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Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big
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I have a feeling this entire thing may lead into the next WW. China's definitely getting the blame, but what happens post-corona is anybody's guess.
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A coupla little updates my end in bongobongoland. I'll try not to sperg out too much.
One kind of novel and interesting thing I heard from a credible source is that this has been doing the rounds since August of last year. As I say, it's a credible report. One of the defining factors with the disease is that it comes in stages. First you get a kind of typical cold, then it recedes. Few days later you get a nastier but still typical flu, then it recedes. Then a few days after that you get pneumonia. From which you probably recover. They weren't noting major deaths from their small set of observations.
But the disease itself has been doing the rounds for a while it would seem. For what little it matters.
Finally got my shopping in today. I got a few results from Tesco supermarket who delivered all my goods and what they couldn't give they honoured by giving higher value goods or greater quantities. My 100 quid shop was the equivalent of a 120 quid shop. I got some very high quality and expensive rice, which is nice, because making a half-decent curry is a hobby of mine. Rice is the icing on the cake. A good Basmati can really make a difference sometimes. It also contains oryzanol - look it up!
It takes very little to make a superb rice for a curry dish. Just add a little turmeric (itself a major anti-inflammatory) and a few crushed Cardamom pods. A little sea salt to taste. You get that nice Golden colour with the slight bite of the very aromatic cardamom. And if it's a decent Brown Rice Basmati you get the flavour that comes with that too. Thanks Tesco. Gonna be using you again and not those jokers at Wally World.
I started prepping a few weeks ago. But really I like to keep my larder stocked anyway, but due to ill health I've not been up to snuff. I have to force myself to eat, and it's too much effort to make an internet order most days. Auto-immune ravages your body but it affects your mind just as bad. It's like having a semi-flu all the time every day, with just good days now and again.
So I'm all sorted. I've even got a good suppply of water should the pipes get cut off and need fixing (again). It's just that it saves me going to the shop.
Ah, talking of the shop, this is something interesting.
I went in today in the afternoon to buy some beers and some things not on my order (that I forgot). And it was deathly quiet for a Saturday afternoon. It's a small town I live in in bongobongoland. Maybe a coupla thousand people. And most of them retirees. So they do like to do their shopping in the morning anyway.
Making conversation with the girl behind the counter again I passed remark that is was quiet. Kind of asking if it was a quiet day all around at the same time. Another girl chipped in, she said: we had 690 people in here today this morning. I said 'that sounds unbelievable'. She just said 'check the till receipts'. I believed her of course but it got me thinking.
There was me thinking I was clever and going out when everyone else seems to be self-quarantining, but they aren't. They are going out in the morning getting their shopping in and probably just like me stocking up on what they forgot before they go back to their hidey holes. Interesting.
Now, out of a town of about 2000 people, there is no way that that 700 or so came from there so it would have been people passing through. Let's just say that at least 10 percent of those would have been from out of town and from god knows where. That is like 70 disparate and individual people coming from whatever other town outside. Who knows what they picked up and put back down. Who knows how infected they were. I washed my hands twice as hard and twice as long when I got back in the house. I then washed them again after putting the shopping away. I washed down my beer bottles in a solution of hydrogen peroxide, before letting them dry, and then rinsing them down again just to get any residue off.
I won't be going out again. That is for sure. Day '0' was a couple of days ago really. It's time to do this. I can't afford to get this nasty little bug.
I decided to go to the doctor's. I was telling my mum on the phone a couple of hours ago. She said 'oh you won't get an appointment - everything is done over the phone now'. And I've heard news of that elsewhere on other forums that are good sources of information about this thing. It's pretty hard to get a face to face appointment now in a surgery in England. Things changed within a matter of hours she said. First they wanted her to come in but some kind of directive went out and then they said 'no - telephone only'.
My immune system is in full flight all the time. My body is always having a kind of semi cytokine storm where it attacks itself. Yesterday I cleaned out my lower shelves to make space for my tins of beans and pasta and whatnot. Today I can hardly walk. My legs and thighs feel like I have been doing serious squats. I feel bruised. I can only move very slow. My muscles are releasing poisons that are slowly infecting my heart and you can die from this if it's not taken care of. Do I go to the doctor and get the WuFlu? Or do I just keep slowly fading away, hoping I don't get the WuFlu which might kill me? Tough one.
