Posted on 02/29/2020 4:09:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
As the new human coronavirus spreads around the world, individuals and families should prepare — but are we? The Centers for Disease Control has already said that it expects community transmission in the United States, and asked families to be ready for the possibility of a "significant disruption to our lives."
Be ready? But how? It seems to me that some people may be holding back from preparing because of their understandable dislike of associating such preparation with doomsday or "prepper" subcultures. Another possibility is that people may have learned that for many people the disease is mild, which is certainly true, so they don't think it's a big risk to them. Also, many doomsday scenarios advise extensive preparation for increasingly outlandish scenarios, and this may seem daunting and pointless (and it is). Others may not feel like contributing to a panic or appearing to be selfish.
Forget all that. Preparing for the almost inevitable global spread of this virus, now dubbed COVID-19, is one of the most pro-social, altruistic things you can do in response to potential disruptions of this kind.
We should prepare, not because we may feel personally at risk, but so that we can help lessen the risk for everyone. We should prepare not because we are facing a doomsday scenario out of our control, but because we can alter every aspect of this risk we face as a society.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
People should always be prepared for disasters.
It’s just common sense.
I heard someone on the TV talking about how to “prepare”.
Sounded just like what they tell us every flu season.
Some would say it’s actually your civic duty to get sick, so you can help get rid of the Orange Man /s
There will be no China or Korea like outbreaks in the United States. There will be some concentrated cases in areas where there are large numbers of Asians. Those outbreaks will be handled much the way it was done in Singapore.
I’m in process of implementing some precautions in my cpa firm including using gloves to handle client documents, frequent cleaning of common areas that clients use and daily cleanup of employee desks, keyboards and phones. Also have work at home plan for all employees. I assume it’s not necessary but if something happens I don’t want to look back and wish I did something.
Boy we needed anonther COVID thread. /sarc
Great article.
I wish all the chicken freepers who are afraid to talk about this would read it. I also wish they would take President Trump’s advice today, “It’s always good to be prepared.”
“All this means that if we can slow the transmission of the disease—flatten its curve—there will be many lives saved even if the same number of people eventually get sick, because everyone won’t show up at the hospital all at once. Plus, if we can flatten that curve, there is more time to develop a vaccine or find antivirals that help.”
Common sense is in much shorter supply than surgical masks. It is on the verge of extinction.
My progressive SIL thinks we are kooks for having supplies that would enable us to live for 3 weeks (we are prepared for more than that but keep our own counsel) without leaving the house. She buys all of their food 1 week at a time. If they don't go to the grocery store on Sunday, they have nothing to eat on Monday.
Oh, FFS, wake me up when the coronavirus death count overtakes the flu deaths, this bull$hit is over the top now.
ONE person died in my state of Washington today. How many died in car accidents or drug overdoses????
ZERO F_CKS GIVEN ABOUT THIS.
Oh yeah, I was one of the original fear mongers in here.
Seriously.
People in hurricane, fire, blizzard, earthquake, and tornado areas do this all the time.
People need to look at it as having a pantry. Something people in the 30s and 40s had as a matter of fact. Only the 50s suburban living paradigm made it “weird”.
Sadly when they go online they typically see two types.
Preppers too often like to “show off” online because they are often female and it is treated as a “lifestyle” to fish for “likes”.
Survivalists are far too many times creepy loons and wannabe army rangers. Both have a haughty self-righteousness to them, and frankly turns people off because they are fatalistic nihilists. Too intense.
As a result, people feel like douchebags even trying, and they just dont bother.
“...that it expects community transmission...”
Definition: transmission from person to person but persons transmitting it are unidentified. It is not magic or anything uncommon, just that the carrier has not been identified. The media and deep state CDC and other doctors are using the term “community transmission” to induce fear and confusion.
ROFL
If it gets more people to stock up a little bit, I’m all for it. (I’m not rooting for the virus, but you know what I mean.)
If it gets more people to stock up a little bit, I’m all for it. (I’m not rooting for the virus, but you know what I mean.)
I'm sure company IT departments are making plans to increase telecommuting but, if anybody would like some advice as to which products and services would fit your need should you have to make this adjustment, just PM me and I'd be happy to help.
It isn’t my duty in Canada. I was forced to pay for public healthcare.
Hey...you need to talk to Congress critters
Heh. IF you lived near the Gulf Coast like we do, you’d learn real quick to stay prepared. We were caught one time somewhat unprepared....never again. We practically had to fight our way into the grocery store where the shelves were just about bare and then waited in line almost an hour to fuel the truck up. Tempers flaring everywhere...nope, never again.
It’s not the storms themselves that worry us the most, it’s the scared and panicked people that get pissed off and then do absolutely crazy stuff that worry us more. Now, we stay pretty much stay stocked up, cycle the time-limited goods on a regular basis, keep plenty of gas & diesel fuel available for the generators, batteries of all sizes, charcoal and propane for the grills, guns & plenty of ammo ALWAYS stay at the ready anyway, maintain a good supply of the non-perishables such as paper towels, toilet paper, etc, canned goods, both OTC & script meds as much as legally allowed, lots of potable water, generators are test run/loaded for 30 minutes each week, etc. When it looks like we could potentially take a hit, we immediately stock up on the perishables and keep vehicles with a full tank of fuel well before the panic really starts to set in on folks.
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