I went for a walk this afternoon. It was eerie. Almost no cars and nearly silent. I looked up and there wasn't a single jet visible. Normally there are at least a few because we live about 10 miles from Pease Airport.
My sinuses can act up after a couple decent sneezes. In hindsight that's all that happened with me.It is crazy how the mind plays tricks on me though - every time I feel a symptom, my mind is like " I have corona!" - but in reality, I know its just my allergies.
The effects of the reduced pollution here are already tangible.I went for a walk this afternoon. It was eerie. Almost no cars and nearly silent. I looked up and there wasn't a single jet visible. Normally there are at least a few because we live about 10 miles from Pease Airport.
An airline pilot I fly with online has a lot of time on his hands right now.I went for a walk this afternoon. It was eerie. Almost no cars and nearly silent. I looked up and there wasn't a single jet visible. Normally there are at least a few because we live about 10 miles from Pease Airport.
I hope someone is documenting this.The effects of the reduced pollution here are already tangible.
For example water in Venice canals became crystal clear and people have seen dolphins swimming inside ports
The effects of the reduced pollution here are already tangible.
For example water in Venice canals became crystal clear and people have seen dolphins swimming inside ports
I’m out walking and doing my 1:1s via phone and it’s quite busy here in the burbs. Normally a bedroom community so everyone who is usually at school and work is now home. I had to find a quiet route because the iron horse trail was packed.I went for a walk this afternoon. It was eerie. Almost no cars and nearly silent. I looked up and there wasn't a single jet visible. Normally there are at least a few because we live about 10 miles from Pease Airport.
- How should we handle packages that arrive?
We are a grossly over populated planet that have stripped the planet of all resources.
If we're sharing symptoms, mild fever and cough @ 3/1 weekend, fever quickly went away but a mild dry cough persisted. And since last week and worsening, I feel a little pain in my chest as well as a slight tightening of the airway or something like it. The chest pain is weird, gets uncomfortable when I have bad posture and worse for a minute or so when I come out of the bad posture. Mild case of the virus? Timeline seems weird though. Some other flu and the cough irritated my chest? Psychosomatic? Dunno.
Still can't get tested, and even if I tested positive I'd be doing the same thing I am now, so it is what it is. I don't expect to be able to get tested now with the numbers growing.
How does the test work btw, if someone has it once does he test positive for it even months from when he intially got infected?
a bunch of positive news someone at work just posted (1/2):
(1) Vaccine development: An experimental vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. began the first stage of a clinical trial on Monday, with testing on 45 healthy adults in Seattle. [link]
(2) China's new cases plummet: China has now closed down its last temporary hospital built to handle COVID-19. Not enough new cases to warrant them. [link]
(3) Drugs that work: Doctors in India have successfully treated two Italian patients with COVID-19, administering a combination of drugs — principally Lopinavir and Ritonavir, alongside Oseltamivir and Chloroquine. Several are now suggesting the same medical treatment, on a case-by-case basis, globally. [link] [link]
(4) Antibodies to the rescue: Researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody that can fend off infection by COVID-19. [link]
(5) 103-year-old recovery: A 103-year-old Chinese woman has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China, becoming the oldest patient to beat the disease. [link]
(6) Stores re-opening: Apple has reopened all 42 of its Apple retail stores in China. [link]
(7) Test results in 2 hours: Cleveland’s MetroHealth Medical Center has developed a COVID-19 test that can now deliver results in just two hours, rather than in a matter of days. [link]
Some dumb real-world-scenario questions for the peanut gallery...
- How should we handle packages that arrive? One plan I've heard is to leave them in the garage for 2-3 days, then Lysol them, open them and Lysol the contents. However, than won't play well with some things (food), and leaves your garage a potential hotspot. Could leave them outside instead, but the porch isn't completely sheltered.
- How do you handle packages once they're inside? Assume you've done enough? Some other level of vigilance?
- How should we handle prescriptions and other things from stores? I picked up my wife's meds yesterday (90 days worth where we could). I put on exam gloves (felt goofy but did it), pulled up to the CVS drive-through (better than going in I thought), and did the transaction through the drawer thingy. Person serving me was wearing gloves, person behind them filling prescriptions was not. Can't disinfect prescription bottles.
- What do you think about taking a walk in the suburbs, but not interacting with people? I miss my walk from the subway to work and back, and being only inside isn't great on multiple levels. I could exercise inside, but I like getting out, if I'm not going to get my family sick. I'm 67, overweight but otherwise more or less healthy, nobody older in the house, no kids.
- How about visiting my partly disabled daughter 45 mins away? My commute on the subway probably makes me the biggest single risk in her life (working at home as of this week though), except maybe her wife who came back from Brazil 2 weeks ago (she's from there), but it's not super strong there even now. I'd flip the h*ll out if I got them sick, but they need help physically, and would really like the support. I've been texting pretty much when I can, but still.
Apologies for dumping a bunch of non-musical questions with no real answers, but they're on my mind, and I'd feel dumb if I didn't even ask.
Thanks for any (realistic) thoughts.
Don't know if anyone posted this yet.
Great article on how S. Korea smoked the USA on test kit production.
In short, we blew it and we'll have consequences S. Korea avoided.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-to-test-people-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153BW