Protect Yourself From Coronavirus

[fastpakr]

I don't know - on the news I've kept an eye on, traditional influenza is regularly brought up. There's no question that the total numbers for that are dramatically higher. However, if the current statistics we do have on this are accurate then there is certainly cause for concern. Transmission rate from one person to the next and mortality rate, as well as the unapparent link between some of the newest cases and any clear source make it something we need to work very hard to contain -before- the number of cases spreads quickly.

 

[Snoranger]

Will I wash my hands? Of course, reasonable measures make sense, but I'm not going to be wearing masks. I assume I'll get it and be sick for a few days. No biggie, I'll let the fever cook like I always do. If it gets worse and kills me oh well, I wasn't gonna live forever anyway. I'm mostly worried about people who are vulnerable due to other conditions, but very unlikely that hand washing will prevent them from being exposed for very long.

From what I can tell China did pretty well with their efforts at containment - but to what end? They cannot keep everyone separated and have a functioning society, so they have to let people interact again which will bring the spread right back. Efforts to quarantine here will only cause more problems while solving almost nothing - about the only possible benefit would be to help slow down the initial spike in cases which would show just how gutted and unprepared our for-profit hospital system really is. There is no surge capacity (because unused bed are not profitable), and not enough supplies (the hospital my daughter works at is already taking about how to reuse what should be disposable PPE).

So yeah, I'm working on the assumption that prevention is hopeless and that I will get it, therefore I'm focused on treating it at home and not relying on a completely overwhelmed hospital system. You're welcome to try not to get it - good luck.

Wouldn’t slowing the initial spike also give them more time to develop a vaccine, a better way to treat it, or a faster test? Any of which could bring the mortality rate down.

 

[8thTon]

Wouldn’t slowing the initial spike also give them more time to develop a vaccine, a better way to treat it, or a faster test? Any of which could bring the mortality rate down.

That's akin to saying "they'll think of something", which is no more that a hope and a prayer, and hope is not a plan. How long do you think it will take and how long do you think you can hold it off? I don't think there are many vaccines for this type of virus.

I've looked at it and made my bet, and I'm assuming I'll get it and get over it like most do. You have to make your best guess with the (admittedly inadequate) information available. Near as I can tell this thing has been moving through parts of the US for weeks, and in another week or so suddenly it will be obvious it's everywhere.

 

[JohnnyO]

All the reports I’ve been seeing on the mortality rate, it doesn’t look like it isn’t going to be any worse that the flu. The flu seemed to actually be worse. 2% for the Coronavirus. I forget what the flu was but we have thousands die from it every year.

Not wanting to down play it but it seems like it is being way over hyped by the media. Not that I want it. I didn’t like the last flu I got one bit.

as far as i know, the only people dying from it had other health issues already.

 

[JohnnyO]

local pharmacy said they will be out of hand sanitizer until May.

 

[Blmpkn]

local pharmacy said they will be out of hand sanitizer until May.

Isopropyl alcohol mixed with aloe gel makes you some hand sanitizer.

 

[Bgunner]

Isopropyl alcohol mixed with aloe gel makes you some hand sanitizer.

Just for those that need directions here you go: https://www.syracuse.com/health/202...itizer-with-ingredients-you-have-at-home.html

 

[97RangerXLT]

I think that the most effective way for yourself not to get it is to wash your hands often. for the at risk population, they probably should keep out of public in the areas where the virus is present. I would say that any nursing home and any hospital's icu and maternity wing should get locked down if they are in an area of high covid cases.

but I do agree that for the majority of the population, life goes on and take reasonable precautions.

AJ

 

[Jim Oaks]

Currently 92,181 cases and 3,131 deaths worldwide.

 

[adsm08]

Just for those that need directions here you go: https://www.syracuse.com/health/202...itizer-with-ingredients-you-have-at-home.html

Another good hand sanitizer recipe I know is mix powdered laundry soap with gasoline, use the mixing ratio for gelatin.

 

[4.0blue98]

This is why I'd like to be one of those hermits living on a mountain off the grid somewhere...

Vaccines take much longer to develop than most people realize. This isn't the movie Outbreak. Wash hands often and keep your hands away from your face. People have a lot of faith in hand sanitizers. I do not.

 

[Snoranger]

This is why I'd like to be one of those hermits living on a mountain off the grid somewhere...

Vaccines take much longer to develop than most people realize. This isn't the movie Outbreak. Wash hands often and keep your hands away from your face. People have a lot of faith in hand sanitizers. I do not.

It shouldn’t take as long as it would for a completely new virus. This is related to the rest of coronavirus family... That doesn’t mean it won’t take time, just less time.

 

[4.0blue98]

True but still a year or two with testing and validation. Hell it can take years with slight tweaking of drugs that are already available. Rules and regulations are just holding us back...

 

[Snoranger]

True but still a year or two with testing and validation. Hell it can take years with slight tweaking of drugs that are already available. Rules and regulations are just holding us back...

I know, my wife works for a software company that has something to do with the pharmaceutical industry. (something about tracking the drugs from development to testing to production... I should probably listen to her when she tells me what she does.)

 

[iPandaBar]

I don't know - on the news I've kept an eye on, traditional influenza is regularly brought up. There's no question that the total numbers for that are dramatically higher. However, if the current statistics we do have on this are accurate then there is certainly cause for concern. Transmission rate from one person to the next and mortality rate, as well as the unapparent link between some of the newest cases and any clear source make it something we need to work very hard to contain -before- the number of cases spreads quickly.

The problem is that our statistics for the flu mortality rate are entirely based on American citizens using an American healthcare system.
We don't have any accurate statistics on coronovirus because the majority of those deaths happened in foreign countries with piss poor healthcare systems.
The transmittance rate is another hard thing to pin down right now. We don't have open air markets in our cities where you wade through animal feces go pick out the animal you want to eat, watch it get slaughtered and then walk through the blood back home.
The only first world country to have a frighteningly high number of cases is Italy, which is deeply Roman Catholic, and the majority of the population shares communion on a regular basis.
We have to see the statistics of just American citizens in America in order to compare it to our flu statistics, or we need to compare it to worldwide flu mortality, which is way more terrifying than coronovirus.
Seriously, can you imagine having the flu in the middle of nowhere in Rwanda? Iran? Syria?
How about F that.