Coronavirus Epidemic, Part 2

[MacZC7]

Yeah. Where did this Covid crap start anyway? I've forgotten.

In a petri dish

 

[kbaxter60]

How close is close enough? I suspect that mask-wearing is now sufficiently de-stigmatized that we'll be like parts of Asia where anyone who feels a cold coming on will be expected to voluntarily wear one.

That's a fair question.
I'd start with: you can go to most any restaurant and walk in and not have the first question have to be "are you serving indoors today?". They won't have most of the tables removed and won't have every other table taped off. We went to a Whataburger yesterday at lunch time and they had WELL OVER half of their tables marked closed. We had to mill around for a while looking for a damn place to sit until a nice gentleman left and said "Here ya go". I thought that they were allowed to be up to 75%? This store could not have been quite 50%. Stupid. And yet I was glad they were open. The Bill Miller down the road had their dining room locked. Very friendly, indeed.
Okay, part two: it's fine if mask-wearing becomes acceptable when it makes sense. What is not fine is walking up to a store and thinking "Oh, crap, I don't have a mask". What is not acceptable is mask-shaming by terrified sheep. I got by on an old thing called "common sense". If I feel unwell or am running a fever, I don't go out and share it with the masses. That has worked for centuries and I don't need some CDC hacks telling me any different.
3: Churches of all stripes get back to their official business: corporate worship. No limitations. Wear a mask if you feel safer. Don't wear one if you like to breathe.
4: "Leaders" of major population areas would free up businesses to try to to rejoin the pursuit of the American Dream. They would stop trying to posit an "emergency" that they have to act on and understand that we all know it's no worse than seasonal flu.
That's it. But to get back to your statement: when I worked before in a cubicle farm, it bugged me to no end that sick folks dragged their feverish butts to work and expected to be hailed as tough, when they were just infecting their co-workers. If you are sick, stay HOME FFS.
i am okay with voluntarily wearing a mask, just understand that it contains no magic and that you may still share your crap with others.

 

[Wolfwood]

That is reasonable. These tiny dick taters fining businesses unless they require all their customers wear a mask needs to stop, tho...

i suspect it will be "voluntary" in the same was as the federal income tax.

 

[kbaxter60]

A decent article on how it's affecting (at least one) small business. It says that Texas is second to only California in the number of small businesses crushed. That is not one we want to win.

'People Are Dying': Small-Business Owner Shares Personal Pain From Abbott’s Shutdowns - Texas Scorecard

"People are dying because they won’t talk."

texasscorecard.com

 

[DubiousDan]

Change of plan. Getting hydroxychloroquine and azythromycin instead.

So, the test came back positive and after taking the Ivermectin and azithromycin yesterday my cough is gone. I'll start the hydroxychloroquine today and zinc will arrive from Amazon today. CVS was out of zinc. Now I just wait and see.

 

[pronstar]

Not sure if this has been posted...the nanny state is at it again...put your mask on in-between bites but also minimize the number of times you take your mask off




I swear there are Dems laughing their asses off that they can actually get folks to buy into this.

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[oldag]

Not sure if this has been posted...the nanny state is at it again...put your mask on in-between bites but also minimize the number of times you take your mask off




I swear there are Dems laughing their asses off that they can actually get folks to buy into this.

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Northern Cali was not overly concerned if someone did not have a mask on.

 

[Texasgordo]

 

[DubiousDan]

So, the test came back positive and after taking the Ivermectin and azithromycin yesterday my cough is gone. I'll start the hydroxychloroquine today and zinc will arrive from Amazon today. CVS was out of zinc. Now I just wait and see.

My wife tested negative and daughter positive. Both started on Hydroxy and Z pack and zinc.

 

[MacZC7]

My wife tested negative and daughter positive. Both started on Hydroxy and Z pack and zinc.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

My wife tested negative and daughter positive. Both started on Hydroxy and Z pack and zinc.

Hope it's no issue for her as well....

 

[kbaxter60]

My wife tested negative and daughter positive. Both started on Hydroxy and Z pack and zinc.

Good news on the negative test. Keep it that way.
Prompted some questions:
* How did you come by the hydroxychloroquine? Doc prescribe?
* What type tests, do you know? PCR? Have you considered false positives?
* Will you be self-quarantining now?
Let us know when you're all better. The President has set the bar for the fast recovery.

 

[DubiousDan]

Good news on the negative test. Keep it that way.
Prompted some questions:
* How did you come by the hydroxychloroquine? Doc prescribe?
* What type tests, do you know? PCR? Have you considered false positives?
* Will you be self-quarantining now?
Let us know when you're all better. The President has set the bar for the fast recovery.

Meds from a veterinarian friend.

The tests were PCR. Mine was deep in the nose and took several hours. Wife and daughters were less invasive and took minutes for the results.

Wife and daughter won't be working for 10 days

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Meds from a veterinarian friend.

The tests were PCR. Mine was deep in the nose and took several hours. Wife and daughters were less invasive and took minutes for the results.

Wife and daughter won't be working for 10 days

What method was used on the wife and daughter?

 

[DubiousDan]

What method was used on the wife and daughter?

PCR

 

[ZX9RCAM]

PCR

I saw that, didn't realize that was the test.
How is a test sample taken?
That's what I really wanted to know.

 

[DubiousDan]

I saw that, didn't realize that was the test.
How is a test sample taken?
That's what I really wanted to know.

A swab goes about 1/4 inch into the nostril and swirled around for 15 seconds and then the other side is done.

 

[impactbumper]

A swab goes about 1/4 inch into the nostril and swirled around for 15 seconds and then the other side is done.

Fever, aches, chills? How are you feeling?


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[DubiousDan]

Fever, aches, chills? How are you feeling?


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I had cough on Tuesday and Wednesday and chills on Wednesday. Symptoms went away after starting the meds.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

So, making breakfast this morning and a new Biden commercial came on the TV.
It's discussing how he wants to handle the wu flu.

Showing Biden in a hospital talking to health care professionals.
Unless it's some wide angle trickery, it sure doesn't appear that they are 6 ft apart, and no masks....