Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[intoanewlife]

Originally Posted by mar3o

My aunt's best friend suffered from IBS (or maybe Crohn's and they didn't know it), and he very seldom left his apartment due to his concerns over getting stuck out in public with an "incident". It really did rule his life. This was back in the 90's. I'm not sure what kind of treatments were available back then.

Crohn's disease is fairly common and can certainly ruin your life. At the very least it requires having a healthy supply of bathroom tissue. It also leaves your immune system weaker than it should be.

I’ve found a really good fibre supplement which has pretty much stopped mine after years of battling with it. I’m fine now in regular life but when I travel anywhere especially road trips it seems to flare up again. I think mine is only really triggered by the anxiety of it striking at the most inconvenient possible time.

The problem is once you’ve done the deed that you think could never possibly happen it makes the fear even worse lol

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Warmer areas are also hit bad.

Well for everyone's sake, let's hope the summer weather will help some. In humid air the viral particles from breathing, talking, coughing or sneezing don't travel as far before falling to the ground, because they are heavier and the air thicker. And the higher the temperature, the more water vapor it can hold.

Also as mentioned the sun rays being stronger and longer hours of sunlight means more UV rays to kill viruses left on surfaces, especially when it's hot. How much difference will it make? Who knows, but I can't see why it wouldn't help if one looks at it from a physics standpoint. If a cough from someone falls to the ground from 4 feet away in humid air, vs. 6 feet away in dry air, and you're standing 5 feet away, it could make the difference between you getting it or not from that person.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

LOL

I have IBS and it's a nightmare!

However it has been great since all this happened and I don't have to leave the house. Obviously the fear of shitting myself in the street is far greater than my fear of contracting the Coronavirus

Me too. Chronic for 15 years. Nothing helps other than staying inside. And, even then, the anxiety will cause too many issues.

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

LOL

I have IBS and it's a nightmare!

However it has been great since all this happened and I don't have to leave the house. Obviously the fear of shitting myself in the street is far greater than my fear of contracting the Coronavirus

I'll raise you Pruritus ani

[MifuneFan]

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

So we are still a nation of exporters after all

(sorry for the bad taste joke but given the wreck of our economy it really is about the only thing we've got left, if I didn't laugh I'd cry)

If the COVID came from English puritans, it would be easy to spot under the microscope. The virus colony will have the exact same name as the place it originated from in England

[bruceames]

Covid 19 projections have improved, with fewer deaths projected by August (60,000 vs 82,000 before).

Also the IHME believes new cases have already peaked, based on a 5 day moving average. And that we'll see a peak in daily deaths by Sunday.

So maybe a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/healt...day/index.html

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Well for everyone's sake, let's hope the summer weather will help some. In humid air the viral particles from breathing, talking, coughing or sneezing don't travel as far before falling to the ground, because they are heavier and the air thicker. And the higher the temperature, the more water vapor it can hold.

Also as mentioned the sun rays being stronger and longer hours of sunlight means more UV rays to kill viruses left on surfaces, especially when it's hot. How much difference will it make? Who knows, but I can't see why it wouldn't help if one looks at it from a physics standpoint. If a cough from someone falls to the ground from 4 feet away in humid air, vs. 6 feet away in dry air, and you're standing 5 feet away, it could make the difference between you getting it or not from that person.

Yeah, like I said, I feel the warmer weather will help. Yes, it won't wipe out the virus completely, but I'm sure it will help somewhat.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

¤ https://bgr.com/2020/04/06/coronavir...on-face-masks/

Yep, but then it goes on to say, the later of which lacks common sense:

That doesn’t mean the virus is infectious after that long, but the finding goes to show why SARS-CoV-2 is so dangerous

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Covid 19 projections have improved, with fewer deaths projected by August (60,000 vs 82,000 before).

Also the IHME believes new cases have already peaked, based on a 5 day moving average. And that we'll see a peak in daily deaths by Sunday.

So maybe a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/healt...day/index.html

No offense but it's hard to talk about a "light at the end of the tunnel" when we're still facing down tens of thousands of deaths over the next few months.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by bruceames

That is unacceptable. They really need to be shamed into respecting the 6 foot rule. I know that with all the walkers out, that they probably worried about joggers coming up behind them too close. I either announce my presence by "on your left", or "runner back", or usually I just skid my shoe on the pavement to make a noise so i don't have to say anything. But I would never pass within 6 feet of them. A couple of times I even turned around to avoid people and took a different route. Fortunately people here are generally very respectful of the social distance, unless of course they are under 25.

