The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

I may have told this already on this thread, IDK, if so, I apologize for boring y'all by repeating myself.

When I was in my favorite grocery store, I needed something in the produce department, but there was an employee working in that particular cooler. I stood back, patiently waiting while he worked. When he realized why I was standing there, he said, "sorry," and backed up several feet. I got what I needed, and as I moved back as well, I said, "it all feels a bit silly, doesn't it?" He shrugged and said, "that's the way the game is played." I said, "yep, so we play the game, and hope it makes a difference." That's been my attitude all along - whether it helps or not, it's not a huge inconvenience for me, so I will do what I can in the hope that it does actually help.



That is one thing about viruses - they change, often rapidly. The only time I had the flu , the nastiness only lasted about 3 days. That actually was a pattern throughout this community. It was so odd, they sent off samples to see if we had something different here than what was circulating in the rest of the country (this was many years ago). Turned out it was the same flu everyone else was getting, we just had a form that resolved quickly for some reason.

The asymptomatic carrier has been a theme practically from the outset with this virus; one sees estimates of 25 -50% of the people that get colonized by the virus never show symptoms at all. It would be marvelous if they could figure out why this is, and it turned out to be something that could be applied on a large scale.

I watched a video on the black plague... They found whole communities that didnt get it or if they did there were very few. Later on those same communities hundreds of years later had the immunity they were studying the phoenomina.

I thought it a virus but it was a bacteria. Still going to find the video

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I so love Sting and found this in the Rabbit Hole.

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

Thank you Deb he has always been a favorite

 

[Alaskan]

The asymptomatic carrier has been a theme practically from the outset with this virus; one sees estimates of 25 -50% of the people that get colonized by the virus never show symptoms at all. It would be marvelous if they could figure out why this is, and it turned out to be something th

That there is a cheerful thought.

 

[bruceha2000]

about 300 feet from our smaller pond, yep, digging a nest.

That is quite a distance from water! I knew they laid their eggs out of water but wow, that is a long way for the babies to hike back.

It's not happenstance that Trump's own physician(s) had him taking it as a prophylaxis.

I don't believe the physicians HAD him taking it, I think they ALLOWED it when he said he wanted to. Not quite the same thing.

https://themuslimtimes.info/2020/04...061-patients-treated-with-hydroxycholorquine/

"Key findings are:

• No cardiac toxicity was observed.
• A good clinical outcome and virological cure was obtained in 973 patients within 10 days (91.7%).

A poor outcome was observed for 46 patients (4.3%); 10 were transferred to intensive care units, 5 patients died (0.47%) (74-95 years old) and 31 required 10 days of hospitalization or more."

I'm sorry but how is that showing that Hydroxychloroquine helps? That "poor outcome" number is no better than "the average for all cases".

I think the masks are worthless, originally the CDC said the same, WHO is now, but whatever required here now for awhile.

I think they help protect people FROM the diseased mask wearer, not the mask wearer from the diseased. Given there are so many non symptomatic people and so few tested I suspect it does help slow the spread of Covid.

Since I planted mint in my garden several years ago, I don't really see any bugs on my plants. I just have to keep thinning out the mint each year. Peppermint repels most pests. And rosemary works on a bunch also. And most strong smelling herbs and garlic keep the rats and squirrels out of the beds as well.

So you are saying that instead of ripping out that invasive mint (who knew???) I should be potting it up and placing it near other plants? Does it work for cucumber beetles?

 

[microchick]

We finished up harvesting two dead trees back in our timber. The one we dropped today was dead standing and between 50-55 years old when it died last summer. I took a muscle relaxer before heading out....that was 8:30 this morning. It kicked in on our way back at noon....figures.

My BBR hen has a egg pipping. Day 19. I gave her 4 bantam eggs to set after starting them in the house for 7 days to make sure they were viable. 1 quit last week so I hope they all hatch for her.

My Amish bantam Barnyard cross hen, Betty is sitting on 6 Fayoumi eggs. May start hatching tomorrow I hope. Finally got her grow out pen ready to roll. We are going to break the kennel panels on the run and move it in tomorrow. They are still calling for 2-3 or more inches of rain here tomorrow from that tropical storm that is hitting the gulf today.

I'll be able to move Cookie and her chicks to the prefab but doubt if I will get Betty and her brood out until after the rain moves through. At least it's supposed to be cooler.

As for the turtles yep, we find them a good distance from water when they lay. That was what puzzled me about the slider I found near the lagoon. The lagoon only had a couple three inches of water in it at the time and drying up quickly so I knew the female wasn't going back there. The nearest water is the pond quite a hike for the mother as well as the babies.

The turtles in the pond come out and lay their eggs 25 feet from the water.

We once had one trying to make a nest in our front yard. Guess she didn't like the pond neighborhood.

 

[ronott1]

We finished up harvesting two dead trees back in our timber. The one we dropped today was dead standing and between 50-55 years old when it died last summer. I took a muscle relaxer before heading out....that was 8:30 this morning. It kicked in on our way back at noon....figures.

My BBR hen has a egg pipping. Day 19. I gave her 4 bantam eggs to set after starting them in the house for 7 days to make sure they were viable. 1 quit last week so I hope they all hatch for her.

My Amish bantam Barnyard cross hen, Betty is sitting on 6 Fayoumi eggs. May start hatching tomorrow I hope. Finally got her grow out pen ready to roll. We are going to break the kennel panels on the run and move it in tomorrow. They are still calling for 2-3 or more inches of rain here tomorrow from that tropical storm that is hitting the gulf today.

I'll be able to move Cookie and her chicks to the prefab but doubt if I will get Betty and her brood out until after the rain moves through. At least it's supposed to be cooler.

As for the turtles yep, we find them a good distance from water when they lay. That was what puzzled me about the slider I found near the lagoon. The lagoon only had a couple three inches of water in it at the time and drying up quickly so I knew the female wasn't going back there. The nearest water is the pond quite a hike for the mother as well as the babies.

The turtles in the pond come out and lay their eggs 25 feet from the water.

We once had one trying to make a nest in our front yard. Guess she didn't like the pond neighborhood.

You were very busy today!

There are turtles on the Davis campus the Lake Spafford

 

[getaclue]

Out of over 1,000 patients, only 5 died. That's a LOT better than not taking it. In addition, they tested negative in a much shorter time when taking it. Instead of being sick for the typical 14 days, the combo cut it in half. In addition, the symptoms were much milder.

91.7% is actually very high. No medication is 100% across the board. Even regular flu vaccines are not that effective.

Notice, that the very doctors discouraging the study, WERE taking it themselves, because they KNOW it works as a prophylaxis too.

Argue all you want, but the fact remains that at least 2 of the most notable medical publications, including the New England Journal of Medicine, have reported about the false information having been retracted. They're now publishing some of the real data, and it's good.

 

[Perris]

this is what the BBC reality check page has to say about it
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/51980731

 

[Cynthia12]

No wasps. The bait comes dry in a package and you add water to it.

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I buy it from Jefferspets.com. The company who makes the fly bait, also makes one for wasps:

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I usually just buy the refills and make my own traps, cutting off the top third or less of a 2 liter pop bottle, inverting the top, sticking it down in the bottom half, then melting two holes in order to insert a length of wire for a hanger.

When it gets full I just toss the whole thing and start over. I had my doubts about it but it really does work. I haven't tried the wasp bait yet just the fly.

Will have to look for this out here! Thanks!