Coronavirus prep

GaleHawkins · June 2020

Fuzzipeg wrote: »

Thank you Gale for the covid/microbiome link. Its long been known the state of one's microbiome is effected by the use of antibiotics and other medications. Mental health is another area which has seen benefits when the microbiome is repaired. It makes so much sense to me that stabilising ones digestive tract is key to achieving health benefits. My Hashimoto's has benefited from sorting my gut issues.

You are welcome. Why keto worked for me so well never made sense to me until I learned about the gut microbiome is a major source of health or the lack thereof in humans. That was when I realized my keto/low carb way of eating was not magic but that my new WOE (Oct 2014) was impacting my gut microbiome in a positive way that was reversing life long health issues. I was glad this happened before Coronavirus Prep became the rage it is today. Below are 19 disease states that can often be related directly to the balance of one's gut microbiome. You will notice some disease states that increase the risk of health complications from COVID-19 are in the list below.

19 Surprising Conditions That Begin in the Gut

1. Anxiety

2. Depression

3. Eczema

4. Rosacea

5. Psoriasis

6. Dermatitis herpetiformis

7. Heart disease

8. Dementia & Alzheimer's disease

9. Parkinson’s disease

10. Autoimmune diseases

11. Migraines

12. Allergies

13. Asthma

14. Cancer

15. Chronic fatigue syndrome

16. Obesity

17. Type 2 diabetes

18. Osteoarthritis

19. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Source:

https://viome.com/blog/suspicious-gut-microbiome-19-conditions-linked-dysbiosis

TonyB0588 · June 2020

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

TonyB0588 wrote: »

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

Our state has directed no reusable grocey bags and all the stores have large signs reflecting this guidance. Going through the store a couple had their entire cart filled with stuff in reusable bags..

Hopefully cashier tells them sorry can't check out.

Some of our stores are spraying the reusable bags on entry, just as they spray our hands as we enter the building.

Haven't heard of spraying hands when entering a store. I'd think that would be an issue should someone show up as allergic to something in the spray they use.

No choice. Temperature gun, face mask, sanitiser spray, or No Entry!!

lynn_glenmont · June 2020

moonangel12 wrote: »

We were out and about a little today for Father’s Day. Pulling into the mall parking lot for Bass Pro Shops and seeing all the cars was unnerving and I think hubby was hesitant, but we drove nearly and hour and a half to get there... thankfully BPS wasn’t as visibly busy as we feared once inside. So many empty shelves though! He didn’t get several things he went specifically for... the guy said they get around 200 rod/reel combos and sell nearly that many the same day! (Were looking for 20 for a donation for a children’s home). Only a couple tackle boxes on the shelves, life jackets in smaller sizes were sparse (our older two needed to size up), trying to remember some of the other areas we noticed.

Masks required, and most people were actually wearing them properly! I am finding that I truly am having trouble with them though. I started getting light headed and dizzy in the store, I walked around holding the bottom open a little and deep breathing through my mouth... almost had to step out for a little while. Not fun I might have to compromise and make myself one out of a more open weave fabric. Less protection, but today was not fun.

Left there to get some food and where we stopped was carry out only, no restrooms. Tried McD’s because one of the kids needed to go and we had over an hour to get home. Nope. Next was Dick’s Sporting Goods because the one in WV had restroom access (we were in MD today), but they closed as we pulled up. So frustrating! We want to go places, sometimes just to ride around or for outdoor activities, but without bathroom access it makes it hard. I know the boat ramp we frequent would usually have a portapotty or two during the warm months but since the camping area is “closed” there isn’t one, and no trash cans either. The place has been nasty lately because people just don’t care, and I know the woods have turned into restroom facilities for the bookoos of people congregating there (or the river now that the water is warmer). Ew. One park/nature preserve we went to had portapotties available but signs that you had to supply your own hand sanitizer due to thefts.

Yeah, I think for a while yet I'm not going to be comfortable getting more than a half hour or so from home because I'm not ready to use a public toilet, what with all the talk of coronavirus being present in human waste and then being spread into the air when the toilet is flushed. Most public toilets in the U.S. don't even have lids, and if they do, you wouldn't know until you opened the door whether the last person had put the lid down (apparently).

