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  • DecadeDuchess
    DecadeDuchess Posts: 315 Member
    I am uncertain if I believe 1 way or another if naturally increasing outdoor temperature's an indication of cessation, due to air conditioning indoors. Unless the theory's that it's all encompassing seasonal change beyond just the temperature, of which only the Biosphere 2 otherwise'd closely mimic.
  • bearly63
    bearly63 Posts: 734 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    bearly63 wrote: »
    I forgot to mention a stat from my Netflix doc last night that I was unaware of.

    More people died from the Spanish Flu in 1918 than died in both WWI and WWII. And during a much less "global" time. If you don't like the stat take it up with the producers....just the messenger. Off to wash my hands.....with my ivory soap.🧼

    I've seen that stat on multiple historical info sites, and before this new virus became a thing. Wow.

    And my understanding is that while it was bad in the beginning of 1918, when it re-emerged in the fall it was worse. Obviously it had it's own specific traits and was a different virus than the current one so I'm not drawing any parallels. Supposedly it was unexpectedly deadly among young healthy adults, which the current coronavirus doesn't seem to be. And I'd like to think the lack of sanitary conditions and difficulty in getting information to the masses played a role in that pandemic that is a bit alleviated now, at least in many places. But it's a reminder that "it's just a flu" and "it's just 2%" are disrespectful of what that means in number of lives taken and number of people affected. There's no harm in being vigilant just in case, as long as it's not taken to an extreme :wink:

    ETA: Perhaps after watching a few dystopian apocalypse movies, I should get a book on the 1918 spanish flu. :blush:

    @kimny72
    Funny you mention a book on the flu. I’m listening to the Murmur of Bees By Sofia Segovia. And the Spanish flu is just taking hold in Mexico. No pun intended but people are dropping like flies.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    ekim2016 wrote: »
    yes, expert on TV said you can catch it over and over again. But each time should be a lighter reaction due to immunities building up.

    So maybe I should hug more strangers and not less.

    Problem is that first encounter with it can kill you, so... ;)

    Then you won't get it again, guaranteed, eh? ;)

    Recently semi-diagnosed with maybe-COPD. Loving the timing wrt possible pneumonia-causing virus. Thanks, ironic universe! 🙄

    Not that worried, really: Just the 🙄 .

    You're welcome to come and join me in my little bubble at the bottom of the world, Ann. If the Ministry of Health is to be believed, all is still pretty good here. Five cases, no new ones in the past three days. Containment phase going well. And I have a good supply of toilet paper.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 33,783 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    ekim2016 wrote: »
    yes, expert on TV said you can catch it over and over again. But each time should be a lighter reaction due to immunities building up.

    So maybe I should hug more strangers and not less.

    Problem is that first encounter with it can kill you, so... ;)

    Then you won't get it again, guaranteed, eh? ;)

    Recently semi-diagnosed with maybe-COPD. Loving the timing wrt possible pneumonia-causing virus. Thanks, ironic universe! 🙄

    Not that worried, really: Just the 🙄 .

    You're welcome to come and join me in my little bubble at the bottom of the world, Ann. If the Ministry of Health is to be believed, all is still pretty good here. Five cases, no new ones in the past three days. Containment phase going well. And I have a good supply of toilet paper.

    I appreciate the kind invitation, and it would be lovely to meet you in person. But planes or boats? Hmmm. ;)

    We still have zero confirmed cases in my US state, and I'm all stocked up (just my normal practice, as a lazy/infrequent shopper in snow, tornado and storm-related power outage country who lives alone and hibernates when ill).

    Truly, I'm at zero personal stress over this, so far.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    ekim2016 wrote: »
    yes, expert on TV said you can catch it over and over again. But each time should be a lighter reaction due to immunities building up.

    So maybe I should hug more strangers and not less.

    Problem is that first encounter with it can kill you, so... ;)

    Then you won't get it again, guaranteed, eh? ;)

    Recently semi-diagnosed with maybe-COPD. Loving the timing wrt possible pneumonia-causing virus. Thanks, ironic universe! 🙄

    Not that worried, really: Just the 🙄 .

