Yikes. Do you think it could get as high as 22 million before it's forgotten about? Since that's how many people have the "regular" flu? Hey, at least everyone's sudden concern with hygiene may actually help reduce the spread of the colds and flu people never cared about before. So, if you're that guy that says I don't wash my hands after I pee, because "I don't pee on my hands," when exactly do you wash your hands during the day? From all the surfaces you've touched that a thousand other people touched.
Not even guessing at global cases. Over a 9 month window, I have seen believable estimates as high as 6-8 million cases in the US. This is not the regular flu. This is not going to be gone by April, either.
With a reported fatality rate of 2%(for the moment), that’s what, somewhere between 120,000-160,000 dead conservatively?
They said anywhere from 75-150 million people will get infected by it. Quite a window. Not sure what the actual death rate will be at the highest number. Probably somewhere just north of 1%. Which is actually nuts. I’m seeing a bunch of shit in my day-to-day of people not taking this seriously enough. They cancelled the remainder of the Houston livestock show and rodeo. It’s the second largest in the country. And everyone is fucking angry about it. It’s the grodiest place on earth especially at the carnival. Everyone thinks they are impervious to this. I think cancelling it is smart. People were making fun of me at work for being concerned. Partially, that’s just how they are. The other part is them just not taking it seriously. And the worst of it are people like my in laws who only watch fox which is telling it’s a Democrat hoax designed to hurt the president. Keep it up chucklefucks. Disease knows no political party. People in New York and California will die just the same as those in Alabama.
The NBA has suspended its season. My wife is a nurse in the hospital. I have little kids. I’m scared of a public health issue for the first time in my life. This must have been what it was like to be gay in the late 80s.
Yeah I work in childcare. We're taking all the necessary precautions. Going absolutely above and beyond. I still am ready to put our house on lockdown if/when it gets real down here. Saving grace is that everyone in my family has super strong immune systems, and we live in the country so we can truly isolate ourselves in a hurry. If I lived in a city I'd be flipping the fuck out.
Folks living out in the country are probably feeling just fine. Not having neighbors in sight has got to be looking pretty good to folks in places like New York right now.
This situation obviously isn't great, but being gay in the 80s seems like it was absolutely terrifying from everything I've seen and read. More friends dead than alive, public stigma, no help or understanding in sight. It must have been awful. Then of course there's stuff like the Bubonic Plague and Smallpox that swept through whole continents well before we had even developed germ theory. God only knows how terrifying that was.
I’m concerned, but I’m not overly concerned. Of course I’ve thought about it, my wife and I got cold/flu meds, and we got a case of Gatorade. We have enough food if we have to stay at home for two weeks. Aside from that, I’ve always washed my hands very often (yay for mild OCD), and now I’m just very aware of not touching my face. Other than that, what else can we really do for now? Our state has six cases of coronavirus, all of them in one city. And we’re both in our 30s and in good health. All we can do is avoid things as best we can, and get through it if we get it. If Tom Hanks has it and he’s not panicking, then I think I can remain calm.
The only neighbor in sight is my sister. We share a well and two cisterns (ha!). Knowing her, if shit hits the fan, shes gonna fill up all her bath tubs and not think about dividing the water between us, then try to raid our house for all the resources she doesn't have (but she stocked up on beer and champagne!!). I told my mother that for that reason she's gonna be the first one I'm killing if armagedon comes. That I'd just take one for the team and off her before she steals all our shit. It was met with the kind of laughing agreement that lets you know it was a funny joke but also seriously, good thinking.
There's a lot of smart people on this board, so it'll be interesting to see how this place acts as a resource if shit hits the fan like it's starting to look like it will. I just got some electrolyte powder on amazon because if we do get sick, I don't wanna use up the pedialite for my kiddos. And plus I'll use it anyway later in my water at the gym. It got me thinking... what do you have, or "prep" with that others might not think about? We all know toilet paper and canned beans. Anyone else keep cheese cloth on hand to clarify butter but also filter out particulate if you're boiling water?
That was similar to my thinking. I can shit in the woods and clean it off swimming in the creek if electricity goes out (again, thinking worst case here). My two young boys wouldn't understand that though.
Because no news story these days can just be normal: “On Monday, [Rudy] Gobert talked with reporters in a media room rather than on the locker room as the NBA (and other pro leagues) tried to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Gobert thought the move was an overreaction, so when he was done talking to reporters, he began to walk away, then turned back and touched the microphones, reporters’ recorders and phones. On Wednesday night, the NBA announced it was postponing its season after a Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus. The player who tested positive? Gobert.”