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

[SnapdragonQ]

Do most of y'all check this site?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Good site. Their numbers are on par with Johns Hopkins, but they have more extrapolation.

 

[FortCluck]

Careful inspection of these graphs can help put it into perspective on what we have ahead of us. Social isolation should be #1 on everybody's "to-do" list!
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I've been isolating myself since last month. I don't want to wind up in the ICU again. It's a traumatic experience.

 

[Pennys Mama]

The governor of California has issued a statewide stay-at-home order... I'm still going to get feed when I need it though.

I agree, feed was pretty much my only reason I left the property before covid-19! I bought feed more often than groceries.

 

[Pennys Mama]

I've been isolating myself since last month. I don't want to wind up in the ICU again. It's a traumatic experience.

You definitely need to stay home, my parents & inlaws too, but my mom is hard headed and may kill my father if her isolation is enforced!

 

[MROO]

@Nifty-Chicken - sorry on my part. Our local news carried a report that your governor has predicted a 60 % infection rate for your state. Are they providing any information to you folks in Ca.?

The way I understand it, we're all going to get it in some way or form and at some point, or do I misunderstand it? That's an honest question, not a smart @$$ comment. To me, it looks like Covid 19 will be around from here on out, like chicken pox and the shingles, and that like those, most people will get a mild case and move on. Others will suffer with it, but likely survive, unless there are other complications. Since this is the first outbreak, it's particularly virulent, mainly because no one has any immunity to it. The goal is to slow its' progress down enough so that the medical community can handle it ... and hopefully come up with an effective treatment.
Again, this is just my "take." Am I even close?

 

[FortCluck]

You definitely need to stay home, my parents & inlaws too, but my mom is hard headed and may kill my father if her isolation is enforced!

Trust me i doubt she will be the only one

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Some of My kale survived, garlic not coming up in the garden, but some by the house is up... The potato bed doesn't have any, yet anyway

Zone 5, right? Sometimes my kale and spinach would make it through the winter when I was in 5a. I even had some Swiss Chard survive a couple of the milder winters. Mild being not weeks on end of sub 0 temps for the highs.
I would always treat the garlic coming up in the spring as waaay more exciting than the daffodils.

 

[FortCluck]

The way I understand it, we're all going to get it in some way or form and at some point, or do I misunderstand it? That's an honest question, not a smart @$$ comment. To me, it looks like Covid 19 will be around from here on out, like chicken pox and the shingles, and that like those, most people will get a mild case and move on. Others will suffer with it, but likely survive, unless there are other complications. Since this is the first outbreak, it's particularly virulent, mainly because no one has any immunity to it. The goal is to slow its' progress down enough so that the medical community can handle it ... and hopefully come up with an effective treatment.
Again, this is just my "take." Am I even close?

This is my understanding too.

 

[MROO]

I found one of my roosters with a string around his legs today. While unwinding it, I noticed he had bumblefoot so I cut it out. Usually he is a jerk, but he was very patient while I took care of him.

Somehow, they know ... at least the best ones, do!

 

[Pennys Mama]

The way I understand it, we're all going to get it in some way or form and at some point, or do I misunderstand it? That's an honest question, not a smart @$$ comment. To me, it looks like Covid 19 will be around from here on out, like chicken pox and the shingles, and that like those, most people will get a mild case and move on. Others will suffer with it, but likely survive, unless there are other complications. Since this is the first outbreak, it's particularly virulent, mainly because no one has any immunity to it. The goal is to slow its' progress down enough so that the medical community can handle it ... and hopefully come up with an effective treatment.
Again, this is just my "take." Am I even close?

My take on it is that it can/will be a near 100% infection of the population, but the hope is to prevent those most vulnerable by isolating them, hoping they'll miss the spread of the infection in their areas. All the while hoping that they can get vaccines available for them before it comes back around again. That's my take.