Have YOU done ANYTHING to prepare for coronavirus?

[Roudy]

Nothing to prepare for other than practice good hygiene. At this time people residing in the US are not in danger.

As far as we know.

There is risk, but of an unknown quantity given the lengthy incubation periods.

Perhaps we are missing something? 82,500 total worldwide cases, with 2800 total deaths, out of which 2700 are in China. And, the number of new cases has dwindled dramatically.

Coronavirus: the new disease Covid-19 explained

 

[RodISHI]

Visually it looks like this -

Actually it looks more like this when weather permits.

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I suspect FCT isn't old enough to remember when Merkins were running around building fallout shelters into their homes to prep for the coming "nuclear holocaust". Those of us who lived it remain unimpressed by paranoia. As Bob Dylan put it, oh no no, I've been through this movie before.

Paranoia and being prepared for emergencies are not one in the same. Its like keeping a small med kit in your car just in case or taking an EMT class even if you may never need it.

 

[blackhawk]

I bought a bottle of hand sanitizer.

 

[flacaltenn]

DHS doesnt recommend this during typical flu season.

Of course not... Because Homeland Security is not the Chief medical advisor for the country... But they STOLE that list from the CDC -- which issues the same guidelines for the flus we all get vaccines for...

Practice Good Health Habits

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Corona virus 2019 - what's the big deal? Why such a fuss?

As stated in another thread my son is a Respiratory Care Specialist at a major US children's hospital.
I trust what he says 100 times over what the media states.

The concerns..

1) Healthy people are dying... why? You would expect those with compromised immune systems, sick...the very young and old to be the main casualties. But that isn't the case. Children are actually fairing better than adults. The elderly are not surviving well, but the concern is it is killing otherwise healthy people at a much higher rate than one would expect.
2) The virus, like most viruses, could mutate. If it mutates the kill rate could climb rapidly.
3) Infection rates are likely to be many times higher than reported by China or Iran. Many citizens don't have access to healthcare and have died, and there is no record of it. Most scientist agree the actual infected/dead is at least 10 times higher than reported.
4) People will likely not take it serious until the spread is already everywhere.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I have multiple copies of take out menus from local restaurants in the event the Internet crashes

Chinese restaurants?

Omg lol

For lent I'm staying away from asian massage parlors, Chinese buffets, and bat soup

 

[evenflow1969]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I'm stocking up on popcorn.

That's it.

Oh...and pulling out my Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD's.

Come to think of it I think I'm good for years.
I have every season of Star Trek NG and every Season of the Andy Griffith show + the board game....that we've actually never played in the 10 years I've had it lol

OOOH, I wanna play I love andy griffith.
PS. The episodes with ernest t are my favorite.

 

[Jitss617]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I think I got it,, I’m just staying home

 

[Ava]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I'm with you, Grandpa. I always have a supply of non-perishables on hand, regardless of the news.

 

[g5000]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

We always have at least a months worth of food in non perishables.
Also I brew beer, which means I also have the ability to filter/store copious amount of potable water at any given time. Which also means I can brew my own calories, and use the spent grains to make bread if for some reason we were desperate.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

I would think thorough cooking would kill the virus.

 

[anynameyouwish]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

water
canned goods (that don't need heating)
pot
lighters
brandy
reeses pnut butter cups (gonna be worth GOLD after the destruction of civilization!)
weapons
ammo
DUMMY how to books;
farming for dummies
canning and jarring for dummies
making your own clothes for dummies
rebuilding civilization for dummies

and coffee.....lots of coffee....the good stuff.....espresso....

 

[playtime]

i have enough supplies on hand given i live in new england & can get caught with a blizzard... plus, married to a marine who was also a boy scout, we are also 'prepared' for a lot of things not being the usual weather related scenarios.

 

[Coyote]

Corona virus 2019 - what's the big deal? Why such a fuss?

As stated in another thread my son is a Respiratory Care Specialist at a major US children's hospital.
I trust what he says 100 times over what the media states.

The concerns..

