COVID-19 - Page 9

Phrozen Sands · #1 04-03-2020, 09:16 AM

I’ve never seen such stupidity. Not only with this virus but the fact that an idiotic, racist, sack of lying shit was voted in as president, who downplayed this virus. When this virus is over and I make it through to the other side, I’m still practicing social distancing. I don’t want to get infected with stupidity.

FSUZeta · #2 03-31-2020, 06:46 AM

Hooray for your mom. Wishing her continued improvement!

andthen · #3 03-31-2020, 08:32 AM

I'm glad to hear your mom is finally feeling a bit better. Yes my husband mentioned a co-worker of his had a cough and overall not feeling well. Sort of similar symptoms of what others here have described. Granted at the time his co-worker was feeling crappy getting tested would have taken an act of God. He said the co-worker came back today after being home for nearly 3 weeks (mind you part of that time the hubs job was closed for a few days). So now my husband is wondering if his co-worker did in fact have COVID-19.

Also since I want to start the day off with gratitude, I am grateful for those who are still out there and working keeping people fed, getting supplies transported, and of course all of the healthcare workers caring for the sick under some very difficult circumstances that none of us have encountered to this point.

Phrozen Sands · #4 04-02-2020, 07:35 AM

People need to grow a brain cell and stay the fuck at home.

naraht · #5 04-02-2020, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

People need to grow a brain cell and stay the fuck at home.

In Maryland, we don't have 100% shutdown, going out hiking in the county parks is fine as long as you keep to the 6 foot rule. My wife and I geocache, which means not only are we on the trails, sometimes we are off of them to the middle of nowhere looking for things at specific lat/long coordinates. OTOH, some of the geocache locations have been shutdown if they are at high traffic areas like playgrounds.

aephi alum · #6 04-03-2020, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

People need to grow a brain cell and stay the fuck at home.

Two brain cells. Something needs to keep the first brain cell company.

Stay the fuck at home, y'all.

*winter* · #7 04-03-2020, 09:10 PM

They’re doing enforcement here. While I’m usually not a big fan of involving police unless necessary, people won’t stop so I can completely understand in this instance. I see convoys of sheriff’s vehicles going around.

thetalady · #8 03-31-2020, 03:21 PM

This is infuriating!! These kids KNEW better. Their parents KNEW better. Now they come back and are infecting their families and communities all over the country. They didn't care. Selfish and totally thoughtless. I am trying really hard not to say "SERVES THEM RIGHT".

Investigation underway after young travelers return from spring break, test positive for COVID-19

Rod D · #9 03-31-2020, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by thetalady

This is infuriating!! These kids KNEW better. Their parents KNEW better. Now they come back and are infecting their families and communities all over the country. They didn't care. Selfish and totally thoughtless. I am trying really hard not to say "SERVES THEM RIGHT".

Investigation underway after young travelers return from spring break, test positive for COVID-19

While they shouldn't have gone (mine didn't), there is no evidence that they caught it in Cabo and brought it back. Given the 14 day incubation period, they could have caught it at home. This thing would spread big time thru a college dorm, fraternity house, etc. If anything, they may have brought it to Cabo (not that many cases down there).

And as others have indicated, this thing has been floating around for several months, with most infected thinking they had a bad flu. We probably had it in mid Feb. -- we where down for the count, longer than any flu we have had in the past.

navane · #10 03-31-2020, 04:58 PM

I agree and think it would be unfair for anyone to imply that they caught it in Cabo (and I don't think thetalady is saying that). It seems to me that one or more of the 70 people in the chartered plane probably had it at home in Texas, took it with them to spring break, and spread it to the rest of the group. So, in reality, they probably put their Mexican hosts at risk more than anything else. And, yes, the kids who caught it from their travel companions are now taking it back home to their families and communities.

Benzgirl · #11 03-31-2020, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by thetalady

This is infuriating!! These kids KNEW better. Their parents KNEW better. Now they come back and are infecting their families and communities all over the country. They didn't care. Selfish and totally thoughtless. I am trying really hard not to say "SERVES THEM RIGHT".

Investigation underway after young travelers return from spring break, test positive for COVID-19

Wow. Nice to know you have compassion.

thetalady · #12 03-31-2020, 07:35 PM

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Wow. Nice to know you have compassion.

I have a huge amount of compassion for those people that are being infected and sickened by these thoughtless young people. Do I have compassion for people who deliberately and intentionally refused to follow advice about travel and social distance? Nope. They knew the risks and not only did not care about themselves, they didn't care about anyone else. I didn't say I hoped they would die.

AGDee · #13 03-31-2020, 06:18 PM

My daughter also had a very bad bronchitis turned into pneumonia that didn't respond to antibiotics just before Christmas. They had her on all her asthma meds, nebulizer meds, and steroids and she kept telling me it was not like anything she's had before because usually the nebulizer and steroids loosen up her cough so it's productive. It was never productive. She was first at the doctor on December 18th and flew home December 20th. I had her in urgent care on the 22nd when she got the steroids. It was bad.

It will be most helpful to our society getting back to functioning when they can test for antibodies to see who has had it and is already resistant. When people have tested positive with no symptoms, it's really impossible to know.

Benzgirl · #14 03-31-2020, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

My daughter also had a very bad bronchitis turned into pneumonia that didn't respond to antibiotics just before Christmas. They had her on all her asthma meds, nebulizer meds, and steroids and she kept telling me it was not like anything she's had before because usually the nebulizer and steroids loosen up her cough so it's productive. It was never productive. She was first at the doctor on December 18th and flew home December 20th. I had her in urgent care on the 22nd when she got the steroids. It was bad.

How is she doing now? I know she is back working and you were planning a cruise. Praying her health has improved.

thetalady · #15 03-31-2020, 07:48 PM

And I have no compassion for this group either...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison confirms that a group of spring breakers who visited Gulf Shores has tested positive for COVID-19

And of course, we have this charming Gen Zer who refused to cancel her Spring Break plans and says that COVID19 is “Darwinism is doing its job by knocking you out with this virus,”

https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/ava...nnnATdvloeek2k