2% mortality rate right now in US. 100 deaths, 5000 confirmed cases. I’d guess the real case load is 20000 in the US.
Bump. I didn't see any reply to this question. My gut feeling says that the language in bold may likely be true. I say that because prior to Hurricane Harvey I was privy to some info coming out of the County's Flood Control Dept. The 'disaster team' (Mayor, County Judge, et al) stood on TV and said that 40 to 50 inches of rain were exaggerations and people should NOT evacuate immediately. I was told get out if you can, it will be that bad and 40 to 50 inches is conservative. But I understand why the 'disaster team' had to do that. Hurricane Rita was a humanitarian disaster and the area's roads couldn't support a mass exodus. If you have the opportunity to stock up, I would. But don't hoard. Be considerate. The way things are rapidly changing, we all should KNOW we haven't seen the worst. I think you have to ask yourself, what's worst case, and be prepared mentally for that even if you can't prepare like you want to by stocking up on goods. Delivery services will continue but I expect there to be a gap in service as the home quarantines become more 'mandatory' for lack of a better term. I'm struggling with what it is I need to concentrate my 'stocking up' on is. Right now, my household is low on Kleenex and we certainly are not stocked up on toilet paper. But we're not critically low either.
There's still too many people out and various clueless idiots spouting "meh just the flu" Other than getting police to tell people to go home I don't know what else there is. It's economic pain now vs cataclysm later. Italy wishes they put theirs in earlier, that's for sure
Why are people so worried about toilet paper? You ain't going anywhere. Take a shower or rinse. Tear up old tshirts and use them. Go find some smooth rocks.
Serious question though: since many of us will eventually get this but don’t have garage apartments, how do you isolate one person in a normal small house or apartment??
cannot get a test in San Diego either....... where the number of cases increased by 8 times in one day. This country is ****ed hard by GOP and their Trump virus.
I heard his press conference. It was pretty clear to me he meant that States will get reimbursed for purchases (per the aid package) and that they shouldn't worry about waiting for supplies to come from the Fed's supply chain ... that they should feel free to purchase at will. What's bad about that is that the Feds had to wait for declaration of National Emergency / Spending BIlls to replenish their stockpile of pandemic needs .. ie. the emergency stockpile is inadequate. The Feds actually should be the direct supplier here, with new spending replenishing *existing* stockpile.
We went the other day. Good on TP, paper towels, soap, etc. for at least 2-3 weeks. What we didn’t really get a chance to buy much in bulk that I wish we would have was frozen food. Fresh food is ideal but the shelf life makes it kind of pointless at the moment. I basically planned for grocery stores to remain open. I don’t think anyone in their right mind though should have been planning to only eat out. It’s a supply chain question and the question of if they’ll keep grocery stores open. If they keep them open and the supply chain remains in tact, I don’t really see what changes.
If we get a shelter in place order, that may be dicey. I'm still unclear at how enforcable that is but if it's ordered I'll do my civic duty to stay put as best I can. My worse case scenario is the paycheck stops coming and I can't make my house payment. The best thing that can be done, IMO, is to push back loan payments without penalty.
