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

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Why You May Need to Wear a Mask When You Are Out and About

Breathing - sends stuff out your mouth about 7 feet
Coughing - sends stuff out your mouth about 19 feet
Sneezing - sends stuff out your mouth about 26 feet

Video 1: Trajectory of breathing, coughing and sneezing


Video 2: To Mask or Not to Mask
 

BonBon

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For UK peeps. Tesco delivery slots for the furthest date are released at 12:00am.

Only two more weeks of shopping hopefully. Apart from potential germs we've had 3 incidents with people acting up in as many weeks while shopping. People are letting their real self roam free.
 
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MzRhonda

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I bought enough food 2 weeks (frozen, canned, meats, fresh veggies and fruit included). If some of the fresh veggies goes bad oh well. So far it's been keeping me in the house for that long. Then when I get seriously low...I pick 1 day to do all my shopping to re-up and that's it. And when that day comes, it's like preparing for gorilla warfare :armyhat::brucelee:
Sounds like my schedule
 

Aggie

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@Goombay_Summer, @Iwanthealthyhair67 , @IslandMummy, @Aggie and other Bahamian ladies.

Not sure whether any of you know/knew Dr. Judson Eneas, but he passed this morning of the virus. This makes five (5), but he was the first health care professional to die from CoronaVirus. 28 persons currently in quarantine. (eta: actually 29)

We were on 48-hr strict lockdown from Friday, no grocery stores, no gas stations, nothing, but that ends tomorrow at 5am. We'll see how it goes.
Thanks for the update @awhyley. I have been keeping up as best I can with pertinent information and governmental press conferences. I am also spending most days in prayer and fasting. I am so grateful for this time to be able to freely face each day like this instead of having to rush out to work everyday with all the daily distractions.

I did not know the doctor you mentioned but I pray for the strength of his family. This is the time to seek God's face like never before if we have not done so as yet. Please do not let this time go to waste. The Lord is waiting for us to turn to Him since He is the ONLY one who can help lift this veil of darkness from over us. We have all sinned against Him and He desires to have our relationship with Him restored to it's former glory.

It is time for us all to turn to Him, repent of our sins so that He can finally heal our land and our nations. When you are truly in Christ, sickness and death has no power over you because to live is Christ and to die is gain - we gain eternal life with Him.
 

Ganjababy

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Thanks for this post. It has a lot of useful info... off to google generators...
Same...I do an inventory check, meal plans, etc, and we have the Grocery IQ App that we update regularly. We check-re-check and one of us goes. We are getting ready to do a Sams Club Run this weekend. I'm sending Hubby. Its been about 3-4 weeks.

Someone mentioned upthread they have lots of frozen meats. This is the best idea. We are blessed to still have power and water...its not like a Hurricane. But I better get hubby to invest in a Generator.....
We have frozen Fish and Shrimp as well, and For those that drink milk, you can freeze milk as well. On the day you defrost it (takes 24 hours), then you have like 7 days to drink it. I am not sure the freezer times for plant-based milks. However you can buy many shelf-stable plant based milks like soy and almond milk. Others can do Powder milk which is GREAT to have in the event you were to ever lose power. Every trip, you should consider adding a few canned goods as well as you build your stock piles.
 

Aggie

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Ladies, please advise:

My brother in law may have been exposed. He went on a job site this morning and the client did not relay, until he was near him, that he has the virus.

I understand he has to now self quarantine until symptoms show, but what else can he do? He is thinking of going to a hotel to self quarantine from his family, including a 1 year old child. Does he have to report to his city? He is in NYC.
I recently learned that Baking soda helps to alkalize and strengthen the immune system. It worked for a family that went through the pandemic period in 1918. You add a quarter to half a teaspoon of baking soda to a cup of water and drink on an empty stomach before breakfast or first meal of the day. My family and I have been doing this along with drinking lemon water throughout the day.

We are all strong and very healthy, even my 81 year old dad. Of course, I also anointed our home for reinforced protection to cover us both naturally and spiritually. I truly believe that faith without works is dead so I do both since they work well together. I go out to the market only when absolutely necessary and fully sanitize/cleanse myself and products I purchase as instructed by the authorities. We even spray bleach on the bottoms of our shoes and leave them outside overnight.
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Modly flies to Guam, gets on the ship's loud speaker and berates the ousted captain calling him naive and stupid. The sailors record his speech and send it out to the world. This is a significant and a potentially dangerous situation because the Roosevelt is a nuclear warship. It has no leader right now. The ousted captain and many of the sailors are infected with the corona virus.

