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And now the West Coast states are experiencing a run on arms and ammo according to a number of sporting goods distributors I work with. What are they doing? Guarding the TP?

Still quiet in this part of Idaho.
 
Medic21 said:
Some of the number I have seen through the States Department of Health they are estimating up to 35,000 in county have already been exposed. There is no way possible without testing every person for antibodies to know.

I said from the beginning that this has been here since before China acknowledged it. Our world is far too interconnected with flight and other forms of open travel that it took 6 weeks for it to move. People need to relax and just take precautions. It will infect, from experts, up to 80% of Americans before it’s done. Majority will only have minimal symptoms.
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I think you are right and most folks have it here already. A lady at work was out for three weeks due to a horrible cough and high fever, and she confirmed it was viral and not bacterial.
 
MTY said:
And now the West Coast states are experiencing a run on arms and ammo according to a number of sporting goods distributors I work with. What are they doing? Guarding the TP?

Still quiet in this part of Idaho.
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Here on the other side things are also quiet, but I expect that to change in the next few days.
 
I have an neighbor who has a stockpile of necessary items. Tp, generator with whole house hookup, bottled water, sanitizer, windshield washer fluid, a hand pump outside. All gone unused from 20yrs ago, y2k. I joked that the tp is probably like sand paper now 80 grit having been stored downstairs in the damp. The shallow well pump gives iron swamp water, no use. The generator is faithfully started every few months to keep it fresh - just in case. No stockpile of fuel for it though, whole house sized, needs a lot of gas to keep it going. Can't go out for a walk, too many coyotes around. Aliens will be pulling in any moment to beam up the lucky victim, yet will get the boot back out once they find out the real story. Current dilemma means urgent restocking. I used to joke about people back when in the 18-1900s going loony and having crazy ideas, Orson Welles style. They're amongst us still.
 
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First case has been diagnosed in Springfield, Mo. A twenty something female that had traveled to Austria. Hospitals and clinics are not allowing children under 12 to come in unless they are sick and school basketball games are cancelled. I imagine it's a matter of time before schools shut down.
 
Ontario Canada Schools are on March break 1 week
The Ontario Gov has now shut schools for the following 2 weeks
after March break. A lot of people here travel South for March break
most I know have canceled their trips and are going to stay home. This
whole thing is going to cost the travel industry billions of dollars
I went for my annual heart check-up this week at registration the first question asked
"Have you traveled out of the country in the last 12 months " I heard the lady beside me say yes
and that's when the questions started flying.
 
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The panic doesnt seem to have reached my small town just yet. Just came back from my local Provision store a block away and i was the only one in the store. All shelves full. I got my usual spring stock of 40 Lbs chicken drumstix for the grill and a whole NY strip to freeze no problem. At least a 6 month supply.
 
Seasoned Oak said:
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I shop there several times per year. I live at essentially “ground zero” for Coronavirus in the mid-Atlantic right now. Early this week, all other PA schools canceled their sports and other events with our district. Yesterday, the governor closed schools and non-critical businesses in my county, only. All public events are canceled.

Last night, there was not a single open parking space at any grocery store in our area. It was a total mad rush on the stores. That Wegmans photo reflects the state of every one of our local stores, today.

Those of you who think you’re going to be immune to this chaos need to watch the full length of the Rogan video that begreen posted above. This same chaos is coming your way, it‘s only a matter of time.

The primary focus of government right now is to control the rate of infection, so as to minimize any spike that will overload our hospitals. We will likely all get this, and most of us will do just fine through it, but it would be very easy for us to end up in a situation like Italy today, if they don’t carefully control the rate of spread.

Right now, they’re having to send some of the sickest people home to die in Italy, or deny them hospital entry altogether, in order to free beds up for those more likely to survive. That’s what happens when a bug like this generates new cases more quickly than our healthcare system can process.
 
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We normally keep a good bit of provisions and frozen food at home all the time. Could probably go a few months easily before the shelves and freezer at home start looking bare. Many do not,have no deep freeze, mostly eat fast food and take out. Including some of my grown kids. The hoarding will get here soon enough. Those of us who are news junkies get the message faster.
 
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Much as this thread seems to like the doom and gloom route, there are some positive signs out there. Remdesivir has been approved for compassionate use in the US. There are some claims that it was effective in early trials but nothing official until April. Roche has gotten approval for a far faster test that was not designed by the US government so its probably going to get into circuation quickly. The states and even corporations are stepping in to slow down community transmission. Sure there are still plenty of folks that already have been exposed who are going to get it and some reducing percentage are going to get it hard and may not survive it plus plenty of cracks in the system for further transmission but every indication is its not the end of the world as we know it.
 
Have you noticed even posters in this thread changing their tune? Going from less to more worried?
 
I hear the sound of this thread going off the rails. Hard to resist though, its such a target rich enviroment for both sides .Only the beer thread seems to be immune to politics after so many posts. Good thing.
 
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On the bright side nobody here has panicked yet, but community events have been cancelled. The university shut down, schools are closed, but everyone is in good spirits. The local non-municipal library is staying open, but they all think Mainers are invincible to illness, which maybe they are, I don't know. I think folks that stay active will keep fluid from accumulating in their lungs, like with any respiratory infection.
 
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Time to consider the alternatives. This chart will help guide you.

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Sadly, the historical mainstay, the Sears catalog, is no longer an option I guess.
Those that once used catalog paper are known to work it between their hands to soften it a bit.

I'd hate to be born in March!
August is not much better but I've seen my dogs do it enough to know how.
 
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