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Re: Covid 19
What do we actually know? Very little, right? We know (maybe not) that it started in China. It seems that it spread like mad in Italy. And from what I have seen it has only impacted the senior/elderly crowd. Are we assuming that impaired immune systems are high risk as well or are there documented cases? I mean it makes sense, but I'm asking the question. I haven't heard anything about children and they are almost always included in these things.
Re: Covid 19
I haven't heard anything about children and they are almost always included in these things.
Children who reportedly got contaminated:
In Belgium: 11 babies/children under 4 y.o.
In Morocco: a 9 month old baby
Several children in France
All alive as of now, apparently. There is an article that explains that children are more resistant and so far none have died from the virus.
Newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus in London
Child’s mother, who was taken to hospital days before birth with suspected pneumonia, also has virus.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ … -in-london
Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly. Understanding why may help defeat the virus.
One of the few mercies of the spreading coronavirus is that it leaves young children virtually untouched — a mystery virologists say may hold vital clues as to how the virus works.
In China, only 2.4 percent of reported cases were children and only 0.2 percent of reported cases were children who got critically ill, according to the World Health Organization. China has reported no case of a young child dying of the disease covid-19....
Re: Covid 19
And lol at that
Isis issues coronavirus travel advice: terrorists should avoid Europe
The Isis terrorist group is steering clear of Europe because of the coronavirus. Having previously urged its supporters to attack European cities, the group is now advising members to “stay away from the land of the epidemic” in case they become infected.
- Randall Flagg
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Re: Covid 19
Italy’s been hit so hard because its population is among the oldest in Europe. It also has many high population densities with a disproportionate amount of said elderly.
We have 4 cases in my county as of this post. I got a pedicure and went shopping today. No milk, bread, pasta, toilet paper, or soap/sanitizer. I got breakfast at a diner and bought a new car yesterday. Had dinner for a week event at a restaurant Friday night.
CNN is preaching hysterics and talking about how much life has changed, but short of being inconvenienced at the store, it’s life as usual. I just wash my hands a bit more often than I normally do.
Re: Covid 19
I'm a chef for a decent sized restaurant group and I just had to break the news to my kitchen staff that we're closed until further notice.
There are businesses like yours that will not survive the overreaction. Hopefully not yours, but it will happen. Your industry is on such tight margins anyway.
Re: Covid 19
harmon420 wrote:I'm a chef for a decent sized restaurant group and I just had to break the news to my kitchen staff that we're closed until further notice.
There are businesses like yours that will not survive the overreaction. Hopefully not yours, but it will happen. Your industry is on such tight margins anyway.
Agreed.
Fortunately my company is large enough that we will survive the panic. But as you stated, there are a significant portion that won't be as lucky.
Re: Covid 19
I’m in Vegas now and taxi drivers/floor staff are telling me it’s crazy slow. Don’t come here enough to know the difference but... it sucks. Trying to keep the economy going. Young and don’t have exposure to high risk individuals so... yeah. GL everyone. Should be fine in a few months.
Re: Covid 19
So apparently two weeks has turned to eight weeks (which coincidentally or not so coincidentally) is about the time of year when every other one of these mystery illnesses has blown over without shutting the world down. If you didn't think this was ridiculous before, hopefully you're starting to get it.
CDC announces we have to "flatten the curve" and stay in for 2 weeks to not put the burden on the healthcare system; instead they put the burden on the food system and stores ran out of food. Brilliant move!
A couple days (not weeks after they've seen what happened mind you), now it's 8 weeks. 8 fucking weeks??? What do they think is going to happen now? People might (and I say might) have stayed in for 2 weeks. There's no chance in hell people stay in for 8 weeks no matter how many events you cancel. We have complete idiots making random decisions based on nothing but guesses without any concern for all the small business that will cease to exist and the pain they are creating for an entire population when they could be focusing on - i don't know - WORRYING ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT RISK!!!!
The worst part is the people going "well, if they say so..." - no, it's not just ok because they say so. They don't know what they are doing. They have zero evidence other than what happened in Italy with a different set of demographics.
I know this isn't the political thread, but for all of you hell bent on socialism, see Italy...
