SwimOdin Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I’m a bit freaked out by it. My Mom may have been exposed to it (privacy laws don’t allow her to know whom at her work place has it). Fuck. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I'd say it's pretty safe to say that everyone knows at least one person who will die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 holyshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) If it makes you feel any better most of the dead will not be able to be tested so they won't technically add to the numbers. Edited March 11, 2020 by SwimModSponges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Honestly I'm somewhere between scared and "FUCKING FINALLY! I KNEW ONE OF THESE YEARS WAS GOING TO KILL US ALL!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 minute ago, SwimModSponges said: If it makes you feel any better most of the dead will not be able to be tested so they won't technically add to the numbers. i at my work we wiped down stuff ever 2hrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That_One_Guy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Very good chance she could survive. The mortality rate is only slightly higher than the flu. Plenty of people have survived it. I'd start preparing now tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Decades ago, I think James Burke had a segment in one of his shows ("After the Warming", I think) where they interviewed some scientist on a certain plant pollen that was found when digging in the Arctic. The plant had long since gone extinct, but the question was - could there be any malevolent bacteria that was trapped in the Arctic that could wipe us off the face of the earth, should there be an Arctic meltdown? Maybe the answer was yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Pretty sure I had this shit months ago, anybody that gets it need only prepare for coughing up huge chunks of mucus when you start feeling better. I forgot about that part until recently, it was like coughing up whole cherries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 They found one a few years back if I recall. A biggin' https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/3/140303-giant-virus-permafrost-siberia-pithovirus-pandoravirus-science/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: Pretty sure I had this shit months ago, anybody that gets it need only prepare for coughing up huge chunks of mucus when you start feeling better. I forgot about that part until recently, it was like coughing up whole cherries. Steve Wozniak apparently had it back in 2019 but the government has forbidden him from getting tested to confirm that that's what he and his wife had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 It is getting real I'm getting scared I don't think this is going to end well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I wonder, if a vaccine is developed, will the anti-vaxxers still avoid it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, ghostrek said: It is getting real I'm getting scared I don't think this is going to end well it's not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Just now, tsar4 said: I wonder, if a vaccine is developed, will the anti-vaxxers still avoid it? well duh also a vaccine won't be developed it's apparetly impossible to create vaccines for coronaviruses if it were they'd have cured AIDS by now Edited March 12, 2020 by mochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, mochi said: it's not thanks for for cheering me up wait you dint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, ghostrek said: thanks for for cheering me up wait you dint if I tried to cheer you up I'd be lying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, mochi said: if I tried to cheer you up I'd be lying ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LytKing Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, ghostrek said: ok? if you want some less bleak info watch this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, mochi said: Steve Wozniak apparently had it back in 2019 but the government has forbidden him from getting tested to confirm that that's what he and his wife had Yeah that's back when I had it. A few other people think the tracking of it is kinda bs now because they're pretty sure it's been going around before the China outbreak. One person I work with went to the doctor for it back then and got the unidentified virus diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LytKing Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 41 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Decades ago, I think James Burke had a segment in one of his shows ("After the Warming", I think) where they interviewed some scientist on a certain plant pollen that was found when digging in the Arctic. The plant had long since gone extinct, but the question was - could there be any malevolent bacteria that was trapped in the Arctic that could wipe us off the face of the earth, should there be an Arctic meltdown? Maybe the answer was yes. And it got blown into the jet stream and just happened to flutter down onto a soup w/ a dead bat in it, in the food market suspiciously close to one of the largest bioweapon labs in China. Checks out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, ghostrek said: It is getting real I'm getting scared I don't think this is going to end well The only thing to be scared of is other people being idiots or having asthma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 57 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said: I'd say it's pretty safe to say that everyone knows at least one person who will die. you're not the first person i've seen make this statement today. maybe we should make a contest out of it. i'll toss a coin at whoever wins the "most acquaintances killed" contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: Yeah that's back when I had it. A few other people think the tracking of it is kinda bs now because they're pretty sure it's been going around before the China outbreak. One person I work with went to the doctor for it back then and got the unidentified virus diagnosis. considering China was saying the virus didn't exist since at least november we can assume it's already been here for a while, we only know it's here now because china finally admitted it existed and we can now test for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: The only thing to be scared of is other people being idiots or having asthma. I have asthma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, LytKing said: And it got blown into the jet stream and just happened to flutter down onto a soup w/ a dead bat in it, in the food market suspiciously close to one of the largest bioweapon labs in China. Checks out. 