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Corona Virus daily thread #16

Posted on 03/13/2020 11:11:42 AM PDT by Mariner

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To: MomwithHope

Let’s try that link again it works for mehttps://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/485273-bill-gates-warns-coronavirus-may-be-the-once-in-a


2,001 posted on 03/15/2020 6:16:20 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: DEPcom

Thanks!!


2,002 posted on 03/15/2020 6:19:03 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: cgbg

Thanks.

Maybe because of how slow/behind the testing capability is?

We should be seeing an uptick in testing, SOON, right??


2,003 posted on 03/15/2020 6:21:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Jane Long

Correct on both.

Testing should be exploding, but the spread of the virus will be faster than the increase in testing imho.


2,004 posted on 03/15/2020 6:23:52 AM PDT by cgbg (No half measures.)
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To: cgbg

The increase testing will make more aware of the danger.


2,005 posted on 03/15/2020 6:30:45 AM PDT by DEPcom
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To: Pollard

https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270

The hardest-hit region around Milan has had to improvise as its health system has been deeply stressed by the sheer number of patients. In Milan and Brescia, field hospitals have been set up in the fairgrounds as the local hospitals have been drowned in patients.

Because the demand for respirators and intensive care has been beyond any previous planning, doctors have been forced into the kind of triage thinking developed for intense battlefield casualty situations. There are reports that emergency room doctors are allotting respirators to those with higher life expectancy due to the limited equipment in the hardest hit areas of the province. If you are older or have other illnesses, you may simply not be eligible for treatment.


2,006 posted on 03/15/2020 6:32:24 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Pollard
or have other illnesses, you may simply not be eligible for treatment.

That would be my wife with COPD who works at a nursing home

2,007 posted on 03/15/2020 6:33:10 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

For some reason, don’t put the bread against the wall. It does better in the middle. Yeah, that messes up the stuffed space.

Eat the oldest first so you don’t get freezer burn. If anything starts to look like it might be getting freezer burn, eat it today/now/first. With meat, the burn can be cut off and cooked for the dog. Use the remaining for a spicy dish so any off flavor will be hidden. Cut the meat into small pieces so the spice can penetrate more than large pieces.

Watch out for old vegetables. Those need to go into the trash as there’s no saving them. They shrivel up and well, just no. Or toss them in the compost pile.

The top layer of ice cream can be scraped off so that it’s fine in the middle. Perhaps put the top part into a smoothie or feed it to the dog.


2,008 posted on 03/15/2020 6:35:55 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: Pollard

This means that those college kids who are partying in Florida right now will get priority in treatment over elderly folks staying in and trying to avoid spreading the virus.

Life is _not_ fair.


2,009 posted on 03/15/2020 6:38:13 AM PDT by cgbg (No half measures.)
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To: bgill

That reminds me. I need to buy a bunch of milk and freeze it.


2,010 posted on 03/15/2020 6:38:31 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: blueplum

“Medicines taken by 6.6million people with high blood pressure and diabetes could raise the risk of deadly coronavirus symptoms, scientists claim”

I was wondering that a bit ago - is it the ‘condition’, or is it the drugs being taken to ‘mitigate’ the condition?

I can’t say I’m surprised to find this out.


2,011 posted on 03/15/2020 6:39:49 AM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: blueplum

“Jack Ma to Donate 1 Million Face Masks + 500,000 Testing Kits to US Amid Coronavirus Spread”

That’s probably 498,000 more testing kits than we have now.


2,012 posted on 03/15/2020 6:42:29 AM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: MomwithHope

I can’t get your (Bill Gates) link to work :(

But, I found THIS two year old article/thread...

Bill Gates calls on U.S. to lead fight against a pandemic that could kill 33 million

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3650883/posts

...Bill Gates says the U.S. government needs to seize the opportunity to lead the nation and the world in preparing for the “significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes.”

In an interview this week, the billionaire philanthropist said he has raised the issue of pandemic preparedness with President Trump since the 2016 presidential election. In his most recent meeting last month, Gates said he laid out the increasing risk of a bioterrorism attack and stressed the importance of U.S. funding for advanced research on new therapeutics, including a universal flu vaccine, which would protect against all or most strains of influenza....

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How prescient of Gates....and, he even suggests a “universal flu vaccine”....how NWO of old Bill :(


2,013 posted on 03/15/2020 6:42:33 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: All

Sorry for the language (only in the title) but lots of good info here with sources.

https://staythefuckhome.com/


2,014 posted on 03/15/2020 6:44:26 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Pollard

O'Hare's idea of 5' social distancing.

2,015 posted on 03/15/2020 6:45:30 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: TigerClaws

https://staythefuckhome.com/";

I can’t argue the need the CLUB people over the head with a 2x4. We all know people who still think they’re ‘woke’ by running around in public and doing things which they literally have NO NEED to be doing (like eating out).


2,016 posted on 03/15/2020 6:50:30 AM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: NautiNurse; cgbg

Ok...feeling much better this morning. Took a few hours to fall asleep, but I was able to eventually unwind.

Found the link for the SBA Disaster Loan Assistance too.

Got a contact to do an online seminar/convention/talk for a group in Dublin, Ireland with a 5% ticket split.

And listened to one of my favorite speaker podcasts.

Wow that wave of darkness has lifted and while today really isn’t all the brighter...

I am feeling like I can take control of things back.

On a longer note I think my feelings last night really typified what many Americans are feeling and the panic that is building. It isn’t the virus that’s triggering this hysteria...it is the feeling of the loss of control over our daily lives. Communists take this loss of control all in stride it’s normal for them. Americans? Not so much.


2,017 posted on 03/15/2020 6:52:03 AM PDT by EBH (DNC=Party NON GRATA)
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To: EBH

“Communists take this loss of control all in stride it’s normal for them. Americans? Not so much.”

Even in China, the lockdown was hell for them. But the real test case will be whether the people in the UK even notice their loss of freedom (and whether they’ll be allowed to comment on it, without being called a Racist).


2,018 posted on 03/15/2020 6:54:14 AM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: bgill

Great suggestions! I will add, before old veggies totally turn, or save the scraps and make vegetable stock for soups, stocks, etc.


2,019 posted on 03/15/2020 6:55:13 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: cgbg

Lookner is awake this morning—Spain update:

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1239187509705429001


2,020 posted on 03/15/2020 6:57:50 AM PDT by cgbg (No half measures.)
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