COVID-19

[pyro]

Didn't see a thread on here. Wanted to pass on a pretty good video I saw at work (emergency management).
Its 6 minutes and worth a watch, regardless of your opinion or stance on the situation. Please don't turn this into a political or hate-filled thread. Just wanted to make sure we stay informed.

[Stuka]

I will let this stay open provided it stays civil, and no false or misleading information is posted.

Good video Pyro, saw it yesterday.

You guys are free to talk about how you are occupying your time if you are stuck at home, how things are like where you live, and similar things to that.

[pyro]

Ironically, I have been watching VOX videos. Amazing what you can learn about various topics in some short youtube videos. It really is eye opening.

[bigun]

As long as electricity stays on we are okay.

[will e]

I broke my motor mount so I will be staying home today and replace them, and probably the trans mount too. I think it got twisted when the motor mount went loose.

If you're stuck at home and have a Jeep project, now's the time folks!

Around here people are taking it seriously but with a grain of humor as well. A lot of people at the grocery stores. I think if we keep a good balance between going out for what you need and avoiding large groups we'll do okay.

[Stuka]

I live in a smallish community, so a lot of people are just going about their business. However, we have people driving from 1-2 hours away to our grocery stores (My wife works at one) because the stores in the valley have been wiped. Which in turn hurts those of us that live local.

But, I feel the panic buying will subside after a while. People can't just keep buying masses of stuff over and over. People just need to sit back, and take things as they come.

I am able to work from home, and I often do even when I could go into the office. So my life has not changed much. But people I know in the service industry are really scared. Unemployment will help, but for people that live off tips, unemployment ends up being pretty small.

Just remember this is all for the betterment of the country. The virus may have a small impact on people that are younger and healthy, but our parents and grand parents aren't in the same boat. So do your part to help them.

[letank]

If you want to follow up on world and by country report of cases, the last column on the right is an eye opener, total cases per Millions inhabitants, Switzerland is doing worse than Iran, it is all about metrics

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[will e]

Unemployment will help, but for people that live off tips, unemployment ends up being pretty small.

They are floating the $1000 for everyone idea. That sounds simple but it isn't.

I think for people who live off tips the solution is much easier. As part of their reporting on wages they include tips, so it should be fairly easy for the government to figure out who these people are and send them some help.

[bigun]

Took mom to chiropractor which means we went over the mountain. Came home stopped at one of the 2 local cafes, ate there Monday, they had everybody sitting at every other table today they had brought in some small tables to add distance between diners and had taken all the condiments off the tables. Dollar store still doesn't have any paper goods, so we went to the grocery store for eggs and mom bought 2, 4 packs.
Sister lives in West TX I am wondering how my nephews A/C business is doing right now

[letank]

Strangely, not really, Costco was out of pasta, vinyl/nitrile examination gloves, the one we use when working on leaky FSJ engines... but plenty of TP and paper towels. On the other spectrum the local independant store was out of pasta, no milk, no yoghurt, no butter, it is weird to see the refrigerated section 60% empty, bread was on low for either toast or fancy, but plenty of fresh produce which is the store appeal, it is a large place, about 2 basketball court surface.
Nobody at the post office which is unusual

[Stuka]

Good video to pass around:

[bigun]

Strangely, not really, Costco was out of pasta, vinyl/nitrile examination gloves, the one we use when working on leaky FSJ engines... but plenty of TP and paper towels. On the other spectrum the local independant store was out of pasta, no milk, no yoghurt, no butter, it is weird to see the refrigerated section 60% empty, bread was on low for either toast or fancy, but plenty of fresh produce which is the store appeal, it is a large place, about 2 basketball court surface.
Nobody at the post office which is unusual

I guess everybody got their TP already. For grins I searched the internet today through all the different places I could think of janitorial supplies and the like nothing till sometime in April, maybe!

Well our D governor with two last names, shut everything down restaurants can only serve take out. Whats frustrating is there are 28 cases in the whole state most of them in ALb. Santa fe and Rio Rancho, the rest of the state so far is clean

[Stuka]

Well our D governor with two last names, shut everything down restaurants can only serve take out. Whats frustrating is there are 28 cases in the whole state most of them in ALb. Santa fe and Rio Rancho, the rest of the state so far is clean

You have to remember that before the last few days, nobody was being tested. Also, the majority of people that get it show zero symptoms, or in some cases very minor symptoms. These people aren't going to be getting tested. And, it cane take up to 14 days for symptoms to show up, but you become contagious before that. So you can spread it without ever knowing it.

