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Old 03-15-2020, 06:29 PM
 
Location: Retired in VT; previously MD & NJ
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I get that but when does this lock-down of seniors end? If we are vulnerable now, we are vulnerable in 6 months, and in a year. The isolation of seniors only works if the virus is eradicated but quarantines don't eradicate they just delay the inevitable.

They have to show me that they have this all thought out before I am staying home. Right now it does not look like they have a long range plan and they are just winging it.

If the virus cannot be eradicated, then the plan has to be how do we live with it or at least control the damage. I don't think it can be eradicated but we will find out. SARS miraculously vanished.

In any event I don't live in California so for me it is moot but I feel badly for my fellow boomers.
Now you are making me think far ahead. I have been focusing on the next few weeks. I am stocked up and staying home.

I hope the younger generations will realize that social distancing and handwashing and staying home when sick are serious business. When I see them acting more responsibly, I will be more comfortable going out again.

 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:30 PM
 
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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Now you are making me think far ahead. I have been focusing on the next few weeks. I am stocked up and staying home.

I hope the younger generations will realize that social distancing and handwashing and staying home when sick are serious business. When I see them acting more responsibly, I will be more comfortable going out again.
Maybe you should just stay home for the rest of your life. Think of all the germs out there.
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Lahaina, Hi.
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This whole thing is stupid.
Once again, society gets turned upside down because of a percentage of the population.
This virus is a joke to the majority of the population so why should we all suffer?
Quarantine only the percentage of people that need it like all the old bags and people with compromised health issues.
You must have bigger issues to deal with.

Pimples perhaps?
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Anybody heard of Remdesivir ?

Heard this is the only promising drug to treat COVID-19
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:33 PM
 
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What's the difference between that, and going to a hospital where you will be charged $10 for an aspirin or a tylenol?
This example is at least based on supply and demand...you 10 dollars for a tylenol because deadbeats are allowed to not pay
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Maybe you should just stay home for the rest of your life. Think of all the germs out there.
Yep. You could get hit by bus while out. You could get stung by a colony of wasps. There are poisonous snakes that might bite, there are fire ants that might sting. Don't forget grizzly bears. The world is dangerous. Stay coupled up!
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:34 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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I'm trying to figure out what we use for toilet paper since the stores seem to be out?
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Old 03-15-2020, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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There was a petition to prosecute these guys - it appears they violated Tennessee code for being jackasses...



https://www.change.org/p/herbert-sla...virus-supplies
These two could have done something positive instead they headed off on a 1300 mile road trip stockpiling items from various stores that are in short supply and critical to stop spreading the virus. I hope they end up paying.
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:37 PM
 
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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Yep. You could get hit by bus while out. You could get stung by a colony of wasps. There are poisonous snakes that might bite, there are fire ants that might sting. Don't forget grizzly bears. The world is dangerous. Stay coupled up!
Having read that person's posts on here, I'm sure 90% of her panic is politically motivated. If Hillary were in charge doing the exact same thing Trump were doing, there wouldn't be an issue. Of course, under that scenario the media and state and local Democrats wouldn't be intentionally causing mass hysteria.
 
Old 03-15-2020, 06:37 PM
 
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This is insanity. All this chaos over this stupid virus that all the experts agree is nowhere near as bad as the flu, ebola, swine flu, and all the other recent outbreaks.
What experts? Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Donald Trump?


Because I have been studying the situation and the real experts on this all say the opposite of what you are saying.
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