Coronavirus

[Sigblitz]

Worldcoronavirusmap.com, or something like that, has malware to steal your information.

 

[Denny347]

...and if you have a fever, COVID 19 or otherwise, unless it's serious enough to go to the hospital (or there's a tendency for seizures), lay off the fever reducer.

Fevers are there for a reason.

Yes, unless it's over a 101.5. My Dr told me that at that point your body is using so much energy that it becomes counter productive.

 

[Keith_Indy]

Reasons for taking self-isolation and social distancing seriously...


https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/03/16/80-of-COVID-19-spreads-from-people-who-dont-know-they-are-sick/7771584372104/

Using data from China -- where the COVID-19 outbreak originated -- epidemiologists developed a mathematical model of infectious disease spread. The model estimates nearly 80 percent of confirmed cases of the disease originated from so-called "undocumented" cases, or those who experienced mild, limited or no symptoms and went undiagnosed as a result.The researchers believe the findings help explain the rapid global spread of the virus.



"When someone experiences mild symptoms, and most of us can relate to this, we still go about our day and send the kids to school and go to work and might have a headache or slight fever and maybe take ibuprofen and go out and go shopping and whatnot," study co-author Jeffrey Shaman, professor of environmental health at Columbia University, said at a press briefing Monday. "It is that continued contact with people that allows the transmission of many respiratory viruses."

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According to Ira Longini Jr., a professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, the findings suggest that one of every seven cases of COVID-19 presents with severe enough symptoms to allow for confirmed diagnosis -- because only those with severe symptoms pursue treatment.


"If you were to project that number globally, given we have 150,000 confirmed cases, we are approaching close to one million infections," said Longini, who was not part of the research team. "We could argue or dispute what the specific number is -- and might be one in 10 in some societies, versus one in five and others."

This translates to the 3,500 confirmed cases in the United States potentially being as many as 35,000 infections, Longini said.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/201...gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html

Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.The following symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure.*

• Fever
• Cough
• Shortness of breath

*This is based on what has been seen previously as the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses.

 

[tbhausen]

The Philly PD’s response to this doesn’t bode well for future civility... I hope this doesn’t become the norm for PD’s in large metros or this could be bad, really bad. Time to look after ourselves more than ever!

Reaction on Twitter is predictable:

https://twitter.com/odonnell_r/status/1240023290988691459?s=21

 

[Bennettjh]

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The Philly PD’s response to this doesn’t bode well for future civility... I hope this doesn’t become the norm for PD’s in large metros or this could be bad, really bad. Time to look after ourselves more than ever!

Holy cow. That's scary.

 

[tbhausen]

Check the thread on Twitter… I added the link.

 

[tbhausen]

It’s legit:

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ing-arrest-procedures-amid-covid-19-outbreak/

 

[jndturner]

Seems to me we are waiting on a vaccine. Schools could be out for the remainder of the school year. We just don't know yet.

Kansas just announced that schools are closed for the remainder of the school year.

Jedi beat me to this

 

[Alpo]

Just sold an AR15 pistol config to a neighbor. The guy never thought about AR's before.....

 

[Wolfhound]

It’s legit:

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ing-arrest-procedures-amid-covid-19-outbreak/

It seems the thin veneer of society is slowly evaporating. Happy to reside in Indiana right now.

 

[Sigblitz]

It seems the thin veneer of society is slowly evaporating. Happy to reside in Indiana right now.

It's been going on here for a week. Summons to appear at a later date to keep the jail quarantined.

 

[tbhausen]

i’m going to be avoiding major metro areas during this.

 

[Wolfhound]

It's been going on here for a week. Summons to appear at a later date to keep the jail quarantined.

I stand corrected. Well.....happy to live in RURAL Indiana.

 

[jedi]

Kansas just announced that schools are closed for the remainder of the school year.

Jedi beat me to this

But only because jedi has contacts in KS who are beyond pissed right now about it and CAN NOT believe all of this is happening. In essence they are in denial.

 

[tbhausen]

They (PD) frame this by saying they won’t arrest people for “nonviolent” crimes. Fine, so it’s open season on those who have what others might want… unless of course, they resist, which usually leads to violence… So we’re looking at an increase in violence unless people just submit to criminals (on the premise they’ll be arrested later, because they might catch something in jail). Anybody think the word won’t get around among the criminal element?

 

[Sigblitz]

Everything is moving very quickly. One step at a time so it appears kind of normal and nobody panics. I expect we haven't seen the half of it. I suggest buying cans and a new opener, keeping cash on hand, and stock up on toilet paper.

 

[Leadeye]

I wondered about where they draw the line on restaurants as here in the GSF there are a lot of gas stations that halfway function as restaurants but I'm sure the bulk of the revenue comes from fuel sales.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just sold an AR15 pistol config to a neighbor. The guy never thought about AR's before.....

I just found a bunch of commercial (read non-corrosive) 7.92x57 ammo that I've been saving for my FN49. AR-15. Pfft!


Plenty of Garand enbloc clips loaded up (get off my lawn!)

 

[Alpo]

It was a hobby build that I never shot. He took it out to test fire and loved it. Zero problems.

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[Sigblitz]

Doing the packet of homework. Why am I being punished?