Lately during my runs, I've been stepping off the sidewalk and running on the side of the road for a few seconds in order to establish the >six feet rule from other runners or walkers whom I see approaching in the opposite direction or whom I see on the sidewalk in front of me.

Thankfully, with fewer vehicles on the road, this a less risky undertaking than it would be under normal circumstances.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

No offense but it's hard to talk about a "light at the end of the tunnel" when we're still facing down tens of thousands of deaths over the next few months.

None taken.

[mar3o]

"A Man Wrecked His $750,000 Gemballa Mirage GT After Speeding Recklessly Through Manhattan"
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/man-...180502369.html

"Chen was arrested shortly after smashing the $750,000 Gemballa into the back of a parked minivan on Eleventh Avenue in East Midtown around 7:30 a.m. Though video shows that the car sustained major damage, that didn’t stop Chen, who continued south on Eleventh, crashing into even more parked cars before finally being pulled over by police near the intersection West 44th Street."

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

No offense but it's hard to talk about a "light at the end of the tunnel" when we're still facing down tens of thousands of deaths over the next few months.

But once we reach the light at the end of the tunnel, what if the numbers end up no worse than a regular flu season?



There's hope at the end of that tunnel.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Lately during my runs, I've been stepping off the sidewalk and running on the side of the road for a few seconds in order to establish the >six feet rule from other runners or walkers whom I see approaching in the opposite direction or whom I see on the sidewalk in front of me.

Thankfully, with fewer vehicles on the road, this a less risky undertaking than it would be under normal circumstances.

Oh, so the streets are too narrow to run on where you live? I never run on the sidewalk.

[zman73]

Originally Posted by mar3o

And this is why it continues to spread, folks.

No it doesn’t, it says nowhere he is living life as he did before that, he’s just not giving into the fear, doesn’t mean he isn’t taking precautions, you’re just assuming that because he is not running around scared shitless live so many are. I agree with him, I work very early now, go home, take my daughter out for a walk daily, take a jog daily, and on weekends get food from the store. I’m not petrified of this but I’m also being smart and taking precautions. Only time my 1 year old leaves the house is when we go to track or neighborhood for a walk.

[mar3o]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-weigh...041410383.html

What worries me is if they allow asymptomatic people to return to work without proper testing, everything we have done so far could be for nothing and we end up right back where we started again.

The only proper way to do this is with tons of testing. We've still only tested a tiny part of the population so far. We can't allow people to start going back to work and living a semi-normal life until we are able to do more testing.

We have 15-minute tests now. But there aren't nearly enough to go around. Until there is, we have to be very careful.

Just saying, "well, you don't have a fever, and you aren't showing symptoms, so go ahead and go back to work" will be a disaster. We know you can spread it with zero symptoms. And with spring allergies right around the corner (I suffer big time with spring allergies), it will be hard to tell who's sick and who's just got allergies. We need to be able to test people. And people could be virus-free today and pick it up tomorrow, so we need frequent testing.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Oh, so the streets are too narrow to run on where you live? I never run on the sidewalk.

I prefer to run on asphalt instead of on a sidewalk, but north metro Atlanta traffic sucks in my neck of the woods.

[mar3o]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coron...092609403.html

Coronavirus and shopping for supplies: Getting to the bottom of the toilet paper shortage

"That’s part of the problem right now – not just hoarding and not because people are going to the bathroom more than normal. It’s also because so many consumers are going to bathroom in different locations from before the pandemic – at home instead of workplaces, which often use a different kind of toilet paper than used at home."

"One kind of bath tissue – for the commercial market – often is made of one ply of recycled fiber and generally is found on rollers at businesses and public places. The other kind – retail toilet paper – is often made of two-ply virgin fiber and is generally much softer for use at home.

This location shift prompted by shelter-at-home rules would lead to an estimated 40% increase over the average daily home usage, according to Georgia-Pacific, which makes Quilted Northern toilet paper and other paper products."

[Monterey Jack]

I try never to poop anywhere but home, except in case of dire emergency.