The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

oneastrocurlie

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I heard they were considering it and am glad they decided to cancel.

Oh its still on. They only cancel parts of it like the kids section. Spectators can still come see the finals.

And I've seen several posts on social media that encourages people to still come downtown to support the local businesses.
 

Lylddlebit

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Okay. So anyone concerned about flights within the US?

Im supposed to go to NC on the 19th. Now, I’m reconsidering.


I'm being cautious and just in homebody mode in general until the information is more robust and consistent. For me no recreational travel, crowd gatherings or food not prepared in my house for a while. I stopped taking my toddler to public places last month. That will remain for a while. I just need a lot more information than what is already out here like how long people actually stay sick( does anyone know that? so far I keep looking for it and can't find it) and since it's a virus what recovery truly looks like when they are saying people recover (is it they will have recurring outbreaks recovery or one and done? It is a virus) I would not travel by plane right now, even for an emergency. I would drive first(I have traveled by car from one coast to another in 2 days more than once and actually enjoyed it)
 
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Jmartjrmd

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Any brave nurses they're paying 4 to 7k per week at some travel agencies to go cover the outbreaks. I keep getting emails about it. As more healthcare workers get infected they aren't going to have staff to cover for patients so they are recruiting hard for temps and travelers.
ETA
I wouldnt do it but I know a few RNs who are in Washington now. I hope they stay well. Its def not enough money. Plus if they get sick they are on their own with any medical Bill's they incur. Afterwards they are required to do the 14 day quarantine but I know a few who are planning to jump to the next contract.
 
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dancinstallion

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On now I am getting a little nervous. :nervous2:All of the vitamin c is out of stock in stores and online and we dont have enough at home to cover more than one virus.
Vitamin C and Zinc are my go to remedies to kill a fever and a cough in 24 hours.

I am going to keep checking online.

I found some at Costco online but it has to be shipped and it isnt guaranteed. It says I will receive it next week.
Sam's club has a good deal on Vit C but of course they are out of stock and Costco costs more. Oh well

ETA okay it looks like Sam's club is back in stock so I ordered some more.
 
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cocosweet

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I see the price gouging on alcohol (online) has begun. I have some now but if I don't hide it from my uber wasteful dh, we'll be caught without. I'll keep looking. I'm glad I bought the Vitamin C at Costco when I was there last week. Bought medical gloves too. :look: My aloe vera gel came today, so I can make my own sanitizer. I'm using this formula:

How It Works

The active ingredient in this hand sanitizer recipe is the alcohol, which needs to comprise at least 60% of the product in order to be an effective disinfectant. The recipe calls for 99% ethanol (grain alcohol) or isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol). Please don't use any other types of alcohol (e.g., methanol, butanol), as they are toxic. Also, if you use a product that contains a lower percentage of alcohol (e.g., 70% alcohol) then you need to increase the amount of alcohol in the recipe or it won't be as effective.


Essential Oils in Hand Sanitizer
In addition to adding fragrance to your hand sanitizer, the essential oil you choose may also help protect you against germs. For example, thyme and clove oil have antimicrobial properties. If you are using antimicrobial oils, only use a drop or two, since these oils tend to be very powerful and might irritate your skin. Other oils, such as lavender or chamomile, may help soothe your skin.


What You'll Need
Equipment / Tools
  • Bowl and spoon
  • Funnel
  • Bottle with pump dispenser
Materials
  • 2/3 cup 99 percent rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) or ethanol
  • 1/3 cup aloe vera gel
  • 8 to 10 drops essential oil, optional
Steps to Make It
Make Hand Sanitizer

Nothing could be easier! Simply mix the ingredients together and then use the funnel to pour them into the bottle. Screw the pump back onto the bottle and you're ready to go.





https://www.thespruce.com/make-your-own-homemade-hand-sanitizer-606145
 
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SoforReal

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My husband had a disgusting co-worker who sneezed on her desk and laptop and kept working like it was nothing! He heard a female co-worker went to change her tampon and didn’t wash her hands. When homegirl checked her and said aren’t u going to wash your hands?!! She said “I only changed my pad” NASTY NASTY NASTY! :mad: Of course all clear ppl!!
 

