Coronavirus...post your thoughts here...

[FishGuest5123]

or maybe just "wink"

That may get you hurt.

 

[Fishmanic]

I find this site informative for the latest reports of the spread of the virus. There have been over 114,000 case so far. Hope it stops its rate of spread soon. Time will tell.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 139,639,618 Cases and 2,998,307 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

 

[Fishmanic]

That may get you hurt.

After I made the post about giving a wink, I just heard the interviewer on CNN who was interviewing the Surgeon General say that a wink might be a better way instead of a handshake or elbow bump.

 

[Colin_T]

Just avoid any contact with people in public.
Try to stay at least 6 feet away from them if they are talking to you.
Try to avoid places with lots of people and poor air flow.

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I had a rent inspection today and I was talking to the real estate agent about this. She was concerned about going to people's houses to do inspections and had the same opinion as me, namely to put off rent inspections until after this has settled down.

Bad news from the rental side too, apparently the bank is going to reposess the property I am in and I need to find another place to live. That's not really something I want to do normally, let alone now when there is a new virus running around

 

[snailaquarium]

Well I wonder if they make a vaccine do they expect everyone to get it?? Id probably want to get it to avoid the virus spreading to the elderly relatives. Mind you I don't fancy taking a newly designed vaccine which would have no track record of safety.

 

[Colin_T]

The virologists working on this say it will be at least 18 months before they get a vaccine, assuming they can make one.

Vaccines in general are safe and most problems occur from the preservatives that are mixed in with them.

Vaccines are normally a liquid with dead virus cells in. They inject the dead virus into your body and our immune system says "wo, that should be here" and attacks the dead virus. The immune system then remembers what the virus cells looks like and attacks any new viruses like that.

But I am not sure I would be the first to get the vaccine. I would wait until people have had the vaccine for a few weeks and if everything was good, then get it.

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

Pennsylvania has about 7 confirmed cases. I work in a fast food restaurant and we are all wondering about a possible shut down. For the time being our boss is telling us all to double the amount we normally wash our hands
Here are some facts put out by the Surgeon General of the United States
Average age of death from this illness is 80
Elderly people who are over 60 are more likely to get complications and require hospitalization
If you have a preexisting condition you are more at risk
Best way to guard against it is to wash your hands frequently and avoid touching your face
Mortality rate is 1%
If you are sick don't go out. Avoid large gatherings of people
We are going to see more cases, but that is not an excuse to panic. We need to remain calm. Many people have recovered. Getting coronavirus does not = death.

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

The virologists working on this say it will be at least 18 months before they get a vaccine, assuming they can make one.

Vaccines in general are safe and most problems occur from the preservatives that are mixed in with them.

Vaccines are normally a liquid with dead virus cells in. They inject the dead virus into your body and our immune system says "wo, that should be here" and attacks the dead virus. The immune system then remembers what the virus cells looks like and attacks any new viruses like that.

But I am not sure I would be the first to get the vaccine. I would wait until people have had the vaccine for a few weeks and if everything was good, then get it.

I am lery of a lot of vaccines because most of them contain mercury which is extremely toxic and known to cause brain damage. Several of my siblings have nuerological damage associated with getting vaccines such as nervous tics and facial twitches. Nothing too serious but thats what happens when you get mercury injected into your body. HOWEVER it is possible to get vaccines without mercury as a perservative

 

[snailaquarium]

Well this article from a Dr at the heart of the Italian crisis sounds concerning.

Coronavirus: 'Stop saying it's a bad flu' - Doctor fighting Italy outbreak shares dramatic account

The doctor says "the message of the danger of what is happening" is not reaching people in a Facebook post shared 29,000 times.

news.sky.com

 

[snailaquarium]

Dutch PM shakes hands after announcing a no handshake policy

Dutch PM Mark Rutte shook hands with a health official after telling people to avoid handshakes because of the coronavirus.

news.sky.com

 

[snailaquarium]

BBC News - Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors

Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors

Adam Castillejo, the "London Patient", is free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping treatment.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interesting

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Dutch PM shakes hands after announcing a no handshake policy

Dutch PM Mark Rutte shook hands with a health official after telling people to avoid handshakes because of the coronavirus.

news.sky.com

That is actually very ironic!

 

[Fishmanic]

I am lery of a lot of vaccines because most of them contain mercury which is extremely toxic and known to cause brain damage. Several of my siblings have nuerological damage associated with getting vaccines such as nervous tics and facial twitches. Nothing too serious but thats what happens when you get mercury injected into your body. HOWEVER it is possible to get vaccines without mercury as a perservative

I didn't know that but I did find a link about it from the World Health Organization. For anyone interested, the link is here:

Q&A: Thiomersal

www.who.int

 

[Essjay]

I had every vaccine available when I was a child (back then it was only diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio as a baby and boosters later. And the TB vaccine as a baby). I have the flu vaccine every year. I've had the pneumonia vaccine. I've had no problems.

Measles, mumps, rubella etc were not available when I was a child so I had the diseases. Luckily I had no after effects from measles.

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

I had every vaccine available when I was a child (back then it was only diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio as a baby and boosters later. And the TB vaccine as a baby). I have the flu vaccine every year. I've had the pneumonia vaccine. I've had no problems.

Measles, mumps, rubella etc were not available when I was a child so I had the diseases. Luckily I had no after effects from measles.

Your body probably expelled it through your hair or finger nails. I had vaccines and had no problems, but my siblings didn't