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Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
Not politicise the issue. Start making sensible preparations for a pandemic :obama:
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Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
Not politicise the issue. Start making sensible preparations for a pandemic :obama:
He's not the one politicizing it. The Democrats are. They're all saying "if it wasn't for Trump" or "it's because of Trump". He's just hitting back at them like he always does. They hit first, he hits back. I can understand how you can miss that if you've not really been paying attention, but that's exactly the way it's always been for the past 3 years. And medical facilities and staff here in the US are on full alert for this thing. There's nothing else we can do but wait and see what happens, advise the public about best health practices, and treat the cases that pop up to the best of our abilities. And that's what we are doing. Labs are working on a vaccine, but it won't be ready for months and it won't account for mutations that might occur between now and then.... just like the flu vaccine. There's nothing more that can be done.Quote:
Originally Posted by lost in melb.
STOP BLAMING TRUMP. IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.
You're not kidding. It's difficult to find n95 respirators here at a reasonable price, and now the Surgeon General has come out and asked the public to stop buying them because medical professionals need them to treat patients with all kinds of communicable diseases. And further, all of a sudden, everybody and their mother has become a doomsday prepper over night, buying up all kinds of shit. Shelves are empty all over the place. It's ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godfather
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Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
Is that what I was doing? I am so sorry :empathy:
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Agreed, it's ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
You know what's funny though is some local earthquake preparedness government spokesperson here made a point that people are just doing what they've been begging the public to do for years, which is have 72+ hours of supplies on hand for disasters. I guess that's the optimistic way of looking at things :lol:
When you know nothing about something, shut your mouth, or the world will see you are a fool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trump
This has been raging since January, it is now March.
Sometime during the past week the internationally insular community of the US economy seems to catch drift this might actually be an issue.
Obviously it isn't Trumps fault, it is nothing to do with him, but a blathering response like that above does little to reassure or calm nerves.
Overreaction by the public is inevitable.
Nobody here said it's his fault. We criticize him for acting like a five year old and blaming the opposition for creating this potential pandemic as a "hoax". We're just a tad critical for his appointing someone who believes in Creative design, as opposed to evolution, to head a scientific task force. Our noses are a little out-of-joint because he won't even mildly correct Saint Rush, who compares this virus to the common cold. We're mildly perturbed because he's obviously more concerned that Wall Street's reaction to this might jeopardize his reelection (buying on the dip tomorrow Loyal Trumpers? He says to), We think it seems maybe just a trifle unreasonable for his Task Force to forbid the head of the CDC to give any more interviews without the express permission of the Task Force in advance.Quote:
Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
And the Democrats aren't blaming Trump any more than the GOP criticized Obama in 2014 for his reaction to the Ebola crisis.
I don't think this virus is the pandemic, I think people's knee jerk reactions are the pandemic.
Even my wife, who is normally level headed, has bought into the stocking up idea. Smdh. I told her, "That's fine, at least this way we'll have a jumpstart on hurricane season."
I agree with the last two posts, but actually I think the stocking up would work if you're not allowed out of your house ( the knee-jerk bit)
Let's not go too light though, it's 10 times more deadly than the seasonal flu. what if everyone gets it at once and you can't access the hospital?
You want to avoid this if you can.
It's better if you stock up year round for all kinds of shit. Hurricanes, pandemics, general shit-hit-the-fan or without-rule-of-law scenarios. It's just a habit you get into. It can be expensive, but if you do get into it, then the worst you have to worry about is rotating supplies out as they expire.Quote:
Originally Posted by lost in melb.
I've read it can be deadlier than the worst case of pneumonia, causing respiratory failure, or it can be as insignificant as the common cold. It depends on the person and how it affects them. But that's true for just about everything, now isn't it? What affects one person doesn't necessarily affect another person in the same way. The thing to do is keep aware of what's going on in your area. If you start feeling bad, then go see your doctor or go to the hospital or a walk-in clinic if you can't get to your doctor. The funny thing about this is that coronaviruses aren't new, it's just that this one particular strain has evolved. Coronaviruses in general are one of the many types of viruses that can cause the common cold in humans. But the standard rules for avoiding this thing applies: Hand washing, not touching your face with dirty hands, keeping your distance from people that appear to be infected with any kind of illness that resembles even a minor respiratory illness (coughing and sneezing), etc. You could wear a mask in public but there's some talking heads that say that it wouldn't have an effect in preventing the transmission of the disease to the wearer.
Oh yeah, don't cough or sneeze on people when you're out and about. Not even in jest. Cover your mouth and nose with your arm if you have to cough and/or sneeze. You don't want to cause a panic. People are acutely irritable at times like these. You don't want to cause a problem.
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Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX
I really want to be better at this. I'd say I easily have a week's worth of food for 2 people including some MRE's, but mostly canned food and dry goods. I'm decent at buying enough for a smaller emergency, but really terrible at eating it 'first-in-first-out', so I throw a bunch away when I go through my pantry and realize I have beans and rice that was expired in 2014 at the back of the cupboard. I told my wife we should have a meal a week where we try and not buy anything new for it during our weekly shopping trip, and just eat older stuff from the pantry.
It's hard though! Stockpiling is easier than actually managing a stockpile so it's not just going in the trash instead of cycling it properly so that it's economic.
So this is sort of interesting. This is a Harvard study on why denial is worse than panic, and why having an early moment of panic allows for better decision making over the longterm.
It has me thinking because my friends and I in our group chat (more so my buddies than myself) are really on the 'denial' side of things. Not like flat earth denial, just denial in terms of saying "what a joke this isn't even as bad as seasonal flu." Interesting little psychology tidbit to keep in mind.
https://nieman.harvard.edu/wp-conten...emic.aspx.html