[AGL] Fwd: CDC says: Time for us old folks to stockpile food and prepare for social isolation
Michael Eisenstadt
mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com
Tue Mar 17 11:10:55 EDT 2020
ah hah! the plot thickens
On 3/17/2020 10:06 AM, Marilyn Wheless via Austin-ghetto-list wrote:
> 130 Billion people in India don’t use TP. They have water sprayers
> next to toilet! No paper added to trash or sewage system. By the way
> India is so dirty in streets and the air is poluted so badly that it
> made me sick after being on 3 week group trip. I got home and had
> cough for months afterwards. Singapore is the cleanest city I have
> visited.
> Marilyn
>
>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ah Hah. Take the garden hose and squirt yourself? As for hoarding
>> food to have enough for the rest of your life that might be a tough
>> one to pull off. Maybe you get a crate of MREs from your local
>> military store. I have seen them on display at the Commissary. Meals
>> Ready to Eat. They are better than K or C Rations but not much. The
>> upside is they can be stored for eternity and some of them have
>> Skittles in them. The chocolate in the K rations was always very very
>> old and hard as a rock.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 7:34 AM Marilyn Wheless via
>> Austin-ghetto-list <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
>> <mailto:austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Masks are changed daily. Usage of garden hose much more sanitary
>> and more earth friendly.
>> Just sayin’.
>> Marilyn
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 8:04 AM, Michael Eisenstadt
>>> <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com <mailto:eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Charlie for this real time heads up.
>>>
>>> Concomittantly with getting our junker re-registered at the
>>> county on Airport Blvd. I mean to shop at our preferred bigbox
>>> grocery today I have a N95 mask and latex gloves and will wear
>>> them.
>>>
>>> Mike the Magician
>>>
>>> On 3/16/2020 7:34 AM, Charles Loving wrote:
>>>> Stocking up is a real treat. The shops are full of people
>>>> buying toilet paper. Costco to which I went must have had 5,000
>>>> customers all battling to get toilet paper along with me. I was
>>>> disgusted since I could not get the Charmin with a red bear on
>>>> the package, I had to opt for a blue bear. It was a real zoo.
>>>> Shopping took ten minutes, check out an hour.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 5:03 AM Byron Allen Black
>>>> <englishcorrection at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:englishcorrection at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad you mentioned MONEY as that seems to have been
>>>> overlooked in all the cautions I've been reading.
>>>>
>>>> Cash money is in fact by far the filthiest daily item we
>>>> handle, in part because the nature of the fibers making up
>>>> the tough paper catch and hold (URP) fecal particles,
>>>> bacteria, and all kinds of pathogens. Whenever I'm in a ban
>>>> or have a moment to talk to a cashier I always warn them
>>>> about scrubbing up after handling wampum.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 03:29, Frances Morey
>>>> <frances.morey at gmail.com <mailto:frances.morey at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A few links about Coronavirus caution from Roger. Sent
>>>> with permission.
>>>> Perhaps the persons who talked him into dropping off
>>>> the ghetto list/s is no longer on it. I don't know. I
>>>> can't remember who.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Frances
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>> From: *Roger Baker* <bakeroger at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:bakeroger at gmail.com>>
>>>> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 11:12 PM
>>>> Subject: CDC says: Time for us old folks to stockpile
>>>> food and prepare for social isolation
>>>> To:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How bad this Covid-19 thing is likely to play out is
>>>> only slowly being revealed. The USA kind of dropped the
>>>> ball due, to moronic denial and Trump-think. The CDC is
>>>> only now revealing that it is already so widely
>>>> distributed across the USA that we are on our own. Once
>>>> it really gets going and you get sick, the medical
>>>> system will be overwhelmed.
>>>>
>>>> Now we have a pandemic that demands war-like
>>>> preparations and a simultaneous economic crisis hitting
>>>> many countries hard. South Korea has been doing a good
>>>> job testing and tracking, but the USA has barely
>>>> started testing.
>>>>
>>>> Cash will keep working for a time, at least until
>>>> severe inflation or hoarding kicks in for survival
>>>> goods. Here are a couple of good economic analyses to
>>>> help make sense of the current mess, which actually
>>>> stems from multiple interacting crises. Cheap fuel now
>>>> means unaffordable fuel later when shale oil supplies
>>>> run short. A pandemic like this will strongly depress
>>>> both Chinese supply and US travel demand in an economy
>>>> already struggling to handle a mountain of unpayable
>>>> fiat currency obligations, thanks to our Fed.
>>>>
>>>> <http://goog_213337406>
>>>> https://www.peakprosperity.com/video-the-coronavirus-is-the-pin-popping-the-everything-bubble/
>>>>
>>>> https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/02/18/easily-overlooked-issues-regarding-covid-19/
>>>> <https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/02/18/easily-overlooked-issues-regarding-covid-19/>
>>>>
>>>> -- Roger
>>>> **********************************
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/many-americans-will-be-exposed-to-coronavirus-through-2021-cdc-says.html
>>>>
>>>> * The CDC is expanding its guidance for people at
>>>> extreme risk of serious illness, like those over 60
>>>> or with underlying health conditions.
>>>> * Those over the age of 60 should start stocking up
>>>> on enough groceries and medications to have on
>>>> hand, the CDC said.
>>>> * Those at greatest risk of serious illness should
>>>> stay home as much as possible if COVID-19 comes to
>>>> their community, the CDC said.
>>>>
>>>> *******************************
>>>>
>>>> https://nypost.com/2020/03/09/cdc-urges-elderly-to-stock-up-on-food-stay-home-amid-coronavirus-fears/
>>>>
>>>> Elderly Americans and people with underlying health
>>>> conditions should stock up on food and prepare to
>>>> isolate themselves at home since they are the most at
>>>> risk of getting seriously ill from the coronavirus, a
>>>> senior health official said Monday.
>>>>
>>>> The advice is part of new recommendations from the US
>>>> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at the
>>>> most vulnerable populations
>>>> <https://nypost.com/2020/03/07/coronavirus-claims-two-elderly-victims-in-florida/>
>>>> and stems partly from a new study of 70,000 Chinese
>>>> patients with the virus.
>>>>
>>>> “Have enough household items and groceries so that you
>>>> will be prepared to stay home for a period of time,”
>>>> Nancy Messonnier, a senior CDC official, said in a
>>>> conference call Monday.
>>>>
>>>> ***********************
>>>>
>>>> Since it takes 5 days to show symptoms, average bus
>>>> riders and clerks in stores will be spreading it by
>>>> talking without knowing it. People emit infectious
>>>> particles when they talk, but also when they handle
>>>> money, etc.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/it-takes-an-average-of-5-days-for-coronavirus-symptoms-to-show-new-study-says.html
>>>>
>>>> * It takes about five days for COVID-19 symptoms to
>>>> show after contracting the virus.
>>>> * The vast majority of those infected will develop
>>>> symptoms within 12 days.
>>>> * That’s in line with current CDC recommendations
>>>> that call for patients to remain in quarantine or
>>>> self-isolation for 14 days after potential exposure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie Loving
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Charlie Loving
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