Terrified that coronavirus is getting worse than better

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There's a lot of health issues we probably don't have a clue about the extent of. Just think of the stats often cited for mental illness and then consider how many people wouldn't consider treatment and thus remain unaccounted for, that estimate of 1 in 5 seems way too low.

I think it is a great idea to shut down schools. Many in the US shut down two weeks during the Christmas season and for several weeks during the summer anyways. They can always make up for it with a shorter summer breakor whatever if necessary.

Healthy children are far less impacted by corvid-19 from what I hear. But they are good at transmitting viruses. So yeah keep the little Typhoid Mary's sequestered for a couple of weeks at least.

March is going to be a rough month.

Of course when I had a flu I just stayed home and waited until it was over. Guess what recommendations I got a few years later when a doc diagnosed me with viral bronchitis? Yes, stay at home and rest.
Honestly, if I contracted the covid, I would most likely to the same, just additionally try to self isolate not to spread the thing to more vulnerable people.

Kids are great in spreading the virus (I understand they can contract it without any symptoms whatsoever) but closing schools may result in more children being sent to their grandparents if both parents can't afford missing work.

I wonder about the future... but maybe the covid will just join the rank of "childhood diseases" that everyone contracts in toddlerhood and builds immunity for later contacts. Common cold can be deadly for adults who grew up without any contact with it. Covid has characteristics of one of such diseases, only it's new.

When I was looking stuff up I found that eventually they were telling people who contracted H1N1 swine flu to just stay at home so they would not pass it on. That was after the big panic over it.

I was so happy this morning when a coworker said the schools in my office's town are closed for the foreseeable future. I immediately thought, "Sweet! Less traffic or annoying crossing guards slowing down traffic."

The hype has finally his my bosses have began taking measures and said I can start working from home if things get worse. One can only dream

I don't want the schools to be closed for a month. There will just be kids everywhere and I hate kids. I don't see what good it would do to shut the schools, and families aren't going to shut themselves indoors for a month with their kids bickering and fighting and not getting any fresh air or exercise.

It's really getting ridiculous now.

^ Yeah: all the bogroll was gone in my local Morrison’s today... although weirdly the flu, cough and cold medicines were fully stocked
As were the tissues
Humans, eh?

No T.P.? Use the tissues. An arse in need deserves Puffs indeed.

^I think I’ll use those lovely aloe vera infused ones: who would turn down that gentle soothing after a good morning strain?

What's the thing with toilet paper? How on earth is it connected to the covid?

People buying absurd amounts of TP and water are contradictory because they're buying water because they believe the water will be shut down because of a virus (no, it won't), and you got me on toilet paper. But either way, if the water gets shut down, do they not realize the toilet's not going to work anymore?

Why would be water shut down due to respiratory system disease? Is it shut down in China?

No, it all makes no sense.

^ it’s humans on fear mode: totally irrational.
For some reason in both the US and the UK it’s always toilet paper they panic buy.
Food would make more sense.
Nope.
Bogroll.



last time there was a big panic on my wife told me it makes sense if you know everyone else is going to panic buy a given product to go and stock up on it yourself: which just sounds even madder... is everyone buying 470 rolls of TP in anticipation of everyone else doing so? Is there no-one who’s truly panicked?

You gave me a big laugh... especially that toilet paper has such plentiful substitutes

^ coolness