Diatonic12 · June 2020

If you're traveling and staying in hotels/motels....pillows, mattress covers. Yuck, I need a bucket.

https://www.newsweek.com/presymptomatic-patients-contaminate-covid-hotel-rooms-1505302

baconslave · June 2020

AnnPT77 wrote: »

baconslave wrote: »

Here's a link to what they played on NBC's Nightly News yesterday that some might find beneficial to introduce to those in your life you think might be receptive. It talks about recent studies on how masks protect others from us. https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/how-scientists-test-face-mask-effectiveness-against-coronavirus-85552709675
But it's preaching to the choir, b/c the ones who care are already trying. So it's reassurance for us. I guess. Some people want to NOT believe in masks so badly and will just laugh it off. There are so many out there. So many.

Of course this also doesn't help people who are convinced that even though they have never distanced or worn masks this whole time and are constantly out running around in busy stores and have been around their 20-something children who are completely irresponsible, that they never would and could never have the virus even though they conceded that experts say people can carry it even though they don't show symptoms. I. Can't. Even. Yes, I am talking about my inlaws. Apparently there are a lot of asymptomatic people, but the laws of science don't apply to them personally so they can't possibly have it. My experience with trying to distance while letting them see the kids for the first time since lockdown yesterday was frustrating in the extreme. They knew what I wanted to do to protect my Dad and know what is supposed to be done, they just smirked at us and kept trying sly BS to encroach on our personal space. Hubby and I are both livid. They are smug and unrepentant.

I've never understood this sort of behavior, where people with certain beliefs deliberately try to sabotage others who believe differently.

An example I've met in real life is people who intentionally include animal products in a dish to tweak their vegan/vegetarian friends, lie about it to them, but laugh about it with others. The "cough on or bump into people who wear masks" kind of thing is similar.

Even though I may not like it, I can see why people may be oblivious or disbelieving and do certain things in line with their beliefs (like pass close to people rather than stepping to 6 foot distance), but I don't get the side of this where people are deliberately aggressive. It's rude.

I don't understand either.
I strongly disagree with those who won't follow guidelines b/c their decision not only encroaches upon the freedom of my entire family and my father to enjoy our "open" state (properly social distanced and masked of course), but it also encroaches upon everyone's health. If we all followed them, most of us could reclaim more freedom instead of a large group taking it all and leaving many with none at all. Then we can all stay more open and not have to shut down as tightly again. But that is delayed gratification which a lot of folk just don't understand apparently.

Despite the strength of my convictions, I don't glare at people who aren't wearing masks or hate on them on social media or "Karen" my friends who don't agree with me. I just sigh and go about my business and adapt to the reality that my teens can't do anything b/c of decisions other people have made for us. And neither can anyone else in my house. Dad lives in our other house on the property so we can quarantine from him when we get exposed. But it is NOT good for him to be by himself too much. Not that we'd do things that we know would expose us, because we don't want to be around spreading the virus asymptomatically. That's being part of the problem.

And I didn't chew out my inlaws even though they really deserve it. Though my husband did order my father-in-law masks with brands he likes on them as one of his Father's Day gifts. Not the only gift but one of several. He didn't chew them out either, even though he REALLY wanted to because they were jerks. Partially because he knows it would be like talking to a rock. Nothing will change.

All I can figure is that a great section of humanity never matures beyond junior high or high school. Or they regress back to these attitudes over time.

We literally have an entire contingent of Biff Tannens (Back to the Future films) who are reinforced by positive responses online and in the media and so it spreads, a lot like a virus.

T1DCarnivoreRunner · June 2020

Interestingly enough, my county health dept. is now offering testing for all who want it. Just a couple weeks ago, they were telling everyone that we should only be tested if we have "severe symptoms" and that we should see our own dr. before going to the health dept. Like they were rationing teats... Things are changing fast and this time, it is in a good way.

SuzySunshine99 · June 2020

It's interesting, we're seeing a lot of the same arguments that came up when public places and private businesses all started to ban smoking. People lamented about their personal freedoms and said "If I want to take the risk, then that's my business and my right."

But, both with mask wearing and smoking, it does NOT just affect you. You put everyone around you at risk, including people who are working and not able to choose whether or not to be around you.

Eventually, as no-smoking regulations became more common, a lot of these arguments died down, and people accepted it. Maybe we'll get there with the masks if more municipalities mandate it.

Diatonic12 · June 2020

The mask thing. I knew that road ran both directions at hello.

T1DCarnivoreRunner · June 2020

Diatonic12 wrote: »

The mask thing. I knew that road ran both directions at hello.

