Coronavirus Live Thread. No. 9.

3/3/2020

[Vermont Lt]

Continuation of the thread.

No 8 here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821104/posts?q=1&;page=1004#1004

[DEPcom]

Wash your hands 20 seconds is the standard

[knak]

This article claims Japan has over 1000 cases where “worldometers” has them at only 331.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-case/japan-coronavirus-cases-hit-1000-mark-as-tokyo-insists-olympics-on-track-idUSKBN20R01E

[cgbg]

You would think that if the Chinese students had it (say from foreign travel during Christmas break) that some professors or other adult workers at the school would be sick by now.

Serious testing will be happening this week, but so far no word of any Northampton or Western MA issues.

The only MA case confirmed so far is from the Boston area:

https://www.mass.gov/news/first-presumptive-positive-case-of-covid-19-identified-by-massachusetts-state-public-health

[CJ Wolf]

And if you dont touch anything you can go longer between hand washing.

[Raebie]

How exactly are you not supposed to touch anything?? Lol.

[EarlyBird]

I don’t think it’s funny! I’m worrying myself to death about this. ;)

I could never get her to clean up after herself before.

I think I’ll just warn her about my quarantine restrictions and hope she finds a hotel, lol.

[Vermont Lt]

I have to tell you, I started the D3 about six weeks ago. I felt nothing for the first three weeks. One day I woke up and it was like the engine had just gotten a tune up.

Worth a thought.

[Vermont Lt]

I am in that area. I am in Longmeadow. There are some quaratined in the area, but they have been in there for a while.

Small world.

[EarlyBird]

And after the 25 minute drive from the airport?

If she has the virus and is asymptomatic, as are many young people, I am f@cked.

[Jane Long]

Wash your hands 20 seconds is the standard

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Yes....exactly.

That’s why I lol’d when she said 20 M-I-N-U-T-E-S.

[Raebie]

I take D3 too. :-)

[Vermont Lt]

She will be fine.

[EarlyBird]

What, and you didn’t invite us to dinner?!!

[EarlyBird]

Thanks, Raebie!

[Jane Long]

[blueplum]

20 minutes is a whole lot of renditions of ‘happy birthday to you’

[Black Agnes]

I just put a half a capful of the brown bottle concentrate in my laundry.

BTW the family dollar near my house still had lysol can (spray), clorox, toilet paper and bleach wipes. I got one more bottle of the concentrate and made my own spray (in a spray bottle). Those can sprays are spendy!

[DEPcom]

You should three paper towels
1 to dry your hands
2 for turn water off
3 for opening the door

You could combine 2 and 3 for only 2 paper towels.

[Raebie]

You’re welcome. Pick up your kid, give her a big kiss and enjoy every moment you have with her. Life is way too short to spend it terrified of being with the ones you love. That’s not living by any stretch of the imagination.

[ETCM]

Fingers crossed, but this could be a disaster. The crew members were on the ship when the virus was introduced on the Mexico cruise, and probably infected a large number of passengers. If there are infections onboard, they might have spread the virus to Hawaii.