Self-quarantine plans

[superheavyfunk]

I'm so mad at coronavirus. I've just had the 4th gig cancellation... I'm gonna have to ask my landlord if I can pay rent late next month - or never, if ppl don't decide to start hiring entertainment again real soon.

Never thought it'd be something like this that'd force me to retire from performing and take up some crap job - that is, if anybody will even be doing interviews for new hires

...dang. I might be screwed

 

[superheavyfunk]

... And today it happened. Extended spring break for all schools in the district.

Same here. Until April 5th atm.

 

[superheavyfunk]

Is hand sanitizer actually going to kill a virus?

yes but don't try making your own.

The best homemade hand sanitizer recipe: don't.

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

It will be interesting to see how things play out hysteria and all. I work at a powerplant with limited staff. All contractors, vendors, training, trips and over time as been taken off the table. The bosses rolled out our pandemic response plan this afternoon. Stating if we are sick do not come to work. All off schedule shifts are now on call for coverage. If things degrade from there we will be staying either in our shelter in place room and living at work or staying close by at the hotel down the street, which means I'm staying at my house and making my usual commute because I ain't staying in no grimey hotel, I don't even stay there for snow storms!

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

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[PrimitiveMan]

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Title is strong but actually by far the best article I read on the subject

 

[monsterthompson]

I'm so mad at coronavirus. I've just had the 4th gig cancellation... I'm gonna have to ask my landlord if I can pay rent late next month - or never, if ppl don't decide to start hiring entertainment again real soon.

Never thought it'd be something like this that'd force me to retire from performing and take up some crap job - that is, if anybody will even be doing interviews for new hires

...dang. I might be screwed

Any option to do home recording, with clients emailing you stems to work with?

 

[red_rhino]

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You realize you're gonna want that later, right? Apparently people are hoarding that now.

 

[JeroB666]

Well to update people, I got a call from my boss to stay home and work from here... Seems the paranoia has hit upper management.

 

[Kmonk]

I have diabetes and according to the CDC, I should stock up and stay home. Not going to happen.

It's getting blown completely out of proportion. More people died from H1N1, the Bird flu, the Swine flu and other diseases than will died from the Coronavirus. You have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident.

According to the CDC, since October 1, 2019, worldwide 4,200 people have died from the Coronavirus. 37 of those were in the United States. 26 of them were elderly patients in the same nursing home. During that same time period, between 20,000 and 52,000 Americans have died from the flu. (The reason they give a range is because many cases of the flu go unreported.) The vast majority of people who died had other medical conditions which put them at higher risk. The Coronavirus was discovered in 1965. The SARS and MERS viruses are strains of the Coronavirus. Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, MD recently wrote in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: "Coronaviruses are common, and they are generally related to the upper respiratory tract family of disorders. They also trigger asthma in children and adults and severe respiratory disease in the elderly. Under the bell-shaped curve of respiratory infection, they probably cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis infections in the infant and child population. The clinical impact of coronaviruses has not yet been fully determined because much still remains to be discovered, despite recent research advances."

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I have never been a "conspiracy theorist". In fact, I usually laugh at them but I do have several questions. What are government officials not telling us or trying to distract us from, and why are people buying as much toilet paper as possible just because a respiratory virus is going around. Don't tell me that its in case they are quarantined. The average person only uses 2 rolls of toilet paper per week. Store shelves are empty because people are buying as much as they can get in their car. The cleaning supply aisles in stores are also empty.

 

[mr80htz]

I do IT security for a day-job. I self-isolate with my three dogs every day anyway. The multi-national company I'm employed with has recently eliminated international and domestic travel for all employees. Most of our offices are closing and everyone is tele-working (which in-turn is keeping me busy).

Wife is in healthcare. She's tearing her hair out trying to source hand-sanitizer and toilet paper, so she's working. People around me are panic buying like the end of the world is scheduled for next week. Her company just fired two employees for stealing paper-towels and hand sanitizer when one of their kids got caught selling it at school. Really? It's just silly.

I read this morning the NHL is halting the season leading into the final push for playoff positions. DAMNIT! So much for evening TV viewing. So I'll practice a ton more than I usually do this time of year and hope for spring.

Remember: Wash your hands and cover your cough. And most importantly - isolation is key until a vaccine makes itself available.

A vaccine is years away according to leading infectious disease professionals...don't count on it

 

[PrimitiveMan]

I have diabetes and according to the CDC, I should stock up and stay home. Not going to happen.

It's getting blown completely out of proportion. More people died from H1N1, the Bird flu, the Swine flu and other diseases than will died from the Coronavirus. You have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident.