Doesn't make sense... not sure where this is located, but not in the U.S. Our standards for roads here is that dividing lines between lanes of traffic traveling in opposite directions are yellow. For dividing lanes of traffic going the same direction, the lines are white.

busyPK · June 2020

I've been lurking on here and found it fascinating to read how other states or countries are handling the pandemic. I know a lot of individuals who have tested positive are 65+ or with underlying conditions, but I just found our my kid's summer nanny (21 year old healthy college student) tested positive. Thank goodness my kids were gone visiting my parents during the time frame she was around 1 friend who tested positive which prompted her to get tested. Seriously it was a one day difference when she was with my kids then saw her friend (who she hasn't seen in a month). I'm praying she doesn't suffer too much from it (so far she hasn't) and hopefully in 2-weeks she'll be symptom free and her doctor says she can return to society and my kids lives.

Theoldguy1 · June 2020

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

MikePfirrman · June 2020

We talked a while ago about Mom & Pop restaurants and bars. Just on an update to that from Tucson, one Greek restaurant that had been in business for 30 years and was picked as the best Greek restaurant in Tucson last year just went under. And the Chicago Bar that celebrated everything Chicago also went under after 20 years or so. Very sad.

On the flip side, the music hall near us (where all us older folks dance) has gotten creative and they either bought or rented a stage and have moved all of their concerts this year to the parking lot, kind of drive in style with car hops coming to your car for drinks. We are going Wednesday of this week and next week as well. Not sure we'll dance at 106 degrees, but we might. You never know when my wife has had a couple drinks. I'm just along for the ride. I do as I'm told. She's a great dancer and needs to get her groove on. I've been told I'm not bad for an old white dude

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snowflake954 · June 2020

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

Oh yeh? Don't hang around young folks much, do you?

AnnPT77 · June 2020

Had to go to the doctor's actual office today (worried there may be a real health problem, not Covid, but needed in-person exam). Got sent to the lab (same building) for immediate blood draws.

Oh, yuck. Some things were OK (symptom checker at door, hand sanitizer everywhere, one station had "clean pens" and "dirty pens" jars, etc.). Everyone had a mask, but lots (including some staff) not wearing them properly. The seats in the lab waiting room were marked with a square on the floor where people were supposed to sit, but people seemed to be totally ignoring that. The facility asked people to come solo unless needing assistance, but there were adults there with adult companions (whom they didn't seem to need for mobility or intellectual/interpreter kind of reasons). The number of people who were fiddling with the business part of their face mask constantly, or their glasses, or whatever . . . yikes. I really, really didn't want to be there, but thought I needed to be. SIgh.

In both waiting rooms, I stood rather than sat . . . and yes, people looked at me like something was wrong with me, just as they do if I stand in waiting rooms during non-Covid times (which I sometimes do, because I can, plus NEAT.

).

Ugh.

cwolfman13 · June 2020

snowflake954 wrote: »

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

Oh yeh? Don't hang around young folks much, do you?

It's not really the young people here not complying...it's mostly middle age, "you can't take my freedoms" people. It has also stupidly become a big partisan politics thing.

AnnPT77 · June 2020

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

I think you underestimate the power of pop culture to affect the behavior of some percentage of not-very-rational people. Every mask rebel? No, not every one. Not even a majority. But some. Just my opinion, obviously.

I doubt we'll get a chance to test the proposition, though.

T1DCarnivoreRunner · June 2020

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Had to go to the doctor's actual office today (worried there may be a real health problem, not Covid, but needed in-person exam). Got sent to the lab (same building) for immediate blood draws.

Oh, yuck. Some things were OK (symptom checker at door, hand sanitizer everywhere, one station had "clean pens" and "dirty pens" jars, etc.). Everyone had a mask, but lots (including some staff) not wearing them properly. The seats in the lab waiting room were marked with a square on the floor where people were supposed to sit, but people seemed to be totally ignoring that. The facility asked people to come solo unless needing assistance, but there were adults there with adult companions (whom they didn't seem to need for mobility or intellectual/interpreter kind of reasons). The number of people who were fiddling with the business part of their face mask constantly, or their glasses, or whatever . . . yikes. I really, really didn't want to be there, but thought I needed to be. SIgh.

