Coronavirus

[jon_norstog]

You will need extra taters.

PD

That and about 100 gallons of clean water. I've got the potatoes, from last year's crop. They are getting a little hairy but are still edible.

jn

[m1ashooter]

Speaking of panic. I had intended to buy some face masks since they are useful for many things and never did. Well this corona thing inspired me to get some....well.....too late. I looked for quite a while on line and what I wanted was sold out on every site I looked at. I did some grocery shopping today and the pharmacies were sold out as well. This is before, I think. a single known person has caught the disease while in the U.S.

Art, I was in Porters Home Depot and Lowes and the shelves were bare on Thursday. The Feds announced that they were going to need more so that's adding to the shortages. My son buys for his unit and Home Depot is one of his authorized suppliers so its logical that local gov't are also buying supplies.

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More here: I went to the NET meeting last night - the neighbo5rhood emergency teams. I figured they would be talking about the coronavirus, but they weren't. After they got through the agenda I asked if they had any guidaqnce at all on it. They said No, they were waiting for direction from above. I asked them how many of them would volunteer as caregivers, given that they would be about 100% certain to come down with the virus. They all hemmed and hawed.

I'ma gonna contact County Health and see what they have going.

jn

You aren't alone. I talked with a Sheriffs Deputy that is at the visitor control desk at the local jail and she said they haven't been told anything about protocol for the virus either. I have zero confidence in all levels of gov't.

[oscars]

What the hell do you expect from the federal government? The states are waiting, rightfully, for advice/info from the feds who are constrained because all information must be filtered through Pence. He must be cautious that nothing said will affect the stock market and Trump's reelection plans. Rember when Mulvaney reamed out out Azar for not being concerned enoughthat data may hurt Trump.

[dryheat]

On the bright side. Paper mask manufacturers are making money. Like I've always thought, I'd like to manufacture yellow crime scene tape.

[jon_norstog]

Well, the virus is here. I went to a super tuesday watch party last night and no one was shaking hands or touching each other, just bumping fists or elbows. My guess is that a good percentage of Portlanders have already been exposed and are incubating, and that a similar situation prevails around the country.

So far, some people have been forced into 14-day quarantine in hospitals, and when it was over, they have been presented with giant hospital bills! Needless to say, once word gets out about that, people are not going to report for testing and/or treatment. Supposedly there is legislation coming to cover treatment/quarantine costs, but I don't see the Senate passing it.

Reminds me of Civil Defense advice when I was in grade school: "get under your desk, tuck your head between your legs and kiss you a** goodbye"

jn

[S.A. Boggs]

L.A. County has declared a virus emergency and they say they are prepared. I don't find this reassuring as they can't take care of their homeless. Local Wal-Mart has a few bottles of cheap bleach, no powdered milk. Plenty of ethanol on the shelves for "other" sanitizing. Thinking of getting a few bottles of Napoleon Brandy "just in case" of snakebite or Makers Mark as a sedative. One must be prepared for anything while supplies last! Jim Beam is great to take fishing to sanitize your hands before handling lures!
Sam

[togor]

Right now the virus is winning in this country. And no, not because of homeless people, or local officials. It's winning because of the very human capacity for denial, and because local agencies and providers are flying blind due to a lack of testing capability. As for decision making competence, let's see what happens with that cruise ship.

[shadycon]

[ Jim Beam is great to take fishing to sanitize your hands before handling lures!
Sam[/QUOTE]

Alcohol abuse!

[lyman]

Right now the virus is winning in this country. And no, not because of homeless people, or local officials. It's winning because of the very human capacity for denial, and because local agencies and providers are flying blind due to a lack of testing capability. As for decision making competence, let's see what happens with that cruise ship.

you think it will get torpedoed?


or cruise missile?

[togor]

you think it will get torpedoed?


or cruise missile?

Lysol bomb?

What to do with the people is the thing.

[rayg]

What the hell do you expect from the federal government? The states are waiting, rightfully, for advice/info from the feds who are constrained because all information must be filtered through Pence. He must be cautious that nothing said will affect the stock market and Trump's reelection plans. Rember when Mulvaney reamed out out Azar for not being concerned enoughthat data may hurt Trump.

Well oscars aka togor, spoken like a true Trump hater.......

[barretcreek]

https://en.radiofarda.com/a/former-hostage-taker-of-us-diplomats-dies-of-coronavirus-in-iran/30470975.html

It's not all bad.

[Roadkingtrax]

[ Jim Beam is great to take fishing to sanitize your hands before handling lures!
Sam

Alcohol abuse![/QUOTE]

Not nearly enough alcohol content to sterilize. Sam's been watching too many TV Westerns.

[S.A. Boggs]

Alcohol abuse!

Not nearly enough alcohol content to sterilize. Sam's been watching too many TV Westerns.[/QUOTE]

Getting better Togey, although your Russian dummy needs a more life like face as the ears are just too large.
Sam

[Roadkingtrax]

Ah, picked up another SA Booger on my shoe.