(COVID/ETC CONTENT HERE) China Locks Down 11 Million in Wuhan,

Originally Posted by Adrenaline_6

But granny or uncle Joe should be isolated and that shouldn't happen. We are doing it now anyway. What's the difference?

I'd be down with flat-out quarantining granny and Uncle Joe, everywhere, for 2-3 weeks. I say that selfishly, I'm tired of this consuming my work 24/7, and I'm ready to get things back to normal.

Originally Posted by chuckman

I'd be down with flat-out quarantining granny and Uncle Joe, everywhere, for 2-3 weeks. I say that selfishly, I'm tired of this consuming my work 24/7, and I'm ready to get things back to normal.

Agreed. Why hurt the whole country and economy when most of it can operate like normal for the most part. Just take care of what needs to be taken care of (Uncle Joe and granny) and march on. They are being isolated anyway. It in effect changes nothing for them but helps the country as a whole.

Originally Posted by Adrenaline_6

Agreed. Why hurt the whole country and economy when most of it can operate like normal for the most part. Just take care of what needs to be taken care of (Uncle Joe and granny) and march on. They are being isolated anyway. It in effect changes nothing for them but helps the country as a whole.

Uncle Joe could still be working and granny probably needs meds delivered.

Originally Posted by Arik

Uncle Joe could still be working and granny probably needs meds delivered.

Why is uncle Joe working if he is at risk? Social distancing and extra hygiene can still be practiced to an extent. The at risk people should be self isolating themselves already due to obvious reasons. Granny can still get her meds dropped off with negligible risk.

Originally Posted by Arik

Uncle Joe could still be working and granny probably needs meds delivered.

My Mom is 80 and still really vital and active in her Church and Community. At this point I wish she would just relax a bit, but She still has a local lady that needs her help, so Mom wont slow down.
Nursing homes and retirement communities are going to get hit hard because some of these old Boomers are going to stop not helping others to quarantine.

Originally Posted by Adrenaline_6

Why is uncle Joe working if he is at risk? Social distancing and extra hygiene can still be practiced to an extent. The at risk people should be self isolating themselves already due to obvious reasons. Granny can still get her meds dropped off with negligible risk.

Because he still has bills to pay?!?! Both my parents are on the bottom end of the "at risk crowd" but if they don't want to be homeless they have to work. My mom has always been healthy, doesn't take meds, never has, but she's no longer young. My dad was born with a plethora of pre existing conditions, which are all more or less managed with meds but I don't know how effective they would be with this virus. They are in retirement age but they work.

My boss is probably close to 70. I know he takes blood pressure meds but I don't think it's too strong and seems we'll managed. He doesn't go to doctors often. Otherwise he's pretty healthy, looks 10 years younger and acts like he's 40. Mows his own lawn, does all home repairs himself, gardens, built his own coy pond...etc.. So he definitely doesn't feel or act his age. But he also doesn't have the immune system of a 25 year old and he has a business to run and a house to pay for and if he did sit home for the next X months then there would be about 10 people out of a job

Plenty of people who are in the at risk group who are not deathly sick and/or bedridden but still work

Originally Posted by jsbhike

I think it is a roll of the dice on when you go. I haven't seen whole sections of food wiped out when I went, but co-workers have.

One of my favorite places to eat, an Italian food truck, is having trouble staying supplied and shared pics of the pasta shelf down to just a couple boxes total, not a couple of each.

It also depends on when people go to these stores. They're working overtime to restock items, and and sometimes that means the shelves will be full and other times they'll be stripped bare. My wife and I have noticed that when we stop in to just check the status of some places, and the stock varies wildly.

Originally Posted by Business_Casual

What about the recent articles in the WSJ and other publications that suggest the actual number infected is so much higher than the reported number that the morbidity is possibly overstated by an order of magnitude or more? In essence it may be less deadly than the flu.

That argument has been going around for a while. Problem is, it's completely and totally a guess. An educated one, sure, but just assuming a number is lower by "an order of magnitude or more" just cause isn't a great idea. Starts to break down the figures we use for everything from the flu the car accidents when we take the available data, and just add numbers as we see fit.

My son sent me this PSA, well worth the time to view this.. Stay safe guys...

Originally Posted by Alpha-17

It also depends on when people go to these stores. They're working overtime to restock items, and and sometimes that means the shelves will be full and other times they'll be stripped bare. My wife and I have noticed that when we stop in to just check the status of some places, and the stock varies wildly.



That argument has been going around for a while. Problem is, it's completely and totally a guess. An educated one, sure, but just assuming a number is lower by "an order of magnitude or more" just cause isn't a great idea. Starts to break down the figures we use for everything from the flu the car accidents when we take the available data, and just add numbers as we see fit.

I go out walking in the park after I get out of my asylum about every day. The parking lot for the park is also the one for the local grocery. Just for poops and giggles, I go in and take a gander at what has been hit hard. Funny, shelves empty one day are refilled the next. The store implemented a policy of only 1 of the items people are hoarding. This includes disinfectants, milk, bread, eggs, meats, pretty much a bunch of stuff. But so far, the shelves have been restocked each day with most essentials.

From reading the news today, Iceland seems to be studying the virus hard. They said they have identified about 40 different strands of the virus just there. So, I would guess that this thing mutates so fast that no information today is going to be relevant in a couple of days...???

https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/icelan...s-report-says/


and now it was reported that the hantavirus reared it's ugly head in China too. They tested about 40 people around the fella that had it, but I guess results are still pending... if you can believe them. It's not suppose to transmit from human to human, but that is probably just a matter of time too.

Originally Posted by Adrenaline_6

Why is uncle Joe working if he is at risk? Social distancing and extra hygiene can still be practiced to an extent. The at risk people should be self isolating themselves already due to obvious reasons. Granny can still get her meds dropped off with negligible risk.

I don’t remember the exact percentage, but a not insignificant number of boomers, despite becoming adults in the high times of jobs and benefits,
Are nearing retirement while still living paycheck to paycheck and with not retirement plans or savings other than SS.