well, some of the cities are on quarantine.
CoVID-19
I'll wash my hands twice then.
Yes, it is worse than the flu: busting the coronavirus myths
The truth about the protective value of face masks and how easy it is to catch Covid-19www.theguardian.com
It's the mortality rate that matters here.
Im not someone thats spooked easily or starts panicking when shit hits the fan. And Ive probably been in an above avarage amount of sticky situations.
When it comes to stuff like this though I think its definitly better to be safe than sorry...
When it comes to stuff like this though I think its definitly better to be safe than sorry...
two things...
1) 20x to 30x the mortality rate of the flu is pretty bad. That's if you believe the data coming from outside the US.
2) the shear volume of lying and distraction going on here so far is pretty alarming.
People ARE panicky lemmings to an extent, but the "what if" should give everyone some pause.
ok three things
I came home from Sacramento last night and woke up sick with a cold. Shitty timing for such a coincidence.
Denmark on the list now too - finally. I felt left out. I'm still not seeing prices on flights dropping as I had hoped for so I can get a cheap ticket to Miami in April #pandemicpricingnow
It has the potential to be that bad, but likely won't be because countries are taking it seriously and implementing measures to slow it's spread. Then, once it's over, people will be pissed that they took those measures since the mega outbreak never came to pass, not comprehending that the mega outbreak was stopped by those exact measures.
There's also a difference between taking precautions and panicking, a bit of both are definitely
you get your first paycheck yet?
If you don't test you won't find anything. 64 test as of yesterday, one positive. At work we have a couple of people that had been in China or had visitors for Chinese New Year's that they celebrated together with. Afterwards one colleague attending the party had a bad cold that did not get better for 2-3 weeks, but his doctor didn't test him although he clearly communicated his concerns to him. Now this cold is going around.
To be fair, I'd say the same thing if you had just said "I have flu like symptoms after being on an airplane and have traveled through multiple airports".
Maybe, but I don’t think this is a drill this time. While I am certainly no economist, or even a good business man for that matter, I do pay attention to the precious metals market. And have been doing so for decades. When the stock market drops, then as expected, precious metals increase in price. Today, after the Dow dropped again, metals dropped off quite sharply. I have never seen that happen before. Tis a bit concerning.
I've yet to be convinced coronavirus is anything more than hype. Wash your hands, take standard precautions.
Everyone's getting slammed so hard they have to sell their what-if rainy-day reserves to cover margins.
This is the likely scenario...
People who buy gold, etc. generally do such as cover for a market going down and/or inflation. It's not liquid and you wouldn't use it to cover margin. People who are short right now are making a killing and having no margin issues.
No idea.
Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb | Carl Gibson
I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect
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Thanks Obama?Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb | Carl Gibson
I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect
Went to Memorial to visit coworker who was in an auto accident last month (to the day!). Washed my hands 3 times, hit every germ-gel dispenser I saw.
If they had had a UV chamber, I would have used it, but instead I used what was available.
Thru hikers on the AT talk about that. Some, more experienced hikers, recommend washing your hands with Dr. Bronners soap after pooping instead of just using hand sanitizer. Every year a bad case of Norovirus breaks out along the trail. It's caused by too many dirty, poopy hands.
Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb | Carl Gibson
I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect
As someone who works in this field every day, that is one of the most annoying cracks in the system. If the man who wrote that article made $12,500 annually, I could get him incredible coverage for under $20 a month. $250 deductible, $10 copay, $10 drugs, with a $700 maximum out of pocket for the whole year Etc.... But if that same person makes under that amount, medicaid will deny him and his option is to pay full price which is impossible at that income. So, many common sense improvements could easily be made on Obamacare if you simply had a congress that was working together to benefit the people they represent.
Horrible mental image time, Coronavirus edition:
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Medicaid denies for under that?
When Obamacare was designed, they left it up to the states to expand Medicaid or not. Our assbackward state of course did not. In my state, Medicaid only takes children and pregnant women. Truthfully, it works really well for lower income working people, but if you make too little or none at all and fall in the crack, you get screwed.
aaand now dogs have it. That finally sucks.
I'll take my chances with coronavirus before I listen to a fucking second of whatever absolute bile Mike Huckabee is spewing. Fuck that fascist clown AND his cunt of a daughter.
Dog transmission? That might explain non travel related spread. Source?
It's worth violating your ground rule.
A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm
Hong Kong scientists aren't sure if the dog is actually infected or if it picked up the virus from a contaminated surface.