Corona virus

^ this.

Rinse your arsehole with water.

The best part of quarantained borders is we can keep the saisonal constructionworkers and put em to use on Saturdays and Sundays if they want.
Sucks if you have to cross several states and these inbetween don´t value your familylife.

Unless we run out of Screws, hopefully our machinery isn´t affected by this virus, it would be terrible if something happens to the 0,1% that produce screws.
Luckily we have warehouses and don´t rely on a just in time production like Toiletpaper.

Also because masks don´t work well enough, you are recommended to sneeze in your elbows as they are the most unlikely contactpoint, according to Knigge.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

Handshakes: Bad
-- Aggressive
-- Sweaty
-- High chance of virus transmission
-- Sometimes require spitting into palms first

I spend 10 hours a day taking money from people. My hands are getting very dry from using sanitizer constantly.

Apart from that, I'm agreeing with Scrotie about the fear. Try not to be afraid. Fear is bad, as it makes us make poor choices. Not being afraid doesn't stop you from being able to take the situation seriously.

Oh, and regarding the whole "flattening the curve"/herd immunity/"social distancing" thing:

The conclusion that people who have been exposed to a virus become immune to it is based upon the premise that the exposed humans develop antibodies that are targeted against that particular virus. This is not always the case because of the potential for antigenic drift — that is, mutations that cause changes that enable the virus to evade immune recognition by said antibodies.

Antigenic drift is part of the reason why it is possible to get sick from the same influenza virus multiple times in a single lifetime, and why there is a new flu vaccine developed twice each year, rather than there being just a single flu vaccine that wipes out influenza forever. Influenza A also has antigenic shift (a kind of super-drift) working for it, but all RNA viruses, to include coronaviruses, are capable of rapid small mutations. Coronaviruses notably have the longest RNA strands of any RNA viruses, maximizing their drift potential while not giving them shift potential.

Put simply, if you recover from COVID19, the immunity you get from recovery is only going to be effective if the number of person-to-person "jumps" the virus takes before being reintroduced to you is limited below a certain number. Given enough infections, the virus will have enough time to mutate around your antibodies. This may be enough to completely overwhelm the "social distancing" strategy.

Check the date.

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LennyLen wrote:

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

Handshakes: Bad
-- Aggressive
-- Sweaty
-- High chance of virus transmission
-- Sometimes require spitting into palms first

I spend 10 hours a day taking money from people. My hands are getting very dry from using sanitizer constantly.

Apart from that, I'm agreeing with Scrotie about the fear. Try not to be afraid. Fear is bad, as it makes us make poor choices. Not being afraid doesn't stop you from being able to take the situation seriously.

A fried of mine owns a bakery, and he had to yell at his younger staff because they were only using hand sanitiser once or twice an hour despite manning the register. I'm glad you're being conscientious about it.

And don't take this as aggression, but unless you're also at risk as I am, please don't tell me how to feel. Fear is keeping me sharp this time. It ensured I shopped big and shopped early. It's agreeing with the GF when she says we should both stay in for a while, not just me. It's got me keeping up with events in ways I normally wouldn't: instead of looking at this politically or socially, I'm looking at it medically, and...dude, that's why I'm still afraid.

Complacency is what makes me make bad choices. Taking shit for granted. It was taking shit for granted that saw me buy more PoE supporter packs than pretty much anyone, ever. And I don't even like the game anymore. A bad choice? Well, no. It hasn't ruined me. But hardly what you'd call a smart choice, especially now. Now I'm afraid what's going to happen money-wise, and I'm being very frugal indeed.

I'm afraid for my friends, so I'm doing my best to educate them too. They're afraid for me, so they're listening.

Fear is not the opposite of clear-mindedness. Terror is. Panic is. And although I'm personally terrified when I stop to think about it, nothing I've done has been out of terror or panic.

And I don't believe anything I've said here trips into the realm of untenable hyperbole either, which is in itself something of a rarity on the PoE forum. :)

But I will take what you said in the spirit of encouragement. I won't try not to be afraid, but I will ensure that fear doesn't evolve into something less useful! ^_^

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So building on what I said earlier re The Olympics, 2 facts:

1. Japan's infection rate is still on the rise.

2: This is Harajuku, today, showing us all what social distancing DOESN'T look like:



source

And it'll stay like that until Abe tells the people otherwise.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-15/cancer-chemo-and-coronavirus-dont-be-flippant-with-covid19/12056582

I guess this makes me a four-percenter as well. I don't feel I'm quite as 'at risk' as this woman but how the hell would I know? All I've ever been told is, 'reduced immune system, the flu is going to hit you harder than some, oh and try to avoid raw food'. Well, gee, thanks.

So this is also part of my fear. There's a measure of uncertainty in being chronically immuno-suppressed, but most of the time it's nothing. I actually get sick less than the fiancee, but when I do get sick, yeah, it's rough. Any temperature above 38c is a hospital trip. Monitoring. Check for abscesses. IV antibiotics. Daily blood tests for infection markers. I can expect to be in there for close to a week. And that's when shit is normal.

Shit ain't normal right now.

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Our largest supermarket chain, Woolworth's, is shutting down its Victoria home delivery service indefinitely due to overwhelming demand. I imagine NSW and the rest of the country isn't far behind. We made our first ever order today, coincidentally, and expect it to arrive in a week (it's usually overnight).

I feel like it has begun. But it seems like I feel like that every day at the moment. I take that as a good sign, to be honest. It means things can always get worse tomorrow.

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Johny_Snow wrote:

Just stop buying all toilet paper you freaks.

=^[.]^=

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Put simply, if you recover from COVID19, the immunity you get from recovery is only going to be effective if the number of person-to-person "jumps" the virus takes before being reintroduced to you is limited below a certain number. Given enough infections, the virus will have enough time to mutate around your antibodies. This may be enough to completely overwhelm the "social distancing" strategy.

"Social distancing" isn't an adequate strategy. If you need examples of aggressive strategy look at those adopted by Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. They have low infection rates despite the high proximity to China and the human flow.

Most of my customers are older folks. They are really scared. :( Some of them are attempting to purchase too much life insurance. While this might sound like a good way to make some money, I disagree. When this is over they will remember anyone that took advantage of them and their fear.