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Know a few people in the healthcare sector. One flat out said it is going to fail.
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You have at ask yourself why you would go to hospital during this…. if not sick before sure as hell after. Our doc already has quarentine drilled us all again and has helper training on how to remove gear and dispose of it.
Basically make sure you have a spray bottle of 90 percent alcohol to spray gear on top of this and know which layers come off in which order.
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Hypochondria
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Our elderlies are in their 90’s…….if this hits them, likely only intensive care in hospital would help. Then again, they might chose to not go to hospital cuz…hey, it’s been a long life. [shrug]
For DH and I……we both have age and other comorbidity factors. Don’t plan to use hospital when the smarter option is Self-Isolation….BEFORE you’re exposed. We have the luxury of that choice…tho with some penalties for us. We are getting very close to that choice now – due to the rotten long asymptomatic period. So we might be a loooong time with just the two of us but, 😉 I bought some new puzzles. LOL
Will be so glad to have Internet [for news and email ] and of course, electricity…..IF they can keep those going. Even ground-line telephone way out here can get iffy and they won’t be fixing our remote phone lines. Have shortwave radio…receiver only for news.
OTOH…if someone has a serious medical problem crop up during this mess that isn’t COVID-19 ….it won’t bode well. Our tiny hospital….I can envision 1918 type wards in the school gymnasium. Hopefully they have a lot of ventilators…and keep the electricity running.
OldMtWoman ….pandemics always carry a lot of bad news. 🙁
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It seems to me the coronovirus “hysteria” is being pushed by a breathless, oh my goodness news media cycle! Makes me just want to shout at the TV!
My opinion for what it’s worth: Okay, people. Just calm down. It’s a new flu strain. No one yet has shown me where it is all that much more dangerous than any other flu that has hit us regularly over the past number of years. We didn’t get this crazy over the E-bola virus which was demonstrably fatal to most everyone who contacted it.
Something just doesn’t smell quite right with this whole story. We are talking a minuscule number of people out of billions of people on this planet being affected, for crying out loud. It’s a global, geopolitical complex matter with lots of players behind the scenes in my opinion. But a good rule of thumb is, follow the money/power. Who stands to gain the most if hysteria on the street can completely disrupt our entire global economic picture? The big pharmaceuticals who are currently under pressure to reduce drug prices, the medical supply folks, the public hospitals, state governments etc. all of whom now have access to something over 8 billion additional Federal dollars. Or perhaps some players such as China under significant economic pressure to drop unfair trading pressures. And isn’t it interesting that our arch enemy Iran seems to be one of nation states hardest hit? An oversimplification of a complex matter, but just some things to think about.
Whatever, I for one refuse to jump on the panic bandwagon. Be an example to everyone else. Take the common sense measures you always do doing any winter cold/flu season…stay calm and carry on….this too shall pass!!! Says the 81 year old, if that helps anyone at all reading this post.
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I can see other going into a panic as they are not accustomed to something like this.
The average American only has a weeks worth of food in their homes. If that long. Many eat out, or order in dinner most of the week. Fewer and fewer can make a meal from scratch.
Many Americans cannot afford a $600 emergency.
To most, things like this only happens in far away, 3rd world countries. Not here.
So, yeah, I can see why they are in a panic. They are not used to having to think beyond next week, or having to be responsible for themselves.-
AnonymousYeah, Daisy called that “normalcy bias”. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
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