Posted on 03/01/2020 9:08:19 AM PST by blueunicorn6
I think that we should have one thread where everybody on Free Republic Can list their concerns about the Coronavirus.
It’s simply becoming too time consuming to keep up with all the different Coronavirus concern threads that keep popping up every few minutes.
This way, we can all be on the record on one thread with our concerns about the Coronavirus.
Now I’m concerned about my breathing.
Is there a ‘don’t give a shit’ on this chart? Because that’s where I am.
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Same.
OH NOES. A case has been reported in Rhode Island.
WHATEVER SHALL WE DO?
Well, we know that you have a dog.
Aren’t you concerned that fido might have the Chinee Flu?
I do not allow MSM hysteria into my home and have no cable TV at all. So that's one plus in my factor. Instead, I read a lot of good books and listen to a lot of good music.
I eat nothing but wholesome foods and exercise daily. So I have that in my favor.
I maintain a positive attitude and savor every day of my life, so I have that in my favor as well.
Are products being shipped from China to the U.S. safe? How do we know when the air in the package, once unsealed, does not contain the virus? How do we know the air in tires being shipped on new cars do not contain the Corona cootie? When someone sneezes like a horse in Walmart, should we run the other way or just walk quickly out of the store to not cause a panic stampede? How do we know the Chinese military are not intentionally putting the corona cootie into products being exported to the U.S., it with the motive being it will damage Trumps reelection chances?
I’m concerned about the Chinese.
That is concerning.
Do we have the ability to start producing many of these items here in the USA as soon as possible?
This should serve as a wake up call to everyone that we need to begin production of these important items right here, at home.
I’m concerned about concerned people.
Got an alert from my church last night warning that services might be suspended.
Front page of paper is about banks and businesses planning to shut down if coronavirus starts.
Stores are empty.
No, I’m not worried.
I’m concerned about how they are affected by the Coronavirus.
That pic just cracks me up
This epidemic reminds me more and more of a story I did about the West Nile virus outbreak around 2003.
Normally, I didn’t cover health issues for our newspaper. But I wound up interviewing our local health director, who told me that — media scare stories to the contrary — only a small percentage of those infected would become seriously ill.
Of course, the big difference here is that West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes rather than person-to-person contact.
But most people infected would be either asymptomatic or experience the usual “flu-like symptoms” for maybe three days, then recover completely.
The point here, according to the health director, was that most people who caught West Nile virus wouldn’t even know exactly what they had. They would just feel lousy for a few days and then be fine again.
Despite the different means of transmission, I have to wonder if something similar isn’t happening with this coronavirus — many people are getting infected but only a tiny percentage become seriously ill. And those unfortunates are mainly the frail elderly and those with compromised immune systems.
I see no evidence that this epidemic resembles the 1918 Spanish influenza, which attacked the young and healthy in a truly bizarre and often fatal manner.
Now, I guess I have to be concerned about people having constipation.
“Coronavirus concern threads”
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What is a Coronavirus concern thread? (Serious question)
I don’t know that I’ve seen anyone doing vanity threads on whatever concerns they might have about the virus.
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