Covid-19

Your not alone...the whole thing blows

 

It is certainly on my mind, both because of age and concern for others. But I admit, I've only raised it here in one on one chats. I guess, selfishly, I like having a place to go, for fantasy and not worry about real life at every moment. I second your wish that everyone be smart, safe, and would suggest, you even thank people who are out there day to day, like delivery drivers, grocery clerks, and others dealing with must have necessities, in addition to EMT and medical personnel.

 

Same here. Anxious and scared in the immediate term for my parents and in-laws, less so for myself personally. We’re lucky that we have no kids at home and plenty of space for ourselves, and hopefully enough financial resources to weather this. But a lot of people are going to have a real tough time in the next few months and I hope we all pull together to help each other. CM is a good place to come and focus on happier things, but I’m glad to have a chance to acknowledge what we’re all going through right now.

 

I am up at 2 am thinking about this.

I am now working from home. I am extremely fortunate to be working for a large corporation in strong financial which provides essential services, so I am not worried about my job. But I worry we are going to have another great depression and the last one resulted in fascism and world war.

I also worry about my daughter's boyfriend because he has an underlying medical condition

My Wife and I are getting along very well with us both at home but very little sexual energy flowing

I wonder if I would stay locked if I end up hospitalized or worse

Best wishes to everyone here

 

We also have our college age son at home. Daughter in grad school is woth her boyfriend

 

We are isolated since thursday last week. I'm in an at risk group because I've had recent lung embolisms and also have multiple chronic illnesses so we want to limit our interaction with the outside world as much as possible.

We've always been preppers, which comes in useful as people have gone stark raving mad raiding the shops here. We're good for at least a month so we're not too worried. My husband is working from home because his company is an IT company and it was easy for them to switch. We're lucky that things have been so easy so far. And we're expecting a lockdown in our country between now and next week because the government is being pressured to do so by the WHO. We're not sure why they are waiting.

 

I just don’t understand what the end game with this is. So you have people stay home, shelter in place... but then once the dust settles and people come back out, it only takes one case to start this whole mess over again.

If we can kill COVID-19 for good, shouldn’t we do the same with the flu? I’m so confused.

 

I think the end game of all of the Stay at Home talk is to slow the rate of infection so that the healthcare industry can have its best chance of keeping up with it. This disease appears to be more easily spread than the flu and i think in the end the likeliness of most people contracting this is pretty high but thats not the point. The vast majority of folks will not show anything other than mild flu like symptoms and not require any medical attention. But with the numbers we are talking even a small percentage of people needing to be hospitalized would overwhelm the hospitals if they all walked through the door at the same time. If we can spread that out our time more lives may be saved simply because those folks weren't turned away from the hospital and could get the care they needed.

The conspiratorial side of me says this is not the disease that this is all for anyway. Perhaps a dry run to see how well they can herd the masses and the nature by which it spreads. I think there is more to it than being a simple virus that mutated to be contagious to humans but that is for a different forum!!

Good luck all and try to keep your wits about yourselves!

 

A danger of falling into conspiracy thinking about pandemics is that scapegoats are inevitably needed and vulnerable groups become targets

For example, blaming Jewish people for the Black Plague

(Doastold I'm not suggesting that you are falling into this please don't take offense)

 

Lol no offense taken. I get where you are coming from. It’s just that little guy sitting in the back of my mind that is saying something isn’t adding up and there is more to it.that being said, this is real and people are dying from it so it sucks all the way around.

I hope I’m wrong and we can get back to some sense of normalcy soon!

