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Elberoth said:
I went shopping today and bought 2 weeks of food supply, hundreds of antibacterial tissues, soap, nitrile gloves. Already bought the masks back in January. Better safe than sorry.
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I agree, “better safe than sorry.” While we hope for the best, we prepare for the worst.

We added to our CV supply today as well. Even found some Lysol disinfectant at Costco - limit of 2 per person. Plenty of toilet paper, gloves, tissues, and bottled water ... as well.

PS: I’ve stopped purchasing CDs for a while as well. We don’t know who is touching all the stuff we receive in the mail. Downloads are much safer right now ...
 
Calvin said:
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PS: I’ve stopped purchasing CDs for a while as well. We don’t know who is touching all the stuff we receive in the mail. Downloads are much safer right now ...
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I anticipated this years ago and stopped buying CDs then. I find streaming safer than downloads. FWIW.
 
MikeCh said:
Why is everyone buying bottled water? Is there a chance of the water supply being contaminated or something?

Not buying CDs because somebody might have handled it with his illness pre shipment?...hmmm.

Over reactionary?

If you're concerned about CD cases having bugs on them why not just wipe them down like you would anything else you put in your hands during this time?
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Respectfully, water is a necessary staple of life. While I’m not concerned about the water supply being contaminated, since I live in Florida we always keep extra on hand. So, we are just adding more to our supply now. Why? My wife, a teacher at a school, will be using bottled water at work instead of filling up her cup using the school’s tap from a fountain. I also think my neighbors and other visitors may feel more comfortable drinking bottled water than tap from our frig - I know I would.

Concerning CDs, it’s just not the CDs. There is the packaging - two weeks ago there was a used newspaper in the box from Japan. And there is the tape. And it’s the box itself passing thru many hands. Many of my SACDs are imported, so they pass thru even more hands. Since it was stated in one report that the virus can live on a surface for up to 13 days, I’d rather be safe than sorry.

So, if you desire to think I’m over reacting, so be it. IMO, it doesn’t hurt to take some precautions.
 
I live in China and we’ve been managing with movement restrictions and lock downs for the past couple of months.

It’s a sobering experience and one which I would not wish upon our U.S. based forum friends.

It is widely believed (by locals) that the Chinese death toll is significantly under reported.

To get a feel on what the mortality rate might really be, one might observe that Italy has reported 463 deaths and 9172 confirmed infections according to the BBC. That said, whilst high, one can’t assume Italy’s rate is given elsewhere because Italy has one of the world's oldest populations. The virus is particularly dangerous for the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.


Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51805727; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...orth-sealed-live-updates-200308235426110.html
 
Calvin said:
Respectfully, water is a necessary staple of life. While I’m not concerned about the water supply being contaminated, since I live in Florida we always keep extra on hand. So, we are just adding more to our supply now. Why? My wife, a teacher at a school, will be using bottled water at work instead of filling up her cup using the school’s tap from a fountain. I also think my neighbors and other visitors may feel more comfortable drinking bottled water than tap from our frig - I know I would.

Concerning CDs, it’s just not the CDs. There is the packaging - two weeks ago there was a used newspaper in the box from Japan. And there is the tape. And it’s the box itself passing thru many hands. Many of my SACDs are imported, so they pass thru even more hands. Since it was stated in one report that the virus can live on a surface for up to 13 days, I’d rather be safe than sorry.

So, if you desire to think I’m over reacting, so be it. IMO, it doesn’t hurt to take some precautions.
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Thank you for the concise reply. In those situations I agree that it makes sense to be very precautionary.

Please stay safe everyone, as I will try to be myself.
 
Calvin said:
I agree. While they should report what's happening they need to do it in a more balanced way.

I seem to remember when the news was more about well I guess real news that was more balanced. I'm unsure how many real journalists still exist today.
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After what has come about, I’m questioning if it has ever?


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I’m increasingly concerned being here in Seattle.

My wife is a pediatric nurse, they just secured entry to any visitor who is not the primary parent/custodian.

A lot of of my friends are now working from home, traffic and restaurants seem to be slowing down because of it. Our industry trade show in Boston was canceled within 2 weeks of kick off.

Throw in my factory workers at a fish plant, and production stops along with many other examples; flight attendants, first responders, etc.

I’m not worried about me, but do now question others - this is becoming more and more crazy!


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kiwi_1282001 said:
I live in China and we’ve been managing with movement restrictions and lock downs for the past couple of months.

It’s a sobering experience and one which I would not wish upon our U.S. based forum friends.

It is widely believed (by locals) that the Chinese death toll is significantly under reported.

To get a feel on what the mortality rate might really be, one might observe that Italy has reported 463 deaths and 9172 confirmed infections according to the BBC. That said, whilst high, one can’t assume Italy’s rate is given elsewhere because Italy has one of the world's oldest populations. The virus is particularly dangerous for the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.


Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51805727; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...orth-sealed-live-updates-200308235426110.html
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It is possible. Mortality rate in Italy is much greater @ over 5%. Those #s are definately real.
 
Calvin said:
Pearl Jam just postponed part of their upcoming tour due to the coronavirus


There are now 717 coronavirus cases in the United States
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Wow, that escalated quickly ! Same happened in Italy.

I told my kids to stay at home till the end of the week. My doughter goes to the same class with the minister of health's son, and he have sent her a text message today that the schools will be closed starting from Monday anyway.

Meanwhile, my wife got sick. Hope it is not a coronavirus. That would be ironic.
 
UltraFast69 said:
I’m increasingly concerned being here in Seattle.

My wife is a pediatric nurse, they just secured entry to any visitor who is not the primary parent/custodian.

A lot of of my friends are now working from home, traffic and restaurants seem to be slowing down because of it. Our industry trade show in Boston was canceled within 2 weeks of kick off.

Throw in my factory workers at a fish plant, and production stops along with many other examples; flight attendants, first responders, etc.

I’m not worried about me, but do now question others - this is becoming more and more crazy!


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agree, things are tense.

this is real world sh*t.

at the dealership i manage (10 miles south of the USA epicenter of COVID-19 at that rest home in Kirkland) my office manager texted me last night that a student at the school her daughter goes to has a confirmed case of COVID-19, which means her school is cancelled. it also could mean her daughter came in direct contact, and that she came in contact, and........

i will know more this morning when we talk again. i may not see her for awhile.

another employee's father works at a dealership in Kirkland that had 2 confirmed COVID-19 cases and that dealership was closed for 4 days for a deep cleaning. and now she is out ill and wants to return to work. we are developing a number of protocols to deal with how to allow people who go home ill to be able to return. it's a sticky wicket; which will need quarantine and which don't. they can't/won't test everyone, and who has come in contact with who?

doing repeated cleaning in the dealership daily, and tonight we will do a whole building sanitizing 'fog' treatment.

the freeways are sparse, like a Sunday morning. normally it's grid lock all the time.
 
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