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Covfefe-19 2020 part the second: Wash Your Hands

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Chatted with a friend from Rome today. She isn't that concerned about herself (she's young and an athlete) but her older relatives. It has moved through the country so quickly. But at least the leaders in her country seem to know what they're doing, or at least are willing to listen to the medical experts. Ours? "Yeah, good luck with that," were her words. :(
 
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My dad is 72 and is flying in a couple weeks. Can’t say I think that this is a great time for him to travel...
 
Chatted with a friend from Rome today. She isn't that concerned about herself (she's young and an athlete) but her older relatives. It has moved through the country so quickly. But at least the leaders in her country seem to know what they're doing, or at least are willing to listen to the medical experts. Ours? "Yeah, good luck with that," were her words. :(

With any luck our dear leader caught it at CPAC
 
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But what timeframe? Now you're asking people to assume the worst and that they have the virus. In theory that's fine, but it's very difficult to live that way.
Depends on the attitude. Whenever God decides to pull my string...so be it.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ohio and Louisiana announce first cases of coronavirus <a href="https://t.co/uhJ7k038SF">https://t.co/uhJ7k038SF</a> <a href="https://t.co/vZwKPnBP2H">pic.twitter.com/vZwKPnBP2H</a></p>— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1237202775056027648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/RHUutfl1OS">pic.twitter.com/RHUutfl1OS</a></p>— MLS Communications (@MLS_PR) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLS_PR/status/1237147531047559170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Pearl Jam rescheduling the first leg of their tour due to Coronavirus

Gutted, but totally understand this. Cancelling our plans (we have tix to 4 shows - Toronto, Baltimore, Nashville, and St. Louis). We'll just see them when they reschedule. May have to eat the cost of Leaf tix and Pred tix though. :(

Work also is limiting travel for anyone with direct patient contact, so it would have been a headache (and likely requiring self-quarentine) when I got back. So, I guess it's good that I don't have to deal with that.
 
Re: Covfefe-19 2020 part the second: Wash Your Hands

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking all personnel based at its HQ to work from home due to an employee who may have coronavirus, according to an SEC spokesperson, becoming the first federal agency to ask its Washington employees to stay home <a href="https://t.co/sqjC84rprN">https://t.co/sqjC84rprN</a></p>— CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1237197536806481920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More than 20 U.S. colleges have canceled in-person classes due to the coronavirus — including Columbia, Stanford, Hofstra University, USC and a handful of community colleges in Washington state.<a href="https://t.co/TzBLYjH9zz">https://t.co/TzBLYjH9zz</a></p>— NPR (@NPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1237197248796164096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Coachella might get cancelled since there is a local case now...
 
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And how do you determine when it's safe to resume these things?
 
Listening to smart people. Not yourself.

Epi’s need good data to run to figure this out . Hopefully we can get some from other nations since trump- and yes, he and his fed gov- have put us so far behind
 
So I'm a 35 year old in good health. Have had a stuffy nose for a few days, last couple days felt a slight pressure in my chest. Hasn't really impacted my breathing but just feels a "tad" different. With everything going on I called my doctor's office. I don't have a fever, no cough. So could just be a common cold. Could be more. Who the hell knows? They basically tell me to call if it gets worse. OK I can do that, figured I'd just try to get ahead of the game. And then I realize some people don't have any symptoms. So if this is as bad as it gets for me I guess the final determination is "ah who the hell knows if that was the virus". Meanwhile I can then pass on to someone else who could suffer worse symptoms. All this to say trying to contain this virus is great in theory but it certainly seems highly unlikely/impractical to me. Like I said, maybe just a common cold and with everything going on it's just in my head. But my dad is 70+ with diabetes. So how do you handle that? Even if my symptoms subside I am to avoid him for X amount of time?

I work 2 days a week at home. You'd think my company would just go to full time telecommuting at least temporarily. Nope. And if my symptoms don't get worse it's not like I can call out sick with the virus because I won't be seen/tested. How would anyone then be able to conclude a particular timeframe of when people shouldn't be afraid to be in large crowds? With no vaccine, how do you get to that point?

The Ars Technica guide has a very good summary of what symptoms (fever) are most likely to present in mild cases and what happens as it gets worse https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/%3Famp%3D1
 
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