Hope for the best prepare for the worst.How are you prepping for the covid-19 virus.
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Muzzle of Bees
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Nothing different. Still laughing at the idiots running this country with their hunches and mixed messages. Something has to kill me eventually so it’s no big deal.
spartacus
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I agree with the comments above but with two'young kids,dont want to get caught with the pants down. After talking with my wife we've decided to stock up on water, canned goods, meat'and pultry dried goods like pasta and beans and rice, frozen veggies snacks etc. Get my propane tanks filled and fill up my empty gas cans.We will use all of the supplies through the summer anyways so no waste.
Nothing different here.
We always have canned goods. Not sure why people always let their shelves go empty. Not sure why people in Hawaii are hoarding toilet paper? I have 2 young ones and I see no reason to keep them sheltered. Children seem to be less affected by it as well. I'd be more worried about the elderly and people with weak immune systems.
I do have N95 masks but eyes are still exposed so what is the point really?
We always have canned goods. Not sure why people always let their shelves go empty. Not sure why people in Hawaii are hoarding toilet paper? I have 2 young ones and I see no reason to keep them sheltered. Children seem to be less affected by it as well. I'd be more worried about the elderly and people with weak immune systems.
I do have N95 masks but eyes are still exposed so what is the point really?
Twilghtzone
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This may be the most promising treatment so far. Doctor presents some fairly convincing evidence.
Chloroquine and Zinc together might be able to stop the Cornoa virus from replicating itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&feature=youtu.be
Chloroquine and Zinc together might be able to stop the Cornoa virus from replicating itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&feature=youtu.be
4Reak Show
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I don't worry about viruses until the people dying from them reanimate and come back to life. That happens, and then it's on.
Until then, I refuse to feed into the hysteria and the hype. How does 30 additional rolls of toilet paper really prevent one from getting sick? How is having 150 gallons of bottled water on my garage floor preventing the spread of germs? How about buying buckets of antibacterial hand sanitizer? (anti BACTERIAL. As in, not necessarily preventing the spread of VIRUSES). It's all just people feeding into the current craze and hype of the news cycle. In a week or so it will die down...
And then they're going to come out with these at home test kits and AHHHHH guess what??!? Most people are going to test positive anyway and not even know it... Good thing people bought the extra pallet of paper towels.
Until then, I refuse to feed into the hysteria and the hype. How does 30 additional rolls of toilet paper really prevent one from getting sick? How is having 150 gallons of bottled water on my garage floor preventing the spread of germs? How about buying buckets of antibacterial hand sanitizer? (anti BACTERIAL. As in, not necessarily preventing the spread of VIRUSES). It's all just people feeding into the current craze and hype of the news cycle. In a week or so it will die down...
And then they're going to come out with these at home test kits and AHHHHH guess what??!? Most people are going to test positive anyway and not even know it... Good thing people bought the extra pallet of paper towels.
I haven't changed anything and won't. More people die from the flu on an annual basis and this "virus" is mainly killing the elderly with poor immune systems. Also if it's my time to go it's my time to go.
And like people above me said I don't get why people let their pantries go dry. There are always canned goods at my house. Just in case or for a quick meal
There was an elderly man being treated at a hospital about 2 miles from my house. I do not see anyone in my neighborhood going nuts.
And like people above me said I don't get why people let their pantries go dry. There are always canned goods at my house. Just in case or for a quick meal
There was an elderly man being treated at a hospital about 2 miles from my house. I do not see anyone in my neighborhood going nuts.
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Jernik
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Good post. To those freaking out I would add;
Welcome to nature. Diseases evolve to survive, and guess what? So do humans. As people are exposed to the virus, as a whole, our immine systems will learn how to deal with it and we will evolve too. Unfortunate for those whose immune systems are compromised, but for them the current flu we all know and love is a real threat already. Life will go on. And if it doesn't, so what? Will the universe even notice or care? The less people panic, and the more calm and reasoned the response, the easier it will be on all of us.
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Reading Doctor's reports out of China, they are treating patients with high dose Intravenous Vit-C. also suggesting 2,000 mg of Vit C for general precaution. Regular OTC oral vit-C ? suggest you go with Liposomal vit-C, is is Fat based and goes into your blood system. closest thing to intravenous.
Jetboy
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Taleb is arguably the most accomplished mathematical analyst alive today (He and Mandelbrot disproved modern financial theory, that's weirdly still taught in a lot of colleges by professors who don't know better) - and relatively few people know who he is. The discussion on scalability of rational reaction to idiosyncratic vs systemic risk is important to understand. I don't think we're seeing irrational behavior by heavily cutting back on activity that is likely to spread COVID19.
