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Mikey4

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  1. Something like 80% of cases have only mild symptoms. A lot of those people will take dayquil and push through without getting tested. The conformed positive tests are more likely to be the more severe cases, such that more of them will be hospitalized.
  2. Has anyone seen a report on life in Wuhan today? My impression is that everyone is back to work with minimal new cases. Hopefully that's right.
  3. Not fun at all. Hang in there and keep us updated.
  4. I'll keep watching it. It bumped up to 99.5 but came back down. I still feel like it's not CV -- the odds are just so against it -- but I'll probably know one way or the other in the coming days. I'm sequestered in one room for the most part, but I've been locked in my house for over a week. So, if I have it, then I've had it for a while and have been around the wife and kids the whole time.
  5. Yesterday I developed a cough and breathing was harder, but otherwise, I felt fine. Today I've had a headache all day, worse cough, more trouble breathing, no appetite, and extremely low energy (I can't be on my feet for more than a few minutes before having to go back to bed). So far, no fever at all, which is bizarre, because it feels like flu. Also, I read that covid can affect your senses of smell and taste, and those are fine. I guess I'll try one of these tele-screening sites if I get a fever.
  6. Right, because -- guess what? -- people purchased them. If someone has a mask, there's no reason to leave in on a shelf at home. That makes no sense. He should wear it. If someone doesn't have a mask, then he should cover his face with something else. It's not that hard.
  7. Wrong. Educate yourself before making these claims. There is a difference between N95 respirators and generic face coverings.
  8. It's not that hard. Cover your mouth in public. Use a mask, any mask, if you have one. If you don't, use a scarf or bandana. I've been following current events closely and have not seen any shortages in scarfs, bandanas, etc.
  9. Shirts? Scarves? Bandanas? People can find a way to cover their fucking mouths.
  10. Most, if not all, of the discussion surrounding masks has been N95 respirators because that is what nurses and doctors need. We should require people to cover their mouths however they can.
  11. Is there a shortage of surgical masks? If so, use a bandana or shirt. Something to limit the droplets that come out when an infected person coughs and sneezes.
  12. I cannot understand why we are not doing the same. This situation is so dire that we are killing the economy, locking people up, killing the market, putting countless people out of work, preparing a trillion+ stimulus package, etc.-- yet our leaders are not mandating masks?? Even surgical masks, if worn by an infected person, would slow the transmission. So why is the president and CDC not mandating or even encouraging the use of masks? It's mind bottling.
  13. Yes, after watching the panic buying following the 2008 financial crisis, I waited until inventories replenished and then stocked up when demand was lower. But I focused on handgun rounds and skimped on shotgun shells. Kicking myself for that now.
  14. I wouldn't be surprised to see the unemployment system transform into something that looks like universal basic income.
  15. Everywhere is like this. To get any ammo at all, you have to go to one of the auction sites and bend over.
  16. No clue. I stocked up on .40 s&w as the shit was starting to hit the fan. Then went back a week later to get some 00 buckshot.... And it is sold out everywhere. Every brand. Every store. Completely gone.
  17. Shit shit shit. Just crazy. Using a pseudonym, he started a law blog called Underneath Their Robes back in the early 2000s, when I was in law school. Word got around that he was the writer. That blog then turned into Above the Law, one of the most popular legal publications today. He cashed out a long time ago. He's an incredibly cool guy. I hope he pulls through.
  18. After weeks of people saying this virus is "no big deal," you've convinced me that they are right, in a sense. But it still feels like a fucking big deal. Carl Sagan's 1994 speech on the Pale Blue Dot always helps me put any struggle, no matter how big it may seem, in perspective:
  19. We desperately need to bail out basically everyone living paycheck to paycheck. Give them the money. I know that's in the works, but it needs to happen fast. That, and perhaps a freeze all mortgage payments.
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