Global pandemic: COVID-19

[CohibaRobusto]

Italy’s PM just put the entire country on lockdown.

Pure speculation on my part:
The most worrying thing for me in regards to the US is that we’re WAY behind the testing and containment game.

If the US has to radically slow down the spread of the virus then the president may have to consider instituting Martial Law.

Nation wide martial law isn’t precedented in modern times.

Americans don’t like their freedom taken away but that’s what’s going to have to happen to slow the spread. Whether through local government or the Feds.

Tanks and soldiers in the streets would be a nightmare scenario.

2nd amendment rights advocates would be up in arms and that’s very dangerous.

Not saying this will happen. But it’s not out of the question.

I was living in New Orleans during Katrina, but I did evacuate. Chaos ensued. Multiple branches of authority were doing whatever the hell they wanted, making up new rules as they went along, including taking the guns of law abiding people. Read about it in Todd Masson's "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab." An incredible book with true stories about the insanity that went on down here.

Modern day martial law is a joke. I don't honestly know how I would have handled it if they had tried to take my guns in a situation like that. It's you vs everyone, including the police, law abiding citizen or not.

 

[BigSwolePump]

I'm a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough, Diphtheria...there is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.

I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.

What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral of panic, stockpiling obscene quantities of anything that could fill a bomb shelter adequately in a post-apocalyptic world. I am scared of the N95 masks that are stolen from hospitals and urgent care clinics where they are actually needed for front line healthcare providers and instead are being donned in airports, malls, and coffee lounges, perpetuating even more fear and suspicion of others. I am scared that our hospitals will be overwhelmed with anyone who thinks they " probably don't have it but may as well get checked out no matter what because you just never know..." and those with heart failure, emphysema, pneumonia and strokes will pay the price for overfilled ER waiting rooms with only so many doctors and nurses to assess.

I am scared that travel restrictions will become so far reaching that weddings will be canceled, graduations missed and family reunions will not materialize. And well, even that big party called the Olympic Games...that could be kyboshed too. Can you even
imagine?

I'm scared those same epidemic fears will limit trade, harm partnerships in multiple sectors, business and otherwise and ultimately culminate in a global recession.

But mostly, I'm scared about what message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason, rationality, openmindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested.

Covid-19 is nowhere near over. It will be coming to a city, a hospital, a friend, even a family member near you at some point. Expect it. Stop waiting to be surprised further. The fact is the virus itself will not likely do much harm when it arrives. But our own behaviors and "fight for yourself above all else" attitude could prove disastrous.

I implore you all. Temper fear with reason, panic with patience and uncertainty with education. We have an opportunity to learn a great deal about health hygiene and limiting the spread of innumerable transmissible diseases in our society. Let's meet this challenge together in the best spirit of compassion for others, patience, and above all, an unfailing effort to seek truth, facts and knowledge as opposed to conjecture, speculation and catastrophizing.

Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open hearts.
Our children will thank us for it.

#washurhands #geturflushot #respect #patiencenotpanic

-Abdu Sharkawy
Infectious disease specialist
University Health Network, Toronto Canada.

 

[CJ]

Mayor of Boston was hinting around that the marathon might be cancelled.

Dammit, this was the year thst I was going to run that 26.2!!! :32 (17):

 

[Jin]

Italian head of Coronavirus ICU network interviewed on British television.

No US politics and no hidden agenda.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9mrPHO-nkVE

 

[Jin]

Joe Rogen interviews Head of U of Minnesota infectious disease. Clip.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFhjMQrVts

 

[CJ]

People are taking this to a weird level.

At Target yesterday, to buy a few things for school for my daughter. Lots of bare shelves, some were puzzling. Apparently there was a run on deodorant?!? :32 (18):

Also, I was there to get her a new lunch bag for school, as she spilled yogurt in her old one and it kind of smells now. THERE WAS A RUN ON KID'S LUNCH BOXES!!!! :32 (18): There were only two in the store, both Minecraft themed.

 

[DF]

My wife went to Costco yesterday to get “supplies “. She asked about hand sanitizer. She was told because she was an elite member she could get some when it came in. They are limiting how much you can get and they will be handing it out at thier pharmacy. It will not be stocked on shelves. More importantly she got me 3 bottles of vodka.

 

[Gadawg]

Joe Rogen interviews Head of U of Minnesota infectious disease. Clip.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFhjMQrVts

This was a very good listen all around. Learn how much your govt has lied to you about this virus

 

[Jin]

WHO finally declares a pandemic.

THIS CHANGES NOTHING.

Why?

Because its been a pandemic for weeks.

 

[Boytoy]

This was a very good listen all around. Learn how much your govt has lied to you about this virus

9/11. . . . . . . .

 

[DevilDoc87]

Here’s my thoughts ... posted to fb rhenother day..

source: Johns Hopkins



in conclusion, it seems there would be more economical issues arising from the fear mongering of news outlets to get more viewers and ratings.
marshal law could be out in effect, stock markets crash, economy collapse .. hell all possibilities.

Just be diligent and also don’t bathe in sanitizer, your body still needs germs to keep your immune system going strong.

 

[DevilDoc87]

Royal Caribbean cruise line uses vodka water to sanitize linens and shit if I’m not mistaken .. a friend of line is like a cruise director or some shit

My wife went to Costco yesterday to get “supplies “. She asked about hand sanitizer. She was told because she was an elite member she could get some when it came in. They are limiting how much you can get and they will be handing it out at thier pharmacy. It will not be stocked on shelves. More importantly she got me 3 bottles of vodka.

 

[Yaya]

Nobody to US from Europe ...only UK

 

[Jin]

Nobody to US from Europe ...only UK

Way. Too. Late.

Totally ineffective. It’s in the US. Focus should
be on slowing the spread within the US.

Case
case
case

cluster
cluster

BOOM.

 

[transcend2007]

The guy Joe Rogan was interviewing talked about how people dont understand that coronavirus is expanding exponentially ... he even used China as the example ... I did not hear his explanation or reasoning for why China's daily new cases have dropped from over 2,000 per day to now less than 200 per day ... it just does not appear to be exponential ...

 

[Viduus]

Way. Too. Late.

Totally ineffective. It’s in the US. Focus should
be on slowing the spread within the US.

Case
case
case

cluster
cluster

BOOM.

I have a new plan... buy fish tank oxygen pumps and the air stones. That and some duct tape will make a great personal oxygen supply.

 

[Boytoy]

The guy Joe Rogan was interviewing talked about how people dont understand that coronavirus is expanding exponentially ... he even used China as the example ... I did not hear his explanation or reasoning for why China's daily new cases have dropped from over 2,000 per day to now less than 200 per day ... it just does not appear to be exponential ...

Quarantine

 

[Bobbyloads]

Damn..... shit got real super fast.


fyi who ever has corporations make sure you take advantage of the low interest SBA loans trump just founded take the loan and once shit goes bust start investing it I was not a believer until tonight nba season suspended travel ban wow I wonder what’s going to happen at work tomorrow I work in transportation shits gonna get wild

 

[transcend2007]

Quarantine

That's my point ... many things could retard or even stop the coronavirus progression ... the first wave of medications will be out within 30 to 60 days ... spring and summer always have an impact on slowing pandemic growth ... not to mention the practices of countries like South Korea who are implementing to reduce fatality rates to .07% and will like be reduced much further ... and that does not count the vaccines China will be initiating trials in as soon as April ...

I'd not recommend buying your barrial plot quite yet ... if dooms day dipshlts profits were ever correct we'd already be extinct ... the human race is not nearly as fragile as some would think ...

 

[Bro Bundy]

Nba season has been cancelled ..