1) Healthy people are dying... why? You would expect those with compromised immune systems, sick...the very young and old to be the main casualties. But that isn't the case. Children are actually fairing better than adults. The elderly are not surviving well, but the concern is it is killing otherwise healthy people at a much higher rate than one would expect.
2) The virus, like most viruses, could mutate. If it mutates the kill rate could climb rapidly.
3) Infection rates are likely to be many times higher than reported by China or Iran. Many citizens don't have access to healthcare and have died, and there is no record of it. Most scientist agree the actual infected/dead is at least 10 times higher than reported.
4) People will likely not take it serious until the spread is already everywhere.

My viee is that it is a concern, not a panic.

 

[g5000]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

I would think thorough cooking would kill the virus.

Yes, but food is not the primary vector. It is spread through water droplets from coughing and sneezing, and through physical contact. It is possible it is also passed by touching the surface that an infected person has touched. Thus the need to constantly wash one's hands.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

I would think thorough cooking would kill the virus.

Yes, but food is not the primary vector. It is spread through water droplets from coughing and sneezing, and through physical contact. It is possible it is also passed by touching the surface that an infected person has touched. Thus the need to constantly wash one's hands.

Yes, but in terms of trying to subsist on canned foods, that might not be necessary if cooking kills the virus.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Corona virus 2019 - what's the big deal? Why such a fuss?

As stated in another thread my son is a Respiratory Care Specialist at a major US children's hospital.
I trust what he says 100 times over what the media states.

The concerns..

1) Healthy people are dying... why? You would expect those with compromised immune systems, sick...the very young and old to be the main casualties. But that isn't the case. Children are actually fairing better than adults. The elderly are not surviving well, but the concern is it is killing otherwise healthy people at a much higher rate than one would expect.
2) The virus, like most viruses, could mutate. If it mutates the kill rate could climb rapidly.
3) Infection rates are likely to be many times higher than reported by China or Iran. Many citizens don't have access to healthcare and have died, and there is no record of it. Most scientist agree the actual infected/dead is at least 10 times higher than reported.
4) People will likely not take it serious until the spread is already everywhere.

My viee is that it is a concern, not a panic.

Certainly not anything remotely a panic.
But I would say well above "concern".
Take the Swine Flu, as always unknown death count, but somewhere between 200,000 and 500,000.
If the corona virus has the same infected rate as the Swine Flu, then the death count could be as high as 5 million. 10 x the death rate as Swine Flu, the worst pandemic in modern times.

 

[playtime]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

I would think thorough cooking would kill the virus.

Yes, but food is not the primary vector. It is spread through water droplets from coughing and sneezing, and through physical contact. It is possible it is also passed by touching the surface that an infected person has touched. Thus the need to constantly wash one's hands.

Yes, but in terms of trying to subsist on canned foods, that might not be necessary if cooking kills the virus.

the idea of having a good stock of canned goods is so a trip to the store &then possibly coming in contact with the virus is lowered.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Well, have you?

I have not but am considering stocking up on bottled water and some non perishables.

Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prepper lol. On average I probably have enough food to last a couple weeks if rationed right.

I have started providing vitamin C to my wife, and I am also taking it. My wife has a suppressed immune system, so she is vulnerable. Our kids are teenagers in very good health, so they would shake off COVID-19 like a bad cold.

As for provisions, I have a pantry which I have always keep well stocked with canned goods, vitamins, medical supplies, water and other beverages, and so forth. Enough to feed us all for a couple/few months, though we will get sick and tired of canned tuna and chicken.

I would think thorough cooking would kill the virus.

Yes, but food is not the primary vector. It is spread through water droplets from coughing and sneezing, and through physical contact. It is possible it is also passed by touching the surface that an infected person has touched. Thus the need to constantly wash one's hands.

Yes, but in terms of trying to subsist on canned foods, that might not be necessary if cooking kills the virus.

the idea of having a good stock of canned goods is so a trip to the store &then possibly coming in contact with the virus is lowered.

I understand, but if you are going to go to work or to school or to see your doctor, you are facing the same risk, so going to the supermarket probably doesn't increase the risk by much. Of course, you could even reduce the risk by having your groceries delivered or by ordering them online.