Published on 12, July, 2020
Greetings, All... S'Me. Yes There is already a Thread about this, but I did not want to possibly invite whatever may happen upon this Thread onto another (innocent!) User, so, I begin this separate Thread here (a bit like My "Climate Change" Thread).
In social media this is currently a hot/constant topic, and rightly so... yet I have certain views concerning it which I was wondering about. Please try to be nice and I apologise in advance if I offend/anger anyone...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1233679/coronavirus-update-symptoms-flu-2020-china-flu-deaths
...Apologies that this is from "The Daily Express", but it is about the closest to what I M'self was thinking about this 'Coro-Flu'-Thing currently going on. Social Media *loves* to highlight Death, Destruction, Suffering, Contagion, etc. etc... but I have seen VERY few articles mentioning "survival rate" rather than "death rate" about Coro-Flu... and fewer articles pointing out that it is a version of INFLUENZA.
I suffer badly from FLU Myself, and so do all of the things now recommended ("Social distancing", hand washing, etc.) as a matter of course. But now it is recommended for all to do...
In Japan, wearing face-masks is a common practice, for example.
Also, in this Thread, I am carefully wondering about the following approach... Coro-Flu is just ordinary Influenza but has an "Identifiable Tag" of sorts; and that if *all* Influenza-s were able to be tracked in this way, then all of the statistics would be similar. (Regardless of starting point.)
...Pretty much post whatever You may want, anyone... I am seeking opinion. Even ordinary Influenza is not nice at all, but it is *not necessarily fatal*, and that is what was difficult to find out about this Coro-Flu-Thing.
...Greetings to All... finally... It is tempting to vote up *everyone* here, this Thread is メロメロ ("MellowMellow") so far. Maybe if things may get really bad that might change, yet so far this Thread is not so bad, and, anyway, more Threads have begun about the same subject also. As that Coro-Thing gets more intense...
I have opportunity to Post, just now. This Coro-thing is more scary to Me *not* because of the Virus itself but more upon the SOCIAL Effects - I am 'trapped' here in London, You see...
I was wondering about if anyone else has anything to say about the "Isolation" advice now being said...
...Never mind the "advice" about social distancing or washing hands... but... if one is "quarantined"/"socially isolated"... how is a person supposed to get food or essentials if they run out? What if something breaks or fails or if a person has no Internet access? I keep seeing this in the news, and it might apply to Myself soon (I have Asthma - at least.)... I was thinking that such legal enforcements might as well be a CEMENT CAGE, if not allowed to "go outdoors" or eat nothing but Wheat with Tap Water. Also, again, if the food runs out or something breaks, then what happens...?
...Maybe this begs a New Thread...? But since it is 'My Thread' I s'pose I might do well to document the entire experience in just this one Thread. It is about 1/3 of the way through, I think. Yet with Me, SUMMER is coming, and I cannot cope very well with being in Polluted-London during high temperatures.
...Sorry, this turned into a bit of a RANT, but I do not get to log on that often. Best Wishes, All.
I am also worried about the same things. How long can I survive on oats? should i shop as infrequently as possible in larger quantities or more frequently in smaller quantities? has anyone does of starvation due to the isolation? Will my muscles waste away? Can i get scurvy or other vitamin deficiencies if I don't eat fruit ? I am already thin and don't have much buffer against weight loss.
It's very accurate, what you say about being caged. I tend to be claustrophobic.
its good to let it out :)