RogueWaves

Incorrect. A contemplator of conspiracies, maybe Wasn't a "blame place". Plus, I've read/perused so many articles/links/tweets on COVID-19 the past few days I literally couldn't remember/find that particular article. (Shoulda figured someone would ask in here tho) You win the "astuteness award". Many sites have theories on how/why all this started, who's really behind it, what the "end game" is all about? Several good ones have been put forth, which makes getting to the bottom of it all the more difficult. I will say this much. There's always a "story behind the story". Did anyone know that Wuhan is the location of the only laboratory in China authorized and tasked with the study of all the deadliest known viruses (including samples of Ebola)? Some say COVID-19 may have been an accidental release from that lab due to lacks safety precautions. Others will tell you more like it was an "intentional accident". Others think maybe one or more rogue elements of our own government made it happen during/after the recent World Military Games hosted by Wuhan. IF indeed there's merit to the claim that it's 600% more harmful to Asian males the fact it started in China may connect some dots. Ofc, we'll likely never know the whole truth since this world is built on the exact opposite principle. Show me a govt that tells the "whole truth, nothing but the truth. so help you.."

Not only does this hit males much worse, it's said that this is 600% more deadly for asian males!

Here in Marshall, H1N1 took the life of a very healthy 21 yr old son of local pastors. Former captain of our football team and in about as good of shape as one can be. Woke up one night feeling poorly so they went into the hospital. Was gone just 2 days later. How merciless these viruses can be!

I'm not prejudice and wasn't talking about who is or isn't getting it. Got it now? My idea may or may not hold any merit but I am trying to figure out why this has shown up so heavily in Metro Detroit? Iran is near the top of the countries with the highest number of infected. Just a pure conjecture on my part that perhaps Peeps travelling from that region of the world unknowingly carried it to SEMI? Could also just be the amount of automotive industry related travelers to/from China as well. Just for discussionary purposes only. Maybe you or others have some better Intel?

Got 3.5, but little or nothing on pavement. Meh. An exciting event in early December. Just an annoyance at this point, especially with all that's more serious going on.

There's always a silver lining if one looks hard enough. Thankfully, the fatality rate isn't anything close to some other notorious virus outbreaks in the past.

With it so focused in Metro Detroit, one has to wonder if the large Muslim community and it's ties to their native lands has anything to do with it? Citing the "Shoe Bomber" incident, you have to presume there's a fair amount of air travellers that come into/out of DTW to that part of the globe. Edit: Not to mention U of M Ann Arbor has a large foreign student population!

Bill Gates on coronavirus: 'Extreme shutdown' of 6 to 10 weeks needed

Watched a Youtube vid posted by a young lady (early 30's) who's been basically in lock-down inside her apartment "flat" in Lombard, Italy. One of the hardest hit cities. To get "out" for a breath of fresh air, she went to the roof top open space. She noticed another young woman playing her guitar on the adjacent building roof. She yelled over and they chatted a bit about the situation. Then the gal with the guitar heaved something across to the gal filming. What'd she throw? A wooden clothespin with a cigarette clamped into it. Guessing the word's not out wrt the hazards of the habit..

@ Hoosier Also mentioned in news reports. Italy (and Japan) have (or did in Italy's case) the highest population of elderly Peeps. Smoking's still the rage in Italy as well. Factors not helping their odds

This entire scenario should give Poly-Sci majors an endless supply of Thesis fodder. Can we prove it's not already been "around" and most have been/are already exposed? Can we prove these measures halting the economy will actually make the final toll lower, or just stretch the whole thing out with the same number of fatalities? Can we prove that when all is said and done, there won't be just as many "incidental casualties" due to a myriad of socio-economic factors ranging from increased suicides to loss of funding for social "safety net" organizations? If we can prove such, then I say let's stay home indefinitely! In absence of hard proof, it comes down to a compromise and somebody's best judgement after weighing (or attempting to) all the factors against one another. Glad I'm not that person tbh..

More like "test confirmations are coming to us all". Now that everyone with a slight cough/sneeze/wheeze fears they might have "it" they will go in for testing. Especially if they're off work and just hanging out anyways. Without the isolation situation, they'd be like "I wish I could afford the time and (lost) pay to go into my doc and get this checked out, but sh*t, Jimmie's got to get to school 'cause his team's playing an away game this afternoon, and I've got work and a plan with sis afterwards. Maybe I'll go later if it gets a lot worse.."

I had adult Chicken Pox when I was 19. Thought I was gonna die. Was quarantined for weeks and had to be snuck into my doctor's office through the back door. Had so many pox on my head/face my own mother was aghast to see me. Guess I've survived a few things in life that were anything but a cake walk. What don't kill ya makes one stronger as they say..

Could you imagine being stuck in a far away country where that was the scenario? Glad to be riding this out in the familiar comfort of my own home.

Can always play the "what if" game, but I'm choosing to remain optimistic. Just because a storm hits mby with intensity, doesn't mean it maintains that same intensity all the way to yby. Similarly, just because other places around the globe have been hit hard with this virus does not mean it automatically will here as well. And if it did, I'd hope the medical service outlets (hospitals, etc) would figure out a way to send supply reinforcements to the front lines where the battle rages the worst. Hospitals with few or no severe cases could lend their respirators and such to hospitals that find themselves with a shortage of such. Even if the govt had to mandate this, it seems like a reasonable option imho. Look at MI, 14 of 15 deaths in Metro Detroit. Quite a concentrated event so far and with this isolation effort I'll be surprised if that somehow reverses and takes off like a wildfire raging out of control across the countryside.

Per my Congressman's newsletter

More concerned about the "death rate" of confirmed cases. That thankfully has flat-lined at 1.3% in the US, meaning the odds are still vastly in favor of survival. IF the DR was really taking off, then I'd be a lot more concerned. As is, these current totals, while still early, give us some hope. As others have posted, I'm at least as concerned about the net effects to the economy. I'm fortunate to be employed in the food service sector and have Work Authorization papers if I need to travel into my place of employ. But here in the Mitt, over 108K applied for UIA benefits last week, a 2100% increase from a typical week in the prior robust economy. Hoping this doesn't go on too long for the sake of those hit hardest.

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Takes very little to push a teetering person over a cliff. Just sayin. Talk about compromised!

And if you remove the "olds" the survival rate is likely closer to 98%. As a cancer survivor, I'll take those odds any day of my life! Idk where Peeps come from, thinking life's a guaranteed 100% survival rate kind of journey?

Glad to have missed all the real snow. Still, a fairly miserable near winter day. Full on spring can't come fast enough imho

I heard radar was down for that storm. Can prolly toss that one..

Was really ripping in Jackson around 2-3 pm where I work. Airport had 2 hourlies at 1/4 mi vis PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 752 PM EST WED FEB 26 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0630 PM SNOW 3 SSE CLARK LAKE 42.08N 84.31W 02/26/2020 E8.5 INCH JACKSON MI PUBLIC LAKE COLUMBIA.

Pushing 5" here with 3 hr extension of my headlines. Feb has now officially become a "snowy month" here. That's anything >150% of normal. In this case, currently sitting at 160% fwiw

About 1" on my deck here since evening. Even pavement is nicely covered.