It's going to require each and every one of us – personally – to take on the responsibility," said Marcus. "If you're not feeling well, if you're sick, don't be a hero and go to work, don't send your kids to school."

Boston YES!!!

The month of March is going to make this story seem quaint.

 

[LemmeSee]

Anyone know where to get my daily dose of China videos now that isChinar is gone?

 

[Rudy Russo]

Outside China:

3566 confirmed / 54 dead / 283 recovered

just going to post the numbers from when I last posted them:

2-22-2020
1714 confirmed / 17 dead / 187 recovered

 

[This_is_a_Throwaway]

P&G Says 17,600 Products Could Be Affected By Coronavirus In China, H…

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[XYZpdq]

I should probably get a spare tactical medical vodka from Costco on the way home tomorrow.