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Corona Virus Thread #19
March 17th, 2020

Posted on 03/17/2020 8:36:27 AM PDT by Mariner

Thread #18 is here:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3825150/posts?page=1


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; covid19; cvlivethread; hysterics; livethread; wuhansarscov2
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To: ETCM

Good info. Thanks. It’s getting foggy on the battle field.


781 posted on 03/17/2020 10:43:10 PM PDT by freepersup (BQQM!)
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To: steve86
They're wonderful here as I have a small apartment. One does it all but I have a second one when temps drop into the low 20’s and below.....Electric baseboard heat is terrible and I never use it at all now. Terrible the way it turned on and off and costly. After I got these two radiator heaters everything changed and my utility bill dropped considerably.

I spoke with electrical people about turning these down at night and they all said absolutely not. Just set it and then leave it alone. it costs more to heat the unit back up on a cold morning then if you just let it run through the night. Added benefit....no cold rooms to wake up to ever again!

782 posted on 03/17/2020 10:43:56 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww
That's one of my favorite heater types. I used one to good advantage when renting a single room in San Diego. Quiet, effective, safe.

In my basement at home, I use an infrared style with a fan. Just enough for my small office space.


783 posted on 03/17/2020 10:45:59 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: ETCM

https://twitter.com/BaldingsWorld/status/1240133934823936000
“Here we go again. The China test WAS the WHO test. Here is why. There are two basic family of tests that can be used to find corona. Think of the difference as pizza and hamburgers. Pizza can have variation but it is still pizza. The WHO style test opted for pizza... “


784 posted on 03/17/2020 10:47:06 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: caww

Even at around zero F they keep my house warm enough during the day, but the interior temp does drift down a bit when it’s colder at night. And it’s not a state of the art energy efficient house, either. Built in 1968.


785 posted on 03/17/2020 10:50:31 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: EarlyBird

It looks like the US and Western European leaders are following the track of the Imperial College study (post 758).

Chris Martenson walks you through it here—starting at the ten minute mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmhsNdW24BM

The strategy they are apparently following is best seen as a teenager learning how to drive:

—Hit the accelerator (no serious actions, virus infects 5% of the population).
—Slam on the brakes (we are here now)
—In a few months hit the accelerator (allowed time for hospitals to catch up, need to get the economy moving for a while)
—Slam on the brakes—again! Virus has infected another 10% of the population (several months pause)
—Hit the accelerator
—Slam on the brakes

Crazy, right—but if Chris is correct, then this is exactly the plan. The idea is to gradually build herd immunity with periodic breaks to let the economy recover for a while.

Fasten your seatbelts—the crazy teen is driving the _world’s_ economy and health care.


786 posted on 03/17/2020 10:53:08 PM PDT by cgbg (BOLO--escaped SNF resident--Joe Biden)
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To: freepersup
so I settled for a 12 roll cardboard box of commercial paper towels.

Aren't you running a real chance of sewer line clogging with those?

787 posted on 03/17/2020 10:53:13 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: freepersup

” a roll was 3.99 each. ..”
Wow!!


788 posted on 03/17/2020 10:53:30 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Myrddin

Yep and they’re well worth the investment. The landlord was so impressed he bought one for the basement laundry room so nochance of pipes freezing. Took the weight off his mind entirely as one year it was brutal cold and they froze.

Also my son put one in his bathroom which sits over his garage and always colder than the rest of the house. And my neighbor got a couple because they had electric baseboard heat....they love them too and never use the baseboard heat at all.


789 posted on 03/17/2020 10:55:03 PM PDT by caww
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To: cgbg

So far I can appretiate what they are doing. Now if the public will cooperate sufficient enough to make it work. People can certainly be fickle when it comes to cooperating for very long...esepcially if they lack understanding why it’s being done.


790 posted on 03/17/2020 10:59:10 PM PDT by caww
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To: steve86

Well I went around my apartment and discovered the outside brick mortar was dry and loose. The landlord had a fellow come out and refill all that and it stopped all the drafts.

Before he did that I bought the rolls of silver covered thermal bubble wrap and tapped it to the one wall in the winter. Worked great even though I didn’t like the look...better to be warm than pretty! LOL I think the whole roll was like $20 and I had plenty left over.


791 posted on 03/17/2020 11:07:04 PM PDT by caww
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To: cgbg

I’ve just mentally added 3 more rows to my garden...


792 posted on 03/17/2020 11:09:24 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: caww

I used that in my shed along with the foam block insulation. I like how it looks! The entire interior wall surface of the shed is like that. The slightest bit of light inside makes it bright with all the reflectance.


793 posted on 03/17/2020 11:10:36 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: EarlyBird

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3075659/coronavirus-germanys-angela-merkel-plays-down-chinas-provision

Looks like the Euroweenies are effectively held hostage. Complement China and beg for desperately needed medical equipment and supplies, including public phone calls from heads of state, or watch your people die. Looks like no equipment for us, but we will make our own. I hope we learned our lesson. I thought it would be technology that would wake us up. Instead, it’s medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.


794 posted on 03/17/2020 11:12:45 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: steve86

I honestly bought the paper towels as an emergency back up. I’ll probably sell most of them to my summer employer. Clogging could be an issue. I would likely perform a courtesy flush and then use the paper towels, and allow them to soak for some time before flushing. Also, I would be frugal with the material using the bare minimum. As it is, I have what I consider to be enough t.p. for several weeks. An impetuous act during a moment of weakness (in buying them) for sure.


795 posted on 03/17/2020 11:13:55 PM PDT by freepersup (BQQM!)
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To: Churchillspirit
Just did a FR search for articles mentioning "United Nations".

Nothing.

What use is this organization if it does not get involved in this world wide crisis ?

I see that no one has posted this yet here: the WHO is part of the UN system.

796 posted on 03/17/2020 11:14:42 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: steve86

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797 posted on 03/17/2020 11:15:20 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: VanDeKoik

Omg..SO MUCH TRUTH.

This is what I keep telling people!

Idiots


798 posted on 03/17/2020 11:17:28 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: abigkahuna

I don’t understand those single character things you’re posting. If there’s more, I’m not seeing it.


799 posted on 03/17/2020 11:18:22 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: freepersup

Yeah, I think real toilet paper is designed to “dissolve” or break down easily in the line.


800 posted on 03/17/2020 11:19:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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