Anyway, that's that. It's been a fun few days. We all knew this day would come. But I think all of us still hoped we were wrong, or that it might not be so bad. It still might not be so bad, but it also might be like our worst nightmares. No one knows. We certainly don't.
This is going to hit the economy super hard. It's going to hit those working in the medical field very hard as well. And that is why I think they are locking down the doctor's surgeries here in bongo land right now - nipping it in the bud. Illness can hit anyone anytime. At my mum's surgery her very nice lady doctor got breast cancer. She took a lot of time off work but came back. But she looked 10 years older and ravaged by what she had been through. A compassionate and competent doctor. There are a few of them about, despite what you hear. Life is cruel. Disease and sickness are not observers of class or competency. They are indiscriminate and ruthless in their outlook.
I'm deciding whether to make a chilli or a curry next with the veg I bought a little while back that needs using up. I'm running out of containers to put stuff in but then again I'm just about all out of freezer space too. I envy those with a great big chest freezer - make use of it!
One final thought on all of this that I've picked up on from several of my sources (this is not an original thought) with regard to the response from the UK govt. to what is happening:
They are in a very difficult position. Do they let this thing take hold and burn through the population and thus, burn itself out in a relatively short time (with mass casualties and deaths), or do they spread it out over a longer period of time, causing greater harm to the economy, but not over-burdening the hospitals and ICU's so much, and therefore allowing more people to survive and live? It's a tough call.
As always, the govt. don't care about the little people. They care more about their shares and that end of the economy. But when the 'economy' means not having anyone left to serve them groceries in shops, either because they are dead, or because their jobs don't exist anymore, well, then they may end up making the 'right' decision if you know what I mean. Altruism is not their strong point. But pragmatism is never far from their reach.
No one knows how bad this thing will be. Those that make the decisions about our fate, will consider themselves and their kind first.
All we can do is look after ourselves, and each other.
You know the drill. Now is the time to consider loved ones who may be vulnerable.
Even a week ago my mum who is in the most vulnerable of all categories, she just would not listen. Today on the phone she is cancelling her hairdresser appointment and visits to family member's graves. Because the big bad TV told her. Typical boomer. If it ain't on TV it ain't real, right?
It's frightening just how fucking brainwashed the older generation are. I'm Gen X, but fuck me the boomers really do take the cake.
Shit is getting real for them, finally.
Just like it is with all of us.
Hold on to your hats, it's going to get hairy!
But the disease itself has been doing the rounds for a while it would seem. For what little it matters.
Finally got my shopping in today. I got a few results from Tesco supermarket who delivered all my goods and what they couldn't give they honoured by giving higher value goods or greater quantities. My 100 quid shop was the equivalent of a 120 quid shop. I got some very high quality and expensive rice, which is nice, because making a half-decent curry is a hobby of mine. Rice is the icing on the cake. A good Basmati can really make a difference sometimes. It also contains oryzanol - look it up!
It takes very little to make a superb rice for a curry dish. Just add a little turmeric (itself a major anti-inflammatory) and a few crushed Cardamom pods. A little sea salt to taste. You get that nice Golden colour with the slight bite of the very aromatic cardamom. And if it's a decent Brown Rice Basmati you get the flavour that comes with that too. Thanks Tesco. Gonna be using you again and not those jokers at Wally World.
I started prepping a few weeks ago. But really I like to keep my larder stocked anyway, but due to ill health I've not been up to snuff. I have to force myself to eat, and it's too much effort to make an internet order most days. Auto-immune ravages your body but it affects your mind just as bad. It's like having a semi-flu all the time every day, with just good days now and again.
So I'm all sorted. I've even got a good suppply of water should the pipes get cut off and need fixing (again). It's just that it saves me going to the shop.
Ah, talking of the shop, this is something interesting.
I went in today in the afternoon to buy some beers and some things not on my order (that I forgot). And it was deathly quiet for a Saturday afternoon. It's a small town I live in in bongobongoland. Maybe a coupla thousand people. And most of them retirees. So they do like to do their shopping in the morning anyway.
