Coronavirus

Mike I was going to start a similar thread but you beat me to it. I think it's good to be prepared but I think you're overreacting a bit. The flu has killed far more people than this new virus has. Have you ever had a bad case of the flu? I get a flu shot every year and thankfully have avoided a serious case of illness. I'm C6/7 and while I can cough I can't cough as good as I could pre-injury. Wash hands often, use disinfecting spray/wipes on commonly touched items like door handles. Don't be a recluse.

for a bit of optimism:
NHK: Chinese Researchers Find Effective Coronavirus Treatment
Why You Should Read: This is big news, if true. Chinese researchers say they have found a Japanese company’s drug very effective in treating novel coronavirus-related symptoms. I normally wouldn’t share something speculative like this, but NHK is a legitimate source and we could all use some hope right now.

Key Points:

Chinese government researchers claim the drug Avigan is effective in treating patients with the new coronavirus
In two separate studies, patients given the drug tested negative for the virus after a median of four days, vs. 11 days for those without it.
The trials also found x-ray photos showed improved lung condition in 91% of patients given the drug, vs. 62% for those without.
No obvious side effects were noted.
Researchers formally recommended using Avigan to tackle the virus.

Bottom Line: This is great news IF the research findings are accurate. They may not be. Even so, it would take time to manufacture and distribute the drug. We don’t know how fast that could happen and the problem is escalating quickly. So it’s a much-needed glimmer of hope but don’t celebrate yet.

personally I doubt I would survive a bout of this, and hubby is also high risk, so we are staying home except for him going for groceries, always wearing gloves.  I cannot expel phlem without standing and bowing over the commode while coughing.  It is a gravity assist, haha.  So if I were sick I could not do that.  Heck, I am sick, but not with this virus.  Getting by, and I plan to take advantage of neighbors offering to deliver goods as soon as I can convince hubby this is good policy.

Someone local started a FB page, neighbors helping neighbors in the time of Covid 19.  People are signing up.

mikeq,
should either of us not pop back here in 2021, I will have exited thinking of you...

It seems to mainly be affecting older people >80 or people with compromised immune systems, my family even kiddo doesn't fit that category so I am not too concerned about it, that's not to say we don't take common sense steps like hand sanitiser when we are out if we need to touch things, staying clear of sick people etc.
We haven't been part of the panic buying going on, the world isn't going to collapse.

My biggest issue at the moment is work, I work at a large boarding school with >700 boarding students we have to get them home for Easter holidays, and now is almost impossible due to Virgin Australia and Qantas cancelling ALL of their international flights, so in a mad rush we have been trying to billet the boarding boys with families of day boys for the Easter break.
So far few people have been willing.

Hello Moco

Yes, the poem was one of my own. There are four verses and that was the last one. I don't have problems with my children telling me what I should do or what I shouldn't do. It's more the other way round, with me urging them not to mingle with crowds of people.