[AGL] Fwd: CDC says: Time for us old folks to stockpile food and prepare for social isolation
Michael Eisenstadt
eisenstadt0 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 09:03:44 EDT 2020
Thanks Charlie for this real time heads up.
Concomittantly with getting our junker re-registered at the county on
Airport Blvd. I mean to shop at our preferred bigbox grocery today I
have a N95 mask and latex gloves and will wear them.
Mike the Magician
On 3/16/2020 7:34 AM, Charles Loving wrote:
> Stocking up is a real treat. The shops are full of people buying
> toilet paper. Costco to which I went must have had 5,000 customers all
> battling to get toilet paper along with me. I was disgusted since I
> could not get the Charmin with a red bear on the package, I had to opt
> for a blue bear. It was a real zoo. Shopping took ten minutes, check
> out an hour.
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 5:03 AM Byron Allen Black
> <englishcorrection at gmail.com <mailto:englishcorrection at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm glad you mentioned MONEY as that seems to have been overlooked
> in all the cautions I've been reading.
>
> Cash money is in fact by far the filthiest daily item we handle,
> in part because the nature of the fibers making up the tough paper
> catch and hold (URP) fecal particles, bacteria, and all kinds of
> pathogens. Whenever I'm in a ban or have a moment to talk to a
> cashier I always warn them about scrubbing up after handling wampum.
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 03:29, Frances Morey
> <frances.morey at gmail.com <mailto:frances.morey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> A few links about Coronavirus caution from Roger. Sent with
> permission.
> Perhaps the persons who talked him into dropping off the
> ghetto list/s is no longer on it. I don't know. I can't
> remember who.
> Best,
> Frances
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Roger Baker* <bakeroger at gmail.com
> <mailto:bakeroger at gmail.com>>
> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 11:12 PM
> Subject: CDC says: Time for us old folks to stockpile food and
> prepare for social isolation
> To:
>
>
> How bad this Covid-19 thing is likely to play out is only
> slowly being revealed. The USA kind of dropped the ball due,
> to moronic denial and Trump-think. The CDC is only now
> revealing that it is already so widely distributed across the
> USA that we are on our own. Once it really gets going and you
> get sick, the medical system will be overwhelmed.
>
> Now we have a pandemic that demands war-like preparations and
> a simultaneous economic crisis hitting many countries hard.
> South Korea has been doing a good job testing and tracking,
> but the USA has barely started testing.
>
> Cash will keep working for a time, at least until severe
> inflation or hoarding kicks in for survival goods. Here are a
> couple of good economic analyses to help make sense of the
> current mess, which actually stems from multiple interacting
> crises. Cheap fuel now means unaffordable fuel later when
> shale oil supplies run short. A pandemic like this will
> strongly depress both Chinese supply and US travel demand in
> an economy already struggling to handle a mountain of
> unpayable fiat currency obligations, thanks to our Fed.
>
> <http://goog_213337406>
> https://www.peakprosperity.com/video-the-coronavirus-is-the-pin-popping-the-everything-bubble/
>
> https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/02/18/easily-overlooked-issues-regarding-covid-19/
> <https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/02/18/easily-overlooked-issues-regarding-covid-19/>
>
> -- Roger
> **********************************
>
> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/many-americans-will-be-exposed-to-coronavirus-through-2021-cdc-says.html
>
> * The CDC is expanding its guidance for people at extreme
> risk of serious illness, like those over 60 or with
> underlying health conditions.
> * Those over the age of 60 should start stocking up on
> enough groceries and medications to have on hand, the CDC
> said.
> * Those at greatest risk of serious illness should stay home
> as much as possible if COVID-19 comes to their community,
> the CDC said.
>
> *******************************
>
> https://nypost.com/2020/03/09/cdc-urges-elderly-to-stock-up-on-food-stay-home-amid-coronavirus-fears/
>
> Elderly Americans and people with underlying health conditions
> should stock up on food and prepare to isolate themselves at
> home since they are the most at risk of getting seriously ill
> from the coronavirus, a senior health official said Monday.
>
> The advice is part of new recommendations from the US Centers
> for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at the most
> vulnerable populations
> <https://nypost.com/2020/03/07/coronavirus-claims-two-elderly-victims-in-florida/>
> and stems partly from a new study of 70,000 Chinese patients
> with the virus.
>
> “Have enough household items and groceries so that you will be
> prepared to stay home for a period of time,” Nancy Messonnier,
> a senior CDC official, said in a conference call Monday.
>
> ***********************
>
> Since it takes 5 days to show symptoms, average bus riders and
> clerks in stores will be spreading it by talking without
> knowing it. People emit infectious particles when they talk,
> but also when they handle money, etc.
>
> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/it-takes-an-average-of-5-days-for-coronavirus-symptoms-to-show-new-study-says.html
>
> * It takes about five days for COVID-19 symptoms to show
> after contracting the virus.
> * The vast majority of those infected will develop symptoms
> within 12 days.
> * That’s in line with current CDC recommendations that call
> for patients to remain in quarantine or self-isolation for
> 14 days after potential exposure.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Charlie Loving
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