(Modly has offered his resignation). But...it has not been accepted yet due to two reasons:

1.Trump is still analyzing situation
2. There is no successor to Modly

1 + 2 = A big ol' mess

Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly, who ousted Captain Brett Crozier from the USS Roosevelt, resigns after calling Crozier naive and stupid.

Listen to the full speech made by Modly:
The title of the video is, "Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigns after this leaked"
Posted on YouTube by The Observer.

Prior to the Navy Secretary resignation, I think I saw a video where the president stated that Crozier would be assigned somewhere else. The president also said Crozier had a good record prior to this and somebody should not be punished for 'having a bad day'. The president also stated that he was going to personally look into the situation.




Secretary of the Navy Modly


Captain of USS Roosevelt: Brett Crozier
 
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ScorpioBeauty09

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I bought enough food 2 weeks (frozen, canned, meats, fresh veggies and fruit included). If some of the fresh veggies goes bad oh well. So far it's been keeping me in the house for that long. Then when I get seriously low...I pick 1 day to do all my shopping to re-up and that's it. And when that day comes, it's like preparing for gorilla warfare :armyhat::brucelee:
My mom's doing like you. Grocery shopping every 2 weeks.

I took my sisters to get groceries last weekend and we were bundled up with masks, glasses and gloves. In my area grocery stores only allow a certain number of people in at a time and security is making sure people keep 6 feet apart in line.
 

Jmartjrmd

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Modly flies to Guam, gets on the ship's loud speaker and berates the ousted captain calling him naive and stupid. The sailors record his speech and send it out to the world. This is a significant and a potentially dangerous situation because the Roosevelt is a nuclear warship. It has no leader right now. The ousted captain and many of the sailors are infected with the corona virus.

(Modly has offered his resignation). But...it has not been accepted yet due to two reasons:

1.Trump is still analyzing situation
2. There is no successor to Modly

1 + 2 = A big ol' mess

Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly, who ousted Captain Brett Crozier from the USS Roosevelt, resigns after calling Crozier naive and stupid.

Listen to the full speech made by Modly:
The title of the video is, "Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigns after this leaked"
Posted on YouTube by The Observer.

Prior to the Navy Secretary resignation, I think I saw a video where the president stated that Crozier would be assigned somewhere else. The president also said Crozier had a good record prior to this and somebody should not be punished for 'having a bad day'. The president also stated that he was going to personally look into the situation.




Secretary of the Navy Modly


Captain of USS Roosevelt: Brett Crozier

I was just gonna say say come on Navy.
 

UmSumayyah

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I’m trying to keep my butt at home for 2 weeks stretches. Unfortunately grocery delivery is harder as more folk attempt to use it. Plan B is to go shopping earlier when there are much fewer people about.
I've found that shopping early is the worst. People are lined up to get inside in time to get alcohol, lysol, paper towels and baby wipes. If you don't need those things daytime is slower.
 

UmSumayyah

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I don’t understand people leaving the house unless you can absolutely avoid it. I was sweating bullets in my face mask having to pick up a prescription for FH at the Walgreens drive through last week bc he was over the road driving truck. I’ve only left the house three times in the last 5 weeks besides letting the dog out in the yard. I’m securing food through Amazon, jazzing up Top Ramen with poached eggs, meats and veggies that I have laying around eating pop tarts, carbs and stuff I would turn my nose up at and draining all this house’s supplies before I set foot in the grocery store again and then I plan on using delivery for fear of coming in contact with a sick delivery person. I ran out of wine a few weeks ago- guess who ain’t drinking? Alcohol is not a necessity!

I’m extremely blessed to have a great job that allows me to work from home so I could do this as long as necessary. The only risks I’m willing to take invokes taking care of my parents, family and friends.
People are trying their hand at homemade wine these days
 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
@Chicoro how is the atmosphere in France? The death toll today is 1400+ so far only behind the US at 1800+.

Thanks for asking @Ganjababy!

The atmosphere is somewhat grim. Paris is getting hit the hardest. On my street, here in Lyon, France, at 8:00 pm every night, people come to their balconies and windows and clap for a few minutes. Any cars in the street might honk their horns, too.

