Coronavirus

[Gunner]

I live in my safe room all day with no internet or cell signal. I only come out for 15 minutes a day to check "Jetboaters.Net"...out

 

[BigN8]

Whelp, our company which is the title sponsor of the convention in Houston at the end of the month just announced we are pulling out of the convention in an effort to minimize exposure to the employees and customers. We have also cancelled all the plant tours we had scheduled with customers for the months of March and April. The train is about to come to a screeching halt.....

 

[Renod]

Was flying back from a Utah ski trip a few days ago. In the past I have been surprised by the % of guys who do NOT wash their hands after using the restroom. I was pleasantly surprised by the line of people waiting at the sinks!

Of course there was one guy who walked up between me and the guy at the sink next to me, checked his hair and teeth in the mirror... and then headed out the door...

 

[Peelz]

Impossible to say what the mortality rate truly is until you know how many people are actually infected. Can’t do that unless you are widely testing, which we aren’t. While you are correct about the mortality being greatest in the elderly and sick (as is the case with many diseases) to underestimate the impact would be foolish. This is a new virus that has the potential to impact at least as many people as the flu (please everyone look up how many US citizens are hospitalized and how many die EVERY year from the flu). We all need to do our part to minimize the spread. Yes, people hoarding sanitizer/masks/toilet paper/etc are idiots and causing far more problems than they are solving. Yes it’s serious, yes, we should all be worried for our parents and elderly friends and families.

this ^^^

The notion that its either a political hoax by the media or nothing to worry about, because its "just like the flu" is equally dangerous to widespread panic and consumerism driven by clickbait.

Stay in the middle. Be concerned, and careful. Im Not worried about dying, imagine doubling the flu. Lots of hospital beds and resources will be taken up by this, and cause problems

I am concerned economically. Airlines are going to be hit HARD. Friend just flew back from the UK. Only 40 people on the whole plane. One lady had a plastic sheet around her with a mask. lol

 

[Peelz]

I should clarify... ALL transit/travel will be hurting..... my wife got hit with a bunch of carnival cruise offers. like ridiculously low.... $50/day or something per person and free drinks.. I just shook my head "don't even think about it" LOL

We've enjoyed a couple cruises but its something that made me feel sorta bad about humanity... didn't want to anyways.

 

[mrmeaniemeateaterman]

Heard a good point yesterday regarding the hoarders, I'll try to paraphrase best I can.

Toilet paper and hand sanitizer works best if everyone has some. If you have ALL the toilet paper and ALL the hand sanitizer, think about how dirty everyone else's hands are now.

 

[Peelz]

Heard a good point yesterday regarding the hoarders, I'll try to paraphrase best I can.

Toilet paper and hand sanitizer works best if everyone has some. If you have ALL the toilet paper and ALL the hand sanitizer, think about how dirty everyone else's hands are now.

100% sir.

internet high five for you.

 

[F.M.]

100% sir.

internet high five for you.

You should probably just stick to a wave or maybe an elbow bump or something.

 

[Peelz]

You should probably just stick to a wave or maybe an elbow bump or something.

 

[gthh]

Not to be insensitive to those having a difficult time but the price of oil is at a record low and I am dollar cost averaging my bonds into the stock market!

lemons to lemonade, baby! (with vodka!)

 

[Julian]

Did the foot tap greeting in India last week quite a bit...was amusing and fun!

Yes, the planes were very often pretty empty (although flights out of India were full). Flight from London to PHL was 30% full....was on the upper deck of a 747 and there were perhaps 8 people up there with me....only 3 more years that BA will have the 747s flying....

 

[Liveto99]

No one flying to Bimini this could be cheap

 

[Hike]

In Wuhan China, the epicenter of the outbreak, 79,000 cases developed in a population of 11 million people. That's an infection rate of 0.7% (99.93% of the people were not effected). China reported that of those cases 81% were mild.

I think the Covid-19 fear factor is being played up unnecessarily.
In 2019 16,000 people died of the flu.

 

[bronze_10]

I read john Travolta was admitted to the hospital due to signs of corona... turns out it was just Saturday night fever and he is stayn alive!!

 

[Julian]

In Wuhan China, the epicenter of the outbreak, 79,000 cases developed in a population of 11 million people. That's an infection rate of 0.7% (99.93% of the people were not effected). China reported that of those cases 81% were mild.

I think the Covid-19 fear factor is being played up unnecessarily.
In 2019 16,000 people died of the flu.

Keep in mind that in Wuhan they implemented complete quarantine rules. You stay at home and aren't allowed out! And this wasn't just for Wuhan, they put 500 MILLION people under one level or another of quarantine!!!! Think about that!

Feb 27th-"In Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, at least 56 million people remain under strict instruction to remain inside their residential communities and villages. At one point, around 500 million people were said to be affected by movement restrictions to contain the virus. "​

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WHO has the mortality rate at 3.4% Coronavirus Mortality Rate (COVID-19) - Worldometer

I have no reason to doubt the WHO. If the same number of people contract Corona as the Flu (2018-2019 CDC #=35.5M) in the US that would mean 1.2M deaths. Additionally, there simply wouldn't be enough respirators to put people on, so the death toll would actually climb along with the infection rate. That is what we are trying to avoid, and hope to heck doesn't happen.

Should we panic......no. But we do need to keep a very close eye on this. China clearly felt that it was dangerous enough to take some extreme measures. The conspiracy theorists are saying it is an escaped weapon from the Wuhan Biological Research Center. Regardless.... WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN.

 

[biglar155]

My daughter is in her second year at UW Madison. Their spring break is next week. Yesterday they were notified to be prepared to finish the semester remotely as the residence halls may not be reopened after spring break.

As was mentioned earlier, trying to stay in the middle between panic and "ho hum" is the way to go.

I sometimes hear folks that lived through "Y2K" talk about how it turned out to be a "big nothing" and everyone got all worked up "for no reason." What they don't realize is that the reason it was a "big nothing" is that engineers and computer science people around the planted busted our a--es to make sure it was a "big nothing" - and in some cases we were a little worried about whether or not our "fix" was going to work. (The industrial control systems that keep the lights, water, and gas going all had the potential to fail and all had to be touched- if only to make sure they wouldn't "brick" when the clock hit midnight.)

I guess what I'm saying is, in spite of our suspicions, we're going to have to put some trust in our healthcare authorities. Like that young Controls Engineer back in December of 1999, they just might be working really hard to make sure we all say "Remember that time they scared us half to death with that Corona Virus thing? What a joke."

In the meantime, let's hope Charmin and Cottonelle can get their production ramped up to meet demand.

 

[Sbrown]

I'm just curious how many of these dust masks and how much of the hand sanitizers are made in China. Fits the definition of irony, I believe.

 

[Redneck_4Play]

Be like Bob!

 

[JBehrens]

Things are starting to hit California hard. A lot of universities in the state have stoped on campus classes. The high school district I work for just canceled all offsite activities for students and staff. Rumor is all on campus non academic events will be stoped by mid next week with schools possibly closing.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks. Kind of weird when things start to effect your work...

 

[GiddYupJoe]

Wow. NCAA tourney... no fans permitted. Of course the year UD is ranked 3! Wonder if they will pump in fan noise through the PA system... Will be interesting g to watch for sure. Just think of the economic loss for all those city’s. Guess as long as the bars don’t close up shop...