Coronavirus Thread

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

If I misread your post, I apologize. The "wake up and smell the coffee" line caught my eye.
My advice is to check every day or two on the websites and watch for trends over time and draw your own conclusions.

Right now it looks no where near as bad as H1N1 was in 2009-2010. But that could change.

You certainly did misread...

The wake up and smell the coffee comment was regarding our piss poor healthcare system. Sorry but it sucks. Who cares about death rates in the context of my post. People getting sick, and still going to work because they cannot afford our health care costs, or do not have paid sick benefits will hinder containment of the virus. Hopefully people wake up and smell the coffee. Most Americans think our shit doesn't stink, and most think criticizing anything is un-American, but hopefully this wakes them up, so we can fix it before a real nasty one comes.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah, I think if you already have health problems, you should be careful. If your health is good,m, it'll probably another cold.

I don't disagree. But if you have it, you need to stay away. You might spread it to someone who does.

 

[Vincenzo]

I found this useful ...
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The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days.
How can one know if he/she is infected?

afaik this is a hoax

 

[mikewint]

That history actually does repeat itself might actually be true - 1918

 

[Marcel]

I don't disagree. But if you have it, you need to stay away. You might spread it to someone who does.

Yeah exactly.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

afaik this is a hoax

Yeah looks like a typical Facebook chain post.

 

[Glider]

I sent a note to my brother to let him know that if things get worse over here I was going to be the first to be sent home to work. He called me today and said that he had been told to work from home but is on holiday this week. So he is staying there and this as he put it, is now his office.
Sometimes you can go off people, even brothers.

 

[fubar57]

8 months left in this contract, could one of the Mods remove the last two post puleeze

 

[Crimea_River]

I found this useful ...
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The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days.
How can one know if he/she is infected?
By the time they have fever and/or cough and go to the hospital, the
lung is usually 50% Fibrosis and it's too late.
Taiwan experts provide a simple self-check that we can do every morning.
Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If
you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort,
stiffness or tightness, etc., it proves there is no Fibrosis in the
lungs, basically indicates no infection.
In critical time, please self-check every morning in an environment
with clean air.
Serious excellent advice by Japanese doctors treating COVID-19 cases:
Everyone should ensure your mouth & throat are moist, never dry.
Take a few sips of water every 15 minutes at least. Why?

Even if the
virus gets into your mouth, drinking water or other liquids will wash
them down through your throat and into the stomach.
Once there, your stomach acid will kill all the virus. If you don't
drink enough water more regularly, the virus can enter your windpipe
and into the lungs.
That's very dangerous.
Please send and share this with family and friends.
Take care everyone and may the world recover from this Coronavirus soon.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasis enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.
SPREAD THE WORD - PLEASE SHARE.

As soon as I read "Spread the word - please share", to me that means "Delete - please ignore". No source, no credibility.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

As soon as I read "Spread the word - please share", to me that means "Delete - please ignore". No source, no credibility.

Dr. Facebook M.D.

 

[pbehn]

Don't people think that after 3 months working from home someone may say "You don't need an office", or worse, "we don't need you?"

 

[Zipper730]

Don't people think that after 3 months working from home someone may say "You don't need an office", or worse, "we don't need you?"

I actually had considered that...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[MiTasol]

Dr. Facebook M.D.

MD meaning Major Dickhead?

 

[GrauGeist]

Dr. Facebook M.D.

And just a few months ago, all these facebook doctors were constitutional lawyers, too...

 

[fubar57]

I remember when I had Facebook......for about 5 minutes

 

[GrauGeist]

MySpace was better than Facebook, then they "improved" it...

 

[michael rauls]

I remember when I had Facebook......for about 5 minutes

Same here. Tried it out for a couple days but like so many things that are popular I just didn't get the appeal.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Same here. Tried it out for a couple days but like so many things that are popular I just didn't get the appeal.

I enjoy it because it allows me to keep up with my friends and family all over the world. It also helped tremendously when needing to get addresses of people as references for security clearances and what not.

 

[michael rauls]

I enjoy it because it allows me to keep up with my friends and family all over the world. It also helped tremendously when needing to get addresses of people as references for security clearances and what not.

I think if people find it useful then by all means. Just wasn't for me. I prefer texting for domestic communication and video apps like "whats app" for international.