What impact has the corona virus on you?

Glad to see good ol' 'Murican Christian compassion. We'll send them our regular "thoughts and prayers". That always works.

You can care about people getting the virus and not want to destroy the economy which is going to be responsible for many deaths as well as myriad social problems. Imo, the country will never return to what it was on many levels.

Following is a link to an article written by an Epidemiologist, who asserts that the current policy of quarantining EVERYONE (including the healthy) is only prolonging the coronavirus pandemic:

https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/epidemiologist-coronavirus-exterminated-lockdowns-lifted/?fbclid=IwAR2JhLQBWkGFKPPExTDh50dcwPcILWaSvoidriEet6ttUhPs0lTRzJYkeMU

Black Rider wrote:

You can care about people getting the virus and not want to destroy the economy which is going to be responsible for many deaths as well as myriad social problems. Imo, the country will never return to what it was on many levels.

I agree.  Slowing things down until we found a drug that can help people kick this was probably necessary. We have that now.  We've expanded hospitals and added respirators for the deathly sick.  We've even drilled it into people's heads to not go to a hospital unless you have an emergency which is something we needed way before we ever thought of the China Virus. 

Taking care of the ill is important.  Taking care of the majority of people who just really want to go back to working and living and feeling like they actually matter.  The government in this shutdown has labels some fields and jobs as essential.  What does that tell the rest of us?  We are not needed or important.  Putting people back to work would show them that we care about them and that they are needed to make this country great again.  Mental and emotional health are needed to keep your immune system strong.  Keeping people down not having anything to contribute except for paying bills with money they may or may not have will only weaken our spirits and our bodies as depression sets in for many.  That isn't exactly what I would call Christian compassion, either.

Sweden has only cut back on groups meeting over 50.  The rest of their country, including the churches, are still open and moving at almost full speed.  Their deaths per capita are dropping despite being in the center of the European crisis.  Sweden has seen that they need to combat the virus AND keep their nation strong.  By keeping the churches open, they have access to these resources so that they can set up extra hospitals if needed by activating their faith based citizens into whatever relief they need.  With us being distanced, we couldn't mount a decent prayer chain--must less be the hands and feet of Jesus right now.

Wise words from Hulk Hogan?

Hulk Hogan has his own thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that it’s an act of God similar to the 10 plagues of Egypt and that people need Jesus more than a vaccine. Hogan posted to his Instagram account with a caption that suggests that the shutdown of public life was the deliberate choice of God to take away all the things mankind “worships.”


Word up,can you handle the truth my brother only love HH In three short months, just like He did with the plagues of Egypt, God has taken away everything we worship. God said, “you want to worship athletes, I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians, I will shut down Civic Centers. You want to worship actors, I will shut down theaters. You want to worship money, I will shut down the economy and collapse the stock market. You don’t want to go to church and worship Me, I will make it where you can’t go to church”
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Maybe we don’t need a vaccine, Maybe we need to take this time of isolation from the distractions of the world and have a personal revival where we focus on the ONLY thing in the world that really matters. Jesus.

The post features black and white image of him leaning next to a wall in a posture that suggests prayer, with the phrase “I am that I am” a phrase attributed to God in the Bible as words spoken to Moses through the burning bush in Exodus 3:14.

There's one thing I know for sure, that's the virus is very real.

Does anyone know someone who has gotten sick or died with this?

I know of one lady whose elderly mom died from this.  Well, she had a lot of other health issues.  I think the virus only made those worse.  Of course, in the USA, if you have the virus but die from something else, they still count that as a Covid-19 death which artificially drives up the numbers.

My wife works in a hospital (but in the labor and delivery department), one of the nurses she works with has an adult daughter who has it, but I think she is in her 20's and is recovering (slowly).  Other than that I don't know of anyone personally.

There are still no confirmed cases in my county in Missouri. My office is across the Mississippi River in Illinois and there are only 18 confirmed cases in that county.
I don't know anyone that has it.
I realize that in other parts of the country the circumstances are quite different.

To the best of my knowledge, there are still no known cases in my Missouri county either.

Governor Parsons' April 24 deadline should end on that day.

We are up to 32 confirmed cases in my county. The sister of a lady at my tiny church has it as well as her son. She's a nurse - both are recovering. I know of a few others including a 5 year old.

I know 3 people in the Seattle area that were told they have it.  One for sure wasn't tested.  I don't know about the other 2.  All 3 are fine.

Numbers are being inflated as most deaths in our country are being attributed to The Coronas weather or not it caused the death.

You are correct about the numbers being inflated!  Even some of the more liberal news sites have stated that the cause of death for anyone having the virus is listed as COVID-19 even if they actually die from something else.  That doesn't quite sound right to me.

My county has 795 cases, however there are only two major hospitals in our county (and my wife works at one).  According to what she has been told, there are around 30 covid patients in each hospital (so about 60 total hospitalized).
We have had 16 deaths.

By contrast the county just North of us is where Seattle and Kirkland are (also my office is there).  They have 3,688 cases with 244 deaths.  No idea how many are hospitalized...but substantially more than in our county.

How has it impacted me... hmmm

Been out of work going on 3 weeks... My wife and I are staying home... uh yeah...

I have all this time now ... to make .... youtube video's??? I've done some projects are the house...

we live in Stanislaus county, the SF Bay Area is an hour away... Lord willing we will come out of this intact...

We all survived 911 ... we will survive this... I keep reminding myself to trust in the Lord NOT in the constitution which is what I see a lot of posts about... sigh...

