Cideous   1,495 Posted January 22 Not looking good folks.  That thing is spreading like Influenza with a 10% mortality rate.  How long until one walks into your Urgent Care or ER?  Sooooo not to stoke fear or anything, but should I be stocking up on food and ammo or what?     2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 22 (edited) I've made the switch to Dos Equis or Tecate.  I've got the ammo so no need there.  Food?  As long as it isn't transferable with pizza, burgers, Mexican food (aside from Coronas, which BTW do lemon/lime slices help?) I'm ok since I hide in the house all the time now anyway.  I can live off PB&J. I'll wait and see how it compares to swine flu, bird flu, etc. Edited January 22 by GetMeOuttaThisMess 2 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thinkertdm   764 Posted January 22 I'm ordering zpacks for myself.  Online from china. Zpacks improve everything. And if it doesn't help in the first go round, try it again. Maybe I'll just use both barrels and order Levaquin too. If it comes in a plain box marked "zee-pac" and levelkwin", you know it's legit. 5 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality Check 2 Â Â 1,975 Posted January 23 I am in Washington state - Ground Zero for US first case - yay me................................... not 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 23 One of my old ED’s was the Ebola conundrum location. Don’t know who the initial provider was that discharged but I had worked with the doc that got it the second time around with the more classic presentation. While i joked about it earlier, it does have the potential to be a big deal like the other examples that I had mentioned.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMM2019   28 Posted January 23 What goes well with the coronavirus?        Lyme disease  (stolen joke - can't take credit!) 5 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 23 Guacamole, HOT salsa, and chips? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rev ronin   4,145 Posted January 23 3 hours ago, Reality Check 2 said: I am in Washington state - Ground Zero for US first case - yay me................................... not Hey at least YOU are on the other side of the mountains--I'm just down I-5 a ways. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ak004   36 Posted January 23 FM in Tacoma...just waiting for the first patient to call thinking they’ve caught it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LT_Oneal_PAC   2,165 Posted January 23 Last I saw 440 infectEd and 9 dead for 0.02%, but honestly too small population to calculate. Can someone point me to a legit source for mortality? I’ve seen anything up to 50% mortality claims. honestly this feels like chikungunya, Zika, and the host of others. Not saying we don’t perform strong preventative measures, and I already stock food, but I’m not worried about this one. 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sas5814 Â Â 2,707 Posted January 23 I'm stocking up on ammo. I can get all the food I want. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 23 Suspected case here in Texas now with an A&M student (Brazos county). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cideous   1,495 Posted January 24 (edited) 16 hours ago, GetMeOuttaThisMess said: Suspected case here in Texas now with an A&M student (Brazos county). Wonderful.  Just down the road from us.  Freaking Aggies.  Edited January 24 by Cideous Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShakaHoo   41 Posted January 24 Breaking News: Second confirmed case of WUHAN hits Chicago! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ohiovolffemtp   508 Posted January 24 From where I work: It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cideous   1,495 Posted January 24 Off to Walmart.  Gonna beat the rush for .223 cal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AbeTheBabe   173 Posted January 24 My friend works in an ED in Florida, just got a patient with fever and recent travel to Asia. Stay tuned! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cideous   1,495 Posted January 24 Ok...I'm gonna ask.  What is the test to determine this strain of Coronavirus? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rev ronin   4,145 Posted January 24 8 minutes ago, Cideous said: Ok...I'm gonna ask.  What is the test to determine this strain of Coronavirus? Dunno, but when I checked a day or two ago it was FedEx to Atlanta for testing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cideous   1,495 Posted January 25 1 hour ago, rev ronin said: Dunno, but when I checked a day or two ago it was FedEx to Atlanta for testing... Oh gawd.  And in the meantime...go home and don't breath on anyone?  Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 25 Now a suspicious case at Baylor University. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rev ronin   4,145 Posted January 25 I really am more worried about intra-Asian spread, especially in light of the Lunar/Chinese New Year. What a terrible, terrible occasion on which to need a quarantine. From China, I'm worried it will jump elsewhere rather than straight to the U.S.--if it spreads to South Asia or Africa, for instance, good luck getting it under control. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rev ronin   4,145 Posted January 25 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1220919589623803905.html https://www.thelancet.com/.../PIIS0140-6736(20.../fulltext https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.23.20018549v1.full.pdf+html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rev ronin   4,145 Posted January 25 Today's updates. Read the above ones first. https://www.jpost.com/International/China-virus-25-dead-as-infection-spreads-615206 https://apnews.com/0f6f40498c107c61dc8405f6306c24bd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GetMeOuttaThisMess   1,487 Posted January 25 I want to see them build that hospital in one week that they've been told to complete. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
