COVID-19 Virus

[bigfellasdad]

Further advise. Wear disposable gloves if you have to go out, and dispose of them when you get home and of course don't touch your face when wearing the gloves

 

[SailBoat]

Find a current National Map that displays the number of determined Viruses, the number hospitalized, the number recovered, and the number of deaths.

The first thing that jumps out is where the volume of cases are, and where they are not. In those low volume States, dive down and find a list of counties that locates the specific areas inside of a state where those with the Viruses are currently at.

Point being that this Virus like near all Virus locates where the greatest number of hosts live. And there are very larger areas that are very thin to none. Why would we have the same shutdown requirements for those areas as we do for NYC?

The biggest problem is the huge outflow of individuals from NYC, which will be heavily infecting areas along the lower East Coast all the way to Florida!

The same statices defining the expansion in South Korea, Italy, and Spain are being used to define the UK expansion. Which model to use is defined by what the number of tests, against populations, against expansion... In the USA, different parts of this Country are defined by different Models...

Hence, some parts of this Country will start-up before others. Remember, there are still school open in some section of this Country. So it's possible, but understand that each week we learn more, far more than we believed possible the week before.

FYI: If you look at that original national map again, you will note a direct correlation between International Airports, Large Cities, and Hot Spots!

 

[charmedbyekkie]

Before we start throwing derogatory terms, please consider the impact of that kind of rhetoric:

Coronavirus: Student from Singapore hurt in Oxford Street attack
Coronavirus: Teens arrested over 'racially aggravated' attack

A Singaporean (ethnically Chinese) student was assaulted.

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attacking a student who was told: "We don't want your coronavirus in our country."

Jonathan Mok, 23, was attacked as he walked down Oxford Street at about 21:15 GMT on 24 February when a group of four males began shouting.

Mind you, Singapore is its own country and has never in its history been part of China (no more than the US has).

 

[Snapdragon]

Before we start throwing derogatory terms, please consider the impact of that kind of rhetoric:

Coronavirus: Student from Singapore hurt in Oxford Street attack
Coronavirus: Teens arrested over 'racially aggravated' attack

A Singaporean (ethnically Chinese) student was assaulted.

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attacking a student who was told: "We don't want your coronavirus in our country."

Jonathan Mok, 23, was attacked as he walked down Oxford Street at about 21:15 GMT on 24 February when a group of four males began shouting.

Mind you, Singapore is its own country and has never in its history been part of China (no more than the US has).

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My thoughts exactly. Let's not add fuel to the fire, however inadvertently. :heart:

 

[Jen5200]

I’m curious how many of us are able to stay home from work, or if there are those among us who are essential services and having to go out to work. Personally I managed to work from home for 4 days before being assigned to an essential position that needs me to go to work onsite. I don’t go anywhere else - just to work and back. Just wondered how many others are still working outside their home?

 

[bug_n_flock]

My county has 2 confirmed cases, no airports, and less than 6500 residents. It is a large portion national forest land. This virus is everywhere and I think it is extremely reckless to act like it isn't and try to get people to lessen restrictions just because it doesn't seem to be as widespread there yet. Stocks are not more important than lives. Period.

 

[Snapdragon]

I’m curious how many of us are able to stay home from work, or if there are those among us who are essential services and having to go out to work. Personally I managed to work from home for 4 days before being assigned to an essential position that needs me to go to work onsite. I don’t go anywhere else - just to work and back. Just wondered how many others are still working outside their home?

Essential services here. Thankfully, we are classified as a grocery store for pets. However, I unfortunately have not yet found a way to feed birds and clean cages from home! Now, how many hours I'll get... I have no idea at this point. Depends on how steady business is both in person and online. If we don't continue to have a decent amount of foot traffic to keep the boss and the manager busy, my hours will be cut and they will take over my job until business improves. One week at a time, I guess. Deeeeep breaths.

Already warned my boss that if they crack down further and the police begin randomly pulling vehicles over to ask where people are going, I have our business card in my bag with his and the manager's cell phone numbers written on the back. He thought I was paranoid until I told him about the fines they're handing out in Edmonds.

Helpfully, our famous bean and grain mix is selling like crazy, and we somehow managed to stockpile enough beans and grain that we could probably make soup for the entire Washington National Guard. We wound up making two batches and selling out in four days! That's unheard of. Our recipe is so big that we have to mix it up in a huge plastic storage tub.

 

[Scott]

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[LaManuka]

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Too right Scott! The internet has plenty of other places you can go and join all the keyboard warriors and vent your spleen if you want to. The world is a crazy place right now, let's at least keep Parrot Forums a bastion of civilised and constructive conversation shall we?!

