dixiegirl1035
I will do it, but I won't like it
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BBMI went by my local Kroger supermarket at 2 AM this morning to avoid the crowds. There were no crowds and less than a dozen shoppers. There were a lot of store employees busy trying to restock the shelfs.
There were no masks or hand sanitizer, but still lots of liquid hand soap. There was not one roll of toilet paper and just a few rolls of paper towels. Probably a third of the canned food had been sold. They were almost out of pasta and completely out of ramen noodles.
Oddly enough the cold and flu remedies were almost untouched. There was plenty of fresh bread. Milk was low and I bought the last gallon of Kroger brand chocolate milk. It's very good by the way.
Divorce rate spikes across China after 'couples spend too much time together during coronavirus home quarantine', officials claim
Divorce cases spike in China after 'couples spend too much time during coronavirus quarantine' | Daily Mail Online
Two new Dr Campbell videos.
I wish I was in Gunnison right now, eating breakfast at that little cafe, around the corner from the Traders Rendevous, on that road that heads North toward Crested Butte.........moo
Social distancing is easier in rural areas.
Dean Conger/Corbis via Getty Images
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“Remote rural towns are a good place to be early in a pandemic, as they tend to be more spread out, which potentially means fewer chances to catch a bug. Remote rural areas are also, by definition, way removed from major seaports, airports and often even big highways. So it generally takes longer for new viruses to show up in tiny towns, like Fredonia, Kan.”
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“It's a scenario that has played out before. Alex Navarro, a medical historian at the University of Michigan, says Spanish flu swept the entire U.S. in 1918, except for a few notable exceptions, including Gunnison, Colo.
"You have the story of a town that literally barricaded the roads and forced everyone who did come into town into quarantine," Navarro says.
In fact, all of Gunnison County sealed itself off from the outside world for four months. And it worked. At the height of the Spanish flu pandemic, Gunnison recorded just two cases, both in isolation.”
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BBM:
“Edson says a serious outbreak could quickly overwhelm the local health system.
"If enough people need more hospitalization, well they'll have to go elsewhere and [that's] a fact. It'll be challenging to everybody," Edson says.”
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Now, let’s take the (full) above article and compare it to this, which is why I said earlier there goes my bright idea of retreating into the mountains”:
“Polis called Aspen a “hotspot” for infection, noting that mountain communities are especially vulnerable because of their lack of resources to fight the virus’ spread. Combined with their high altitude and the fact that they draw so many visitors from the Front Range and out of state, they are particularly risky.”
“A test of our Colorado character”: High country will be hardest hit by coronavirus, governor warn
MAR 11, 2020
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And this:
“Resort and mountain communities will be hit hardest first, Polis said. They have "limited surge capacity." The governor advises that people over 60 or those with chronic health conditions avoid unnecessary travel to high country outbreak areas and/or attending large public events.”
Colorado Ramps Up Coronavirus Response As Reported Cases Double In One Day, High Country Becomes ‘Hot Spot’
March 11, 2020
Around 60% of the UK population will need to become infected with coronavirus in order for society to have "herd immunity" from future outbreaks, Sir Patrick Vallance said.
Herd immunity is the resistance to a contagious disease within a population because enough people have become immune, and so it is harder for it to spread.
Coronavirus: Millions of Britons will need to contract COVID-19 for 'herd immunity'
You got TP??Good morning to all. I sure could use a Survival Breakfast Burrito delivery to go with this coffee ..........Yall stay safe today.......moo
I ain't talking about my top secret TP stash...................mooYou got TP??
I did a massive Chewy.com order Wed. morning and the packages arrived yesterday afternoon. I unpacked on the porch and sprayed everything with Lysol.The "panic" has now hit and shoppers are filling the grocery stores. In my town, just this morning, I heard people saying "Hope you like almond butter
'cause that's all that's left." Exaggeration, I bet/hope. I happily avoided even having to go into this Shoe Rite, as we stocked up a couple weeks ago, even though cashiers were side-eyeing us back then.
My cats however, who are truly pigs disguised as cats, needed more food..and litter. (Well, in my mind they did.) So I braved the Pet Value. Fairly empty, though one shopper was coughing and sneezing (UGH!) and the other let her little girl roam around the store touching everything (UGH #2). I tried to hold my breath and breathe through the Lysol wipe when I had to. (Probably worse for me.)
Downside to this - now that the word is out, the store had hundreds of people in there, standing in line in close proximity. So much for social distancing.
Also, the 3 kitties in Pet Value looking for homes are not getting much interest from adoptees. Makes me want to bring them home with me.
DH would not be amused.
I do use Chewy. But I made a coffee run this morning and Pet Value is right next door. Doing my best to support my local businesses for now.I did a massive Chewy.com order Wed. morning and the packages arrived yesterday afternoon. I unpacked on the porch and sprayed everything with Lysol.