Did you get your flapper? I've got an extra I can send you.
Thanks Tom, yes. Flapper in hand. ??
Did you get your flapper? I've got an extra I can send you.
the population of the US is around 330 million 5x that of the UK or Italy , I assure you no country will bail out the US , we won't be airlifting people to neighboring countries , if anything it'll be the other way around …….. the mortality rate here at this point is 1.7% , the mortality rate in the UK appears around 6.3% , Italy 11% , spain 8.5% , france 7% hopefully these numbers are bias towards fatalities , personally i can't see how they are not ……the US first case was , i believe , jan 22 , 9 days before Italy or the uk , it appears to have killed .000021-.000025% of the population in the uk and italy , in the US it appears to have killed .000008% , at this point , our "tangerine chump" seems to be doing 2.5x better than his counterparts in Italy and the UK ??????? to not look ahead and weigh the economic repercussions in a country of 330 million people would take an absent minded idiot , the "tangerine chump's" predicament is unique in the world ……... nursing homes have in the recent past been decimated by the flu ???? you do realize in nursing homes those residents receive flu vaccines ? I still believe something like >5% on average die from the flu every year ……...the nursing home referred to in washington state was a hole , with countless health violation , i don't believe what happened there has happened anywhere else in the US ?????
My wife has a masters in microbiology, AND she's a bit of a germiphobe. She told me many years ago that we are NEVER getting on a cruise ship. Ever.Not a good time to be in a nursing home or on a cruise ship.
Not a good time to be in a nursing home or on a cruise ship.
My wife is the support person for her sister who is expecting in April. After being told no one was allowed in the delivery room they have since walked that back. No visitors anywhere else in the hospital but deliveries are allowed one support person as long as they stay the whole time. It's different everywhere but maybe your brother's hospital will do the same.Today, my brother tells me that he won't be allowed into the delivery room when his wife gives birth in the next 10 days.
All of our local hospitals are busting at the seems.
My brother is very headstrong.My wife is the support person for her sister who is expecting in April. After being told no one was allowed in the delivery room they have since walked that back. No visitors anywhere else in the hospital but deliveries are allowed one support person as long as they stay the whole time. It's different everywhere but maybe your brother's hospital will do the same.
Your life is significantly different if you happen to live in a "hot spot" like here.Or live in New York or New Orleans....or .........
Those things have harbored illnesses for forever....And other mysterious deaths.My wife has a masters in microbiology, AND she's a bit of a germiphobe. She told me many years ago that we are NEVER getting on a cruise ship. Ever.
With what has been happening over the last few years, and now with this C19 scare, I'll bet the cruise ship industry is either finished, or headed for some major downsizing.
We went from like 900 cases to over 3000 here overnight. I do hear the Rome/Albany area is pretty bad too. I feel for you man. Sorry your having to deal with that worry and I hope your mom stays safe.Your life is significantly different if you happen to live in a "hot spot" like here.
Yes your right. Border patrol is actively enforcing though.. anyone that enters the state must do a 14 day quarantine.As far as I have seen, it just extends self-quarantining to those that enter Texas driving from Louisiana, as well as expanding quarantine to air travelers from more places.
Today, my brother tells me that he won't be allowed into the delivery room when his wife gives birth in the next 10 days.
All of our local hospitals are busting at the seems.
All great points Karen. Very rational. Disturbing true.We all know that eventually this virus will have done its damage, and will have run its course.
My fear is what life will be like afterward for the survivors. Our societal behavior and how we view others changed dramatically after 9/11, and I believe it will again.
Some of my thoughts...
1. When the virus finally ends, all survivors will probably have lost at least one person close to them, and possibly many more. Add to that the knowledge of how many others died, here in the US, and worldwide. People are going to be in shock at the horrendous statistics, and grieving their own personal losses.
2. Many people will have lost jobs or their small businesses. Giant corporations will have lost many employees, as well as millions of dollars in revenue. Both groups will count on the government to bail them out. More on that later...
3. How paranoid will we be? There will still be areas where the virus will pop up and infect some people. Are we going to be afraid of each other? Is social distancing going to continue? Are people going to hug friends, hold each other to be comforted? Are we going to want to attend football games, concerts, rallies, go to the beach, parades, conventions, and reptile shows?
4. The last I read, the US government's debt was at 23 TRILLION dollars (before COVID-19). Checks for another 2 trillion are being written for economic stimulus. Soon all those big corporations and small business owners are going to lobby and beg for bailout money, which once again, the government will pay, at a cost of ??? trillion.
The USA will be so in debt that no foreign country will make a loan. So they will simply print more money, and print more money, that is not backed by gold.
Then, we won't need to worry about toilet paper any more...we'll just use our paper money instead.
Finally, people will reach the breaking point, and is a revolution in the making?
I realise that this is a pessimistic outlook, but this is what I see ahead. Someone (@Tom?) said a freight train is coming. And it doesn't have brakes!