'bout as much as China releasing it within their own country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, mochi said: I have asthma Well you better buy all the toilet paper and water you can, because that is definitely going to annoy people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satou Kazuma Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 stop spreading false information that Steve Wozniak and his wife had it and the government suppressed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrek Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 what you guys think of trump's speech ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Our lactation station area in the store is now also the Quarantine Zone. I would just rather put a big sign on the doors announcing 'If you are sick, GO HOME. You don't need glitter glue and we don't sell toilet paper' . Also...people are stealing the stupid tissue-paper seat liners for the toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) NBA just suspended their season. EDIT - apparently a player has tested positive. Edited March 12, 2020 by tsar4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-australia-reports-2020-03-11?mod=home-page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I'm sorry your mom may have it. Hopefully, she has a decent immune system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehotik Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I'm in an area where if you're sick, you're to assume you have it and lock yourself in quarantine for 2 weeks. I just got back from the hospital for my crohns and I'm super careful but paranoid too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Kehotik said: I'm in an area where if you're sick, you're to assume you have it and lock yourself in quarantine for 2 weeks. I just got back from the hospital for my crohns and I'm super careful but paranoid too. I feel your pain, as far as I know Baltimore's not at that point yet but I'm still paranoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehotik Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, mochi said: I feel your pain, as far as I know Baltimore's not at that point yet but I'm still paranoid My immune system is supposed to be bad because of my disease and it's meds. I know Odin has crohns too. So I worry for him and his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyaos Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 West Virginia still doesn't have a confirmed case...yet. All of the surrounding states do, though, so it's only a matter of time. It helps that this place isn't densely populated. That's the only bone I'm going to throw at this area, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, ghostrek said: what you guys think of trump's speech As ignorant and distraction-laden as I expected. The only weapon in the Republican arsenal is tax cuts and border closings. That's it. That's their response to any and all problems. Covid19 is here. Closing the borders to Europe (except the UK! becuz BoJo loves Trump!) won't stop it now. Refusing to accept kits from the WHO until we can manufacture enough here won't stop it. Holding classified meetings about what to do won't stop it. Ordering hospitals to stop testing for it won't stop it. Ignorance won't stop it, and ignorance is all that's coming out of the White House. Any hints of intelligence from the CDC gets immediately quashed by the White House. But hey, keep holding your Trumpista rallys and acting like hygiene is gey. The more of your idiot voters you kill off before November, the better. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Tom Hanks tested positive Virus ain't got no shame no scruples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Did I mention I'm the goddamned Wolverine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seight Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 9 hours ago, ghostrek said: what you guys think of trump's speech ok Yes, the idea of closing off all of non-Anglo-Saxon Europe and making testing free (but maybe not treatment?) totally makes me sure that we're not going to end up dying horribly. Totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimOdin Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 9 hours ago, katt_goddess said: Our lactation station area in the store is now also the Quarantine Zone. I would just rather put a big sign on the doors announcing 'If you are sick, GO HOME. You don't need glitter glue and we don't sell toilet paper' . Also...people are stealing the stupid tissue-paper seat liners for the toilets. My DM called me on my cell phone asking if I had symptoms. That was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimOdin Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 8 hours ago, lupin_bebop said: I'm sorry your mom may have it. Hopefully, she has a decent immune system. She does, but my Dad doesn’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 hours ago, SwimOdin said: She does, but my Dad doesn’t. Well, hopefully, it'll pass quickly without incident. It usually does. Unless you're a dirty 55+ Boomer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I'm waiting for my work to tell us all to work from home. My boss even told us there's a good chance is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I have a face mask for my flight tomorrow My friend hasnt been able to find more masks anywhere tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Poof said: I have a face mask for my flight tomorrow My friend hasnt been able to find more masks anywhere tho + Ppl who actually need those masks for manual labor work working without them bc of shortages at the store, we really should nationalize everything to do with our threadbare raw skeletal for profit healthcare system so that it can withstand itself actually responding to people's needs when the light is on Edited March 12, 2020 by Nabibbles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Poof said: I have a face mask for my flight tomorrow My friend hasnt been able to find more masks anywhere tho Facemasks have been sold out across the region for at least two months now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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