Coronavirus Live Thread. No. 8

3/2/2020

[cgbg]

One day on a stock market this volatile...is one day from being totally forgotten. ;-)

[DEPcom]

“I am betting it was a worker, there are a lot of illegals working in these assisted care facilities in the kitchens, janitorial ect.”

Stereotype define: represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.

That is like saying:
Chinese work in a chinese kitchen in a restaurant — in my area it is hispanics.

Illegals work as janitors at assisted living homes — My cousin runs that department here, he is legal and all his workers are legal.

[Grampa Dave]

Terrible isn’t it?

The ChiCom killer virus probably caused the number cannibalism.

[bigbob]

I’m not sure which D candidate will get the democrat nomination but I am sure that the first of these near-octogenarians to sneeze or cough in public will NOT get it.

[LilFarmer]

There are a ton of asymptomatic carriers. One just showed up in Israel yesterday. Japan separates its new cases by symptomatic and asymptomatic.

[DEPcom]

That story has been shot down as not creditable.

[null and void]

Are too!

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Grampa Dave]

Speaking of, my high schooler just graduated from his online high school! He ramped it up because he was unsure about this virus, but I’m so proud of him!

Congrats to him and you!

[null and void]

Yes.
Eventually.
Of something.

[thingumbob]

Agreed. We parked are money instead of riding the waves.

As they say: "I'd rather be one day late than one day early."

[blueunicorn6]

I’m concerned about number cannibalism.

[HollyB]

Agree. But, if following current stats, it’s not fizzling.

[null and void]

Yes, but do you know why seven ate nine?

Four three square meals...

</dad joke>

[Vermont Lt]

Yes. Yes we are. Just not today.

[Vermont Lt]

You think? You think we’ll get to a “10.” I think we get to ten.

[cgbg]

If Freepers were rated on a scale from 0 to 10—

0=This is a nothingburger and total mass media hysteria/a plot to undermine the President

and

10=TEOTWAWKI,

I would probably be about a 7.

I expect that there will be local quarantines before this is done, and this will surprise a lot of folks here.

[sockmonkey]

*** am caring for my 90yr old mom and I have to be extremely careful to not come in contact with her even with a cold!! A cold can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia in the elderly! ***

Give her guiafenesin. No med interactions, and thins mucus secretions so gunk doesn’t build up in lungs. That is guaifenesin, NOT guaifenesin w/ dextromethorphan.

[Vermont Lt]

That’s good for your son.

It’s a long walk home from SK for the rest of the troops.

[DEPcom]

Where id the us map come from?

[LilFarmer]

How do you know? ;-)