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A teacher in Lake Oswego has tested + for the virus.
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Because I'm a teacher, I'm prepared to either get the flu or at least be exposed to it. So I'm planning on a two-week quarantine. We have plenty of food and hygiene products for months, but I realized I was low on supplies if we did come down with it. So I restocked my flu medication (Theraflu and NyQuil/DayQuil) along with sore throat spray and lozenges. I also picked up a pack of face tissue at Costco and ordered more powdered Gatorade.
So, we have a general thread here. There are plenty of news articles documenting the progress, some interesting conversation, and the like. But let's get down to brass tacks and discuss real, and specific, steps you have taken and are planning to take in light of this development.
Some things to kick around in this thread:
What this isn't for:
- What specific preps have you done and plan to do in the near future?
- What new equipment, gear, or other items have you added to the mix? Why?
- What planned events have you cancelled or otherwise avoided in light of COVID-19?
- What are you doing to be in peak physical condition, both to fight off infection, and to be ready if/when it all goes to hell?
- What is your "go event" when you now know the worse of all fears has occurred and what do you plan on doing when that happens?
- Has the news impacted your firearms battery, supplies, or training in any way?
- Has it impacted other training priorities (e.g., medicine, comms, etc.)?
- Are you taking part in community preparations? If you already are, will that change in any way? Will it cease?
- Considering what the news is doing to global markets, how has this impacted your investing plans, strategy, etc.?
- Do you have any family members with special needs and/or are in the demographic hit the hardest by the disease? If so, what are you doing to insure their survival and comfort?
- Any other specific actions that you think are worth talking about.
I have some thoughts, but will reserve them for later. Thanks for sharing.
- General discussion and news. We've already got that covered.
- Conspiracy bullplop. It doesn't belong here any more than it does elsewhere.
You do realize this isn't the flu we're talking about, right?
Do you realize that the you don't explode if CoV-19 is contracted? Do you realize that the vast majority of those that did contract CoV-19 live to tell about it?
Can anyone answer why Washington residents are buying toilet paper in huge quantities?
Americans be weird, man. People think quarantine and they worry about having to bidet it in the shower over storing food.Can anyone answer why Washington residents are buying toilet paper in huge quantities?
CoV-19 and flu have no cure. Flu has vaccines but it changes every year so the vaccine isn't a guarantee that contraction of flu won't happen.
So what is treated are the symptoms - runny nose, headache, cough and fever.
In extreme cases* both CoV-19 and the flu can cases cause acute respiratory syndrome, pneumonia, kidney failure... death.
So treating the symptoms for comfort is what you do - Theraflu, NyQuil, throat lozenges, etc...
Teacher is right in getting some of those supplies together , more so given that they're going to hard to come by off the shelf.
So I ask why would you comment on her plans to stock these supplies and try to make point that the flu and CoV-19 aren't the same though the onset treatment of symptoms are the same??
Do you realize that the you don't explode if CoV-19 is contracted? Do you realize that the vast majority of those that did contract CoV-19 live to tell about it?
*Those that do die in almost all cases have other health related complications.
Italian doctors are reporting 10% of the people testing positive for covid19 require intensive care. They have an older population than the US but this still has a very high chance of overwhelming the medical system. They are considering not treating older patients and letting them die to keep the ICU rooms available for younger patients. That is disaster level triage, not seasonal flu level triage. They are trying to quarantine half the country. We are 2 weeks behind what is happening in Italy.
If the ICU's are filled up with covid patients, what is going to happen to the patients with heart attacks and strokes?
If our doctors get sick and are quarantined, who is going to treat the patients?
The CDC and health departments have completely dropped the ball on this. Its going to overwhelm the medical system. We should have been testing 1000 people a day in every city like south korea.
I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that this Coronavirus is a type of flu.You do realize this isn't the flu we're talking about, right?