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  • Saltzy23
    Saltzy23 Posts: 1,350
    I'm really starting to freak out.  If this keeps going in the direction it is, hospitals are gonna get overwhelmed, and doctors and nurses will start to get sick.  

    We need to start getting a handle on this quickly, or this could really get bad.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I'm starting to worry about being able to buy groceries. Went early this morning and shelves are empty. What to eat for lunch and dinner. They'll have to start with rations. Stupid selfish idiots bulk buying.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665

    dignin said:
    If you don't want bad news, don't read this thread.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/jeremycyoung/status/1239975682643357696?s=20
    So course, an idiot like me takes it as a dare and reads it (my dumb/ my bad)...
    Saltzy23 said:
    I'm really starting to freak out.  If this keeps going in the direction it is, hospitals are gonna get overwhelmed, and doctors and nurses will start to get sick.  

    We need to start getting a handle on this quickly, or this could really get bad.
    ...and, along with Saltzy,  feel freaked out.

    But at the end of digin's link the guy says this:

    "It's easy to get people to come together in common sacrifice in the middle of a war. It's very hard to get them to do so in a pandemic that looks invisible precisely because suppression methods are working. But that's exactly what we're going to have to do. /end"

    So instead of freaking out, which does nothing but lower our immune system, I suggest we do what makes sense- washing  hands, social distancing,  isolating if possible, stay home whenever possible, help those less fortunate than ourselves, and all the things we need to do to slow this thing down. 

    Be positive and proactive.  Do what needs to be done.  Anything else makes no sense.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    And be thankful for the internet that keeps us informed, but just as importantly, gives us something to do and a way to keep in touch with good folks far and wide.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    There are some extraordinary people out there in the health care field.  We have a friends whose daughter is like a second child to my wife- she is very close to us.  She works in a major hospital in the Bay Area and recently had a teenage patient admitted who stopped breathing.  This young woman couldn't get access to any safely gear- no mask, no goggles, but went ahead and worked on the kid and saved his life.  He was then tested for COVID-19 and the test came out negative.  Oh man, the relief hearing that is beyond words.  Some true heroes out there.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    6 have died in Aus now. 5 of them in NSW. Gatherings indoors are now reduced to 100 and outdoors is 500 with keeping a distance of 1.5 metres between people. My friend and work colleague is being tested tomorrow as she has been in contact with someone who's daughter tested positive. It's only as a precaution. Numbers are still rising quite fast. They refuse to close schools even though clubs are doing head counts and only allowing 100 patrons and closing down eatery's within malls and clubs. Casinos are shutting every second poker machine and closing gaming tables to separate and keep numbers down.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,526
    I till don't see what closing schools will do when kids are not in danger of dying from it(?)

    Send all kids to a Camp Crystal Lake type scenario where they can all get sick and live through it and be immune -- and not affect the rest of the population when they come back.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,526
    edited March 2020


    https://youtu.be/Vd643CmfiEM
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,526

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I barely managed to get ingredients to make dinner tomorrow during my evening visit to the supermarket.
    No meat, barely any canned food.
    No toilet paper.
    At least our football season is going ahead.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    rhanishane said:
    6 have died in Aus now. 5 of them in NSW. Gatherings indoors are now reduced to 100 and outdoors is 500 with keeping a distance of 1.5 metres between people. My friend and work colleague is being tested tomorrow as she has been in contact with someone who's daughter tested positive. It's only as a precaution. Numbers are still rising quite fast. They refuse to close schools even though clubs are doing head counts and only allowing 100 patrons and closing down eatery's within malls and clubs. Casinos are shutting every second poker machine and closing gaming tables to separate and keep numbers down.
    At least the AFL season is happening.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I couldn't see my dad at hospital today. Only one visitor allowed so my mum has been with him.
    He's fine, just had a procedure.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,950
    My sister  in law has a biopsy on a lump in her tongue  that was an urgent case as they  suspect cancer. Cancelled when she arrived. This is what is happening. The ripple effects of our strained system will cause deaths and terminal illness.   She now has to go home and wait  to hear what happens. I cant imagine her fear .


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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,401
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I till don't see what closing schools will do when kids are not in danger of dying from it(?)

    Send all kids to a Camp Crystal Lake type scenario where they can all get sick and live through it and be immune -- and not affect the rest of the population when they come back.
    Because the kids can carry it....come on man
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  • benjs
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    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I till don't see what closing schools will do when kids are not in danger of dying from it(?)

    Send all kids to a Camp Crystal Lake type scenario where they can all get sick and live through it and be immune -- and not affect the rest of the population when they come back.
    You're better than this. Cordoning off children to introduce them all to a disease "not typically" fatal to young people is wrong on so many levels, and verges on human experimentation.
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,950
    Dr.john campbell has a you tube channel. Its the only one i will  watch. He is a retired dr. In uk. Nothing but fact on there.  Just  letting anyone who is bombarded  know. 
    Best stick to facts.  Be safe everyone. Wishing you all some moment  of peace. 
    If you  can find it


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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,871
    It's times like these that we really see who people are and who can deal with adversity in a productive manner.  Not only will this pandemic change the world for a period of time in all the ways already mentioned, it will change the leadership.  People will step up and the world will recognize it.  Will be interesting to see what kind of leader we get from this down the line.


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  • RunIntoTheRain
    RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,033
    lastexitlondon said:
    Dr.john campbell has a you tube channel. Its the only one i will  watch. He is a retired dr. In uk. Nothing but fact on there.  Just  letting anyone who is bombarded  know. 
    Best stick to facts.  Be safe everyone. Wishing you all some moment  of peace. 
    If you  can find it

    I've been watching his videos for a couple of weeks now. He's very informative. https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching/videos

  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    brianlux said:

    dignin said:
    If you don't want bad news, don't read this thread.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/jeremycyoung/status/1239975682643357696?s=20
    So course, an idiot like me takes it as a dare and reads it (my dumb/ my bad)...
    Saltzy23 said:
    I'm really starting to freak out.  If this keeps going in the direction it is, hospitals are gonna get overwhelmed, and doctors and nurses will start to get sick.  

    We need to start getting a handle on this quickly, or this could really get bad.
    ...and, along with Saltzy,  feel freaked out.

    But at the end of digin's link the guy says this:

    "It's easy to get people to come together in common sacrifice in the middle of a war. It's very hard to get them to do so in a pandemic that looks invisible precisely because suppression methods are working. But that's exactly what we're going to have to do. /end"

    So instead of freaking out, which does nothing but lower our immune system, I suggest we do what makes sense- washing  hands, social distancing,  isolating if possible, stay home whenever possible, help those less fortunate than ourselves, and all the things we need to do to slow this thing down. 

    Be positive and proactive.  Do what needs to be done.  Anything else makes no sense.
    Sorry Brian, I just want people to be aware and prepared.
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