Coronavirus Covid-19 Is it Affecting You and How?

[Jesusfreak101]

I appollogize for any post that made no sense. I was extremely tired. The kids waking up all night and waking up at 6 has been clearly taking a toll. I just reread some and have been editing them. I hopefully get more sleep the next few night.

 

[Mini Horses]

. I have two, but I use them on my goats and dogs, etc. I don’t really want to just wash it off and put those germs inside me...ugh. I’m sure I’m fine

I'm sure they are washed in alcohol. Now put them in a plastic sleeve and check your temp. OR put it into your armpit, arm down.

HERE -- things are pretty normal for me. Yeah, some of my jobs are lost (no food demos, understandably) but, otherwise just the shelves slowly refilling, maybe some buy limits. None of it is affecting me. No curfews but several stores closing early, only drive thru at banks, restaurants, etc.

Heck, I remember when all stores were closed at 6, 7, 8 o'clock and NO Sunday hours It was just that way. Normal protocol.

 

[Mike CHS]

This is by no means official but the daughter that lives in Reno's father-in-law is a Pharmacist at a hospital in northern California and they are part of the trial with the two medications that President Trump mentioned the other day. He said they only have a few cases but they are privy to the info on other hospitals involved in the trial. So far the meds seem to doing the job but I have no idea on what scale the trial has to be verified by for the results to become official.

 

[farmerjan]

We used to have the radio station close down here by 8 p.m. when I first moved to Va and most all the stores were closed by 6 or 7 on weekdays. No liquor on Sundays at all, beer, wine, nothing.

I have read somewhere that those 2 drugs, the one for malaria combined with the Z-pac has cut the infection time down to 6 days and that people respond quickly to getting better. There are things out there to help slow it or even "kill it" once you get it.....they have to start thinking outside the box with these drugs that they have approved for "ONLY XYZ" purposes. I am not for just going willy nilly, but we don't allow so many things to be used "extra label" that they should be able to easily shift from one to another.

 

[babsbag]

Everyone at my place is ok, but DH is home from work. He is a diabetic with horrible allergies and a history of pneumonia so he stays home. Fortunately he is on administrative leave for now and we both get retirement too so not a financial crisis. I have access to hay so that is easy, and I will load up on chicken feed and dog food tomorrow. We aren't supposed to go out unless we have to so I am going to try and get enough stored for 2 weeks. I didn't hoard any TP or water, or anything for that matter. The mold issue is causing me more issues than this virus.

 

[Baymule]

I called the Feed store to see if they are open. I was getting concerned over raising 50 Cornish Cross chicks to slaughter size, and the two feeder pigs we have. She assured me that they have plenty of Feed, there is plenty of supply at the mill. Also, Feed stores are declared essential and are staying OPEN. I’m posting this in case anyone else is wondering or worried about their animals.

That said, we are stock piling a little more than we usually keep, just to give ourselves a little leeway.

We have more than a months worth of dog food. We are making a feed purchase tomorrow and will get 5-6 weeks of Feed for the Sheep and horses. If need be, we can stretch it out and feed them more hay. Winter grass is good right now but won’t last long when it gets hot. Summer grass remains to be seen.

We are stocked in for ourselves and should have a good garden, so no worries about ourselves.

Call your feed store, maybe keep a little more on hand than usual to give you peace of mind.

 

[Baymule]

Many of us are gardeners. Think about your neighbors, friends and family. Think about people who are now unemployed and who will be short of enough food to eat. Plant extra for these people. The assisted living facility where I have gone to work is having a hard time finding enough food to plan 3 meals a day for the residents. I will plant extra squash, green beans and other vegetables to help out.

Think about homeless shelters and any other place you can think of where there is a need. If as many of us as possible pitch in to help our communities, we can accomplish a great deal. Together, we can do this.

 

[purplequeenvt]

