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

[featherhead007]

Many years ago a friend gave me a copy of a New York Times magazine that was about influenza. They explained the viruses mutated and/or multiplied as a result of being passed between people, ducks and pigs.
In developing flu vaccine yearly, they watch what’s emerging in China because that’s where the largest concentration of people are living closely with those species. It’s a best guess yearly because vaccine takes time to produce and what shows up isn’t necessarily the strain that looked promising at first.
Consumer Reports magazine had an issue a couple months back dealing with the contamination of food here in the USA. As far as greens go, most if not all were attributed to large CAFOs in the vicinity where runoff contaminated the water. Even dust blown was capable of contaminating with E. coli apparently.
The latest information I’ve seen recently about the 1918 influenza pandemic says it started in Kansas in hastily built military encampments probably contaminated by hog poop. Since there was a war going on the media weren’t allowed to report it to the public. Spain which was neutral then reported it so it got the name. There was a very good documentary on PBS last week about this. Also one on WWI which touched on it.
Sorry big blah blah blah. I don’t even know if I have a point to make, maybe just that I think this is not lab related. Too many animals and people in close quarters with poor sanitation. Throw in global travel and Bob’s your uncle! The response to this is another story. I think truth and transparency is best. That’s going to be a continuing problem.

Sequel, I always like reading your Bla Bla Bla's. so never stop interjecting them!

 

[FortCluck]

How do you know what being water boarded or smothered with a pillow are like!? I’m a bit concerned for your safety.... blink twice if you need help.

With my lung disease it's like I'm breathing through a straw walking up stairs.

Adding a mask to that sucks... Then if I get pneumonia like I had before, I really can't breathe. When my oxygen was 81% I felt like I was under water.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Lmao
Well, I've slept with my face in a pillow before. Woke up gasping for air after dreaming I was trying to find a door leading to oxygen.
The water boarded part, can't say I've experienced that but I've seen it in movies and it made me feel like I was choking too sooo I guess it feels like that?
Ignore me, y'all I'm a bit out there.

well, I’m glad you’re okay!

Though.... how do I know they didn’t force you to type this!?

 

[ShrekDawg]

With my lung disease it's like I'm breathing through a straw walking up stairs.

Adding a mask to that sucks... Then if I get pneumonia like I had before, I really can't breathe. When my oxygen was 81% I felt like I was under water.

Oh wow that sounds so awful!

 

[featherhead007]

well, I’m glad you’re okay!

Though.... how do I know they didn’t force you to type this!?

Always a possibility!

 

[2 many chickens]

well, I’m glad you’re okay!

Though.... how do I know they didn’t force you to type this!?

 

[2 many chickens]

With my lung disease it's like I'm breathing through a straw walking up stairs.

Adding a mask to that sucks... Then if I get pneumonia like I had before, I really can't breathe. When my oxygen was 81% I felt like I was under water.

Wow, that is really low. I can't even imagine what that was like. ☹☹ sounds absolutely terrifying and awful

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

In regard to the hands vs elbow coughing conversation, your hands offer more coverage than your elbows. So I would say use your hands if you can wash them right away after, and your elbows if you can't.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Always a possibility!

Exactly!!

Is this code!?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Oh wow that is a huge machine!!!

And a gorgeous quilt.

Also too bad it’s not you cause I was gonna say you’re adorable

Now you can see how it might run over a finger ....without so much as a hiccup, and keep right on going. Yep, not me or my quilt, but thanks. Although adorable and I aren't usually lumped into the same sentence very often. Ornery on the other hand...