Coronavirus

I have a pretty bad cold right now *Cough*...

rainandsilence wrote: »

So we’re whistling in the dark and making jokes in this thread. But this week’s developments in Italy and the forecasts about this epidemic make me think things are getting a bit too real and I’m feeling spooked.

Buzzkill I know.

We're whistling in the dark like we do with any other virus or infection that's similar to influenza. The best the CDC can do is monitor it, track it, try to build up a profile and eventually (maybe) get a vaccine out and advise citizens of the best ways they can prevent the spread of communicable diseases (in general).

What the public does after that is out of their hands.

iMago wrote: »

i really need to get home and get me a sandwich board printed up with "bring out your dead" and a fancy bell to ring for when things kick off finally

What, you planning on making plague doctors en vogue again?

also INB4 the first person with coronavirus goes viral after licking ice cream in a grocery store

32/33 who got it will survive. That global crisis is artificial.

I have more fear of catching the herp at this time. 🙄

i actually been thinking about starting to do some proper prepping for end-of-the-world-SHTF type scenarios, regardless of whether or not the coronavirus plague is the one.

like i already have a ton of camping stuff cause i buy it on sale every year, whether i need it or not usually, when it goes on clearance. like freeze dried meals/oatmeal/protein powders and stuff like that. and i got i think two of the sawyer squeezes for filtered water and i think i even have a bladder bag or two that could be used for showers if i wanted one. i got some isobutane tanks floating around somewhere and different sized boilers for hot water. plus a veritable stockpile of medications and stuff.

but really i need to like sit down and start sorting things out better and getting emergency bags ready to go i suppose in case of the coronapocalypse and the next Negan who isn't me decides to start raiding the area and stealing from everyone else

1st depending upon what 1's preparing for, preparations might be nonsensical. For instance when Hawaii had that accidental nuclear warning, I remember 1 man was stuck upon a highway, his wife was at work & children at school. If the situation were real, none of them would've made home and/or saw each other again, prior to it being too late.

2nd unless you're specifically purchasing specialty emergency rations that keep for nearly a couple of decades, grocery store bought can goods must be rotated at least every 2 years. Which means you'll either be donating and/or've to consume them prior to ever needing them, just to prevent them via going to waste by expiring.