In both waiting rooms, I stood rather than sat . . . and yes, people looked at me like something was wrong with me, just as they do if I stand in waiting rooms during non-Covid times (which I sometimes do, because I can, plus NEAT. ).

Ugh.

Wow. I have a whole different story about visiting the dr. this morning for an existing issue... not sure I am willing to share details right now, but short story is that the effect of their policy encourages people to avoid getting tested. I am trying to figure out if that was the intent or not. Now I am pondering if I ever visit that dr. again.

snowflake954 · June 2020

cwolfman13 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

Oh yeh? Don't hang around young folks much, do you?

It's not really the young people here not complying...it's mostly middle age, "you can't take my freedoms" people. It has also stupidly become a big partisan politics thing.

Our compliance is fairly high on all fronts, and numbers keep going down. But, in the beginning, when we started Lockdown, a goodly number of famous people--singers, actors, etc, did zooms, and other clips, explaining why it was necessary. This went on for several weeks. I think it set the tone for everyone. I don't like a lot of these people, and don't follow their lead, but it was helpful for a wide swath of the public. Does everyone here wear a mask--no. Does everyone wear it properly--no. But the majority (including myself) do. I'm noticing some fun masks as I go about Rome, and I think that helps.
We will be wearing them when we go to the beach next week. There's a complicated procedure for access. Wear masks, temps taken, bracelet to be worn to register comings and goings, turnstile, no beach bar just vending machines, and umbrellas further apart. Masks are to be worn until you reach your umbrella and chairs. Only 4 adults under every umbrella. Either you do it, or no access. Same with stores. It's sort of like "no shirt, no shoes, no service".

AnnPT77 · June 2020

snowflake954 wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

Oh yeh? Don't hang around young folks much, do you?

It's not really the young people here not complying...it's mostly middle age, "you can't take my freedoms" people. It has also stupidly become a big partisan politics thing.

Our compliance is fairly high on all fronts, and numbers keep going down. But, in the beginning, when we started Lockdown, a goodly number of famous people--singers, actors, etc, did zooms, and other clips, explaining why it was necessary. This went on for several weeks. I think it set the tone for everyone. I don't like a lot of these people, and don't follow their lead, but it was helpful for a wide swath of the public. Does everyone here wear a mask--no. Does everyone wear it properly--no. But the majority (including myself) do. I'm noticing some fun masks as I go about Rome, and I think that helps.
We will be wearing them when we go to the beach next week. There's a complicated procedure for access. Wear masks, temps taken, bracelet to be worn to register comings and goings, turnstile, no beach bar just vending machines, and umbrellas further apart. Masks are to be worn until you reach your umbrella and chairs. Only 4 adults under every umbrella. Either you do it, or no access. Same with stores. It's sort of like "no shirt, no shoes, no service".

I'm not going to go very far with this statement, but will remind folks that here in the US, some very influential people helped create the "mask rebels" trend (and I'm not talking about just one person, either). That influence isn't the whole story, but it's part of the story.

From watching the Facebook feeds of a couple of my friends who are fairly far out on the fringes so following some . . . questionable** . . . FB and web sources, I suspect that troll farms of various sorts, probably including international actors, are amplifying this divide when they can, as they amplify other divisions.

** Objectively questionable, in some cases, such as falling for self-admitted satire sites, mistaking them for real news. Think Onion, only meaner.

Please note: I've not said what ideological tack any of these friends are on. There are some at each pole, actually, and some individuals way less . . . discriminating? . . . than others about identifying BS.

Theoldguy1 · June 2020

snowflake954 wrote: »

Theoldguy1 wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

Here, in Italy, some masks are becoming fashion statements. The guy at the coffee bar has a big black mustache on his. In Rome, most are wearing masks and there are no protests as in the States. Some refuse to wear one, but can't enter stores, or other establishments without. I would put forward that fashion is a huge motivator. If famous people started wearing them and were interviewed, I dare say things might change.

I would suggest that most people not wearing masks couldn't give a rat's behind what some "influencer" (man I hate that word) or self-defined fashion expert wearing a mask was saying.

Oh yeh? Don't hang around young folks much, do you?

Actually I'm around quite a few young people (was just in a state capital that is home to a Big 10 university over the weekend), live in a smaller city that is home to a 20k student state university and work with a number of millennials and Gen Z people. As someone else has mentioned many of them are wearing masks. Most that I see though are wearing basic black or the medical white or light blue. Very few looking to make them fashion statements.

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