Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away

[bluto 4915]

Any word on if albuterol/nebulizer breathing treatments do anything to combat the breathing issues?

[Goredho 17397]

No, but weed helps.

[Helobious 9451]

59 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

It's the Daily Mail, so may or may not be true:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8075633/First-British-victim-25-describes-coronavirus.html

What it's REALLY like to catch coronavirus: First British victim, 25, describes how 'worst disease he ever had' left him sweating, shivering, and struggling to breathe as his eyes burned and bones ached

Connor Reed, 25, an expat teacher from North Wales, lives and works in Wuhan

In November, he became the first British man to catch the deadly coronavirus  

Here he explains how he beat the illness that is sweeping across the globe

 

24 days to recover, but the idiot didn't take the medicine prescribed.

Also, ded:

 

Dumbass is lucky to be alive if that’s a true story. Not taking the meds because he “only” had pneumonia... that kills anyone of any age very easily. 

[Tailgate 3021]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Heard from someone who is in the know that there’s a confirmed case at Brackenridge. It hasn’t been made public yet.

Isn’t Brackenridge closed since summer of 2019?

https://www.kut.org/post/brackenridge-hospital-officially-closes-patients-move-new-teaching-hospital

Edited March 5, 2020 by Tailgate

[4th_and_18 687]

Isn’t Brackenridge closed since summer of 2019?
https://www.kut.org/post/brackenridge-hospital-officially-closes-patients-move-new-teaching-hospital

I thought they meant brackenridge dorm. Was using that as a reason to skip work tomorrow.

[RPM 26318]

siap

[staboner 4969]

just heard from a friend that a few new things have happened

 

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

4 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

If you get Coronavirus from eating Chinese food, can you get it again a few hours later?

Nah, that's norovirus

[Anastasis 23464]

There were reports that test(s?) were being ordered in Austin. Not surprising if one of them popped. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Anyone else think this week there would’ve been hell of a lot more fireworks stateside?

If it wasn’t for getting into a worst case scenario old folks home... we’d be sitting at 2? Maybe 3 deaths?

The entire northeast has like 8 combined confirmed cases

I know the number is actually higher because we haven’t tested... but I for sure thought the deaths would have jumped the way last week ended.

[Anastasis 23464]

Agreed. Always next week. 

[nycHorn 2998]

just heard from a friend that a few new things have happened
 

{well we’re waiting.gif}

[gecko 1104]

PSA for those of you worried about how to greet each other

[HenryJames 66038]

5 hours ago, Tailgate said:

Isn’t Brackenridge closed since summer of 2019?

https://www.kut.org/post/brackenridge-hospital-officially-closes-patients-move-new-teaching-hospital

They had to reopen it to make room for all the coronavirus patients they’re not reporting.

[HenryJames 66038]

6 hours ago, Rip76 said:

Checking in.

Surly folks know a lot of other folks.  Does anyone know anyone yet with the virus?

I hope everyone on this thread gets it. Twice. Does that count?

[Homercles 10205]

[crimsonlonghorn 2306]

7 hours ago, Rip76 said:

Checking in.

Surly folks know a lot of other folks.  Does anyone know anyone yet with the virus?

We should send a wreath to the first Surly poster who gets it. To show we care. 

[HenryJames 66038]

17 minutes ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

We should send a wreath to the first Surly poster who gets it. To show we care. 

Dr. Drunkenstein?

[Bigbend1812 12915]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

Agreed. Always next week. 

[Macanudo 12976]

7 hours ago, Stunns38 said:

 

Yeah, rumors are that a passenger that arrived at Mueller on a Pan Am flight tested positive.

No, not Pan Am.  It was a Braniff flight.

[HenryJames 66038]

4 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

No, not Pan Am.  It was a Braniff flight.

[Hate 20107]

20 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

No, not Pan Am.  It was a Braniff flight.

My very first flight as a kid was on Braniff and we sat in the smoking section.  But I did get a free set up playing cards, so that was nice.

[closetojumping 62569]

48 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Dr. Drunkenstein?

Aaaaaaaaaaand we’ve identified Patient Zero. This thing has actually been making its way around the globe for half a decade. Shit. 

[Loco 3752]

10 minutes ago, Hate said:

My very first flight as a kid was on Braniff and we sat in the smoking section.  But I did get a free set up playing cards, so that was nice.

ah the smoking section.  I remember that well.  They had little signs mounted between needle like posts so they could expand or contract the smoking section by pulling the sign up and sticking it down on the headrest of the seat where the new smoking section began.

I've been on a flight from Greece to Turkey that had live chickens in the cabin, that was fun.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13091]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

I hope everyone on this thread gets it. Twice. Does that count?

Strange masochistic pleasure.

[Goredho 17397]

1 hour ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

We should send a wreath to the first Surly poster who gets it. To show we care. 

No, a crowdsourced plane flying a banner over their home with a Powers Booth “Well... Bye” on it.

[BrazilHorn 6586]

School district near Seattle just announced closure for two weeks. 
Microsoft telling all employees to work from home rest of March. 
I’ve been in Vancouver all week so the Seattle news is played On TV here (along with curling & hockey)

[Goredho 17397]

Shit is happening, but the coronavirus has made it big.  You don’t have to come to this thread to find news about this thing no one is giving enough attention to anymore.

[BradInATX 9208]

I'm at Great Wolf Lodge. Pretty sure the water in the park is 80% urine with the other 20% being Corona virus. Been nice knowing yall.