Now that tests are out there, the number of cases in the US has doubled in two days. Keeping people apart has been proven to work in prior pandemics. It is important to try and slow down the rate of infections so that hospitals don't get overwhelmed.

Yes, it sucks for a lot of people. But if you look at what happened with the 1918 Spanish Flu, the areas that kept people apart, fared well. Those that didn't, had massive casualties.

[Phils67]

I work in a building with about 50 people on my shift right now, sometimes there are 2 of us in a trailer hand loading. Overall there are a few hundred employees. These trucks go into hot zones here in NY every day. You'd think this place would close down temporarily since bars, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs etc shut down and we deliver liquor and wine. Nope. Liquor stores are still open so they are acting like nothing is going on. In fact our loads have doubled with just the liquor stores open. As long as pennies are going into corporate pockets they dont care about us. We are all expendable. I just want a layoff for a few weeks to stay home and wrench, you know, I mean plus not get a horrible virus and die also.

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[bigun]

Well our D governor with two last names, shut everything down restaurants can only serve take out. Whats frustrating is there are 28 cases in the whole state most of them in ALb. Santa fe and Rio Rancho, the rest of the state so far is clean

You have to remember that before the last few days, nobody was being tested. Also, the majority of people that get it show zero symptoms, or in some cases very minor symptoms. These people aren't going to be getting tested. And, it cane take up to 14 days for symptoms to show up, but you become contagious before that. So you can spread it without ever knowing it.

Now that tests are out there, the number of cases in the US has doubled in two days. Keeping people apart has been proven to work in prior pandemics. It is important to try and slow down the rate of infections so that hospitals don't get overwhelmed.

Yes, it sucks for a lot of people. But if you look at what happened with the 1918 Spanish Flu, the areas that kept people apart, fared well. Those that didn't, had massive casualties.

155 deaths as of this morning mostly elderly with existing conditions

[HowardT64]

Since my FSJ is not running and everyone is staying home, Im in my element Be safe folks....

[letank]

Remember to wash your hand w soap and scrub for 20 secs, singing happy birthday "name"... I guess singing "nasty death covid" would work too

As for TP... I may gross some people, but... pun intended... when your hand are dirty you use water and soap... well ... get that shower head down there and trickle the sticky stuff out, no need for soap ... wiping wet/damp/sticky crap with paper is really the best way to get your fingers full of it. There is a device called a bidet... was mostly use for the ladies, but heck guys can use it too. For travel you can use 1/4" drip irrigation hose and an adapter to hook up to any faucet.

Use the left hand... this is why the right hand is used to greet before TP was created...

[tedlovesjeeps71]

I was on orders this week to support my reserve units prep to go to annual training. AT got canceled Monday so we shifted gears to recovering all the equipment staged at the transportation yard. Got it all back yesterday and started to reorganize it only to be ordered to cease all work and go home. Orders amended. Today I’m back at my civilian job and it’s being discussed how long this will remain functional.
On a different note, I have (hopefully) a buyer for Walter. Guy is flying in Sunday from Phoenix to look it over and pay in cash. Transportation will be on Monday. Wife is a high risk so the guy won’t be allowed in the house as he is out of state and rode a plane. Sorry dude. I’ll decon myself before I’m allowed back in as well.
Sadly, the virus is what it is. Do what you can to remain healthy. The biggest threat seems to be everyone panicking and the government’s “efforts” to stop the spread.
Made a trip to Walmart yesterday for some small things the wife needed. Had to laugh out loud at how the place had been stripped bare. Meat aisle was EMPTY!



FWIW, those who still haven’t stocked up on stuff will have to be patient and creative where they look. I found a neat Restaurant supply warehouse that had everything I had on my list. (Didn’t look for tp, sorry.)
20# log of hamburger (about $22.00) and a 14# pork thing that’ll get cut into roasts. A bunch of other stuff like butter, milk, etc. think outside the box.

[Stuka]

My Wife works at a grocery store, and this week has been hell she says. The doubled their previous best sales day ever almost every day this week.

This won't continue though. People will eventually get to the point where they don't need anything more, which will let stores restock.

[tedlovesjeeps71]

My Wife works at a grocery store, and this week has been hell she says. The doubled their previous best sales day ever almost every day this week.

This won't continue though. People will eventually get to the point where they don't need anything more, which will let stores restock.

Hopefully. The funny (not haha) part is the supply system is still functioning. People are simply overwhelming it because few people today have more than a few days worth of stuff at home. After months of denial and joking “it’s just the flu, bro”, the reality of the real emergency is starting to settle in. The repercussions of this will be felt for quite a while.