Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #35

[Tony1902]

Frankly, as an ethno-historian I’m afraid. I grow my own food, as much as I can. Luckily I’m in the coastal south. Blessings & prayers to whatever you hold sacred .

 

[Herat]

“At one point during the town hall, Mr. Trump said that the coronavirus wasn’t anywhere near as deadly as the 1918 flu, which was the worst infectious disease epidemic in recorded human history.”

“People who got the 1918 flu, he said, had close to a “50/50 chance” of dying. In fact, the fatality rate for people infected by the 1918 flu was not 50 percent, but was estimated to be around 2 to 2.5 percent, compared to a rate of about .1 percent for seasonal flu.”

Dr Kevin Purcell on Twitter

OK - So anyone see the problem here with this Town Hall sort of stuff?

 

[Reasonable & Just]

It's something. We got our state and federal tax refunds and can't cash them. I got a notification that the items on my online order shipped today. One from New York, one from California, one from New Jersey and one from Washington. Now I don't know how long I should wait to open them.

Are the banks totally closed in your area? Not even the drive-thru?

How to Clean and Disinfect Yourself, Your Home, and Your Stuff

According to the USPS, mail and packages are relatively low-risk for transmitting the novel coronavirus, and packages from China pose no special riskcompared to packages from anywhere else. That said, researchers have found that it can live on cardboard for around 24 hours, so giving packages a once over with a disinfecting wipe isn't a bad idea.

Good night to all,
A potentially germy New Yorker who's trying to keep it to herself

 

[SA55]

Can you lysol spray them?

That's one of the things I'm doing, nothing I'm ordering online is perishable, so I'm bringing them in garage, lysol spraying them, then washing my hands for long time.

 

[Tbone144]

It's something. We got our state and federal tax refunds and can't cash them. I got a notification that the items on my online order shipped today. One from New York, one from California, one from New Jersey and one from Washington. Now I don't know how long I should wait to open them.

If it’s a matter of getting to the bank I just discovered you can take a picture of front and back of the check and that’s good enough for deposit. Then once approved you just shred the check. Obviously it depends upon the bank. This was news to me and saved me a trip.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

BILL GATES

"It’s very tough to say to people, ‘Hey, keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner. We want you to keep spending because there’s maybe a politician who thinks GDP growth is what really counts,'" Gates said. Bill Gates says we need a shutdown: Can't reopen business and 'ignore that pile of bodies in the corner'

The Hill on Twitter

Easy to say when you have a half a KABILLION dollars in the bank and screw up my computer with every update you put out. What about the 99% of us who don’t have all that spare cash and would like to keep working, because we like to eat?

 

[Tony1902]

Not that I feel so righteous but a friend said a mom needed diapers & someone my age—71-needed food. Had extra—can we not give and have left and pray?

 

[Tillicum]

Can you lysol spray them?

I could spray the shipping box not the contents. It's seed starter, vermiculite and seeds. I don't know if it would be safe to spray them?

 

[Tony1902]

Easy to say when you have a half a KABILLION dollars in the bank and screw up my computer with every update you put out. What about the 99% of us who don’t have all that spare cash and would like to keep working, because we like to eat?

Love— this like isn't enough my former home in Bay Area is on for sale @ 1.2500 it’s crap

 

[musicaljoke]

Just popping in. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t drink fish tank cleaner.

You’re welcome.

That's good advice, Mass Guy. Sadly it isn't the most dangerous human behaviour that is happening. :'(

 

[jjenny]

I could spray the shipping box not the contents. It's seed starter, vermiculite and seeds. I don't know if it would be safe to spray them?

I guess I would spray the boxes and wait. How long can the seeds survive?

 

[Tillicum]

Are the banks totally closed in your area? Not even the drive-thru?

How to Clean and Disinfect Yourself, Your Home, and Your Stuff

According to the USPS, mail and packages are relatively low-risk for transmitting the novel coronavirus, and packages from China pose no special riskcompared to packages from anywhere else. That said, researchers have found that it can live on cardboard for around 24 hours, so giving packages a once over with a disinfecting wipe isn't a bad idea.

Good night to all,
A potentially germy New Yorker who's trying to keep it to herself

The banks are open the hours my husband's at work. I've been sick for 12 days and haven't been able to leave the house. Can't get tested either. Was told to "assume" I have it because I "probably do."

 

[Love Never Fails]

If it’s a matter of getting to the bank I just discovered you can take a picture of front and back of the check and that’s good enough for deposit. Then once approved you just shred the check. Obviously it depends upon the bank. This was news to me and saved me a trip.

Been doing deposits this way for about two years. Don’t shred the check for about 14 days to make sure your bank doesn’t make an error.

 

[Bravo]

The banks are open the hours my husband's at work. I've been sick for 12 days and haven't been able to leave the house. Can't get tested either. Was told to "assume" I have it because I "probably do."

Take care and keep us posted.

 

[Henry2326]

Easy to say when you have a half a KABILLION dollars in the bank and screw up my computer with every update you put out. What about the 99% of us who don’t have all that spare cash and would like to keep working, because we like to eat?

Frankly I agree with him and I dont have a kabillion dollars. Millions of people will die if we abandon the current position.....we may not have locked down fast enough or soon enough to change the forecast.
Singapore announced tonight a second wave has begun and they are back in lockdown.

 

[Lato]

Good evening friends.......Just so you know.....besides all of my close relatives in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, my cousins are in Florida, New York, Seattle....so I won't be running across the country to a "better" location.
How is everyone?

 

[Gardenista]

Easy to say when you have a half a KABILLION dollars in the bank and screw up my computer with every update you put out. What about the 99% of us who don’t have all that spare cash and would like to keep working, because we like to eat?

Agree. It was a very tone deaf comment. No doubt it enraged many people.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

I could spray the shipping box not the contents. It's seed starter, vermiculite and seeds. I don't know if it would be safe to spray them?

Don’t spray the garden things. It could sterilize the seeds. And don’t worry, you won’t be planting anything that will sprout little Coronas.

 

[Tony1902]

I could spray the shipping box not the contents. It's seed starter, vermiculite and seeds. I don't know if it would be safe to spray them?

As a grower— don’t it may inhibit or alter its growing/flowering etc . Check with seed supplier. I use seed savers exchange, territorial, many others

 

[Tillicum]

I guess I would spray the boxes and wait. How long can the seeds survive?

Years as long as they're dry and out of light. I'll wait at least a few days.