Posted on 03/22/2020 9:19:49 AM PDT by Crucial
At some point in the near future it's my opinion that out covid-19 strategy should enter a new phase. The strategy's timetable would depend on an actual decrease in virus cases. The two facts that convince me that the virus will come under control is the successful use of drug combinations that drastically decrease mortality and the other is the approval of a 4 hour covid-19 test.
International travel should remain restricted or shut down altogether. Those under 70 should be allowed to go back to work to get the economy running again. Those 70 and older should self-isolate. This is for their protection. I'm not saying this should start immediately. Yet, we have to pick a point on the downslope of the virus's downslope.
...concerned she’ll contract something from not just interaction, but the packages....
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FWIW, the chemist son of a friend is working with a team in the Twin Cities to test outside air and surfaces for persistent virus. I expect they will have some results within a week or so.
UPS put out a statement on their web site that the virus does not easily or readily persist on cardboard, paper or fiber.
Also: persistence is not contagion. President Trump tried to explain that in his last briefing when he said the virus degrades on surfaces along a half-life continuum. So, even if it persists, it quickly goes to 25% infectiousness or less. Simple moisture from humidity and rain/fog degrades it via increasing weight and causing it to drop to the ground
we already pay old people...
what a "novel" idea....I've been screaming this from the beginning...
I can do much of my work from home, but would need to be physically present probably twice a week otherwise. I agree; while this goes on, people should be at the workplace as little as possible - to protect themselves as well as those who must be there.
The elites need this to be over because they will also eventually feel the shortage of goods and services.
Nice - enjoy! As I understand it, alcoholics who quit abruptly could get seriously sick from it; maybe there is a reason to leave them open.
There’s different levels of economic tanking and correspondingly different levels of damage. It’s true that more people may get the virus and will have to be treated but they be tested quickly soon can be treated successfully.
There’s different levels of economic tanking and correspondingly different levels of damage. It’s true that more people may get the virus and will have to be treated but they be tested quickly soon can be treated successfully.
It’s a 45 minute test...
I’m glad they’re looking into it, but after the “air quality tests” at Ground Zero (a dozen miles east of me) I doubt many will believe them.
mu 90 yro mil decided it was still okay to go play cards with people from a senior living facility....
I think many will have to contract it and survive it and become immune. We simply don’t know when a vaccine will become available. South Korea is doing well. Even the Chinese might be doing well. That’s what spies are for.
If we wait too long we might not be able to help ourselves. There definitely will be economic damage. But is being shut down for months worth becoming a second rate power?
I’m worker around others right now. I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a bit scared for myself and family. There have been people with the virus at a facility that is in contact with mine. So I’m sort of facing the virus close up. But I’ll tell you this: this cannot continue much longer.
Maybe draw the line at 65, typical retirement age. Then the people staying home are least likely to be in the workforce.
I agree it is a flawed solution; I don’t have another, though.
Be careful!
As I understand it, the 1918 flu epidemic ended when everyone was exposed and the survivors developed immunity. The same may have to happen here; the current solution seems to be to allow that to happen gradually - instead of having a ton of serious cases simultaneously (resulting in preventable deaths due to equipment shortages). I’m assuming that is the reasoning; these steps in NY and NJ seem focused on slowing the spread rather than stopping it altogether (as people aren’t completely “locked down”, even if their employers are).
I am nearing 66. Still working 4-5 days a week making bulk livestock feed deliveries into 3-5 states. 2500 miles a week. I get out at each end of the run around an hour there. Go through some to me big cities/towns without stopping. I eat at home. Somebody has to do this, this is for animals in captivity that will be in freezers for us at some point and we have younger drivers refusing to go. Wash your hands with hot soapy water at every stop at least once!
Strange because h1n1 largely left the oldsters alone. It was especially hard on the younger.
Dust in the Wind wrote:
“I am nearing 66. Still working 4-5 days a week making bulk livestock feed deliveries into 3-5 states. 2500 miles a week. I get out at each end of the run around an hour there. Go through some to me big cities/towns without stopping. I eat at home. Somebody has to do this, this is for animals in captivity that will be in freezers for us at some point and we have younger drivers refusing to go. Wash your hands with hot soapy water at every stop at least once!”
Thank you!
You are on the front lines, providing a vital service!
Prayers UP!!!
Thank you but I'm just doing my job.
Or wear N95 masks in crowds outside. But self-isolate if smokers and or have other significant health issues, esp. respiratory.
“”Big spike today, mostly in New York.””
Maybe the virus doesn’t like democrats and listening to Cuomo is getting mighty tiresome..
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