Coronavirus

[RedLED]

It was over 100 degrees here today, do we have to worry anymore? It will be over 100 until October.

 

[Devildude]

Oh man, me too...I went out and putted around in the garden and started putting a new carburetor on the rototiller...winter just won’t let go! But you’re right, we’ll get through it...we always do.

That is the beauty of upstate New York, we always keep moving forward. I look forward to being able to shake hands again. A simple gesture that I hope never goes away. Too many things are trying to change, we are humans. Let's be humans together not separate. Strength in numbers is one of the keys to this challenge, unity is our strongest resource.

 

[RedLED]

Handshakes go back to the Roman Empire, possibility before, they will not go away.

 

[Johnnyh]

I hope you guys are right, it’s become such a natural thing to do. It’s almost automatic. Very hard thing to break and feels very awkward to keep the hand in check.

 

[StarHalo]

That moment you realize you're a doctor and your national leader is telling you to "inject the bodies"..

 

[RedLED]

I think they will be around, Johnny, these things have happened before.

 

[RedLED]

Back in the term of President Geo. W. Bush, I was on a trip and looked in the back of the presidents' limo, and there were two things, an M4 with the clip in it on the floor, and a large bottle of hand sanitizer.

 

[bykfixer]

Hand shakes are a staple of life. But if need be we'll be ok with them for a little while.

So yesterday I'm listening to the radio when this fellow says "and folks it seems smokers are less prone to covid-19, details after this comercial break". Well life interupted so I was not listening after the break. Actually I kinda forgot about it. Smokers less susceptable to a respitory disease? Nah couldn't be. So later I remembered that and looked it up. Buried among the quit smoking now articles by every medical journal in the states were some scientific studies way over my head that seemed to indicate in some studies smoking populations had less incidence of covid-19 in outbreak areas.

There were small groups studied in places like India and France. There's even a trial being done in France with nicotine patches on hospitalized patients. Now after reading that I thought "aha, Chinese lab my foot this thing was invented in a Marlboro lab somewhere on the plains of America, neatly packaged in a packs of smokes and handed out as free samples at the fish market, at fairs and other places in China where bats are known to give off crazy biproducts in their waste that causes human plagues. Then somewhere in India whisper to some doctor "hey study smokers"…… so no need to sweat it. Just put on a jean jacket and a cowboy hat, grab ya some Reds and puff puff puff that cigarette. If it works they'll blame Trump for getting everybody hooked on cigarettes and never even a whisper that it was actually a big tobacco plot."

The irony in the studies, if you smoke you're less likely to get covid-19 from the novel corona. If you do end up with covid-19 you're more likely to die from it due to the harm smoking causes your lungs. See, aint nuthin' free afterall.

I say all this in jist, but at the same time point out how crazy many thoughts are out there on how to halt the spread and lower the fatality. Even if it kills you.

We'll be ok. If the roaches can survive the ice age we can survive the corona plague.

 

[lion504]

It was over 100 degrees here today, do we have to worry anymore? It will be over 100 until October.

No, all good.

 

[Johnnyh]

Back in the term of President Geo. W. Bush, I was on a trip and looked in the back of the presidents' limo, and there were two things, an M4 with the clip in it on the floor, and a large bottle of hand sanitizer.

Wow...I like it...G-Dub knew how to survive a viral pandemic! [emoji106]

 

[RedLED]

I'm certain all the past presidents are very happy that they did not have to deal with this nightmare.

 

[bykfixer]

Amen to that red.

If I recall correct the W did try to set up a pandemic response team after reading a book about the spanish flu sometime around 2005. It however did not pan out it seems.

 

[Cree XHP 70 LED]

Back in the term of President Geo. W. Bush, I was on a trip and looked in the back of the presidents' limo, and there were two things, an M4 with the clip in it on the floor, and a large bottle of hand sanitizer.

I have yet to see am M4 with a clip inserted into the magazine well. :grin2:

 

[bigburly912]

I have yet to see am M4 with a clip inserted into the magazine well. :grin2:

[emoji16]

 

[StarHalo]

“With all products, our disinfectant and hygiene products should only be used as intended and in line with usage guidelines. Please read the label and safety information.” - Reckitt Benckiser Group, manufacturer of Lysol, in a Friday release.

 

[Kestrel]

I have yet to see am M4 with a clip inserted into the magazine well. :grin2:

I wasn't going to say anything :rolleyes:

 

[lion504]

... an M4 with the clip in it on the floor, and a large bottle of hand sanitizer.

Good supplies to stockpile....

 

[RedLED]

OK! guy's it was late when I wrote that, clip thing...but that what was there. Now, would you like to hear about the snacks on Marine One?

 

[StarHalo]

Pittsburgh County Building rally against stay at home order:

 

[Kestrel]

OK! guy's it was late when I wrote that, clip thing...but that what was there. Now, would you like to hear about the snacks on Marine One?

Not in this thread.