Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[featherhead007]

We rented a house in Outer Banks and we have not canceled either.

We still need to live life! Just be more careful these days.

 

[featherhead007]

We rented a house in Outer Banks and we have not canceled either.

We still need to live life! Just be more careful these days.

 

[MROO]

Yea. That would be a great wish. The cold is actually a virus as well which has like 16million strains. But if you get one, you are immune from that one for life.
Compared to the flu, It's stronger, spreads easier, and I'll bet the numbers go up in the fall. I was thinking a Camparison to Marek's in the chicken world. You hope to get an immunization prior to contact with the real thing. But you remain a carrier. Chicken has it for life. And chicks need 3-4 weeks of of quarantine growing those antibodies that attack the virus.

Is their another ailment with people get a vaccine but you can spread , become symptom free but can carry it and still pass it to others? What about those NPIP diseases? They go mother to egg and chick and the chick carries it and infects others?

I do think that we as a back yard chicken group probably know about viruses,, spread, test, see first hand, etc. I think that makes our understanding of Covid19 better.

Chicken Pox .... aka Varicella. Once you have it, you're a carrier forever and can get the adult version (shingles) later on in life. I don't know about a connection between the vaccine and shingles. Likely the doctors don't either, because the vaccine hasn't been around for long (maybe a generation ... and a half?) They're still figuring out how long immunity lasts and/or how often a booster is needed.

 

[Molpet]

A lot of the private shelters are like that, and really, that's okay by me, because most of their pets are already safe - either in a no-kill shelter or already in foster homes. The public shelters (SPCA, Animal Control, etc.) are the ones that are most in danger of government orders to euthanize. They also tend to have lower fees and fewer restrictions, as well. Because we took what most people consider "unadoptable" cats (yeah, just look at those two vicious brutes! ) the adoption fee was waived. If you foster, not only is there no fee, but they provide food and medical care, if needed. It's a win/win for everybody!

Animal control wanted to talk to vet and pages of info. less invasive than the private shelters that have a lot of dogs...Here is a couple.

ETA this is the township pound

 

[featherhead007]

oops my bad

 

[seminolewind]

Loreli said:

Oh thank you @blackandtan . I’ve been exploring around a bit. Just don’t wanna come off as rude because I don’t answer something that I don’t see. So nice thinking that y’all are all over the country. It’s cool.

That's the nice thing about message boards. You post, you miss a few days, Perfectly normal.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Most of our shelters are empty or close to it. We had a news story about reduced adoption fees and so many people home bound and now having the time for and/or the want for companionship that adoptions are way up.
A side story....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...-super-bowl-win-by-paying-dogs-adoption-fees/
I thought this was great. He had been paying fees all season after every Chiefs win for one adoption. With this he paid for over 100 adoptions.

 

[featherhead007]

Chicken Pox .... aka Varicella. Once you have it, you're a carrier forever and can get the adult version (shingles) later on in life. I don't know about a connection between the vaccine and shingles. Likely the doctors don't either, because the vaccine hasn't been around for long (maybe a generation ... and a half?) They're still figuring out how long immunity lasts and/or how often a booster is needed.

Do chickens get people pox? just asking.

 

[MROO]

Animal control wanted to talk to vet and pages of info. less invasive than the private shelters that have a lot of dogs...Here is a couple.

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I've had to fill those out, too, but the only ones who wanted home visits were the private ones ... and some of those were absolutely ridiculous! I think restrictions are being eased, at least around here, with the quarantine in effect. The shelters are taking advantage of people being home a lot - and some are preparing for a deluge again, once people aren't home and bored anymore. Those poor animals! Hopefully most of the fosters will end up being part of the family and can stay. That would be grand! Dreamily optimistic, I know, but still grand!,

 

[seminolewind]

The Moonshiner said:

Ya. Me, my wife, my children, my siblings, their children and my mother.
None of us have died in our lifetimes and I want to keep it that way. I don't want any of us put at risk of this virus because ignorant people want to have their heads up their @$$ES and not see the severity of this virus and be more concerned about getting out and having their nails done or to go out to a restaurant to eat because cooking a meal at home is just to much trouble


I know what you mean. My parents in Florida needed a few phonecalls from me to get them to understand it could kill them.. A month ago my mom goes and gets a haircut, takes dog for a haircut, and she's in her 80's and relies on oxygen!!! How ? can you get?