According to the CDC, since October 1, 2019, worldwide 4,200 people have died from the Coronavirus. 37 of those were in the United States. 26 of them were elderly patients in the same nursing home. During that same time period, between 20,000 and 52,000 Americans have died from the flu. (The reason they give a range is because many cases of the flu go unreported.) The vast majority of people who died had other medical conditions which put them at higher risk. The Coronavirus was discovered in 1965. The SARS and MERS viruses are strains of the Coronavirus. Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, MD recently wrote in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: "Coronaviruses are common, and they are generally related to the upper respiratory tract family of disorders. They also trigger asthma in children and adults and severe respiratory disease in the elderly. Under the bell-shaped curve of respiratory infection, they probably cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis infections in the infant and child population. The clinical impact of coronaviruses has not yet been fully determined because much still remains to be discovered, despite recent research advances."

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I have never been a "conspiracy theorist". In fact, I usually laugh at them but I do have several questions. What are government officials not telling us or trying to distract us from, and why are people buying as much toilet paper as possible just because a respiratory virus is going around. Don't tell me that its in case they are quarantined. The average person only uses 2 rolls of toilet paper per week. Store shelves are empty because people are buying as much as they can get in their car. The cleaning supply aisles in stores are also empty.

Highly recommend reading the article I linked, here it is again
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Its full of current stats for the current strain and outbreak

Also as someone with family in Italy, I don't think they put the whole country on lockdown due to hype. Hopefully it will not affect you as much but I wouldn't brush it off.

Take care of yourself folks, the anxiety is definitely getting to many also. But being prepared and limiting social interaction in the affected area will literally save lives

 

[lordradish]

Hearing the government's response to the coronavirus makes me think there is a good chance self-quarantine might be happening, so I've been thinking what I would do for two weeks at home.

Considering I still have lots of vacation, I'm thinking I would work from home for a week and take the other week as vacation to have a massive uninterrupted practice session, the kind I had when i first started and was eager to learn faster. I still have a couple of Janek Gwizdala's books I haven't touched and I'm still chipping away at some of Steve Bailey's So Low, Solo album transcription.

Anyone else have plans in case the figurative &#!% hits the fan?

I work from home, I teach online. All of our colleges are going online-only in the next week, so I'll mostly be working on that, and then going upstairs and playing music for 3 hours, like I do, every night.

 

[40Hz]

We have a house full of musical instruments, books, movies, music on CD and vinyl, arts and crafts supplies, and a dog. We have our reading lists, projects, and independent learning programs to keep us gainfully occupied. And since we’re now both retired, we’re usually home more often than not unless we gave an actual reason for going out. So our daily routine isn’t expected to be much, if any, different from what it usually is.

 

[lordradish]

I quit FaceBook today. That should protect me from some of the most virulent crap floating around these days.

I did this after the election, and it improved my mental health, immensely. Haven't gone back, either.

 

[mr80htz]

I have diabetes and according to the CDC, I should stock up and stay home. Not going to happen.

It's getting blown completely out of proportion. More people died from H1N1, the Bird flu, the Swine flu and other diseases than will died from the Coronavirus. You have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident.

According to the CDC, since October 1, 2019, worldwide 4,200 people have died from the Coronavirus. 37 of those were in the United States. 26 of them were elderly patients in the same nursing home. During that same time period, between 20,000 and 52,000 Americans have died from the flu. (The reason they give a range is because many cases of the flu go unreported.) The vast majority of people who died had other medical conditions which put them at higher risk. The Coronavirus was discovered in 1965. The SARS and MERS viruses are strains of the Coronavirus. Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, MD recently wrote in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: "Coronaviruses are common, and they are generally related to the upper respiratory tract family of disorders. They also trigger asthma in children and adults and severe respiratory disease in the elderly. Under the bell-shaped curve of respiratory infection, they probably cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis infections in the infant and child population. The clinical impact of coronaviruses has not yet been fully determined because much still remains to be discovered, despite recent research advances."

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I have never been a "conspiracy theorist". In fact, I usually laugh at them but I do have several questions. What are government officials not telling us or trying to distract us from, and why are people buying as much toilet paper as possible just because a respiratory virus is going around. Don't tell me that its in case they are quarantined. The average person only uses 2 rolls of toilet paper per week. Store shelves are empty because people are buying as much as they can get in their car. The cleaning supply aisles in stores are also empty.

Joe Rogan Podcast...please watch the beginning: .
His guest:

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. This poopie is real.

 

[GregC]

I have diabetes and according to the CDC, I should stock up and stay home. Not going to happen.

