Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[farmerjan]

That is actually 7 down plus a skunk and 4 opossums in the last year.

WOW didn't realize you had had that much of a problem.

 

[farmerjan]

I realize that there is a spike in cases, but some of that is the increased testing that is showing many more due to many many more being tested. Did this neighbor have symptoms? Or was it picked up due to the accident?

 

[rachels.haven]

Dang, that's the milage my van gets when things are good. Nice!
I hope you can batten down and avoid getting that virus and that the neighbors fare well with it. A few get lucky. You want all your friends to be one of those.

 

[Mike CHS]

I realize that there is a spike in cases, but some of that is the increased testing that is showing many more due to many many more being tested. Did this neighbor have symptoms? Or was it picked up due to the accident?

She had no symptoms. She was tested as part of the routine now at the hospital.

 

[farmerjan]

So, with no symptoms, does that mean that it makes it a disaster that she tested positive??? YES, I REALIZE THAT IT IS STILL SPREAD BY NON-SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE.... but does this mean that we have to stay locked into little rooms with no contact and if it is never eradicated, WHICH IT WILL NEVER BE, JUST LIKE THE FLU OR COMMON COLD .... how do we go about our future lives?????
And are these tests actually accurate enough to prove that it is an ongoing infectious stage, or are these tests actually showing that we have antibodies and virus particles in our systems???? I read that there are antibody tests, as opposed to the tests that show actual infectious cases......I read about how the tests are often inaccurate. Where do you start to get the real answers?
I cannot believe that there are as many "new cases" as there are just more and more tests done that are showing more accurately how many may have been exposed and possibly have contracted the virus. Why didn't we get this outraged over the thousands that die from flu and flu complications, year after year? Don't tell me that it is more contagious, or the symptoms are more extreme. It may have spread faster, maybe the infectious stage lasts longer, but it is still on the same level as to lives lost. And every time you turn around, they are saying that it lasts on surfaces for several days, then, they change and do a 180 and you are not able to pick it up off of surfaces for nearly as long a time as the time as the infectious time is much shorter. It hits the older population and those that are immune compromised..... but so does the various strains of the flu. In fact the "flu" may be considered worse in that it will hit more age groups randomly. I am not saying that it is not a threat to people or that it is not a serious disease. But, if we keep isolating ourselves from everything, if we keep trying to "protect" ourselves from every kind of infection there is, we are going to weaken our immune systems to where we are going to catch everything and we will not be able to fight it off.

I am sorry she has it,but if there are no symptoms, and if she had not had to go to the hospital, she would have never have known.....she would have gone along and gotten over it....yes others would have been exposed, but maybe they MOSTLY all would have had mild to no symptoms and gotten an immunity in their own systems. It is the "herd immunity" premise that we have to build some resistance to these environmental threats and it happens by exposure and by vaccination. Will it mutate???? Yes I think so; just like the various flu strains. If it does, there will never be a true vaccine but only shots to help minimize catching the strain that is most popular at the time, just like our flu shots. They are not a true vaccine as they do not prevent it.

I hope she has a speedy and uneventful recovery from it. And from the accident.

 

[Mike CHS]

We weren't able to get pictures but we saw a silver colored squirrel on the road yesterday. It had more white than silver but either way, it was pretty.

 

[rachels.haven]

That's wonderful. Your friend is lucky so far. Hopefully it was early and they can isolate themselves and their family for 2 weeks and be done with it with no spread and no complications. Then they can say they've already had it and are over it.

 

[Mike CHS]

I got my mower back yesterday so I'm catching up on grass cutting outside the pastures. My Kubota needed all the fluids changed and an annual service so we called our mechanic out to do that. This is one of those things that is not a need but I love the convenience of having everything done and checked on the tractor and they are very reasonable on price.

 

[Bruce]

but it is still on the same level as to lives lost.

Not the same level.
"This season CDC estimates that, as of mid-March, between 29,000 and 59,000 have died due to influenza illnesses."

How they can have such a spread for a specific period is beyond me. Apparently 30-60K is an average year. Through yesterday 103K have died from Covid since Feb 1 and only 10 of those were in February, less than 3,700 were in March. The deaths peaked mid April and have declined since, only 461 last week

and they are very reasonable on price.

And that is key! My dealership charges $110/hour to work on tractors. Doesn't take long to get real expensive.

 

[Baymule]

Stay healthy. Eat right and get enough rest.
Take your vitamins and minerals. Your body can't fight off infection if it is deficient.
Wash hands, use sanitizer, etc.
Yes, we need herd immunity, but people aren't exactly volunteering for this stuff.
We wear masks when we go to town. And we limit our time and trips to town.
If I can skip getting this virus, I will happily do so.

Mike, I hope your neighbor recovers and doesn't suffer a long illness from this.

Mike, you were darn lucky to recover Puddy Cat. I had a cat ride with me to work one day. She stayed under the car all day and didn't get out until i cranked it up to go home. That scared her and she ran. I saw her clawing at the door, then she ran out in the parking lot. My daughter, BJ and I were looking under cars, calling the cat, but couldn't find her. We drove around, still no cat. I went home, BJ went to get us hamburgers. When he pulled up in the driveway, the cat came out from under my car! I guess after her tour of the parking lot, she preferred her own car and she rode back home.