Black Ambrosia

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Hand sanitizer was sold out on the website but I called a local Bath and Body Works and they still had the travel size sanitizers in the store. They were enforcing the limit of 10 sanitizers so that's probably why they still had inventory. Might be worth looking into before those are gone too.
 

sissimpson

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A worker from local hospitals in CT has tested positive. The person lives in in Westchester County in NY and commutes to work in Danbury and Norwalk Hospitals in CT. Thanks.
 

Black Ambrosia

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Both the New York Times and Washington Post have maps like this but I think you need a subscription to view them.
 

UmSumayyah

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Clearly there are lots of people that have it and don't know it. Some people are asymptomatic, some only mild symptoms. If it were really a major killer I think we would see alot more dead people, tests or no tests. I still think stocking up is a good idea, especially since there is a run on supplies. (I use rubbing alcohol in my glass cleaner, so I need it anyway).

Apparently China has a much higher percentage of smokers, so I wouldn't be surprised if that were the reason they had so many deaths. Underlying conditions make you more vulnerable and smoking is horrible for the lungs as we all know.

We will see more cases as people get tested but at this point, unless we see in the next two weeks many more deaths, I think it will calm down.
 

cocosweet

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Why isn’t soap selling just as fast as the hand sanitizer, since it’s more effective( I understand the whole travel size thing)?
Because unsanitary people ain’t using it like they’re supposed to anyway. Shhh...more soap for us. :look:

Seriously, I am about to start carrying little travel bar of soap in my purse for when public restrooms are out of it.
 

rabs77

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Yikes- I was due there at the end of the month to recruit at the NSBE conference. Not anymore. I wonder if the conference will now proceed as usual:(
Yep- Conference has now been postponed to later this year.
 

awhyley

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Do we believe that this hotel just "collapsed"?
Coronavirus: Dozens trapped as China quarantine hotel collapses

Image copyrightAFP
Image captionThe hotel's facade appeared to have crumbled into the ground, exposing the building's steel frame
About 70 people have been trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed.

About 35 people have been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel, officials say.

Videos posted online show emergency workers combing through the building's wreckage in the southern province of Fujian.

It is not clear what caused the collapse or if anyone has died.

Image copyrightEPA
Image captionRescue workers in orange overalls clamber over the rubble as they look for survivors
Image copyrightEPA
Image captionThe hotel reportedly had 80 guest rooms
It happened at about 19:30 local time (11:30 GMT).

Chinese state media says the hotel was being used as a quarantine facility monitoring people who had had close contact with coronavirus patients.

The hotel reportedly opened in 2018 and had 80 guest rooms.

Image Copyright @globaltimesnews@GLOBALTIMESNEWS
Report

One woman told the Beijing News website that relatives including her sister had been under quarantine there.

"I can't contact them, they're not answering their phones," she said.

"I'm under quarantine too [at another hotel] and I'm very worried, I don't know what to do. They were healthy, they took their temperatures every day, and the tests showed that everything was normal."


As of Friday, Fujian province had 296 cases of coronavirus. Meanwhile 10,819 people have been placed under observation because they have been in close contact with someone infected.

The World Health Organization says more than 101,000 people worldwide have now contracted the virus.

More than 3,000 people have died - the majority in the Chinese province of Hubei where the outbreak originated.

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51784167
 

awhyley

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They cancelled the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH.

Apparently, SxSW (South by Southwest) is also gone/cancelled. :(

SXSW is canceled over coronavirus concerns
By Kerry Flynn and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business
Updated 2309 GMT (0709 HKT) March 6, 2020



South by Southwest, the annual tech, film and music conference in Austin, has officially been canceled because of the coronavirus. The decision, announced by city authorities on Friday, came just two days after Austin public health officials said the event could proceed as planned despite a string of high-profile dropouts and widespread calls to cancel.
"I've gone ahead and declared a local disaster in the city, and, associated with that, have issued an order that effectively cancels South by Southwest this year," Austin Mayor Steve Adler told reporters Friday afternoon.
The event had been scheduled to take place from March 13 to March 22. This is the first time in 34 years that it has been canceled, according to the organizers.

"We are devastated to share this news with you," SXSW said in a statement. "We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation."
SXSW is now exploring the possibility of rescheduling the event and is working to provide an online alternative. The organizers will reach out to prospective attendees with more information in the coming days, they said.
Several of the conference's biggest names had already pulled out in the days leading up to the cancellation.
Twitter (TWTR) was the first big company to pull out of the event, citing its new policy restricting all business travel because of the virus. Facebook (FB), Intel (INTC), Vevo and Mashable soon followed suit.
Popular video app TikTok also backed out, saying it would explore "alternative ways" to bring its planned SXSW content to audiences. "While we think the risk is relatively low, we are erring on the side of caution," a TikTok spokesperson told CNN Business on Tuesday.