 

[bug_n_flock]

Ok, maybe we are being paranoid here guys, but there seems to be a LOT of road traffic in our corner of the state right now. Usually the roads at night are silent other than the occasional semi truck hitting the rumble strips. Tonight we have watched from the hill as car after car has gone by, in both directions, the paved road up the way. We cannot figure out why. All non essential business closed, non life supporting closes soon. Couldn't be early morning work traffic as it has been going for hours(plus as stated, everything is closed). Is every single county resident out for an early morning joy ride, or is it something else? Hubbs walking out the dirt road now to string a cable across it and put up a traffic cone so nobody accidentally drives into the cable and damages their vehicle.



It seems like most have been sedans, though it really isn't so easy to see from this far away. A few small pickups, and the typical semi now and again.

 

[bigfellasdad]

Key worker here to, I am a specialist for the largest cable operator in the uk, we have a lot of govt services that must not fail. Im working from home as thankfully I can, been WFH for 3 weeks now.

 

[bigfellasdad]

Ok, maybe we are being paranoid here guys, but there seems to be a LOT of road traffic in our corner of the state right now.

Wow, really, I have my windows and doors wide open most of the time, all I can here is the radio and the birds outside....and of course Enzo

Road traffic has pretty disappeared.

Last weekend a lot of people where leaving the towns/cities and heading out to the countryside, there was a lot of uproar about this. Maybe you are seeing the same?

 

[Inger]

I’m curious how many of us are able to stay home from work, or if there are those among us who are essential services and having to go out to work. Personally I managed to work from home for 4 days before being assigned to an essential position that needs me to go to work onsite. I don’t go anywhere else - just to work and back. Just wondered how many others are still working outside their home?

Essential services. I go from home to work with the occasional stop for gas and groceries.


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[texsize]

I am considered an essential worker and have been going in to work every day.
Traffic has remained light.

If my company told the workers to go home and then not get paid the people would be up in arms.
When the company tells them they need to report to work the workers get upset cuz the company doesn't care about there health.

No win situation.

 

[SailBoat]

Retired! But still busy Consulting (by phone and Skype)

We live in a development that is 98 percent retired folks. My home office over sees the access into the development and a major city road. The traffic load is very light, except for delivery trucks!

That said, the snowbirds are returning from the South, which has interstate 75 and 65 reported as semi-busy. Far away from me is 95 and the reports are that it is busy with New York City elderly and others, fleeing South!

As stated earlier, our Governor shut-down the State (Michigan) for the second time, with even greater numbers of closings. The State Capital is busy with Attorneys laying suit on the State over the classifications of just what is closed and what is not. Words Have Meaning, especially in State Mandates.

 

[Laurasea]

Ok, maybe we are being paranoid here guys, but there seems to be a LOT of road traffic in our corner of the state right now. Usually the roads at night are silent other than the occasional semi truck hitting the rumble strips. Tonight we have watched from the hill as car after car has gone by, in both directions, the paved road up the way. We cannot figure out why. All non essential business closed, non life supporting closes soon. Couldn't be early morning work traffic as it has been going for hours(plus as stated, everything is closed). Is every single county resident out for an early morning joy ride, or is it something else? Hubbs walking out the dirt road now to string a cable across it and put up a traffic cone so nobody accidentally drives into the cable and damages their vehicle.



It seems like most have been sedans, though it really isn't so easy to see from this far away. A few small pickups, and the typical semi now and again.

That is weird!
My roads a d A1A are empty now that they closed the beach. I slept in cuz there was no rush hour!! Yippie! I live in a bedroom town but right off the only main road..

Every state I see is going up in cases, and it it isn't numbers, that can be low, it's the fact that they are doubling...
Also you are seeing deaths from a lot of states, deaths take a while to happen for most, as they fight for weeks in the hospital before succumbing....as the case numbers go up, it can take weeks for the true death toll to catch up.... it's hard for me, I have empathy because I have spent weeks in the hospital multiple times, I know how rough that is.
There are lots of great helper stories, but there are also so many sufferings..

 

[bug_n_flock]

I fear with all the health issues and grandparents raising grandchildren in my state(highest per capita in the union) that the deaths here may climb more swiftly. COPD, Black Lung, Diabetes, etc are all comparatively very common in Appalachia. Plus as I have already commented on, they seem just kinda used to disease being rampant. Schools were closed due to seasonal flu long before Coronavirus came to town.



Traffic still seems heavier than usual, but last night at like 3AM was the peak traffic. Very odd. The traffic now seems to be more big trucks, but that is by sound only. I am not where I can see the road just now.

 

[Laurasea]

Could be trucks taking stock to grocery stores and stuff, they are doing a lot of restocking at night....just a thought

 

[bug_n_flock]

It wasn't trucks overnight. It was mostly sedans... which typically, there are not a whole lot of. At night the roads are usually silent other than the occasional big truck, but last night it absolutely was not like that.

 

[Laurasea]

This is terrible! I've been reading more stories like this, one was a woman in her 30s found passed by her boyfriend. This is starting to match the horror stories we heard from China...

" A 42-year-old hospital worker in Georgia who had coronavirus was found dead in her home with her 4-year-old child by her body."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/nc...errer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s