Re: What do I plan to do when the coronavirus strikes?madman101March 14 2020, 05:29:53 UTC
That's too bad, but thank you for your service. Schools are definitely not safe, but, while yours is in session, you can teach the kids how to be safer.
Even for me, it is hard to change - I keep ending up close to someone, talking, when I am supposed to be at least three feet away.
*(I wrote this a while back. Now, schools are starting to close, so good luck).
Re: Re: What do I plan to do when the coronavirus strikes?madman101March 14 2020, 15:22:10 UTC
That's good - but no beach parties this year..
My guess is you might not have to return. I think I heard UW (Wisconsin) cancelled their classes. Others will probably follow, now that it is a dramatic emergency.
If I were a student again, I would not like classes being cancelled. School was fun.
This is not The Walking Dead.policraticusMarch 6 2020, 16:11:21 UTC
I'm going to the same thing I did for MERS, SARS, Zika, H1N1, Ebola, Avian Flu, Swine Flu and the motherfucking common cold.
Ignore it.
That was hyperbolic. You should always keep your eyes open. But the current ramping up of hysteria seems unwarranted. Not for nothing, the seasonal Influenza virus has so far killed over 68,000 people in the USA alone this year and has infected millions of people. I get that COVID=19 could be super scary, but does anyone remember that the Influenza pandemic of 2009 killed 200,000 people worldwide? That was just 11 years ago. 200,000 people sounds like a lot of people, but really, it isn't. About 151,000 people die every day.
Oh, the same thing as in other virus outbreaks - worry and wash my hands more. I have had the flu even after getting flu shots in 2016 and 2017 (both times in early spring, when I guess the September/October inoculation wore off?) and felt awful for one month.
Take precautions, yep. We don't need more flu zombies. Which, i consider it a flu, basically.
I have an over-active immune system, (M.E./CFS). I have gotten the flu before, and it stays on for months, super bad. So, I am pretty much vacationing at home for a while. (Relaxing is not panic).
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Even for me, it is hard to change - I keep ending up close to someone, talking, when I am supposed to be at least three feet away.
*(I wrote this a while back. Now, schools are starting to close, so good luck).
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My guess is you might not have to return. I think I heard UW (Wisconsin) cancelled their classes. Others will probably follow, now that it is a dramatic emergency.
If I were a student again, I would not like classes being cancelled. School was fun.
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Ignore it.
That was hyperbolic. You should always keep your eyes open. But the current ramping up of hysteria seems unwarranted. Not for nothing, the seasonal Influenza virus has so far killed over 68,000 people in the USA alone this year and has infected millions of people. I get that COVID=19 could be super scary, but does anyone remember that the Influenza pandemic of 2009 killed 200,000 people worldwide? That was just 11 years ago. 200,000 people sounds like a lot of people, but really, it isn't. About 151,000 people die every day.
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Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!
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I have a similar view. However, this virus does have tricky aspects to it. Might as well try to beat it back while we can.
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I have an over-active immune system, (M.E./CFS). I have gotten the flu before, and it stays on for months, super bad. So, I am pretty much vacationing at home for a while. (Relaxing is not panic).
Stay healthy!
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