A state-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus cases

Despite the cancellations, SXSW organizers announced new keynote speakers this week, including Hillary Clinton and Andrew Yang. The conference organizers said on Monday they would be "proceeding as planned" and that they were working with local, state and federal agencies to ensure a safe event.
SXSW draws thousands of people to Austin each year and generates millions of dollars for the city. The economic impact of last year's event on the city was estimated to be $355.9 million, according to a report paid for by SXSW.
As recently as Friday, some attendees had been finalizing their schedules and packing their bags for a trip to Texas.
San Francisco-based marketing consultant Kate Talbot, who has attended SXSW every year since 2015 as a way to try to get new business, was expecting to be among those descending on the city next week. She typically attends parties run by venture capital firms or startups and other private events to meet potential clients.
"SXSW is really beneficial to my business," Talbot told CNN Business shortly before the event was cancelled. "I'm doing what the CDC is telling us to do and being smart about it. I don't want to live in fear. I don't understand the difference between being in San Francisco and Austin. There's a risk anywhere you go."


SXSW will go on despite coronavirus concerns

A number of tech companies have already canceled the in-person portion of their annual spring events, including Facebook and Google's developer conferences.
Soon after, SXSW organizers came under pressure but had resisted to cancel the conference. A Change.org petition urging a cancellation has garnered more than 53,000 signatures.
Mark Escott, the interim medical director and health authority for Austin Public Health, said canceling the event was a necessary precaution to mitigate the further spread of the virus.
"This is not unlike a hurricane looming in the gulf," he said. "Now is the time to think about what are we going to do as a community and as a government when that storm comes."

Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/06/media/sxsw-preparation-coronavirus/index.html
 

UmSumayyah

Well-Known Member
Do we believe that this hotel just "collapsed"?
Coronavirus: Dozens trapped as China quarantine hotel collapses

Image copyrightAFP
Image captionThe hotel's facade appeared to have crumbled into the ground, exposing the building's steel frame
About 70 people have been trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed.

About 35 people have been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel, officials say.

Videos posted online show emergency workers combing through the building's wreckage in the southern province of Fujian.

It is not clear what caused the collapse or if anyone has died.

Image copyrightEPA
Image captionRescue workers in orange overalls clamber over the rubble as they look for survivors
Image copyrightEPA
Image captionThe hotel reportedly had 80 guest rooms
It happened at about 19:30 local time (11:30 GMT).

Chinese state media says the hotel was being used as a quarantine facility monitoring people who had had close contact with coronavirus patients.

The hotel reportedly opened in 2018 and had 80 guest rooms.

Image Copyright @globaltimesnews@GLOBALTIMESNEWS
Report

One woman told the Beijing News website that relatives including her sister had been under quarantine there.

"I can't contact them, they're not answering their phones," she said.

"I'm under quarantine too [at another hotel] and I'm very worried, I don't know what to do. They were healthy, they took their temperatures every day, and the tests showed that everything was normal."


As of Friday, Fujian province had 296 cases of coronavirus. Meanwhile 10,819 people have been placed under observation because they have been in close contact with someone infected.

The World Health Organization says more than 101,000 people worldwide have now contracted the virus.

More than 3,000 people have died - the majority in the Chinese province of Hubei where the outbreak originated.

Link:
If they're pulling people out it probably is a collapse.

They could have set the thing on fire beforehand if it was planned, and made it "impossible" to rescue anyone.
 

LavenderMint

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Hand sanitizer was sold out on the website but I called a local Bath and Body Works and they still had the travel size sanitizers in the store. They were enforcing the limit of 10 sanitizers so that's probably why they still had inventory. Might be worth looking into before those are gone too.
When I couldn’t find any sanitizer in local stores or on Amazon last week, I bought it online from Bath & Body Works. I was embarrassed about buying a LOT but now I’m not. I’m a teacher in MD & due to go back to work 4/1 after being out for maternity leave. One of my students was held in China & I don’t even know if he’s back yet. I’m not trying to bring anything back home to my baby.
How do you explain not touching your face & keeping your hands to yourself to 4 year olds who still think nothing of chewing on shoelaces or using their spit as lotion? :abducted:
 

vevster

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On now I am getting a little nervous. :nervous2:All of the vitamin c is out of stock in stores and online and we dont have enough at home to cover more than one virus.
Vitamin C and Zinc are my go to remedies to kill a fever and a cough in 24 hours.

