Thread: The C. Virus and human reaction

The campground probably had already lost rolls of TP to transients just like you. You should have rolled in with TP on your radio antenna....

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

The campground probably had already lost rolls of TP to transients just like you. You should have rolled in with TP on your radio antenna....

At the Wuertz Hammer In, we were joking about how no one had stolen the tp or hand sanitizer out of the porta jon. Of coarse that was several days before people started getting really worried.

I ride horses and the consensus in the horse community is SHAME on you if your whole barn isn't closed throughout this whole ordeal. My trainer managed to find a way to still provide lessons off-sight. We're out in the open away from anyone so no real contact with others, technically socially distanced It's not like riding has you glued to people in the first place.

This has been a very interesting phenomena to watch and I think it's somewhat of a paradox. As many of you have eluded to, I firmly believe that the number of total people infected is in the order of hundreds of thousands, if not millions. No way can the U.S., with a population of more than 350 million people, have only 80,000 cases. Since we can't test 350 million people, we are unable to use numbers or statistics. Therefore, it's nearly impossible to possess an accurate case fatality rate. We could very well be dealing with something with a case fatality rate less than the flu, yet the media is consistently focusing on those who have died, making it much worse than it seems. On the other hand, people of all ages have been dying from this virus so we can't exactly take it easy and continue on as if nothing has happened.

Seeing how different communities handle this has been interesting. The equestrian community is obsessed with lock down and is quick to give you a very hard time if you even think of going to your barn to ride. This forum/community and another forum I'm on for hunting/rifles seem to be much more relaxed about it. Not reckless mind you, but also not OCD.

https://youtu.be/WxyH1rkuLaw

This video popped up elsewhere, but I like succinct and credible teachers. He explains much of what we know now. He's learned what he says by surviving the daily world of Covid19 and not getting sick himself. For 3 months. There's good bits of need to know stuff in here.

Dr. Anthony Fauci now believes that 100,000 - 200,000 people in the U.S. could die from COVID-29, with millions being infected.

Originally Posted by evnpar

Dr. Anthony Fauci now believes that 100,000 - 200,000 people in the U.S. could die from COVID-29, with millions being infected.

There is much they don't know about this bug.

I wouldn't be surprised if even those who are asymptomatic or have very mild cases sustain serious lung damage and years from now will feel the effects from it.

Do we actually know if the current total reported infected and reported dead are actually confirmed? Who is substantiating these numbers?

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

https://youtu.be/WxyH1rkuLaw

This video popped up elsewhere, but I like succinct and credible teachers. He explains much of what we know now. He's learned what he says by surviving the daily world of Covid19 and not getting sick himself. For 3 months. There's good bits of need to know stuff in here.

Thanks Mike, that is a very informative and useful video.

I messaged it to a lot of people. I found it to be a great video. Thanks Mike.

I had ordered in some things from Amazon and they were scheduled to be delivered today. I'm sure that my deliveries are at the end of the UPS route as I rarely ever get my packages before 4 pm.

Anyway this package had the option of seeing where my delivery was and I'd been checking and saw that it actually was almost here. I'd opened the door and saw the delivery guy walking toward me with the package and said, "Here you go" and I stepped back a bit and told him to just leave it on the porch and I'd pick it up after he'd stepped back a bit. He looked at me a bit funny and I said "I don't mind the social distancing at all" to which he said. "How do you know my gloves aren't carrying the virus"? I said "I don't, that's why once I pick up the package, I'll open it over the garbage can, then put the outside wrapper in the garbage, and then go and wash my hands.

He shook his head in disbelief and walked back to this van.

I should note that he wasn't wearing disposable gloves----------he was wearing 'Mechanic's Gloves'.

I could have done things like wiping the cardboard box inside the plastic packaging but my supply of alcohol of that type is low and there's none on the shelves that I've found in the few times I've ventured out.

Mechanics Gloves