I agree with @purplequeenvt . But I also disagree. And I am about to hurt her, and probably plenty of other people's feelings. I hurt FOR her because so many of her family members have had such tragic events in their lives. And all the others out there who have, or have family members with physically weakening conditions.
First let me precede what I'm about to say by including myself in those I'm about to talk about. My age (late 60's) and the fact that I have a chronic cough (nearly two packs a day, likely has progressed to lung cancer, but has at least impaired my lung functions) puts me strongly in the "at risk" category. This is BYH. Therefore most if not all of us, have animals. As such, most of us are familiar with the concept of culling the herd. Well, consider This nature's attempt to cull the herd. Now if the government were to implement forced euthanasia on the weak, old, and invalid, and I knew that I had hours to exist because of natural reasons, the gov officials would still have to pry.....from my cold dead hands.... As I fought them off. Not a gov decision. Now we can fight against Ma Nature, but can only temporarily put her off. She wins every time. Death WILL come.
So our respective governments (federal,state, and local) are stripping us of lots of our freedoms in the name of "protecting" us. As a result our freedoms are being infringed upon. I stand with Patrick Henry on this. "Give me liberty or give me death." I don't want to live in a nice safe bubble. That's not living. Don't tell me I can't climb a rock face in the Rocky Mountains because I could fall to my death. WARN me of the dangers, but allow me to risk my life as I see fit. Likewise, going to church. Warn me of the dangers, but don't tell me I can't go.
And what does this protection buy us? Our old and feeble (remember, this is me) may pass before we are ready for them to, but are we EVER "ready" to lose a loved one? But it's inevitable. If you're young to middle aged, this illness is NOT a mortal threat, any more than the "common" flu. Let's say you're a waitress, 30ish, married, 2 kids and an infirmed mother. You get Covid 19. You go home for two weeks. Your kids get sick, your hubby gets sick, in two to three weeks it has run its course in your family. You're over it. You stayed away from Mom to keep her safe...but she acquired it from some where else. Or even DIDN'T get Covid 19, but got a common flu, and due to her infirmed system, she passed away. Tragic, sad, but a fact of life. But, in a matter of just a few weeks, your life is back to normal. A job, income, kids back in school, you going to PTA meetings and soccer matches.
O R....
You are under various gov lockdowns (protections). For how long? Weeks? Months? A year? No job, no income. Children's education suffering. Worry and stress if you can keep your babies from literally starving because you have no $? For what? When lockdown finally ends, the germ is still out there....waiting. To get you anyway, worse even, because you are now weakened by a deficient diet. And it all begins, all over again.
Again I say. Keep me informed. WARN me even. But stop trying to make decisions for me. My life. Let me risk it if I want.
Sorry. Long. Political. Controversial. Offensive even. But hey, I'm stuck on lockdown with all this time on my hands....

It’s this kind of attitude that has to potential to make things so much worse. We aren’t talking about whether or not the government has a right to force everyone to wear a helmet when biking or a seatbelt in the car. You aren’t risking just your life, but potentially every person you directly or indirectly come into contact with. Young, old, healthy, or infirm.

Just take a look at all those college kids that ignored the recommendations to stay at home and instead went off to FL for the spring break that they felt was “their right”. How many of those kids were exposed to the virus and then carried it off home to their cities, towns, and states?

The restrictions being imposed (by local/state governments, not the federal government) are an attempt to SLOW the virus down enough that the healthcare facilities having a chance of keeping up.

Your words didn't hurt me, but they did make me very sad. Who are you (or me or any of us) to decide whose life is worth less than a little bit of our “freedom” at this moment in time? I would gladly give up a lot of things temporarily if it meant that those weaker than me get a fighting chance to survive this virus.

 

[Beekissed]

DD1 says we all suck over here. Tp;d her about our movie night 2 days ago. Both movies she loves. last night we watched the old musical 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. Wonderful music and dancing. Such a great movie. Also one of DD1's favorites. Had to promise to watch it again when she can be with us. SIL doesn't like re-watching any movies twice. he also doesn't like lightweight comedies like we do. Wonderful husband and father but can be a little boring. More old movies tonight. Hung up to sound of DD1's wailing.

My boys STILL love that movie....what man wouldn't? Old movies, deck of cards, popcorn....what more could a family want?

 

[Beekissed]

Your words didn't hurt me, but they did make me very sad. Who are you (or me or any of us) to decide whose life is worth less than a little bit of our “freedom” at this moment in time? I would gladly give up a lot of things temporarily if it meant that those weaker than me get a fighting chance to survive this virus.

I don't think it's about deciding who lives or dies at all....it's all about trust. We simply do not trust our government and that distrust is WELL earned~it has nothing to do with one's politics, as I don't even participate in politics...it's about a track record down through the past 100 yrs and even beyond that.

To trust blindly, especially in this intentionally hyped up, over dramatized situation, is okay for some....but others require more actual, real proof of the severity of the situation. And I'm not talking about the stats, so called reports of this or that happening here or there....the urban myths that mark all such episodes...but a single thing that doesn't look extremely out of proportion....but we are not seeing that here, in this situation.

All we see is a lot of misplaced fear and panic about a whole lot of nothing....we have no assurances at all that this thing is even a so called pandemic, no matter what they repeat or how often they repeat it. We have no assurances that the reports from the CDC are not padded to create a certain environment of fear so that people will be afraid to question the wisdom of the measures they are putting in place.

Sounds familiar.......

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”