I am going to keep checking online.

I found some at Costco online but it has to be shipped and it isnt guaranteed. It says I will receive it next week.
Sam's club has a good deal on Vit C but of course they are out of stock and Costco costs more. Oh well

ETA okay it looks like Sam's club is back in stock so I ordered some more.
I was sending you a link to the C I use, but it is out of stock. I'm glad you found some...
 

Crackers Phinn

Either A Blessing Or A Lesson.
This is why ain't none in the store or online.
Las Vegas strip club giving away 50,000 bottles of hand sanitizer for free

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — For Las Vegas residents looking to get their hands on some hand sanitizer, local strip club Little Darlings is looking to fill that need.

The club announced early Friday morning that it is giving away 50,000 free bottles of hand sanitizer in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

For the entire month of March and while supplies last, each guest at the club will get a free bottle.

“[A]n opportunity to help with the Coronavirus scare,” said LeAnna DaPoint, one of the club's managers, “is extremely important to us. Las Vegas is a tourist mecca, and we have to do everything possible to stay virus-free. It might seem silly, but we take the health of our guests very seriously. Being the most popular adult club in Las Vegas, we have to ensure the show will go on!"

The giveaway comes amidst the spread of COVID-19 and the recent announcement that there are at least two people in Nevada that are presumably infected with the virus, including one in the Las Vegas area.

Hand sanitizer has been flying off the shelves at many retailers in Southern Nevada along with many other supplies as residents react to the possibility of having to remain home for an extended time.

Hand sanitizer, according to health officials, is also the most effective alternative to washing one’s hands to keep the virus from spreading.

The club’s Director of Operations Ryan Carlson says that he hopes Little Darlings’ giveaway inspires other local businesses to follow suit, saying, “As with any of our charity drives and giveaways, we hope that we can encourage our neighbors, vendors, and other area businesses to do similar acts of community support.”
 

Kindheart

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I believe the only country who gave the real figures is Italy,everyone else either tweaked it ,
Didn’t come forward for testing or just pushed the stats under the rug.
Some experts think the covid 19 is going to disappear in the summer as it doesn’t seem to survive in high temperatures. Let’s hope so
 

Black Ambrosia

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All Your Horny Little Coronavirus Questions, Answered
The CDC won't tell us if it's safe to kiss or do hand stuff, so we investigated for you.

As COVID-19, or coronavirus, continues to spread through communities around the United States, the CDC has been extremely proactive in issuing all sorts of guidance for not getting sick. The organization has addressed a lot of concerns—travel, pets, pregnancy, personal protective equipment—thus far, but the good scientist prudes at the CDC have yet to wade into one crucial aspect of human life: sex (and making out).

Most of the guideline public health experts have already given about washing your hands (for 20 seconds, the correct way), staying home if you’re sick, and keeping a six-foot distance from people who may be sick can be reasonably applied to relations of the intimate variety. But still, you might be left with pressing questions: Is it necessary to put the kibosh on kissing? Is this virus sexually transmitted? And if you can’t put your grubby little hands on your faces, where else can’t you put them???

Luckily, we’re not too proud to answer the burning, horny questions amidst a global outbreak; here’s everything you’d like to know about Love in the Time of Coronavirus.

Is it reasonable or necessary to take a break from dating?
In a somewhat dystopian development, Tinder recently started advising users to protect themselves against coronavirus as they continue swiping through the epidemic. Right now, since there’s no vaccine or treatment for coronavirus, the CDC lists “social distancing” as a fairly vague way to prevent the spread of the virus, and doesn’t get into any nitty gritty details about whether that means you can keep getting beers with strangers or not.

As with any other human interaction, exercise reasonable caution; if you’ve had a cough, fever, sore throat, or other cold/flu-like symptoms, don’t go on any dates. (This applies always, not just during viral outbreaks!!!) And it feels wise and fair to ask potential dates if they’ve been sick recently, as well. This is, perhaps, even a good litmus test for compatibility; if someone can’t handle you at your coronavirus-panic, they don’t deserve you at your sick hornies.

