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RE: Wuhan Plague Prevention, Part One
I have, as a matter of my normal operating procedure, months of canned goods, water, and even a generator on hand. Other than paying my rent each month in cash, as is my wont, and the innumerable doctor's visits I must make since my heart attack, I could reasonably shelter in place at least til Spring.
I am tending my neighbor's dog while he recovers from a stroke, and this is actually my most pressing dilemma. I guess I can simply attach a length of aircraft cable to my deck and allow him egress to my yard daily to substitute for walkies. Hope dogs can't vector bat coronavirii.
Imma go out and get that cable today.
Thanks!
see need ->tend to need immediately
I wish I had that discipline atm
otoh, we're set up for 3 months of food, and I have a creek and a pool to draw water from. Ive got my ppe already (consider using a face mask instead of or in addition to goggles)
now for some "good" news. it may be that East Asians are more genetically susceptible to the worst effects of this virus. the only study ONLY covers 8 cases (beats n=7, tho!). I am not sure enough in my genetic knowledge to explain this fully, but I'm currently looking for additional study and/or a better tutorial.
this is good news for caucasians, but from the allele (sp?) counts I was looking at, the Japanese and Koreans are going to be more susceptible than the Chinese. I didn't see numbers for Africans or Hispanics (meztiso), andthe discussion didn't provide counts for Middle easterners, but put them as caucasians with a small % of E. Asian genetic heritage
If it turns out that this is a bioweapon leak (likely, IMO), it is a huge owngoal on the CCP
Interesting to see it this way. Getting a bit nervous about travelling, but I think many things are likely working in my favour.
I think that if you take precautions such as a breathing filter, avoiding touching people, washing your hands before you eat or touch your own face, etc, you should be OK in a NON epidemic area. wearing a breathing filter might look strange, but you can always claim you feel a cold coming on, and dont want to share your germs.
of course, you could also just smirk at anyone who questioned it too;>
In an area known to have the infection?
I'd be wearing gloves and a facemask/goggles for sure. Stay out of crowds. Hell, wear a rain poncho. Even better, stay home if possible
I just got these...just in case
A coupla notes on these face shields, as I just opened them...them come down to mid chin level, and you can wear googles and a breathing filter under them...but they are fairly opaque...maybe at 15-20%
they WILL cover the eyes from a direct cough
look for some that cover the face completely, and are a bit clearer if you can
I did get that cable, and 20 lb. of dried beans and a similar weight of rice. The multiple breaks that Bear has afflicted my truck with are also repaired, and I can again open my driver door, and safely confine him under the canopy. I confess I am amazed at the ability of a vigorous dog to break stuff I have been unable to damage in years of hard use as a work truck!
I am a bit skeptical of the genetic analysis of the racial/phenotypic variability of susceptibility to the Wuhan plague, as the sample size is so small as to approach insignificance. Still, as you note, it's all we have to go on. Until more and broader research is available, I reckon there's not much benefit to this small sample size, though. It's just statistically irrelevant.
You do yet remain the best source I have found to date for relevant information and considerations regarding this developing event. Please accept my deep and abiding gratitude for the hard work you are undertaking to provide such yoeman's duty.
Thanks!
I have found that after I spent all my ill-gotten Steemit gains on preps back in 17, that i have been more relaxed about what is coming down the pipe...if anything I more tense that family and friends refuse to address the possibility that bad times may be ahead
then again I'd rather look like a fool now than starve tomorrow
I am betting that you felt a shuitload better after taking those steps!
and I havn't looked into interspecies transmission between humans and animals yet (pray that whoever cooked this one up didn't plan for that)
I kind of agree about targeting specific races, but see the answer I am cooking up for @squirrelbait in that regard in this post https://steemit.com/palnet/@stevescoins/wuhan-corona-virus-prevention-part-two-plus-some-genetic-argument-i-don-t-rightly-understand
and finally, it is long past time for me to write the Putting on your hip boots and wading through 4chan post I've promised for two years, because that is where I get the most of my data from
I appear to be terminally disabled from posting on all chans, not due to their own policies as much as some interference from Goolag, which will no longer avail me of captchas. Regardless, I am compelled to note that the richest source of educational nutriment is undoubtedly the most foul excrement found in the barnyard, and 4chan particularly embodies that truth.
Hip boots, over chest waders, over neoprene drysuits may be recommended for dipping in that pond.
Ah, the smell of fermenting ideas in the morning!
A lot of ideas are shit to begin with LOL! Article is up, and even notes captchas