Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Incubation is what 2 weeks?
How long is it contagious for? 3 weeks? 4? 5?
How long does it take to get better and not be sick anymore?

I've never seen anyone talk about these...

That is what makes it so hard, unfortunately some people can have it for months.

[veritas]

Originally Posted by ay221

I believe I already had it. Had a cough and a fever around 101 and felt sick. Took a couple of days off from work, came back and there were like 15 people hacking away. Everyone got better. This was in early February. The worse this thing can do is kill you. It won't disfigure you like smallpox. Won't cripple you like polio. If you have good life insurance you are ok. Death is not the end.

It does cripple some people. Some people have permanent loss of lung function and they just chopped of a 41 year old actors leg. also i wonder how long the lost of taste and smell will last. If you lose all taste for your life that would be pretty horrible.

if it only lasted a couple of days it probably was the flu not the corona virus this thing seems to stick around for ages.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

Every time I tried to check my stimulus payment status I get: The information you have entered does not match our records. Please try again.

You have to enter your info exactly the way it’s listed on your tax return.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Incubation is what 2 weeks?
How long is it contagious for? 3 weeks? 4? 5?
How long does it take to get better and not be sick anymore?

I've never seen anyone talk about these...

It’s really too soon to know.

[Underworld54]

The virus is clearly not as deadly as anyone thought, we need to open things back up.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by veritas

It does cripple some people. Some people have permanent loss of lung function and they just chopped of a 41 year old actors leg. also i wonder how long the lost of taste and smell will last. If you lose all taste for your life that would be pretty horrible.

if it only lasted a couple of days it probably was the flu not the corona virus this thing seems to stick around for ages.

I think the loss of smell/taste is temporary. It destroys the nerve fibers in the nose, which can regenerate over time.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

The virus is clearly not as deadly as anyone thought, we need to open things back up.

The shutdown was for limiting hospitalizations not because of how deadly it was. Can't believe people don't understand that.

[Chaotic]

Also, this shutdown has stopped it from becoming worse, which was the point.

[AeroK]

I’m going to have cauliflower ear before it’s all said and done.

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

depends where you live some places require two negative tests done 24h apart before people are allowed to "mingle" and by mingle (in most places means going out only for necessities or exercise and keeping 6' from others (i.e. follow the restrictions for everyone else).


not necessarily


I don't think there will ever be an old normal, but what ever happens there will be a new normal. What happens, what people accept and how people will act will determine that new normal will be (with or without a vaccine)

Glad to know there is no light at the end of the tunnel then.

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

Sweden currently has both more deaths per capita and a more rapid spike in new cases than the US. Relative to population, their strategies have been less effective than any Nordic country.

Data here:
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...n=CSauthorbio?

Still does not gauge how effective a lock down is, and even experts seem divided in the best way to deal with this pandemic, I still feel more thought has to go into the effect it will have on the global economy, which at the end of the day will affect us all, Sweden's state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, thinks the country may achieve "herd immunity" as early as next month, so I guess only time will tell.

Sweden's death rate is much higher than in its Nordic neighbours which is the point you raised, but it remains comfortably better off than much more locked-down countries of a similar population size such as Belgium, so not as bleak as some where predicting before Sweden decided to go it's own way.

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I've said it before and I know it's mildly cruel. Let's take all the idiots who don't believe the coronavirus should be taken seriously and put them in one area and put everyone else in another area. Let nature take its course. I still don't know why people think when others can't go to work, school or church, they have the right to go out to beaches to party with their buddies. It's beyond my ability to grasp.

Not that cruel, there is no denying the current pandemic or it's risks to peoples health, but my issue is there is no exact model on how to best deal with this, and as I have said before even the experts are divided on this.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Speaking of spectacles, my drivers license had expired. I had forgotten about it. So I decided to finally go in and renew it. This was last month when things were still open, but social distancing was being practiced.

The DMV was only letting 10 people in at a time. Folks standing in line outside (me) were standing 6' away from one another. It was kinda surreal.

Could’ve been worse, be grateful that the requirement for the Real ID driver’s license was delayed by DHS until late next year, as around here, before that DHS announcement, we’ve had to bring lawn chairs as standing for hours be it 6 ft. apart or not, can be difficult for a lot of folks.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

What if a vaccine is never found?

In all likelihood a vaccine eventually will be developed.

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Should we consider covid19 a threat until a vaccine is found and proven safe?

Bottom line is that until a vaccine (or less likely, the virus mutates and stabilizes into a much less virulent form) or a proven effective medical therapy has been found and is readily available, honestly it’s a roll of the dice as to how/where on the spectrum an infected individual will respond to it…..from having no/minor symptoms to death. So, for the sake of yourself and others, until we have either of the above, best to carry on with disciplined public health guidelines (social distancing, hand washing, trying not to touch your face, etc.)

P.S.
Sometimes I feel this short interlude characterizes the relationship at the current time between the coronavirus (Dirty Harry) and mankind (the guy lying on the sidewalk) and apparently protestors in some states are feeling lucky –

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? - YouTube

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

Every time I tried to check my stimulus payment status I get: The information you have entered does not match our records. Please try again.

Did you file in both 2018 and 2019, for the year's prior salary of course, and get a federal refund through your bank via direct deposit both times?

My brother was having the same issues, then after going through everything 5 times he says, what if I didn't file in 2019. A duh.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

The virus is clearly not as deadly as anyone thought, we need to open things back up.

SO would you be willing to pay the hospital, funeral, lawsuit bills if you catch it and give it to someone older, help murder said person?

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

What if a vaccine is never found?

Then we are doomed! Because that is our ONLY hope of getting through this and here's why...

The Coronavirus had to have started with just a handful of people. Then of course, it spread and lo and behold, it's all over the globe. If we could not contain the spread by simply quarantining those handful of people, then how on earth is it possible to contain the spread when over 2 million people are now infected?? How are you going to locate and quarantine 2 million people, especially when a good number of them don't even know they have the virus??

Sure we can get those numbers down by staying at home and keep distance, but the numbers are already out of control and there will always be someone somewhere who is not going to do what he/she is supposed to do and thus, it will still spread to some sort of a degree. It will truly never end.

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Because that is our ONLY hope...

Not quite. Obi Wan is our only hope.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Not quite. Obi Wan is our only hope.

[VictoryAtNight]

I had to wear a mask for the first time when I went to Target this morning. Our governor had made a recommendation to wear masks on Friday’s public announcement.