In a quarantine situation, is it OK to hunker down with my partner, or do I have to be totally alone?
The recommended quarantine period for coronavirus is 14 days, based on what researchers know about incubation periods for illnesses similar to coronavirus. While quarantined people should limit time outside of the home during that time, you don’t need to move out of an apartment you share with a partner, roommates, or family members. But you should try to live mostly in one room, continue to follow hand washing guidelines, and sanitize any surface or objects you share with other people.

If you do end up testing positive for the virus (as testing hopefully becomes more available), it’s not unlikely your partner or anyone you share a home with will also become infected; most cases of the virus appear to be household-spread, rather than community-spread.

Can coronavirus be spread via kissing?
Multiple experts told the New York Times they believe kissing could “definitely spread” coronavirus. Which makes sense, considering it’s mainly spread through respiratory droplets that come out of your mouth when you speak and/or cough. That’s why public health experts have been advising to keep a six-foot perimeter, and telling everyone to wash their hands thoroughly and properly, and to avoid touching their face.

But kissing rules, so rather than avoiding it until the outbreak subsides, be extra-judicious about who you’re kissing. Perhaps avoid making out with anyone who’s recently traveled to or through an area with a high number of cases, or anyone who’s on quarantine and waiting to see if they’re infected. Because symptoms are, again, proving to be quite mild in most young people, you won’t be able to tell whether someone is sick just by looking at them. Asking people if they have reason to suspect they may have come into contact with coronavirus is fair game in these frantic times (but don’t be racist about it).

When in doubt, just think about this chilling quote from the New York Times, which will never leave my brain: “If you can smell what someone had for lunch—garlic, curry, etc.—you are inhaling what they are breathing out, including any virus in their breath.”

Can coronavirus be spread via sex or any genital to genital contact?
Coronaviruses aren’t typically sexually transmissible*, but the WHO said it’s still too soon to tell if that’s true for this particular virus. While we await that info, let us instead treat this as a question of… Should you? Even if you master one of the many ways to have sex without putting your germy face near another person’s germy face (thank you, Health.com), the virus can be spread via “talking face-to-face.” Getting close enough to manage ****ing without talking face to face seems challenging (though admittedly not impossible).

* This is from the New York Times, which may or may not be working with a more expansive definition of "sex." So this may simply mean "genital to genital," even though there are obviously many other kinds of sexual contact.

Yeah, but what if I clean my junk with hand sanitizer first?
Never do this! If you’ve been washing your hands more lately, per the CDC guidelines, you’ve likely noticed they may be a bit drier than normal. Not only will the same happen to your genitals, but the first ingredient in sanitizer—isopropyl alcohol—isn’t safe for internal use, and may cause burning and irritation. Mild, unscented soaps, always.

Can coronavirus be spread via butt stuff?
Very much so! Researchers think the reason the virus has spread so quickly is that it can be transmitted via the feces of infected people. Experts believe the fecal-oral route (which is why proper hand washing and keeping your hands off your face are so crucial!!!!!) is what caused coronavirus to infect so many people on that cruise ship. You should always be using condoms or dental dams, and be mindful about hand washing pre- and post-butt stuff, but in these coronavirus times, it’s worth being extra careful.

I know I’m not supposed to touch my face, but can I still masturbate?
Again, experts don’t yet know if this coronavirus can be spread via sexual contact. But just like always, you should still be washing your hands thoroughly before and after touching your nethers (or someone else’s).

OK, but what about my sex toys?
Just like you should be washing our hands this way all the time, you should all be washing your sex toys thoroughly, all the time. “You do need to wash it every time, even if it's just been used by yourself, because there are definitely places on the body where microorganisms can be naturally present,” Kelly A. Reynolds, a public health educator and department chair of community, environment, and policy at the University of Arizona, previously told VICE. This does not mean you should take Purell to your vibrators (and, in fact, don’t do that); simply wash your toys in warm water with regular, unscented soap and dry them with a clean paper towel. These good practices help prevent fungal and bacterial infections, plus STIs for shared toys, but consider them good coronavirus protection, too.

Is there coronavirus porn?
Of course there’s coronavirus porn.

We’ll update this post if any details change, but in the meantime, stay safe out there, friends.
 
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