Posted on 03/11/2020 8:06:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
Time to stay calm and continue on....
Yesterday's thread is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3823193/posts
Nice to hear regarding Alaska, but sorry about your family. As for mine, I didn’t even bother to try...I just let them know what I spent on this, which is well over $10k - but still most was simply pushing up purchases (computer and phone acting up...replace now, when still available). I did buy some stuff I may not use, like wipes and sanitizer, as I don’t expect to be in public much - but then you never know. And I spent a bit on ‘insurance’ for long term - mainly rice. I have throttled-down from this spree, but have no regrets at all for doing this level of prepping...since it was obvious what was on the way!
Hopefully our families make it through, but no, I won’t be surprised if that’s not the case for mine...sadly.
That’s good you stocked up so much! I think we’ve spent maybe $1200 extra on food/extra gas - but hub is somewhat of a prepper so we have some stuff already. Greatest of all is that in the summer he can go catch us salmon, so we can still eat like kings of things REALLY go s. w/ the food supply, yikes!
Best wishes for your family - hopefully soon everybody that can stay safe will, sorry for those who are already infected and don’t even know it.
I still gotta run up north and get oil filters, air filters and cabin filters for my vehicles, but I’m tired and feeling a little under the weather, so given the circumstances, I’m staying INSIDE my house, except maybe to get mail, until I feel better. FWIW, probably still allergies and lack of sleep.
Herschel Smith Katybuzz • 19 minutes ago
Oh, it was engineered alright. At UNC-Chapel Hill, with the assistance of a Chi-com.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797993/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151110115711.htm
Note the wording; " ...we generated and characterized a chimeric virus." She didn't just study it, she generated it.
Next up, I'll leave you to do the research about study of this virus in Canada by the same Chinese lady, and the fact that she had her badge pulled and was ejected from the country, with the Canadian police still in the active investigation mode.
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Remember how the head of the Chemistry Department at Harvard got arrested for getting $50k /month under the table from China, and putting a couple of PLA colonels into positions at Harvard? I'm thinking more what we did to the German spies who came in on the U-boat in World War 2. Military trial, quick hangings.
And what about Mitch McCuckold's wife, or DiFiChiSpy's driver for 20 years?
Good piece on what the press might have done to shoot themselves and the Establishment in the foot with all their panic.
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2020/03/12/unintended-consequences/
Am listening to now - thanks for the direct link. You're one of the few people who does that without trotting out the "look for it yourself" laziness.
Ah good, glad to hear you could access it.
And why would I click on that? I’ve been reading for 7 weeks pal, and there is plenty of reason to panic. If you are not panicking just a little, you don’t understand what is about to unfold in the U.S.
I was one of the first to go ballistic over it.
Measured steps, are the best.
(Sabotage like the FDA and CDC did, should result in lifelong trips to Club Fed if not execution.)
South Korea and Hong Kong have it under control as does Japan.
Is that because of testing and contact tracing, and quarantine, with suspension of mass gatherings?
How much is due to two different strains of the virus with differing R0 values floating around?
Is it too late for strong measures in the US to prevent a meltdown and swamping of the hospital system as in Italy? I don't know. I suspect blue states and strongholds will meltdown, and smaller red states will only get hit when politicians of blue states requisition /confiscate their equipment and draft their MDs and nurses.
But PANIC panic won't help anyone.
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