World is going crazy
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Manhattan Kansas
I think a lot of that stems from those people who are asymptomatic, some going around not even knowing they have it. Then maybe they are thinking that will be them. Its like playing the lottery, only to win is not as much fun.
Post Fiend
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From: Waterloo, Iowa
Well for most people it will be mild. Thankfully. There's really no way to stop it, many if maybe even most people will catch it, sooner or later.
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Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Manhattan, KS
It is really tough to know where any community or area is with this thing because there is such limited testing. The exceptions are places where there are huge outbreaks such as some of the meat packing locations in Kansas and places like Grand Island Nebraska. There are ways to stop it or limit it. If everyone and I mean everyone stayed out of touch with community areas for 14 days or a little longer the bug would die because it would have no way to transmit. The problem is that isn't really possible. I'm in a at risk group because of age so am going to continue to be careful. Also, there is no way to predict with certainty who will die from it. I don't want to see my kids or grandkids die from it even though their odds are less than mine.
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From: Waterloo, Iowa
It's my understanding that since it is a new ("novel") virus, that won't work. That's the problem. "Social distancing" and locking everyone down will keep fewer numbers of people with the virus at any given point in time, in terms of keeping the hospitals from being overwhelmed.
The tests are not very accurate, with a high percentage of both false negatives and false positives. It's also rumored that the initial test kits which came from you know where, were infected with the virus. Nice, eh?
Many people have already had it, and didn't know it, and many people have it and don't know it, and spread it without showing any symptoms. It isn't going to die out, eventually some sort of herd immunity will buildup. There likely won't ever be a vaccine, or not anytime soon, and they aren't always effective as viruses mutate. The H1N1 virus responsible for the 1918 epidemic is still around today.
The tests are not very accurate, with a high percentage of both false negatives and false positives. It's also rumored that the initial test kits which came from you know where, were infected with the virus. Nice, eh?
Many people have already had it, and didn't know it, and many people have it and don't know it, and spread it without showing any symptoms. It isn't going to die out, eventually some sort of herd immunity will buildup. There likely won't ever be a vaccine, or not anytime soon, and they aren't always effective as viruses mutate. The H1N1 virus responsible for the 1918 epidemic is still around today.
Hotshot
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Manhattan, KS
I think the social and economic turmoil is hard for us to fathom at this point. I just hope people don't go completely nuts. There are radicals on both sides who could create a bunch of havoc. I have grandkids who are teenagers and younger. This event will alter their lives in the same what the Great Depression altered my parents and grandparent's lives.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
We are not going to know for while all of the effects that this virus has had on the economy, and/or people's well being. Some people are going to be effected more mentally on this whole thing, than financially. Especially those who never were able to say goodbye to their loved ones, or to those who lost their business that was once thriving, but now has bankrupt them, or those who will live in fear for the rest of their lives that they are going to fall victim to this or other pandemics. Life as we know it is forever changed for everyone, be it small or huge impacts to them personally. It can be as small as not being able to ever step into a favorite restaurant that could not weather the storm, or not feeling safe to be in public, to not feeling safe about seeing friends or family that you could potentially expose, or be exposed from.
Hotshot
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Manhattan, KS
I think you are right Curtis. Still many of us have gone through some of these things before and survived. It did change us, but we were able to make it through. That is part of faith, whether it is religious faith or faith in being able to make it though our own perseverance and with help from others. Our kids will make it and in some ways may be better off because of it.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
Julie's last paycheck from work will come at the last of this month, and she doesn't qualify for state benefits, so she doesn't get unemployment since she was a business owner. Luckily she gets health insurance and a few other benefits from work still, but no paycheck. We are hoping she may get some Federal help, but everything is so far behind on that, that she may be back to work before she gets her first unemployment check.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
We will be OK, That's exactly why we built up a savings account. I tried to make her relax as she seemed a little stressed about it yesterday. I said, don't worry about it until we have to pull $5000 from savings and then maybe she should start to look for at least a temporary job to help with the income.
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Manhattan Kansas
Any bets from any of you that say within the next month we are going to see a huge spike in Kansas, due to people getting restless and trying to go back to normal living before this is under control?
Honestly, I am ready to go back a year to a more normal time, when this virus didn't exist.
Can we start 2020 over and do it right this time?
Honestly, I am ready to go back a year to a more normal time, when this virus didn't exist.
Can we start 2020 over and do it right this time?