Making conversation with the girl behind the counter again I passed remark that is was quiet. Kind of asking if it was a quiet day all around at the same time. Another girl chipped in, she said: we had 690 people in here today this morning. I said 'that sounds unbelievable'. She just said 'check the till receipts'. I believed her of course but it got me thinking.
There was me thinking I was clever and going out when everyone else seems to be self-quarantining, but they aren't. They are going out in the morning getting their shopping in and probably just like me stocking up on what they forgot before they go back to their hidey holes. Interesting.
Now, out of a town of about 2000 people, there is no way that that 700 or so came from there so it would have been people passing through. Let's just say that at least 10 percent of those would have been from out of town and from god knows where. That is like 70 disparate and individual people coming from whatever other town outside. Who knows what they picked up and put back down. Who knows how infected they were. I washed my hands twice as hard and twice as long when I got back in the house. I then washed them again after putting the shopping away. I washed down my beer bottles in a solution of hydrogen peroxide, before letting them dry, and then rinsing them down again just to get any residue off.
I won't be going out again. That is for sure. Day '0' was a couple of days ago really. It's time to do this. I can't afford to get this nasty little bug.
I decided to go to the doctor's. I was telling my mum on the phone a couple of hours ago. She said 'oh you won't get an appointment - everything is done over the phone now'. And I've heard news of that elsewhere on other forums that are good sources of information about this thing. It's pretty hard to get a face to face appointment now in a surgery in England. Things changed within a matter of hours she said. First they wanted her to come in but some kind of directive went out and then they said 'no - telephone only'.
My immune system is in full flight all the time. My body is always having a kind of semi cytokine storm where it attacks itself. Yesterday I cleaned out my lower shelves to make space for my tins of beans and pasta and whatnot. Today I can hardly walk. My legs and thighs feel like I have been doing serious squats. I feel bruised. I can only move very slow. My muscles are releasing poisons that are slowly infecting my heart and you can die from this if it's not taken care of. Do I go to the doctor and get the WuFlu? Or do I just keep slowly fading away, hoping I don't get the WuFlu which might kill me? Tough one.
Anyway, that's that. It's been a fun few days. We all knew this day would come. But I think all of us still hoped we were wrong, or that it might not be so bad. It still might not be so bad, but it also might be like our worst nightmares. No one knows. We certainly don't.
This is going to hit the economy super hard. It's going to hit those working in the medical field very hard as well. And that is why I think they are locking down the doctor's surgeries here in bongo land right now - nipping it in the bud. Illness can hit anyone anytime. At my mum's surgery her very nice lady doctor got breast cancer. She took a lot of time off work but came back. But she looked 10 years older and ravaged by what she had been through. A compassionate and competent doctor. There are a few of them about, despite what you hear. Life is cruel. Disease and sickness are not observers of class or competency. They are indiscriminate and ruthless in their outlook.
I'm deciding whether to make a chilli or a curry next with the veg I bought a little while back that needs using up. I'm running out of containers to put stuff in but then again I'm just about all out of freezer space too. I envy those with a great big chest freezer - make use of it!
One final thought on all of this that I've picked up on from several of my sources (this is not an original thought) with regard to the response from the UK govt. to what is happening:
They are in a very difficult position. Do they let this thing take hold and burn through the population and thus, burn itself out in a relatively short time (with mass casualties and deaths), or do they spread it out over a longer period of time, causing greater harm to the economy, but not over-burdening the hospitals and ICU's so much, and therefore allowing more people to survive and live? It's a tough call.
As always, the govt. don't care about the little people. They care more about their shares and that end of the economy. But when the 'economy' means not having anyone left to serve them groceries in shops, either because they are dead, or because their jobs don't exist anymore, well, then they may end up making the 'right' decision if you know what I mean. Altruism is not their strong point. But pragmatism is never far from their reach.
No one knows how bad this thing will be. Those that make the decisions about our fate, will consider themselves and their kind first.
All we can do is look after ourselves, and each other.
You know the drill. Now is the time to consider loved ones who may be vulnerable.
