Coronavirus

[ditcherman]

(snipped)

I may stop posting about coronavirus.
I think it is way beyond to late for much to be done but to protect yourself and your family as best you can.

Do whatever you want but I for one have appreciated your posts and updates. Trying to sort through the hype vs fact is so hard these days and you seem to bring a levelheadedness and non-agenda info that is refreshing.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

We were told it wasn’t as deadly as the flu. Now it's considered 20x as deadly. Our media, experts and the WHO have failed us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

 

[Trigger Time]

We were told it wasn’t as deadly as the flu. Now it's considered 20x as deadly. Our media, experts and the WHO have failed us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

People need replaced

 

[Trigger Time]

I was in Lowes last night. They didn't have any. Not really a surprise, the most I think I've seen on the shelf is like 3 boxes anyway. It probably isn't hard to find three people (or maybe one based upon previous 22LR sales) willing to buy up the entire stock.

I'm guessing until Covid-19 fades from the news-cycle (whenever that might be) you won't be able to find any.

I cant believe the number of "preppers" who didn't even have a supply of basic n95 masks and rushed out to order or buy some.
Just like when a gun panic happens and everyone realizes they need ammo and mags.

 

[actaeon277]

I ALWAYS need more ammo and mags.

 

[Cameramonkey]

People need replaced

Well, given the numbers of deaths, and the rumors of sterilization due to the illness, that is technically happening already.


Oh, wait, you meant somebody else?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I cant believe the number of "preppers" who didn't even have a supply of basic n95 masks and rushed out to order or buy some.
Just like when a gun panic happens and everyone realizes they need ammo and mags.

wait wait...

we need ammo?! I thought it would be like video games where there were just full mags all over the ground in convenient places

i may need to take a trip to the gun store...

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

I cant believe the number of "preppers" who didn't even have a supply of basic n95 masks and rushed out to order or buy some.
Just like when a gun panic happens and everyone realizes they need ammo and mags.

Like all things, preppers come in varying degrees.

I'm currently working on becoming prepper medium (actually I have no quantitative data to determine what this means). Thankfully I already had a box of N95 masks, but that was because of woodworking activities.

If it was preppers invading Lowes they weren't serious ones. The 3M respirators and filters were still plentiful.

 

[Sylvain]

I cant believe the number of "preppers" who didn't even have a supply of basic n95 masks and rushed out to order or buy some.
Just like when a gun panic happens and everyone realizes they need ammo and mags.

In that case it's even more ridiculous since you don't need to wear a mask to protect yourself from the virus.
Just like with any virus the best protection is to use hand sanitizer and wash your hands several times a day.

There's no use wearing a mask if you don't also wear gloves and eye protection (if you're in contact with sick people), if you keep touching your mask with your dirty gloves or bare hands, don't change the mask every 2 hours etc.

There's more to it that just owning the stuff.

Just like buying a gun doesn't make you a marksman, buying masks doesn't make you an infectious disease specialist.

It just sucks for people who really need to find masks (contractors and such), they can't find them anywhere.

 

[OurDee]

I have kept a good 3m mask under the driver seat for years. Hand sanitizer should be for when you can't use soap and water.

 

[Sylvain]

I have kept a good 3m mask under the driver seat for years. Hand sanitizer should be for when you can't use soap and water.

Yep, it's not to be used on dirty hands.
The best practice is to wash your hands and then use hand sanitizer.

 

[Vigilant]

I cant believe the number of "preppers" who didn't even have a supply of basic n95 masks and rushed out to order or buy some.
Just like when a gun panic happens and everyone realizes they need ammo and mags.

I have M17’s and an M40, so I don’t have any of the made in China by infected people’s hands N95’s in my preps.

 

[smokingman]

That is a video describing the same thing most likely.However the video I saw was a nurse,and it is gone.

Doctor who talked to the nurse.Calling to get confirmation of negative or positive test results through governors office,then CDC. They will get back to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJBeP8KITo

 

[Cldedhnds]

A bit of a long read but related to COVID-19 and the power of Digitalpolitik. Discusses the control of digital information/misinformation now and in the future.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/1...-pushes-states-quarantine-online-information/

“As digital technologies blur the boundaries around jurisdiction, influence, and state power, we’ll likely see governments and platforms develop a host of surveillance tools, legal authorities, and public-private partnerships to inform the response.”

 

[smokingman]

Doctor who talked to the nurse.Calling to get confirmation of negative or positive test results through governors office,then CDC. They will get back to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJBeP8KITo

He is live streaming at 5:20pm 2/18 (now)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kIlzX2WCv0

 

[Trigger Time]

In that case it's even more ridiculous since you don't need to wear a mask to protect yourself from the virus.
Just like with any virus the best protection is to use hand sanitizer and wash your hands several times a day.

There's no use wearing a mask if you don't also wear gloves and eye protection (if you're in contact with sick people), if you keep touching your mask with your dirty gloves or bare hands, don't change the mask every 2 hours etc.

There's more to it that just owning the stuff.

Just like buying a gun doesn't make you a marksman, buying masks doesn't make you an infectious disease specialist.

It just sucks for people who really need to find masks (contractors and such), they can't find them anywhere.

Very true sylvain. If you need a roommate when you come over here you always can stay at my house

 

[Trigger Time]

I have M17’s and an M40, so I don’t have any of the made in China by infected people’s hands N95’s in my preps.

Yeah ive always carried full kit in my vehicle just in case. The unprepared and untrained laugh. Doesn't bother me one damn bit. Ill roll past their corpses

 

[nra4ever]

Yeah ive always carried full kit in my vehicle just in case. The unprepared and untrained laugh. Doesn't bother me one damn bit. Ill roll past their corpses

don’t forget to loot the corpses.

 

[nra4ever]

Wow those Chinese are very brutal. I thought the pet dog being beaten to death was brutal. Now they set fire to a home with the infected inside. If you watch on a large screen you can see one run out on fire.


https://www.brighteon.com/0b027214-0c81-49fa-b326-f51876adfa94

 

[cbhausen]

That was gruesome... it must be a living hell over there.