Our local congressman has tested positive for it. Weeks ago he was quoted as saying "I believe this is already getting better and this will just go away. By Easter it will be completely gone". To top it off, he's a doctor. Personally I think he is an idiot and I will vote against him in the next election.

MikeInFla wrote:

Our local congressman has tested positive for it. Weeks ago he was quoted as saying "I believe this is already getting better and this will just go away. By Easter it will be completely gone". To top it off, he's a doctor. Personally I think he is an idiot and I will vote against him in the next election.

I'd do the same if I were you. I'm not a fan of wholesale pessimism, but I'd rather have a negative outlook and be pleasantly surprised than expect everything to go well and not have things go well.

Pessimism is surprisingly optimistic - by setting the bar low, you're either not disappointed or pleasantly surprised.

How has this affected me?  I am more cynical and less trusting of our government.

Really hate to vent but WHEN is this going to end, or at the very least begin to show signs of the pandemic receding?

I have been practicing 'media distancing' by avoiding watching the news or visiting news related website, but made the mistake of going to several news sites this morning and was astonished at the numbers: 2k deaths yesterday, number of cases in AZ increasing by 300...

With all the 'social distancing', stay at home orders, business' shutting down, quarantining, shouldn't we finally have something to show for it after nearly a month?

This is the reason I avoid the news because all it does is service to heighten anxiety levels...

The media lies.

Dynamis wrote:

Really hate to vent but WHEN is this going to end, or at the very least begin to show signs of the pandemic receding?

I have been practicing 'media distancing' by avoiding watching the news or visiting news related website, but made the mistake of going to several news sites this morning and was astonished at the numbers: 2k deaths yesterday, number of cases in AZ increasing by 300...

With all the 'social distancing', stay at home orders, business' shutting down, quarantining, shouldn't we finally have something to show for it after nearly a month?

This is the reason I avoid the news because all it does is service to heighten anxiety levels...

I believe that we have done this totally wrong.  When you look at nations like S. Korea and Switzerland who have done only a fraction of the things we've done and how their numbers are shrinking, we have to ask was this the right thing to do?  Many doctors are saying that we need to be about our daily lives so that we can actually build up an immunity to this and other things.  Avoiding it and staying home keeps us more susceptible to this.  Switzerland and S. Korea haven't even stopped their schools.  They have limited groups gathering if it goes over 50.  Businesses are open as are restaurants and you can even eat inside!  Yet, they continue to drop in the ranking of sicknesses and deaths.  All they have required people to do is wear the dang masks outside when around other people and to wash your hands frequently.

Our media including social media has sold us this image that we are all gonna die and that the government is here to help us.  All the while, the only "help" we get is mostly pork spending on things that do not matter in the grand scheme of things.

In my mind, this is nothing more than a political coup meant to destroy our President since they couldn't get him through the impeachment.  The sooner he goes public and says this and reopened the country--the better.

Diary of a medic: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52196815

I have a paramedic friend and I realize I should be praying for them more often.

alldatndensum wrote:

Dynamis wrote:

Really hate to vent but WHEN is this going to end, or at the very least begin to show signs of the pandemic receding?

I have been practicing 'media distancing' by avoiding watching the news or visiting news related website, but made the mistake of going to several news sites this morning and was astonished at the numbers: 2k deaths yesterday, number of cases in AZ increasing by 300...

With all the 'social distancing', stay at home orders, business' shutting down, quarantining, shouldn't we finally have something to show for it after nearly a month?

This is the reason I avoid the news because all it does is service to heighten anxiety levels...

I believe that we have done this totally wrong.  When you look at nations like S. Korea and Switzerland who have done only a fraction of the things we've done and how their numbers are shrinking, we have to ask was this the right thing to do?  Many doctors are saying that we need to be about our daily lives so that we can actually build up an immunity to this and other things.  Avoiding it and staying home keeps us more susceptible to this.  Switzerland and S. Korea haven't even stopped their schools.  They have limited groups gathering if it goes over 50.  Businesses are open as are restaurants and you can even eat inside!  Yet, they continue to drop in the ranking of sicknesses and deaths.  All they have required people to do is wear the dang masks outside when around other people and to wash your hands frequently.

Our media including social media has sold us this image that we are all gonna die and that the government is here to help us.  All the while, the only "help" we get is mostly pork spending on things that do not matter in the grand scheme of things.

In my mind, this is nothing more than a political coup meant to destroy our President since they couldn't get him through the impeachment.  The sooner he goes public and says this and reopened the country--the better.

With all due respect, I think there's more to South Korea's approach than just going about normal life:
https://globalnews.ca/news/6701268/ontario-south-korea-containing-coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/opinions/terence-kealey-south-korea-listened-to-the-experts/index.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/26/821688981/how-south-korea-reigned-in-the-outbreak-without-shutting-everything-down

The articles seem to say that South Korea tested aggressively and quickly, isolating people rapidly instead of waiting for things to spread. I'm no expert, but I think that in North America it's too late to go back to normal too soon. If we'd been more aggressive initially, things might've been better as we could've prevented a spread that requires us all to isolate now. Hopefully we'll learn for next time.

529 confirmed cases in my county now. Third in the state behind Franklin (Columbus, 894 cases) and Cuyahoga (Cleveland, 1114 cases), though Lucas county (Toledo) isn't far behind us at 490 cases. I don't know anyone personally who has gotten it though. It's a much better picture across the river in northern Kentucky, though that's partly because there are a lot fewer people living there.

There will be no normal. We don't want to think about it but the coming economic downturn is going to be severe and as we have seen, government will use it to grab more power. Going to track people's phones, encourage people to tell on others and have done the biggest redistribution of wealth in our history. Starting to remind me of pre WWII Germany.