Re: Corona Virus (2019-nCoV) from China: Its going to be bad.
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:47 pm
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I think so as well. I would be willing to bet that some have had it, got over it and it was not reported. The folks who have died are the same group that would have died from any flue illness.EastTexasRancher wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:42 pm I’m betting far far far more people have contracted this than thought, and the mortality rate is far lower than calculated.
Some people have been reported to have very mild symptoms, Most people don't go to the doctor for every case of the sniffles. My Dr. really prefers people with mild flu symptoms stay at home and not expose the disease to all their staff and patients. I'm pretty sure that they don't test everyone to find out which virus strain they have.03Lightningrocks wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 5:46 pmI think so as well. I would be willing to bet that some have had it, got over it and it was not reported. The folks who have died are the same group that would have died from any flue illness.EastTexasRancher wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:42 pm I’m betting far far far more people have contracted this than thought, and the mortality rate is far lower than calculated.
On that subject, my neighborhood HEB grocery store in Cypress was cleaned out of drinking water as of last night. I don't know if it's from folks stocking up or the recent tap water problem down in Houston.AndyC wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:12 pm I'm not concerned about the virus; I'm more concerned about shortages caused by panic, so I laid in another 5-gal pail of dried goods.
It’s the tap water problem in Houston.J.R.@A&M wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:56 pmOn that subject, my neighborhood HEB grocery store in Cypress was cleaned out of drinking water as of last night. I don't know if it's from folks stocking up or the recent tap water problem down in Houston.AndyC wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:12 pm I'm not concerned about the virus; I'm more concerned about shortages caused by panic, so I laid in another 5-gal pail of dried goods.
The hardest part ofimkopaka wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:20 am I'm cleaning out my shed to make room for my new drum set and I decided to buy some more shelving units. Also noticed my supplies were a bit lower than I'd like. So I went to Costco yesterday to sure up my supplies and the place was a madhouse - never seen it so busy. Bottled water was down to less than 1/3 what is usually in stock, toilet paper was down to less than 1/4. I went ahead and grabbed some for myself. I'm not worried about the virus itself or its affect on my family or our community, but I am somewhat worried about the effect it will have (and is already having) on the global economy. Almost no one in America knows what it's like to have empty store shelves. I intend to have the essentials stocked up in case that happens, as well as ammo stocked up so I can defend myself against folks who failed to do so themselves and are now having to rob and loot to survive.
What is funny is that people allow the media hype to motivate them. I’m not telling anybody to not prepare, I’m telling people they are allowing hysteria to drive their actions. The facts is that your chances of getting this are low, but unless you have a weakened immune system you’ll most likely survive it if you do get it - just like when people get the flu. If you want to prepare so that you don’t get this then stay away from people that have it and wash your hands. It’s crazy that this has been blown out of proportion enough to drive the stock market down and to send the price of N95 masks (which probably won’t prevent most people from getting it anyway) skyrocketing. What’s really making this worse is overreacting to it.suthdj wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:54 am What's funny is the some of same people that carry a gun "incase" something happens that poopoo preparing for a virus that has a greater risk of killing them then getting in a gun fight. Go figure.