I can't help but read that as;
[QUOTE=BadBosco;5097011]That's what they are called.[/QUOTE]Long, Ass-Titties. Like titties on an ass that are long. Thanks for the chuckle. .
Covid and some of the high volume providers?
So when all this crap started, definitely slowed down visits for me, only looked up a few UTR's that I know are low volume. As things went on (late spring / summer) still was concerned and still refrained from my usual "pace". Now with the recent spikes, really wondering if the hobby should be put on hold for a bit. Kinda sucks, as well posed here, a well known high volume provider is back from the west side of the state and now having second thoughts. Anyone else in the same position? Since late February up to just now, I thought everyone was truly over-reacting with all the closure and rules. Now really concerned, and as a matter of fact, I don't believe everything I read or see, but even if it's 1/2 true, still scarry
I'm not an epidemiologist or a healthcare worker, but.
[QUOTE=BadBosco;5098040]So when all this crap started, definitely slowed down visits for me, only looked up a few UTR's that I know are low volume. As things went on (late spring / summer) still was concerned and still refrained from my usual "pace". Now with the recent spikes, really wondering if the hobby should be put on hold for a bit. Kinda sucks, as well posed here, a well known high volume provider is back from the west side of the state and now having second thoughts. Anyone else in the same position? Since late February up to just now, I thought everyone was truly over-reacting with all the closure and rules. Now really concerned, and as a matter of fact, I don't believe everything I read or see, but even if it's 1/2 true, still scarry[/QUOTE]It's always a but, isn't it?
I work closely with a local news outlet, and my involvement has been on the data collection side of things to create an aggregate data pool (that's the building of a high-level data set from collecting low-level data sets / individual sources). This also involved creating an animated heat-map for the metro-Detroit area in the beginning while we were still able to get the data freely without using an FOIA. They quickly changed the manner in which the local, county and State data sets were made so as to make what we did with the map tracking impossible.
The long of it is, this particular SARS virus is now an endemic. That's a virus that stays with humanity forever. Just like influenza in addition to 229 E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1 the current "common human coronaviruses".
The reason the flu in 1918 was so tragic is due to many mitigating factors, the chief among them was it's "novelty". It was new. That's why this was first called the "Novel Coronavirus". It had always been there, but had reached such widespread efficacy so quickly that it became a pandemic (global even), And since we had no antibodies for it, we had to build them. Along the way, those with compromised immune response or those with underlying health risks died.
Just like today.
If you're otherwise healthy, you will most likely be fine. I had it in February and it sucked. Stayed home, took my vitamins, ate a lot of veggies and other easily digestible foods (because your whole body is a system and if it's core systems are hell bent on saving your life, now is the time to dial back things like read meat, complex protein chains and alcohol) so your body has the resources to do what it needs to.
My friend Brian who suffered from untreated type-II diabetes and was obese did not fair so well. Same age, same city and we only lived a block away. He had a heart attack, and the virus compromised his ability to properly saturate his blood with oxygen (respiratory insufficiency). This was caused by damage to the lungs, which I had as well, but being otherwise healthy I was able to recover and rebuild. His insurance wouldn't cover a hyperbaric chamber for HBOT therapy. We lost him after 2 months on a vent.
We will reach herd immunity with this one like we do influenza every year; the majority of people have to get it and build up an immunity. That means that others contract it through close contact transmission, of from a vaccine.
Fun fact, the reason why influenza doesn't reach a national pandemic each year (pandemics can be global or reduced to a small national theater) is because of the flu shot. Not that enough people get the shot, oh no no. It's that those who get the shot are carriers that infect others because they feel invulnerable due to having gotten the shot, go about their day and casually infect others with a low grade strain that's easier to build an immune response to.
So, for the short answer, if you're otherwise healthy and with no underlying health concerns, the worst you'll have is a few weeks recovery time at home. If you currently suffer any serious long term or life long health concerns, be careful.