[Loco 3752]

6 minutes ago, Goredho said:

No, a crowdsourced plane flying a banner over their home with a Powers Booth “Well... Bye” on it.

Don't buy a new banner, just send one of the old ones.  I think a tasteful "Fire Tom Herman"  or "Not our standard" flying over a cemetery during the off-season would confer the sincere tenor of Surly grief.

 

"Well... bye" should be on the wreath so everyone can sign it.

Edited March 5, 2020 by Loco

[Moby Ric 2058]

"Well....Bye" should just be the official saying on every Surly wreath.  Or card, depending on the circumstances.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

11 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

I'm at Great Wolf Lodge. Pretty sure the water in the park is 80% urine with the other 20% being Corona virus. Been nice knowing yall.

Remember that the chlorine you can smell is effectively inactive and doesn’t help.  So if it smells strongly of bleach you’re fucked. 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13091]

“Clean Your Phones” should be added to the “Wash Your Hands” message. I bet a majority of people’s phones are disgusting.

[Bevo Num1 1011]

Aaaaaaaaaaand we’ve identified Patient Zero. This thing has actually been making its way around the globe for half a decade. Shit. 

Has it only been 5 years? I feel like it's been longer.

Didn't he touch kids' buttholes or something?

[Loco 3752]

1 minute ago, Casual Encounter said:

“Clean Your Phones” should be added to the “Wash Your Hands” message. I bet a majority of people’s phones are disgusting.

Need an instructional video to go "viral" that shows how to use a bucket of hot soapy water and a brush to get everything clean...  don't forget the charging port!

[Anastasis 23464]

3 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

“Clean Your Phones” should be added to the “Wash Your Hands” message. I bet a majority of people’s phones are disgusting.

Reading this from shitter. 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13091]

1 minute ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Remember that the chlorine you can smell is effectively inactive and doesn’t help.  So if it smells strongly of bleach you’re fucked. 

I hear people say it that all the time, “There’s a lot of chlorine in that pool, smell it?” I respond with, “No, there’s a lot of bacteria in that pool.” A healthy pool doesn’t smell or burn your eyes.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

2 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

I hear people say it that all the time, “There’s a lot of chlorine in that pool, smell it?” I respond with, “No, there’s a lot of bacteria in that pool.” A healthy pool doesn’t smell or burn your eyes.

This is how you tell the people who take care of their own pools from the guys whose wives are fucking the pool boy. 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

8 minutes ago, Loco said:

Need an instructional video to go "viral" that shows how to use a bucket of hot soapy water and a brush to get everything clean...  don't forget the charging port!

 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13091]

12 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

This is how you tell the people who take care of their own pools from the guys whose wives are fucking the pool boy. 

Pool boy is my side job.

 

*If anyone is looking for a pool boy, PM me pics of your wife. 

**I won’t clean your pool.

Edited March 5, 2020 by Casual Encounter

[Bevo 13570]

I was at the 7-11 near campus and I heard some people talking about a couple of suspected cases around town. The guys looked official enough. Supposedly, the victims are a guy and his girlfriend who felt ill at the PCL and were taken to student health. Both live off campus with their parents at Circle C and Avery Ranch, respectively.

[fluff 87]

I am still not convinced this virus hasn’t been around for a long time...Just now testing for it and it is everywhere...

[LonghornJones 837]

That's a bold statement, flip flop.

[Hate 20107]

1 minute ago, Bevo said:

I was at the 7-11 near campus and I heard some people talking about a couple of suspected cases around town. The guys looked official enough. Supposedly, the victims are a guy and his girlfriend who felt ill at the PCL and were taken to student health. Both live off campus with their parents at Circle C and Avery Ranch, respectively.

I'd be pissed if I still lived in Austin.  Those were two of my go to golf courses. 

[HenryJames 66038]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I was at the 7-11 near campus and I heard some people talking about a couple of suspected cases around town. The guys looked official enough. Supposedly, the victims are a guy and his girlfriend who felt ill at the PCL and were taken to student health. Both live off campus with their parents at Circle C and Avery Ranch, respectively.

A story like that has got to be true.

[smuggs 9353]

10 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I was at the 7-11 near campus and I heard some people talking about a couple of suspected cases around town. The guys looked official enough. Supposedly, the victims are a guy and his girlfriend who felt ill at the PCL and were taken to student health. Both live off campus with their parents at Circle C and Avery Ranch, respectively.

Were they having Big Gulps?

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

50 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

School district near Seattle just announced closure for two weeks. 
Microsoft telling all employees to work from home rest of March. 
I’ve been in Vancouver all week so the Seattle news is played On TV here (along with curling & hockey)

Amazon and Facebook too

[HenryJames 66038]

1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Amazon and Facebook too

Some Amazon employees might find it difficult to work from home.

[Bevo 13570]

3 minutes ago, smuggs said:

Were they having Big Gulps?

They looked a little like Orange Whips, but I'm not sure what they were.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

14 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I was at the 7-11 near campus and I heard some people talking about a couple of suspected cases around town. The guys looked official enough. Supposedly, the victims are a guy and his girlfriend who felt ill at the PCL and were taken to student health. Both live off campus with their parents at Circle C and Avery Ranch, respectively.

I was shooting craps outside a porta-potty at a tailgate and I heard Bryan Harsin has it.