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techno
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I feel like the country can be divided into 3 distinct groups.
1. HOLY F@#K! EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF PEOPLE!!! MUST FIGHT STRANGERS AT THE STORE FOR TP!!!!
2. Oh? A potentially dangerous virus with no vaccine or antiviral drug available? OK, I will follow the guidance from professionals and make more of an effort with hand washing and not touching my face.
3. This is a joke and nothing will happen to me and I don't know anyone who is sick so I DGAF but I will go on Facebook and complain about it.
1. HOLY F@#K! EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF PEOPLE!!! MUST FIGHT STRANGERS AT THE STORE FOR TP!!!!
2. Oh? A potentially dangerous virus with no vaccine or antiviral drug available? OK, I will follow the guidance from professionals and make more of an effort with hand washing and not touching my face.
3. This is a joke and nothing will happen to me and I don't know anyone who is sick so I DGAF but I will go on Facebook and complain about it.
redneckcrawler
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And then there's people like me who wonder how in the hell is it 2020 and we're having to tell people how to wash their hands. My parents took care of that for me a long time ago.
cb1111
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As a long time senior emergency manager, I have a slightly different take without all the hype and all the false information (like high doses of vitamin C).
Everybody needs to be prepared to take care of themselves for a few weeks. That means food, meds and other supplies, so you don't need to go nuts and buy a lifetime supply of TP at the first sign of someone sneezing.
That said, you'll want some water (although the water/electricity/gas etc. won't be affected by the pandemic) as there may be periodic outages caused by other things (storms etc) but once you have your basic supplies, you just need to rotate and buy your normal quantities of everything.
Don't forget supplies for your pets.
You'll also want to keep your car topped off. Even though you might not be driving as much and the gas stations will remain open, you do want to limit your interaction with others. I make it a habit of filling my tank when it reaches half full all the time, so I normally have plenty of gas. Maybe you need to bring supplies to a friend or relative who is shut in.
Wash your hands, don't shake hands, exercise social distancing (3 feet away from others in public), cover your cough and you'll be fine.
Don't forget the ammo.
Bottom line - don't panic but don't take this lightly either. There are plenty of 20/30/40 year olds on ventilators for this disease so it doesn't just affect the older population.
With proper preparation, we can keep from overwhelming the medical system - that's what happened in China and what is happening today in Italy (where they are taking triage to extremes because they can't cope)
You don't want to get this (you have a 90+% chance of survival) but you don't want to get it and pass it on inadvertently to a more vulnerable person.
I'm happy to answer any questions - either here or via PM.
Everybody needs to be prepared to take care of themselves for a few weeks. That means food, meds and other supplies, so you don't need to go nuts and buy a lifetime supply of TP at the first sign of someone sneezing.
That said, you'll want some water (although the water/electricity/gas etc. won't be affected by the pandemic) as there may be periodic outages caused by other things (storms etc) but once you have your basic supplies, you just need to rotate and buy your normal quantities of everything.
Don't forget supplies for your pets.
You'll also want to keep your car topped off. Even though you might not be driving as much and the gas stations will remain open, you do want to limit your interaction with others. I make it a habit of filling my tank when it reaches half full all the time, so I normally have plenty of gas. Maybe you need to bring supplies to a friend or relative who is shut in.
Wash your hands, don't shake hands, exercise social distancing (3 feet away from others in public), cover your cough and you'll be fine.
Don't forget the ammo.
Bottom line - don't panic but don't take this lightly either. There are plenty of 20/30/40 year olds on ventilators for this disease so it doesn't just affect the older population.
With proper preparation, we can keep from overwhelming the medical system - that's what happened in China and what is happening today in Italy (where they are taking triage to extremes because they can't cope)
You don't want to get this (you have a 90+% chance of survival) but you don't want to get it and pass it on inadvertently to a more vulnerable person.
I'm happy to answer any questions - either here or via PM.
04rnr
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for the WIN..
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I have to listen to that crap all day at work on the "radio" (I have satellite radio in the car and at home) and we have a conspiracy theorist / prepper at work, that guy can't shut up for more than 20 min without talking about it.
16RedRunner
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Buying bullets.....lots of bullets.
RichinRidgewood
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I sneezed yesterday in Costco. I have allergies and its warm here. It was hilarious. I had 2 isles of the fruit/veg. area to myself in a matter of a minute.
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