True story:
I had a business appointment to meet someone on Monday, via video conference. I didn't receive a cancellation call and the person didn't show up which was unusual. I was later contacted, the next day and was offered an apology. My counterpart was working under contracts extended by area hospitals. What's the mission? To transform rooms in the hospital to cold rooms to house the overflow of dead bodies from the morgue. It's rough here, too.

France has started to record deaths to include not just people in the hospital, but those who have died in nursing homes. I think the US is only recording people who die in hospitals. They are not counting people who die at home. Not sure if the US is counting those dying in nursing homes.

"France records its highest daily death toll with 833 coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours - takings its grim tally to 8,911
France is now giving a daily combined toll of deaths in hospitals and nursing homes. Previously it had only given the hospital toll on a daily basis. Of the new deaths, 605 were registered in hospitals, Veran said."

We are on lock down. I have been at home since March 13th, 2020. The official lock down started on March 17th, 2020.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...toll-833-coronavirus-fatalities-24-hours.html
 
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Everything Zen

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People are trying their hand at homemade wine these days

I could see myself poisoning or going blind. Not worth it. The liquor store is like 200 ft. away and I’m still not chancing it. FH has to go out daily now due to an emergency and I don’t even ask him to stop by. The other day the stress got to him and he rarely drinks like that but he broke down and got himself some beer and brought me some wine but I didn’t ask for it on my own bc I’d rather him go to as few places as possible.
 

OhTall1

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Was this posted? They're saying his investment is less than $2,000 bur c'mon...

Donald Trump Has Stake In Hydroxychloroquine Drugmaker: Report

Ron Dicker
HuffPostApril 7, 2020


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President Donald Trump reportedly owns a stake in a company that produces hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he has repeatedly touted as a coronavirus treatment even though his experts say there’s no strong evidence it works.

Trump “has a small personal financial interest” in Sanofi, the French drugmaker that makes Plaquenil, the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine, The New York Times reported Monday.

In addition, Sanofi’s largest shareholders include a mutual fund company run by major Republican donor Ken Fisher, the paper said. Trump’s three family trusts, as of last year, each had investments in a mutual fund whose largest holding was Sanofi, according to the Times. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross also had ties to the drugmaker, the Times reported.

Trump’s “assertiveness” in promoting the drug contrary to the recommendation of top health experts “has raised questions about his motives,” the Times noted.

The financial news site MarketWatch and The Washington Post later estimated Trump’s stake to be worth between about $100 and $1,500, though the Post noted his trusts may have amassed other investments since his most recent disclosure. “He does look to have more than that modest sum invested in Sanofi, because, unmentioned in the Times report, his trusts also hold broader European stock-market index funds,” MarketWatch pointed out.

A chorus of Trump supporters with no medical expertise have backed the president’s urging of doctors to treat COVID-19 patients with the drug, including his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and Fox News host Sean Hannity.

In the face of warnings from top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci that the drug’s safety and effectiveness are uncertain in treating COVID-19, Trump has continued to laud its supposed benefits.

“What do you have to lose?” he asked at a press briefing this week urging those sick with the virus to take the drug.

Turns out plenty.

There could be deaths,” American Medical Association President Dr. Patrice Harris said. “This is a new virus, and so we should not be promoting any medication or drug for any disease that has not been proven and approved by the FDA.”

Generic drugmakers also are gearing up to produce hydroxychloroquine pills. One of those companies was co-founded by Trump golfing buddy Chirag Patel, according to the Times.

The White House didn’t immediately answer HuffPost’s request for comment.

John Dillard, a spokesperson for Fisher Investments, called the Times article a “false report” and said Sanofi “is neither a material holding of Fisher Investments nor of Ken Fisher personally.” He also took issue with the characterization of his boss as a Republican donor, saying Fisher also had contributed to Democrats in the past.
 

shelli4018

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Modly flies to Guam, gets on the ship's loud speaker and berates the ousted captain calling him naive and stupid. The sailors record his speech and send it out to the world. This is a significant and a potentially dangerous situation because the Roosevelt is a nuclear warship. It has no leader right now. The ousted captain and many of the sailors are infected with the corona virus.

