Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

Page 94 of 539 [ 8616 posts ] Go to page Previous 1 ... 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 ... 539 Next

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 11:14 am

Brother-in-law lives in the Canaries: he was on the phone to Mrs K on Saturday night, him & his boyfriend holed up in the mountains with only four days food!

(Although that was before the lockdown went into effect, hopefully they’ve managed to stock up over yesterday)

totally off topic: 100 pages!

kraftiekortie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 87,510
Location: Queens, NYC

16 Mar 2020, 11:15 am

It'll get to at least 200 before this ends......

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 11:22 am

^now there’s a depressing truth

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 11:30 am

Teach51 wrote:

Or the situation may evolve into a geriatric uprising, streets filled with pensioners attacking the police with razor sharp dentures and walkers. Respirators snatched from ICU's by bony hands, quarantine suits torn off doctors. Cries of " We didn't save this country from the Nazis only to be abandoned like old crappy newspapers!! ! ! We are the GLO!! ! (Geriatric Liberation Organisation) We demand self- determination, we were here first!!

like zombies, but slower :lol:

Although, serious note: the only Brit’s I’ve ever heard talk about the war in that way are the ones who were born after the events... the ones who lived through it I’ve never heard speak of it.

kraftiekortie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 87,510
Location: Queens, NYC

16 Mar 2020, 11:32 am

At least the thread is here.....and it will continue to be a useful resource.

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 11:43 am

^ indeed. Facts presented calmly, interspersed with outbreaks of humour.

jimmy m
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Jun 2018
Age: 77
Gender: Male
Posts: 9,832
Location: Indiana

16 Mar 2020, 11:47 am

Well I think my wife is getting spooked. So I guess I will take a trip into town and pick up some supplies. My dog food is getting low and my dog eats a lot. I need to stockpile some dog food. The next state over closed all YMCAs. I guess my trip tomorrow to the YMCA is in jeopardy. I will take a quick trip now before the world gets truely insane.

I will report back upon my return.

_________________
Author of Practical Preparations for a Coronavirus Pandemic.
A very unique plan. As Dr. Paul Thompson wrote, "This is the very best paper on the virus I have ever seen."

magz
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 Jun 2017
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 16,283
Location: Poland

16 Mar 2020, 11:50 am

Karamazov wrote:

Teach51 wrote:

like zombies, but slower :lol:

Funny that... I've never heard anyone speaking like that in Poland. Neither about WWII, nor Solidarity, nor anything. Instead, I've heard some old people pitying my generation that "doesn't have a purpose and knows not what real life tastes like".

_________________
Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.

<not moderating PPR stuff concerning East Europe>

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 12:06 pm

magz wrote:

Karamazov wrote:

Teach51 wrote:

like zombies, but slower :lol:

I think it’s a way of avoiding having to come to terms with the end of empire tbh: if we keep banging on about a war none of us fought in we don’t have to face up to the fact we’re not a global superpower any more. (and never will be again for that matter).

Insert brexit related delusions of grandeur comment of your own devising here

The_Face_of_Boo
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 16 Jun 2010
Age: 44
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 33,669
Location: Beirut, Lebanon.

16 Mar 2020, 12:07 pm

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 04566.html

It seems like Corona + any other chronic disease = death.

Tim_Tex
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Jul 2004
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Posts: 46,694
Location: Houston, Texas

16 Mar 2020, 12:17 pm

Are they really predicting over 1 mil. deaths in the U.S. alone?

_________________
Who’s better at math than a robot? They’re made of math!

magz
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 Jun 2017
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 16,283
Location: Poland

16 Mar 2020, 12:18 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/francisco-garcia-death-coronavirus-malaga-spain-football-coach-leukaemia-a9404566.html

It seems like Corona + any other chronic disease = death.

Leukaemia is not "any other chronic disease", it's a cancer of immunological system, so fighting any new infection is way more of a problem.
Treatment includes immunosuppresives.

_________________
Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.

<not moderating PPR stuff concerning East Europe>

Last edited by magz on 16 Mar 2020, 12:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 12:22 pm

magz wrote:

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/francisco-garcia-death-coronavirus-malaga-spain-football-coach-leukaemia-a9404566.html

It seems like Corona + any other chronic disease = death.

Leukaemia is not "any other condition", its treatment includes significant dosages of immunosuppressives and this puts people at grave risk after additionally contracting the covid.

One of my uncles had leukaemia: he was cured of that, but after all the treatments his immune system was so compromised he died within weeks of a hepatitis infection he’d picked up years before in his line of work.
(Care and support of drug addicts attempting to go clean)

magz
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 Jun 2017
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 16,283
Location: Poland

16 Mar 2020, 12:28 pm

Leukaemia is a very serious condition that puts you in danger of dying of any infectious disease.
Hepatitis is more deadly than HIV among drug addicts (knowledge from my close friend who is a clean drug addict) despite "regular" people living with it for decades with little symptoms. But drug addict lifestyle is not exactly healthy, worn-off organisms give up and HCV spreads much more easily than HIV.
Sorry for your uncle, he did something great.

_________________
Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.

<not moderating PPR stuff concerning East Europe>

Karamazov
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Mar 2012
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,979
Location: Rural England

16 Mar 2020, 12:43 pm

^ thanks magz :heart:

Aye: he thought he was good to go for another 20-30 years, bought a new house and all that. His funeral was less than two months later.
______________
Gave me a scare when I saw the generalisation of all chronic conditions though!
I’ve had sinusitis going on for at least a decade... :lol:

blooiejagwa
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Dec 2017
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 5,793

16 Mar 2020, 1:02 pm

jimmy m wrote:

sly279 wrote:

Scared. Food is almost completely sold out here.

sly279 I do not know where you live or your personal situation but let me offer you some general advice.

As people prepare for the possibility of quarantine they have mixed in a little bit of panic buying. If the shelves are empty of food at the moment they will be filled again in the morning or the next morning or the morning after that. What we are experiencing is surge buying of food rather than a response to a true shortage. There is food to be had.

So concentrate on something different. It takes very little food to survive. I lived for eight weeks on 1/4 cup of food per meal (3 meals per day). Find this size measuring cup and look at it. It is incredibly small, just 2 ounces.

But to do this I needed two things.
1. Protein. A person needs 75-90 grams of protein each day to survive. You can get this protein from protein shakes or protein bars. Quest makes good protein bars. So if the grocery shelves are empty, go to health food stores or order these over Amazon.
2. Vitamens. If your diet is reduced you will need to supplement. So buy several bottles of multivitamins.

And then wait for the food to return to the stores in abundance.

cans of beans and tuna or salmon would be good. they are quite cheap.

_________________
Take defeat as an urge to greater effort.
-Napoleon Hill

Page 94 of 539 [ 8616 posts ] Go to page Previous 1 ... 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 ... 539 Next

Jump to:

Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus Post Reply New Topic

Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus