Another take on protecting yourself from COVID-19.
https://youtu.be/nTYxDMYKyiI
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Another take on protecting yourself from COVID-19.
https://youtu.be/nTYxDMYKyiI
DZEC, ya gotta love human ingenuity for seeing other ways to combat a problem. A little laugh is as good (almost ) as a stiff drink.
Checking In from the Lil Log Cabin in the North Idaho Backwoods
Shan and I both were put on Furlough on Wed at 5:00pm
I was doing the 2020 Census and they shut us down, and sent us all home, for 2 weeks
Shan works for the County and they shut them down until 4/6/20
Thankfully for me the Razors continue to come in the mail so i am not climbing the walls :D and have stuff to do
Shan has "Nested" on the couch and is binge watching "Boardwalk Empire" :p
We have a few projects around the place that we are planning on getting done
We are not on "Lockdown" up here YET in fact there isn't a single case or presumptive case in the Northern counties as of today
Living rural where we do means that we are always at least 2 weeks deep for supplies and food, we always have Gloves and Respirators here anyway because of the materials out in the shop..
I have to be a little careful with Shan because she has had small lungs since birth so we are always wary during Fire Season with the smoke and conscious of her getting a bad chest cold which has turned to Pneumonia a couple of times over the years.
The only real difference in our everyday lives started on Monday the 9th, when I started taking our Temperatures each morning. Mostly I was worried about Shan at work because she interacts with so many people..
So far so good, hope everyone is staying healthy
There's Hope!!
The wife just came out of Dollar Tree with...Toilet Paper.
Our regular brand too. Limit 2 packages.
Pete <:-}
All good in Upstate New York. I hope all is well for the rest of the SRP community. Be safe, be well.
B
Nay I don’t want to run short next month
By the way I just went to store and stocked up on flour tortillas, 100 bags, got 10. That’s 1000 but wipers! :rofl2:
Also if you think things can’t get into the riot and looting and hurting everyone, I’ll just remind you just a few years ago my son lived through that riot in St. Louis,, and contrary to the popular reason it was just an excuse to be heathens with no morals, all my clips are loaded now
My sources say this is the new normal for six to eighteen months.
More text conversation with my epidemiologist surfing buddy.
Me: Hey B. Hope you're well. Keep safe.
B: You too Paul. Plan your sick leave cuz it's gonna happen
Me: Well that's not very reassuring but I guess I'd rather get an, "INCOMING" than not.
B: Usually its mild to moderate. But you will be out for awhile. Peak in July.
Me: Roger that. Taking all the precautions I can and trying to keep my immune system flush. So hopefully not too bad. Thanks for the heads up. Take care of yourself.
Seriously though TC If you like sports at all you might reconsider hockey. It's faster than baseball or basketball It's rougher than football and physically more demanding than any team sport. Those guys are big and tough and work really hard. They go up to 30 mph on those skates and slam each other into the boards hard enough to send most football players to the locker room and then jump back up and keep playing. They hit that puck so hard it goes over 100 mph and they will jump in front of it to keep it from going in the goal. Steven Stamkos last year slap shot a puck and it hit a defender's stick and snapped it in half and kept going. It's not a sissy thing like some pantywaist figure skaters. Most people complain that they can't follow it because it moves too fast.
Just sayin'.
Yeah, back when I used to go see the Aeros I could not BELIEVE how rough it was! Even the fans would get into it.
Reminded me of that movie 'Rollerball'! Put em in the box for a bit and they come-out swinging again.
I am surprised that PC has not caught up to it?
If you ever go to see it up close you will be a fan I garantee it. If you sit within 10 rows of the ice you just can't believe how fast it is and how hard and rough they play
Case in point
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At least there's archived games
Season seat holders to the St. Louis blues. Dad had them and seats to the cardinals ( football and baseball ) plus when the rams came to town not to mention season seats to Kansas City Chiefs when they moved to KC. Watched hundreds of games when all the greats were playing, ( the Bobby Hull days all the way to Brett Hull ). And they don’t fight near as much nowadays and they all got headgear on so mostly just a schoolyard fight all blow and no go, yea. Got bored with it, just like I now don’t care for football and I lived a breathed it. We have allowed these sports to become above the law and idolize a mega rich guy who just plays a game.when I watched hockey they didn’t make that kind of money till Wayne and Brett got the big contracts . I still go watch pee wee league games, and high school football. I’m just not going to put up with these millionaires tantrums, political stances and their abuse of the legal systems their teams allow. If it wasn’t for fans paying so much to idolize them then the only ones playing would be the ones who truly love the game.
When I inherited the season season seats I promptly sold them. Hey it cost nothing to go to the high school or the rink and watch the ones who really love the game
All the pro stick and ball stuff has gone that way it seems.
Well I'll give you that some of them think they're above the law. Especially basketball and football players. The other stuff I think is debatable. At least you could argue that because the owners and the venue make such a tremendous amount of money that the players are entitled to a piece of that. After all if it weren't for them nobody would make any money. Also they have a tremendously short career and could be out tomorrow with an injury. Then it's "would you like fries with that sir" for a lot of them. I feel the same way about actors though. Why we idolize them I have no clue, make them God like status and they think that the world owes them. All of that is in flux now though. I don't know if I would call it "the great leveling" but this virus is certainly going to have a leveling effect at least for the short term.
Ran some quick math on the WHO stats and the mortality rate is at 4.4%. I think that may be a little skewed because people who don't get that sick don't get tested. If you don't get tested you don't show as positive. If you are sick enough to die from it you definitely get tested. I read something about the makers of that experimental drug suspending new orders until they process existing orders. I guess it's flying off the shelves before they can make it. I wonder about the antivaxers. Are essential oils flying off the shelves?
Even if the stats are skewed and the mortality rate is lower, say 1.0%, that is still 10X that of the seasonal flu which is 0.1%. That is still a hefty difference.
Has this "experimental" drug won government approval for use on the general public as a treatment for Covid 19?
Bob
Looks like they are getting serious about social distancing.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...cid=spartandhp
Bob
Tonight as myself and my neighbor were talking across the fence. 20 ft or more but he was on the downwind side.....
Another neighbor couple came down the street walking their dog.
Five of us ended up talking 10 ft or so apart except for the dog that I have dog sat for that came up and sniffed my knee.
By those rules we could have been arrested or fined................
What is our society coming to and to what level will we let it control or everyday life?
According to this article you, your friends and neighbors were distanced plenty far away--
Minnesotans may have a leg up when it comes to social distancing - StarTribune.com
As far as society, government and the level of control, I'm sure once this panademic is under control, everything will go back to normal or at least close to it.
We as Americans value freedom much more than other countries as they've never known the freedoms that we have enjoyed for so many years so the restrictions are harder for us to accept.
With that said, I do think that for the time being we as a Nation must hunker down and accept things as they are. In the long run, I honestly believe it is for the best of all of us.
Last night 60 Minutes was pretty good. They interviewed front line worker bees and two companies working on vaccines and antiviral drugs. Not scary stuff just common sense.
There has been a lethality with chloroquine phosphate. A couple were DOA today after taking this compound. No it is not a pharmaceutical, it is used in home aquariums and they must have been thinking "hey this has the same name as that stuff on the news". There is no acknowledgement of positivity for the virus or any symptoms yet. but this is just the sort of dumb crap that happens when people let go of information without talking about all the bad things that can happen too.
We Americans value our freedom I agree but what I wonder about is that if the restrictions that we are being trained to allow, although supposedly for the short term will continue.
Everybody just needs to calm the hell down. If people would quit being stupid then we'd all be all right and as far as government restrictions, that's what the second amendment is for. I hope we all learn that lesson from this little debacle.
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." Thomas Jefferson
Well, that's just the "slippery slope argument" that you can apply to anything depending on your mindset.
The hard truth that is about as stark as a cast iron casket is if we do nothing and ignore the warnings potentially there could be an awful lot of deceased americans. Of course there are some who have no problem with that of course as long as it ain't one of their relations lying in the ground.
If everyone would just voluntarily stay home, the virus may be able to be contained in as few as four weeks. The way it looks now the virus will run rampant for six to eighteen months and kills and sicken a crazy number of people. It’s our choice as to how long we would like to drag out this pandemic.
You are spot on my friend :tu
Here's just one of many messages from the Governors from around the USA due to people refusing to follow directives and in this case a plea.
“I started by asking Oregonians to stay home and practice social distancing. Then I urged the public to follow these recommendations. Instead, thousands crowded the beaches of our coastal communities, our trails, our parks, and our city streets, potentially spreading COVID-19 and endangering the lives of others across the state. Now, I’m ordering it. To save lives and protect our community."
“Today, I am issuing a new executive order further requiring social distancing measures because we know this is the most effective way to flatten the curve and slow the spread of this virus. I hope everyone in Oregon abides by its core message: stay home unless absolutely necessary.
“Staying home both keeps you safe from infection, and ensures you do not unknowingly infect others.
Governor Brown, State of Oregon USA
In reality, there are times when there is a limit on the amount of personal freedom everyone enjoys and one of those times is when yours adversely effects other people's freedom to remain alive. Like it or not this is one of those times. It's a simple concept to put community ahead of self temporarily but hard for some to come to terms with.
Bob
I got an email last night from the boss. All drivers have been cut back to a 4 day work week. 3 days off. I guess buisness is diving fast. I can tell on the roads there is less traffic but not an extreme amount of difference yet. I guess a little cutback is better than stop working as some have had to do so im thankful for that. It also keeps my job as full time so medical keeps going. And i think i might get used to a 3 day weekend in time.
Ya I’m cut back to 0 days a week, damn coronivirus! :rofl2:
I,m thinking I,m going to postpone my trip and just do my thing in video conference, got a sharp grandchild to walk me thru it. I am not in the least worried about me, but with the wife being in the extreme risk category I Don’t want to bring anything back to the house. And since I went to the store during old folks hour and got all the perishables , we are good for a couple weeks, on frozen food and dry goods about 3 years! Y’all are working on razors, I,m doing nothing
TC my great grandmother used to say thatvidle hands are the devils playground. You’ll have to find some projects. Perhaps it’s a good time to detail all the vehicles inside and out, or tear that bike down that you’ve been thinking about rebuilding.
A week plus in on working from home, and a few observations: 1. Cabin fever is real. The wife, dog and myself just picked up a few groceries and rode around a bit, mostly just to have something to do 2. Traffic is definitely down with all the businesses shuttered, but the lowered demand for gas (along with the Saudis trying to screw the Russians) is causing lower prices in general. Enjoy your 3-day weekends, Jerry. 3. Speaking of groceries, the hoarding and mob mentality seems to be abating a bit. The categories you would expect are still pretty well picked over-you just have to be a little more flexible.
Right now, I'm on the hunt for a nice brisket; now that I have time and energy to smoke one, of course I can't find one.
The extended Ontario March Break for schools is scheduled to end April 6, but our premier has already said it is unlikely the kids will be back in school then or even by June. Teachers and boards of education (and parents) are scrambling to find ways to support at-home schooling in systems not designed to do that.
Canadian educational resource providers (publishing companies, educational tv, government online educational portals, etc) are stepping up to provide free temporary access to online educational products. This may accelerate the transition to a more contemporary approach to learning.
Years ago we had an Ontario Minister of Education who was vilified for saying that if you really wanted to make significant change, you needed a crisis. In retrospect, he may have been right.
"Canadian educational resource providers (publishing companies, educational tv, government online educational portals, etc) are stepping up to provide free temporary access to online educational products. This may accelerate the transition to a more contemporary approach to learning."<This exactly. My e-mail inbox is full of new free online resources, and my department is mobilizing to keep students engaged in this new paradigm. I think you are 100% right that this will pave the way for more online learning (which I have mixed feelings about).
In any event, a lot of Luddite teachers who have snubbed the tech. revolution are going to be left behind by this (and frankly, a lot of them need to be...).