Virus preparing.

[Overwatch]

Virus prep? Make sure and watch The Andromeda Strain ( the original).

 

[Goosebrown]

Virus prep? Make sure and watch The Andromeda Strain ( the original).

Why did they ever redo that one? What a waste. The original was almost perfect although a period piece.

 

[The Heretic]

Snippet on the radio - interview of a guy who wrote a book about how viruses spread. Mentioned that masks are more effective used by the already infected than by those who wish to not be infected.

 

[The Heretic]

And are close,y monitoring news regarding in case something like a mutation happens or a it goes airborne or zombies, what have you

The primary danger of a coronavirus (of which influenza is one) is that they mutate quickly and often. Makes them very infectious, crossing from animals (and insects) to humans and hard to fight; by the time we have a vaccine, they have already mutated to something else making the vaccine less effective. Scientists are working on a vaccine/et. al. that would be more effective on mutating viruses.

 

[Cavedweller]

The primary danger of a coronavirus (of which influenza is one)...

Coronaviruses belong to the family Coronaviridae, along with some of the viruses that cause the "common cold." Influenza viruses belong the the family Orthomyxoviridae. They are not coronaviruses.

 

[rick benjamin]

Wish I didn't sound like a skipping record, but until there's a better way,
WASH YOUR HANDS, DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF

 

[TTSX]

Let's start shooting the sick people and burning the bodies on the spot. I'm sure that's not an overreaction, right?

 

[TTSX]

Wish I didn't sound like a skipping record, but until there's a better way,
WASH YOUR HANDS, DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF

And especially stay away from children or anyone who has children

 

[ferret427]

I'm not really buying into the hype. I realize it is a serious illness, and you should certainly take care, but overall it doesn't strike me as a society ender any more than the last bunch of stuff the past couple of decades.

I guarantee you the day something comes along that has a mortality rate similar to Marburg with some sort of mutation that has a long incubation period and doesn't kill the carriers faster than they can spread it is the day to have a freak out moment. Unfortunately, I doubt there is anything anyone will be able to do at that point.

 

[LSWC]

US dependency on China's drug manufacturing was a recognized issue prior to the current world & China 2019-nCoV situation.
As of today, mortality rates being tracked by Johns Hopkins show ~25%. Many believe China is not providing accurate data and things could be much worse in all areas (infection totals, total deaths, and total patient recoveries)

I'm not studied in international business, but it's easy to see how our global economy works. When one large area is absent or has supply issues that constrain production & manufacturing other areas will immediately begin to feel these shortages.

Let's say the virus takes another 30 days to get on top of in China - new cases fall off, and most are able to return to normal health during that time.
The US & others could be so shorthanded on antibiotics that secondary conditions pop up & add to death tolls. Doctors won't operate if they can't prescribe antibiotics.

I don't think this is a global killer - but there is large potential for negative impact world-wide.

If you can renew prescriptions early so you have a 3 month supply available I would.