 

These are strange times for sure.
I consider what is happening on many levels.
I think it is healthy that we as a group utilize this thread to express ourselves, our fears, our experiences completely outside our kink.
We as a nation have followed the current plan of distancing from each other and that has been proven to work in slowing the progression of the virus. The concept of letting it run its course and losing 2% of the population has merit, but is not in keeping with current thinking.
I am 67 and my wife is 66. We might be among those dying. I don’t think any children have contracted this virus. I do not know why.
The economic impact of this is staggering! Just how much money can governments create?
These are all just random thoughts all over the board. everyone is seeking answers when there are none right now.
I look forward to reading others’ thoughts on this thread.
Best of luck, everyone.
Ss

 

I believe children have contracted CV

And agreed it's good to share our thoughts and emotions

 

I think a realistic “new normal” will be when number of health service intensive care beds and ventilators matches each peak. That is where we are with flu, but with this new virus the peaks requiring intensive care and ventilators vastly exceed current capacity in most countries. Look ahead to the 2nd peak: hopefully by then countries will have expanded intensive care and ventilator numbers to manage.
And who knows before then there may be pharmaceutical interventions that help as well: but that will be “upside” by the time of the 2nd peak. The convergent goal should be to minimise peak 1 (hence lockdowns etc) whilst in parallel building intensive care and ventilator capacity for subsequent peaks. We will get through!

 

Children with Covid19:
I just did some further study. Yes, children are susceptible. ss

 

Children can be infected but not show symptoms-can have 000's of the virus in their throats and mouths but be all fine and dandy-that's one of the unusual things about this virus

 

Plus children of numerous ages are absolutely awful at basic infection control measures which is nice (father of two, i work in the NHS, kh/wife works in schools!)

 

i think its horrible and i wish it wud go away.

 

One tip is make sure you have things to do if confined to the home.
Actually more important for you or other family members when you're not ill yourselves.
Books, games, materials for a current hobby, or start a new one.

One statistic coming out of China is that their divorce rate has gone up, spending more than the usual amount of time together can create tensions!

 

I am beginning to rethink this whole thing.
Call me blasphemous, but I am beginning to believe this whole virus thing is a hoax.
The average age of people who die from CV19 is 79.
That is almost exactly the average lifespan anyway.
Look up the statistics overall and see for yourself.
Ss

 

It’s all about numbers. Let’s just say 60 million people need to go to the doctor at the same time, we do not have the equipment, doctors, or medicine for that. A virus that has a low mortality rate with proper medical help becomes a death sentence with none. Add in all those that may already be sick, have cancer, need surgery, all the other issues people have with their health aren’t taking a break.

Ask the people of Italy, their hospitals overrun and their country all but cut off from the world if they think it’s a hoax.

The last big pandemics all ended up killing millions and the smallest of them hundreds of thousands. This is for real, our world is not going to be the same for at least a generation. Idiots on Facebook are worried about senior prom being cancelled, in a time that will surely be remembered in history as the darkest of our days.

Vaccines take at least a year to be ready for mass distribution. Our job as a society is to contain the outbreak by slowing down the spread. It’s not whether people will get it, it’s whether we are going to get it all at once with many casualties, or get it over a long period ensuring we have the resources to survive it.

 

I'm 42 and pretty healthy. I agree with the wisdom of previous posts. Slowing it down so health care specialists can handle the demand for care is what it's all about. My mother is 75 and I cancelled our lunch meeting last weekend. She was sure there was no need for concern yet one can be a carrier and not show symptoms for days/weeks. It's all about keeping your family, neighbors, and society in general from being exposed. Good luck to everyone! Peace and love

 

I know what you mean, talk about 1st world problems...any other country they would be going after food that lasts or water...we want a comfortable pooping experience

 

Here in Ontario, Canada all restaurants and bars are closed, March break has been extended by 2 weeks...The new thing is "Social Distancing". Meaning if you go out, try to stay away from people. A lot of people have gone into "panic shopping". No T.P., meats, eggs, pasta and water. Try not to touch railings, door knobs, clean off the handles on the grocery carts....And wash your hands...A lot of the big shopping malls are open, but most of the stores are closed. They are telling people if you can work from home, to do it...If we can stop it from spreading, that will be a big step forward...And do yourself a favor...Don't believe half the crap you read on social media...We have a "Hotline" here in town...I would suggest getting your info from them...Take care and stay safe...