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[Master Fwiffo]

Well, I think its time this gets its own thread.

As you are probably aware by now, the creeping specter of the inevitable mortality we all face has a new form in the widespread Corona Virus. This flu busted out of China, has taken out Irans leadership, closed Japan and is now knocking on Americas door. As the stock market plummets, Trump denies anything is wrong, and whistleblowers report that the virus may already be spreading in the US unseen.

So, heres some facts:

https://www.cdc.gov/...t/symptoms.html

Major Symptoms are: Fever, Cough and Shortness of Breath
Symptoms may appear as soon as 2 days, or as long as two weeks after exposure.
Best prevention is standard anti-sick care: Wash your hands, disinfect, be wary.

Currently on the Do Not Travel list for widespread community contagion:
China
Japan
Iran
Italy
South Korea

Post your news, stock market watches and more here.

[Master Fwiffo]

Heres the big story:

https://www.washingt...tleblower-says/

A HHS Whistleblower says workers without protected gear assisted Coronavirus evacuees in the same place where the first community spread case was found. If this is true, then it looks like this will be the source of the outbreak in the US. Its also likely why the Stock Market has now dropped 1000 points again today...

[Paladin]

official White House policy is to... just ignore it because you're upsetting the stock market.

 

Or it could just be a hoax to take out Donald.

 

https://www.cnbc.com...lm-markets.html

[Thylacine 2000]

Breaking news from the CDC:

There's a man going round, taking names.

[The Doctor Who]

This is useful information. I work at a pharmacy and we haven't had any kind of information passed to us about Corona, despite frequent calls from our patients about it.

I'll be passing along advice as much as I can. I'm in contact with a lot of people at risk in my prescription delivery job and knowing what's actually going on is critical. People like me are front and center for potential infections/contamination, we need to know how to prevent transmission.

[Master Fwiffo]

This is useful information. I work at a pharmacy and we haven't had any kind of information passed to us about Corona, despite frequent calls from our patients about it.

I'll be passing along advice as much as I can. I'm in contact with a lot of people at risk in my prescription delivery job and knowing what's actually going on is critical. People like me are front and center for potential infections/contamination, we need to know how to prevent transmission.

Thank you for being competent!

Unlike... this guy...

https://twitter.com/...7286211585?s=21

[Dekafox]

There's some relevant infographics compiled here: https://imgur.com/gallery/UpNc6cS

 

There's relevant text information included, otherwise I'd just drop the pictures here.

[wonko the sane?]

This is useful information. I work at a pharmacy and we haven't had any kind of information passed to us about Corona, despite frequent calls from our patients about it.

I'll be passing along advice as much as I can. I'm in contact with a lot of people at risk in my prescription delivery job and knowing what's actually going on is critical. People like me are front and center for potential infections/contamination, we need to know how to prevent transmission.

Wash your hands, take your vitamins, wear a n95 respirator mask when dealing with people whom have flu like symptoms. Other than that: don't panic, don't over work yourself, and don't wear down your immune system. 4 out of five cases only present mild symptoms.

Edited by wonko the sane?, 28 February 2020 - 12:05 PM.

[CORVUS]

Adjusting my P&R resignation to make an exception to this thread. Honestly, this shouldn't even need to BE in P&R.

 

It bears mentioning that bad cases of COVID-19 present as pneumonia. 

 

My concern is for people with compromised immune-systems, or persistent respiratory issues. My girlfriend is currently undergoing Chemotherapy for stage-3 breast-cancer, and thus, she is immunocompromised. My wife and my metamour's daughter both have respiratory issues. As such, my concern is for them. I'm not particularly worried about myself, save for the fact that I could end up being a carrier of I contract the virus, even if I remain asymptomatic. 

 

My other concern isn't that its going to necessarily kill a shit-ton of people, because I honestly don't think it will. However, it may threaten to knock a lot of people on their ass for 2-3 weeks if they come down with it, and if enough people are at home sick (which, face it, they SHOULD be...but you know how that goes here in the US of A), it could cause more economic hardships. Production and distribution are all already under tremendous strain thanks to the outbreak in China.

