Quarantine or not?

[1 Wild R/T]

That's the problem, I read that they are ready to start test different vaccines all over the world but it seems testing takes about a year. Right now it is only the old and weak that are dying, hopefully that won't change.

There are very promising results from some of the testing with hydroxychloroquine & azithromycin however it is currently considered anecdotal evidence requiring further testing...   But people are dying while we're waiting... 

Personally I feel the world medical "complex" doesn't want an old drug to be the accepted treatment... Can't get rich selling old drugs.. Gotta have something newly patented that can be outsourced to China..

[dodj]

That's the problem, I read that they are ready to start test different vaccines all over the world but it seems testing takes about a year. Right now it is only the old and weak that are dying, hopefully that won't change.

There are very promising results from some of the testing with hydroxychloroquine & azithromycin however it is currently considered anecdotal evidence requiring further testing...   But people are dying while we're waiting... 

Personally I feel the world medical "complex" doesn't want an old drug to be the accepted treatment... Can't get rich selling old drugs.. Gotta have something newly patented that can be outsourced to China..

https://www.livescience.com/chloroquine-coronavirus-treatment.html

Certainly not proven..but what else ya gonna do at the moment?

[superdave]

  I just read an article where the doctor said that they should have some results by the first of the year.  . Meanwhile our state cancelled school for the rest of the year, doesn't effect us much since we have always home schooled. Kansas City I just heard is shelter in place for thirty days.  Personally I haven't made many changes except that I don't go visit my friends in the nursing home anymore and will probably stop going to the gym because they are limiting workouts to thirty minutes. But things seem to change by the hour. Hopefully we come out of it in the other side as quickly.

[anlauto]

All gyms are closed in our area

[benlavigne]

GYms, hairdressers, restaurants (except take-out), shopping centers, churches, any meeting place, here. It's basically just drugstores, grocery stores and liquor and wine stores (which are governement-owned here!). It seems the people who cannot understand social distancing are older folks, and they are the ones who are most at risk... So they close their usual hangouts!

Ben

[torredcuda]

I think it`s the opposite - most seniors are taking this serious while the younger people are going to NYC  , spring break, bars if still open etc.

[JS29]

I think it`s the opposite - most seniors are taking this serious while the younger people are going to NYC  , spring break, bars if still open etc.

Don't forget Florida and California!!! 

[dodj]

I think it`s the opposite - most seniors are taking this serious while the younger people are going to NYC  , spring break, bars if still open etc.

Could be true. Seniors have a little more 'skin' in the game looking at fatality stats.
Around my town, the majority, all ages, seem to be taking it seriously.

[torredcuda]

Massachusetts governor gave a stay at home advisory as I heard my work is considered "essential" so will stay open along with other essential businesses like liquor stores. 

[71vert340]

 At 67 years old, I'm taking this seriously. I minimize my time around others and keep a safe distance. We have a cabin on 30 acres in the Washington state Cascade mountains with our nearest year round neighbor a mile away and I have 2 locked gates across my access road between us. My nearest part time neighbor is almost 1/2 mile away and I haven't seen him in 2 years after he harvested his bumper marijuana crop in 2018.  We can't go up there to isolate because my wife and I are taking care of her parents who are in their late 80s. The other day, my neighbor told me he wishes he knew the location of my cabin because he'd go up there to stay for awhile. I laughed but he was serious. We just need to wash our hands and keep safe distances. I've been isolating in my shop with a Charger I'm working on.
Terry

[benlavigne]

Provincial governement has just orderd all companies, offices and stores not considered essential services to be shut down for the next three weeks starting tomorrow night.
Construction sites will be closed down.
We'll see how it goes...

Ben

[7212Mopar]

New York is starting to lose control and is the virus center in the country. Trump should seriously consider to close and blockade the City and the surrounding area just like the Chinese did for Wuhan except to move faster. Don't make the same mistake that the Chinese did.

[Cudajason]

Provincial governement has just orderd all companies, offices and stores not considered essential services to be shut down for the next three weeks starting tomorrow night.
Construction sites will be closed down.
We'll see how it goes...

Ben

Same here in Ontario....

[Spikedog08]

Michigan just shut down . . 3 weeks . . 

[torredcuda]

Mass is till April 7th. I talked to my boss and I`m not going in tonight and he is looking into how we can get paid if we stay out longer. Already starting to go stir crazy and kid has only been home for a week.