Coronavirus Epidemic

[Kar98]

After our return from the far east in late January we had several crewmembers come down with the worst case of flu any of them have ever had or seen. Fortunately I was off at the time so no exposure by me but many insist the Covid made its rounds on the ship.

Does anyone know about immunity for those already exposed like the common flu has?

Reports are coming in from China that people are getting reinfected and the second time around it's worse. Which is why China has now closed THEIR borders.

 

[SA_Steve]

But Dr. F said today that once = immunity for the future

 

[Kar98]

But Dr. F said today that once = immunity for the future

For the same exact strain, yes. But that thing has obviously been mutating for a while. There's at least 8 strains of it going around.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rack-coronavirus-strains-mutation/5080571002/

 

[Byrd666]

...Does anyone know about immunity for those already exposed like the common flu has?

I've heard and read that the specialist types are still questioning whether exposure to it, either with becoming ill, or just a minor exposure will build an immunity to it. I've also heard, but I don't remember where, that people with type "O" blood are not getting the symptoms to the extent some others are.

 

[BillFairbanks]

I’m sick and tired of seeing/hearing workers at the hardware stores bitching about people buying “non essential” items. They had better thank God that they have a job and those customers are supporting them. Millions of people are losing their jobs and their businesses.


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[Vaquero]

We closed half a road today for "essential" stuff.
Inconvenienced a lot of pool boys and landscapers.

This is stupid. These stay at home orders have more holes than a kitchen colander.

 

[Sam Colt]

New cases aren't going to peak in the US for a couple of months. By that time we'll all know someone personally who has been badly affected. Word games, in retrospect, will seem silly. You can't see, hear, smell, or taste this bitch. You won't know if it's bitten you until it's too late. Please, for the sake of those you love, stop looking for loopholes. There are none.

 

[innominate]

I've also heard, but I don't remember where, that people with type "O" blood are not getting the symptoms to the extent some others are.

Guess that means I'll be pushing the carts

 

[BillFairbanks]

We closed half a road today for "essential" stuff.
Inconvenienced a lot of pool boys and landscapers.

This is stupid. These stay at home orders have more holes than a kitchen colander.

That’s because they like making feel good useless rules, but they hate enforcing them. Enforcement could get messy.


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[F350-6]

Reports are coming in from China that people are getting reinfected and the second time around it's worse. Which is why China has now closed THEIR borders.

I thought the second wave in China was from folks travelling to China and bringing it with them when they came? A very small percentage of China's overall population got this supposedly, so if it was re-introduced, there are still over a billion people there who haven't had it yet.

 

[SQLGeek]

I've also heard, but I don't remember where, that people with type "O" blood are not getting the symptoms to the extent some others are.

I heard the same on Joe Rogan and that A blood type seems to get it the worst.

 

[Big Green]

We closed half a road today for "essential" stuff.
Inconvenienced a lot of pool boys and landscapers.

This is stupid. These stay at home orders have more holes than a kitchen colander.

I’ll still take it over some idiot politician going full Wuhan though.

Perfect world we’d isolate those most susceptible and carry on.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Reports are coming in from China that people are getting reinfected and the second time around it's worse. Which is why China has now closed THEIR borders.

I thought the second wave in China was from folks travelling to China and bringing it with them when they came? A very small percentage of China's overall population got this supposedly, so if it was re-introduced, there are still over a billion people there who haven't had it yet.

Who knows WTF is going on in China. Until a majority of western journalists were expelled last week, those journalists were reporting the only people ‘approved’ for a test were foreigners arriving into the country. Can’t report numbers that don’t exist.

By the time this is said and done, I don’t doubt the virus becomes something we have to deal with annually. That’s an on-going, permanent cost to each and every country in the world where it’s present. Some years, the respiratory infection will be imperceptible, other years it’ll be decimating.

And just like polio, and other infectious diseases, countries will have to decide just how much value they get from allowing travel to and from high risk areas.

America will learn how to fight it and how to deal with it, and how to treat the diseases it causes, and we’ll do it better than anywhere else in the world. But believing the virus will be eradicated is like believing in the Easter Bunny. And China’s reported numbers.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I heard the same on Joe Rogan and that A blood type seems to get it the worst.

Guess I’m f’cked then.

 

[F350-6]

I heard the same on Joe Rogan and that A blood type seems to get it the worst.

I read that somewhere too.

A pos here.

 

[kbaxter60]

I heard the same on Joe Rogan and that A blood type seems to get it the worst.

Groan. I got A. Isn't it the most common?

 

[Sam Colt]

There also appears to be a link between COVID-19 susceptibility and hypertension (high blood pressure.) That's because there is a "known association between angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and SARS-CoV-2." I suspect many here may have hypertension based on some of the over-the-top posts. ;-)

In any case, hypertension is commonly treated with ACE inhibitors, but there are mixed opinions about whether these medications have an effect on the virus and its spread.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763803

 

[Fishkiller]

Just got a text from Verizon..

"Verizon Msg: We have added 15GB of data to your plan at NO CHARGE for use from 3.25-4.30. No action is needed. Visit: m.vzw.com/m/covid19FAQs"

Yeah i got that too I never use that much data. take $50 off my bill and then I am impressed.

 

[Fishkiller]

Groan. I got A. Isn't it the most common?

O+ is most common, which is what I gots.

 

[Big Green]

I’ll repost this since some of y’all are forgetting its magical powers.