Edited by CORVUS, 28 February 2020 - 12:15 PM.

[Master Fwiffo]

Yeah, exactly. If I get the virus, Ill be fine. If my folks get the virus, theyll have a bad time but probably be fine. If my 92 year old grandfather gets the virus...

Well, I dont want to think about it.

[Patch]

I'm on immunosuppressant medication for Crohn's so if I catch this y'all are invited to the funeral.

[Wheelimus]

Type II Diabetic on a bunch of meds so same.

[wonko the sane?]

Mom literally started a preventative chemo regimen yesterday. I wish they would do a better job of defining "compromised immune systems".

 

So, any of you jerks rich enough to host an open bar at the funeral?

[Corgis Pal]

Mom literally started a preventative chemo regimen yesterday. I wish they would do a better job of defining "compromised immune systems".
 
So, any of you jerks rich enough to host an open bar at the funeral?

Im not remotely rich but Id be happy to loot some fancy booze for you.

[The Doctor Who]

This is useful information. I work at a pharmacy and we haven't had any kind of information passed to us about Corona, despite frequent calls from our patients about it.

I'll be passing along advice as much as I can. I'm in contact with a lot of people at risk in my prescription delivery job and knowing what's actually going on is critical. People like me are front and center for potential infections/contamination, we need to know how to prevent transmission.

Wash your hands, take your vitamins, wear a n95 respirator mask when dealing with people whom have flu like symptoms. Other than that: don't panic, don't over work yourself, and don't wear down your immune system. 4 out of five cases only present mild symptoms.

See, it's not so much me I'm worried about, but the literal hundreds of patients I deliver medicine to, most of whom are, by the nature of the service, isolated, sick and/or elderly and often cannot leave their home of their own accord.

Like, a portion of them live in medical/retirement facilities and have round the clock nurses to watch over them, but the majority are poor or have no close family or otherwise have no real contact with the outside world other than my monthly visits.

I have a duty as a medical care provider, even as lowly as my station may be, to make sure I'm not only not sick myself, but also not unwittingly making others sick. Especially when so many of them are vulnerable.

[Master Fwiffo]

If you want to sleep tonight, dont read this thread:

https://twitter.com/...1740613634?s=21

And as someone who spent several years at a Pizza Joint, I can absolutely confirm. Our biggest danger isnt just the flu, its the unsanitary work culture of our low income service people.

One McDonalds or Starbucks worker gets it, and an entire town gets it.

[wonko the sane?]

By taking care to ensure YOU don't get sick, you add a layer to their defence as well. At least they don't catch it from you.

[Anonymous X]

I’m a bit concerned for family members (my sister particularly, who suffers from a brain tumour) and myself a bit (I have a asthma of some description) if this whole thing ends up as the worst case scenario.

Of course I also fear a global mega-recession caused by the pandemic, and my own country’s ultra right-wing government using the virus outbreak as an excuse to whip up further xenophobia.

[The Doctor Who]

By taking care to ensure YOU don't get sick, you add a layer to their defence as well. At least they don't catch it from you.

Right, I'm not questioning that. That's obvious.

But we've had lots of people asking about it and worried. With the president suppressing information on Corona, there's a real risk of rampant spread, regardless of personal hygiene.

If I can do more on my rounds to not just protect myself, but help educate and inform the people I provide care for, it will do a lot more for everyone in the long run.

To my knowledge, we've not had any data handed our way about Corona. It may not seems like it at first thought, but pharmacies are ideal places to disseminate disease prevention programs. The sooner information is available to the public, the better, the faster it can be dealt with and the more mitigated the effects can be.

We need to start now, not when we have 1 in 4 patients coming in with prescriptions to fight it.

[Pale Rider]

President Obama set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries, as a way to protect against something just like Coronavirus breaking out across the world.

Experts begged Trump to keep them open.

He closed 37 of them.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 27, 2020