Even a week ago my mum who is in the most vulnerable of all categories, she just would not listen. Today on the phone she is cancelling her hairdresser appointment and visits to family member's graves. Because the big bad TV told her. Typical boomer. If it ain't on TV it ain't real, right?
It's frightening just how fucking brainwashed the older generation are. I'm Gen X, but fuck me the boomers really do take the cake.
Shit is getting real for them, finally.
Just like it is with all of us.
Hold on to your hats, it's going to get hairy!
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Little problem there Bernie. Many medications are manufactured in China.
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I like how they're not mentioning where the other 8 cases are.
Here's the link.
My 73-year old mother has gone to a nail salon that is run by Hmongs and those of Hmong descent (I hope). I feel that's counter-intuitive to not getting a disease that originated from an Asian country.
- 6 in Fond du Lac County
- 4 in Dane County
- 3 in Sheboygan County
- 2 in Milwaukee County
- 1 each in Racine, Waukesha, and Pierce Counties.
Here's the link.
My 73-year old mother has gone to a nail salon that is run by Hmongs and those of Hmong descent (I hope). I feel that's counter-intuitive to not getting a disease that originated from an Asian country.
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“some sex workers don’t have access to hot water and soap between sessions.”
EWWWWW. Maybe another line of work—like picking up dog poop.
EWWWWW. Maybe another line of work—like picking up dog poop.
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Rather cough up my lungs than be one of the autistic preppers in this thread jacking themselves off to the thought of how they'll be a warlord with a harem after the apocalypse because they have a few jugs of bleach.
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Stress and anxiety. Get off the web, away from tv/radio, don't think about it for a few hours. Try to relax. using your preferred method.
I imagine there's going to be a lot of tranquilizer prescriptions written, hope they don't all come from China.
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a guy in hasmaz suit is live streaming in NY telling people about Corona virus
CDWLTY
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What is up with this? I had someone tell me she only buys a four pack every week, and she's out. Two days ago I gave her one from my storage and she's already telling me I need to give her another one because she's out. How do you use that much in two days? That's like germophobe quad-stacking before lifting the lid and touching everything. It seems like half the world tosses a quarter pound of paper in when they use the guest bathroom anyway.
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Happy 800 pages everybody. Remember you can get hand sanitizer at places like Office Max or Staples. Get creative with your panic shopping.
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Happy 800.
Jeez, this thread grew a lot while I wasn't looking.
Jeez, this thread grew a lot while I wasn't looking.
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Please don't be the exceptional sucker who gives their supplies away. Especially don't give shit to people who will come back demanding more. The apocalypse isn't even in full swing and you're already getting raided, goddamn.
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I was able to three bottles there, but now they are all out, just like everywhere else.
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Tom preston and Xinnie the Flu
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PA's daily update lists two new cases in Allegheny County, aka Pittsburgh and its inner suburbs. First case in western PA in general was reported yesterday, now up to 3.
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Tell her to choke on your dick. Literally. Trade TP for BJs.
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Well, one thing the upper midwest has in spades is social distancing and a metric shitton of physical reserve. We don't hold hands, smooch cheeks or touch each other in any way unless we are either sexually involved or family, and family is damn lucky to get that awkward hug and brief cheek peck. Believe me, even footsie in the midwest is a highly nuanced signal.
This ain't gonna rip thru Milwaukee like it did Italy.
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I blame the internet.
This all would've never happened if we'd just stuck to smoke signals, ponies, and pigeons.
Speaking of..... I wonder how the Amish will take the hit to their boomer customer base, or just manage the Wu Flu in general. That'll be an interesting study for some autist when this is all over.
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Agree that our Scandinavian spacing is an advantage but it is indeed going through the Milwaukee area at a nice rate. The Johns Hopkins map isn't up-to-date.
Outbreaks in Wisconsin
Outbreaks and Investigations Wisconsin has now seen multiple confirmed cases of COVID-19. And with more testing facilities online, we can expect to see even more cases. Identifying cases allows DHS and our local partners to move quickly to isolate a case and possibly contain spread of the virus...
I feel nice and cozy up in my Northwoods hideout though.
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