(Modly has offered his resignation). But...it has not been accepted yet due to two reasons:

1.Trump is still analyzing situation
2. There is no successor to Modly

1 + 2 = A big ol' mess

Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly, who ousted Captain Brett Crozier from the USS Roosevelt, resigns after calling Crozier naive and stupid.

Listen to the full speech made by Modly:
The title of the video is, "Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigns after this leaked"
Posted on YouTube by The Observer.

Prior to the Navy Secretary resignation, I think I saw a video where the president stated that Crozier would be assigned somewhere else. The president also said Crozier had a good record prior to this and somebody should not be punished for 'having a bad day'. The president also stated that he was going to personally look into the situation.




Secretary of the Navy Modly


Captain of USS Roosevelt: Brett Crozier

Im biased but....Modly is a political appointee. The TR has an active duty chain of command. They aren’t leaderless. Nevertheless, civilian leadership is in shambles.
 

shelli4018

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I've found that shopping early is the worst. People are lined up to get inside in time to get alcohol, lysol, paper towels and baby wipes. If you don't need those things daytime is slower.
True. Also many stores reserve early hours for senior citizens. This week I’ll take one of the ladies suggestions and try to grab a grocery delivery time shortly after midnight.
 

awhyley

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Then when I get seriously low...I pick 1 day to do all my shopping to re-up and that's it. And when that day comes, it's like preparing for gorilla warfare :armyhat::brucelee:

It truly is. I felt like I was in the Hunger Games trying to get things today. 90 mins waiting to get inside, where it was crowded, (social distancing is a joke seriously). There was no meat laid out, and had to be requested, so the line for that was like an hour and then another 1/2 hour - an hour just to cash out. I'm hoping that the seniors didn't have as much trouble this morning, (today was their designated time), as I was exhausted afterwards. Anyways, no more store for next week, after the holiday.
 

nyeredzi

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Aww, the community made the healthcare workers at DH's job cloth face masks. They have PPE, just reusing some. But it's a nice thought and who knows, maybe the time will come when they truly need it. He did say he wanted a cloth one to possibly wear over his medical masks. He managed to find the most masculine one, black and grey in an almost camo pattern :giggle:
 

yaya24

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My brother could not taste or smell anything towards the end of last week and kept getting this numbing feeling "behind his eyes".. before that, he thought he had the flu.

He went to the hospital and took the Corona Virus test last Thursday and just got the result back today (Dr. Called).

Yall:
He tested positive for COVID19.

He is not feeling like any of the people I've been reading about (shortness of breath etc)..

Hes 36 and I just talked to him for an hour. He sounds fine.. he feels fine now.

The Dr. said he needs to self quarantine for 14 days. That's it. The Dr said since hes feeling "fine" if he wants to get retested in 72 hours that's an option.

My Dad is really concerned.

Honestly I think my Mom had COVID19 back in Feb when she was hospitalized (5 days) for pneumonia out of nowhere. She could not breathe.

I am really confused by all of this.
 

Black Ambrosia

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@yaya24 I’m sorry to hear about your brother but I’m believing he’ll be one of the many who beat this. How does he feel about supplementation? If he’s open to it you should give him high doses of vitamin c (preferably liposomal as the body absorbs more) and zinc. Not sure if I saw it here or somewhere else but low zinc is behind the lack of smell and taste. The body consumes more zinc as an immune response so he’s probably depleting it as his body fights the virus and the low level of zinc is causing him to lose those senses.

Obviously I’m no doctor but that’s what I’d do. Your brother and family are in my prayers.
 

nycutiepie

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My brother could not taste or smell anything towards the end of last week and kept getting this numbing feeling "behind his eyes".. before that, he thought he had the flu.

He went to the hospital and took the Corona Virus test last Thursday and just got the result back today (Dr. Called).

Yall:
He tested positive for COVID19.

He is not feeling like any of the people I've been reading about (shortness of breath etc)..

Hes 36 and I just talked to him for an hour. He sounds fine.. he feels fine now.

The Dr. said he needs to self quarantine for 14 days. That's it. The Dr said since hes feeling "fine" if he wants to get retested in 72 hours that's an option.

My Dad is really concerned.

Honestly I think my Mom had COVID19 back in Feb when she was hospitalized (5 days) for pneumonia out of nowhere. She could not breathe.

I am really confused by all of this.
I’m so sorry to hear about your brother but his case sounds mild...I pray it stays that way.
 
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