It's getting blown completely out of proportion. More people died from H1N1, the Bird flu, the Swine flu and other diseases than will died from the Coronavirus. You have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident.

According to the CDC, since October 1, 2019, worldwide 4,200 people have died from the Coronavirus. 37 of those were in the United States. 26 of them were elderly patients in the same nursing home. During that same time period, between 20,000 and 52,000 Americans have died from the flu. (The reason they give a range is because many cases of the flu go unreported.) The vast majority of people who died had other medical conditions which put them at higher risk. The Coronavirus was discovered in 1965. The SARS and MERS viruses are strains of the Coronavirus. Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, MD recently wrote in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: "Coronaviruses are common, and they are generally related to the upper respiratory tract family of disorders. They also trigger asthma in children and adults and severe respiratory disease in the elderly. Under the bell-shaped curve of respiratory infection, they probably cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis infections in the infant and child population. The clinical impact of coronaviruses has not yet been fully determined because much still remains to be discovered, despite recent research advances."

Coronavirus discussion thread

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I have never been a "conspiracy theorist". In fact, I usually laugh at them but I do have several questions. What are government officials not telling us or trying to distract us from, and why are people buying as much toilet paper as possible just because a respiratory virus is going around. Don't tell me that its in case they are quarantined. The average person only uses 2 rolls of toilet paper per week. Store shelves are empty because people are buying as much as they can get in their car. The cleaning supply aisles in stores are also empty.

COVID-19 is a coronavirus, but it is its own phenomenon. This one is particularly dangerous because it is easily transmitted, symptoms often don't appear for days on end, and so far about 20% of people who get infected require hospitalization, which has put a huge strain on the health care system in Italy and could do the same in the US if we don't take serious precautions (which we are starting to do) and do lots of tests (which have been rare and expensive in the US, though that MAY finally be about to change). There are reports of people in Italy dying because there simply aren't enough respirators to go around.

It doesn't make sense to compare US flu deaths and COVID deaths since October of last year--the first COVID death here was less than two weeks ago! And infections and deaths are accelerating. It's going to take a while for these new measures to have a positive impact.​

I strongly encourage everyone who is skeptical about the threat this poses to the US to read on-the-ground accounts from our Italian bass brothers in this thread. Here is an example:
Coronavirus discussion thread

 

[Greg Waldon]

For some unknown reason, there has been a run on toilet paper in my neck of the woods. The runs isn’t a symptom of corona virus. Walmarts, costcos, Dollar General and anywhere that sells it is running low. Hand sanitizer is gone as is anything that is a disinfectant. If I have to stay home, gonna be copious amounts of bass playing going on.

 

[pbass74]

I'm responsible for the upkeep and cleaning of a major public transportation hub where over 80,000 people pass through each day. My staff is out there with gloves on trying to keep everyone else healthy. They deserve a standing ovation every day.

I can work from home some if need be, but I really need to be on site a lot of the time. One of my sons in responsible for tech support for the online classes for a major university. He's going to be busy as they try to put all of their classes online in the next week. My other son works for a major tech company which just told everyone to work from home. I have a daughter-in-law who works at Starbucks. It's affecting us all in one way or the other.

If I have to stay home due to exposure or illness, I hope my symptoms are "mild" so I can practice bass. Next step down would be Netflix. Lower than that, just rest & sleep. Oh, and wish I had stocked up on toilet paper.

 

[red_rhino]

It's getting blown completely out of proportion.

While I somewhat agree, I think the level of anxiety is understandable. This seems much more easily transmitted than H1N1, Swine flu, or the like, and the precaution of a simple flu shot is not yet available. Most of what we're seeing in terms of event cancellations and school or site closures are reasonable measures that shouldn't be a surprise.

If you have an underlying medical condition, it's wise to take precautions. Someone in an earlier post mentioned that people over 60 were more at risk. Well, guess what? Statistically, people over 60 are more likely to have an underlying medical condition. There are in fact younger people who have succumbed to this.

All that said, I agree that panic and hoarding won't help. We were out and about today, doing some routine grocery shopping and getting coffee. It was pretty quiet out there. If everyone else is staying home, it seems your odds of transmission go down. If there are only 10 people on an airplane instead of 300 ... , etc.

I live in a rural area north of Silicon Valley. I drove down there yesterday for non-work related reasons; the traffic was very light and the air was very clean. A wonderful, easy drive. My drive back, usually > 5 hours at that time of day, was < 3.

However, I do plan to stock up a bit on wine tomorrow. I refuse to go thru The Apocalypse sober!