    You're welcome to come and join me in my little bubble at the bottom of the world, Ann. If the Ministry of Health is to be believed, all is still pretty good here. Five cases, no new ones in the past three days. Containment phase going well. And I have a good supply of toilet paper.

    Be there tomorrow. You like dogs and cats, right?

    I'm not sure how my cats would feel about a drooler in the house, but you're all welcome!
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    ekim2016 wrote: »
    yes, expert on TV said you can catch it over and over again. But each time should be a lighter reaction due to immunities building up.

    So maybe I should hug more strangers and not less.

    Problem is that first encounter with it can kill you, so... ;)

    Then you won't get it again, guaranteed, eh? ;)

    Recently semi-diagnosed with maybe-COPD. Loving the timing wrt possible pneumonia-causing virus. Thanks, ironic universe! 🙄

    Not that worried, really: Just the 🙄 .

    You're welcome to come and join me in my little bubble at the bottom of the world, Ann. If the Ministry of Health is to be believed, all is still pretty good here. Five cases, no new ones in the past three days. Containment phase going well. And I have a good supply of toilet paper.

    I appreciate the kind invitation, and it would be lovely to meet you in person. But planes or boats? Hmmm. ;)

    We still have zero confirmed cases in my US state, and I'm all stocked up (just my normal practice, as a lazy/infrequent shopper in snow, tornado and storm-related power outage country who lives alone and hibernates when ill).

    Truly, I'm at zero personal stress over this, so far.

    Yes, good point on the flying and floating petri dishes. You could row over?

    I could borrow my brother's two kayaks and we could both paddle over.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    earlnabby wrote: »
    I could borrow my brother's two kayaks and we could both paddle over.

    What happens if someone on your floating pacific island starts coughing? Will they be voted off the island?

    They get stuffed in a spare hobbit hole.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    More on the St. Louis student (from the Chi Trib):

    "Health officials in Illinois and Missouri are trying to track down who came into close contact with a St. Louis woman who tested positive for the coronavirus after flying into O’Hare International Airport, staying with a friend here, then taking an Amtrak train to her home last week.

    The woman, in her 20s, flew into O’Hare on Monday and took an Amtrak train to St. Louis on Wednesday, according to Missouri and St. Louis County officials. Officials did not know where she stayed in the Chicago area, or how she got to Union Station to board the Amtrak 303 train....

    Meanwhile, Amtrak issued a statement saying the rail service is “working in close contact with public health and emergency management teams to have the best available information to be able to share with our customers and employees who might be affected.”

    Amtrak said it was notifying passengers and employees who may have been on the same train. “As a precaution, we have taken the train out of service for comprehensive cleaning and disinfection, and are also working to do a thorough disinfection of the Chicago and St. Louis stations,” the statement said."

    Given the number of people who were brought home from programs in Italy, it seems like it would make sense to test them immediately (but we seem to not have enough tests for that). Locally, I know Loyola U brought home students who were studying in Rome, and so did various other local schools and U of I. And as mentioned earlier, one of the known cases in Chicago is a student who was brought home from a Vanderbilt (in Nashville) study abroad program in Italy.

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-coronavirus-illinois-universities-20200301-qjd35y5e7zconarnyqrwuw6njq-story.html

    AmTrak has a station a block away from where I live and that train goes through here (the train goes North-South from Chicago to New Orleans). Should I panic yet?!

    If your daily routine includes hanging around the station and hugging randos getting off of the City of New Orleans then it might be OK to panic, otherwise you're probably still OK.

    "Hugging on the City of New Orleans
    Illinois Central, Monday morning rail..."

    (I've always liked that the song mentions Kankakee.)

    Since you're in Chi, I assume you know it was Steve Goodman, not Arlo Guthrie, and a real trip report. :)

    Huge fan of Steve Goodman, but the sung version I think of is Willie Nelson, not Arlo.
  • DecadeDuchess
    DecadeDuchess Posts: 315 Member
    edited March 2020
    If anyone has trouble locating toilet paper, how about cleaning your closets of clothes that you don't intend to wear again & cut them into pieces, as a temporary replacement but be mindful, not to drop them into the toilet but the trash instead?

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