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

[IamRainey]

I have to laugh at all the people that say those top people and scientists woulda coulda shoulda. Like they actually are more knowledgeable and can do a better job. Sheesh.

They could have done a better job. They were anxious to do a better job. But they don't make policy. They were hamstrung by the epidemiology division of the CDC having been dismantled. And they have been hamstrung all along by what they have been allowed to say.

Back when he who should not be named was saying that this was "just" the flu and would "disappear" in 2 weeks they knew better. You know they knew better. They just had to be extremely careful not to offend them so they could continue to do the best jobs they were allowed to do.

 

[seminolewind]

I'm a Longarm Quilter and I make Tshirt quilts.
I've been quilting for a while, mainly for myself, but recently started advertising and picking up new clients. A lot of face to face interaction needed for that plus with all the quilt shows cancelled for... who knows how long...no show work now.
(For those who don't know, Longarmers use a gigantic specialized sewing machine to put all the fancy stitching you see on quilts.)

With money being tight now for everyone I doubt much will come in for a long time to come.
Due to my kiddo's health issues, that I haven't discussed here yet, I need to work from home.
Were I still on my old farm I could probably ride things out and fare better because of on the farm sales and the Farmer's Markets, but it also took a toll on me after 10 years.

PM me your address. I have a quilt that's partially done and needs to be finished.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I think that's a reasonable representation.

We simply DON'T KNOW what's going on because -- whatever anyone is representing -- there isn't remotely adequate testing going on.

And whether this is or is not more lethal than any other disease is immaterial. People are dying and medical systems in many areas of the country are overburdened or approaching dysfunction. Doctors and researchers are doing the best they can to come up with strategies for fighting this new disease but without reliable information they have one hand tied behind their backs.

Agreed!!!

 

[Kabootar]

No never have. I like my yogurt. Not that I would get Buffalo. Plan on getting Highlands or dexters

There are people who keep buffalo in USA. You live in Kentucky, I think there is a farmer who sells dairy quality buffaloes in North Carolina. They also sell dairy products. They very funny animals, they will become like big dogs.

 

[IamRainey]

Dude. My late husband was at Woodstock. But I hadn't met him then.

My husband -- then my brand new boyfriend of a couple weeks -- and I were there too. We lived across the Hudson from Woodstock (the real Woodstock, not Bethel where the concert was held).

For a long time I knew where our tickets were. ...'cause, of course, by the time we got there it was already chaos and no one was taking tickets. But I've lost track of them over the years.

Fun? casportpony. I guess that depends on how into not having food or a place to go to the bathroom and being sunk in about a foot of mud you are. There was some awesome music, tho. And a memory for a lifetime!

 

[ShrekDawg]

There are people who keep buffalo in USA. You live in Kentucky, I think there is a farmer who sells dairy quality buffaloes in North Carolina. They also sell dairy products. They very funny animals, they will become like big dogs.View attachment 2071185

I thought they had hair?

 

[seminolewind]

I didn't watch the videos, but I have seen a piece recently where scientists have been studying bats for years, specifically for the viruses they carry, which are oodles and most are harmless to humans. The scientists said that one of the biggest contributing factors in virus transmission from bats to humans is the encroachment on wildlife habitat.
Bat and human interaction (in a wildlife setting) is becoming common because bats are running out of places to go. The bat species highlighted by the scientists was the same one named as the possible culprit for the Covid-19 coronavirus.


Not exactly an answer to this posts, but it did remind me that someone I know is convinced Covid-19 was hatched up in a bio warfare lab over there and oopsie....it got out, because she read that on what she thought was a good news source. And that our (US) gov is lying to us about where (how) it came from.
So, depending on where one digests their "news" from.....yeah they are being lied to.
She's so convinced she deleted the entire conversation from our text exchange. I haven't asked her recently if her thoughts on the origination have changed....

I personally think that there are 2 large labs in that city. But I think any guess is good-since we don't know. If the top of the top and top scientists are not telling the truth, where do we go from there? Got to trust in someone-other than Channel.........

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Okay I found it. Now I’m by no means educated in reading these fancy articles, so here’s part of it along with the link, for those smarty pants out there, what does that mean?

“If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.”

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Dr. Fauci was not part of this early study.

 

[Molpet]

I have three surviving old people in my immediate family my great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother and my paternal grandmother. They are barely literate, my great grandmother doesn't care about living anymore after she outlived her husband, her younger brothers and sisters and her only son. She complaints about living. Both my grandmothers have also lost their husbands.

My maternal grandmother lost her son and husband long before I was born. Her son died of meningitis and her husband disappeared during the emergency never to be heard again.

My paternal grandfather was a very strong man. He was an engineer, he served in the Indian Navy and then in the shipping company Maersk and Cosco. He earned lots of money, he traveled around the world. He bought a lot of land in the village, he sent both his sons to college. He retired in 2006, he returned straight back to his village, raised chickens and buffaloes, brought a tractor. He could have lived in Mumbai or Delhi, but he didn't.

He was diagnosed with heart condition in 2015, but he refused to go through surgery, he said "I have married, raised my children, served my country, seen the world, why should I live anymore? To see all that disappear?". He died in September, 2015.

My paternal grandmother says that women have weak bodies and they are faint hearted yet death doesn't come to them easily. I grew up surrounded by my grandparents. I am emotionally very attached to them. They don't care if they die, my great-grandmother says that it's better if she does. But I don't want to lose them.

enjoy them while they are around
sometimes when someone doesn't feel they have a purpose, they feel like dying

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

I saw some teens at a public park practicing social distancing by sitting on their cars and talking.