Mini prepping. (Covid-19 thread)

[durk]

8 hours ago, 2talltim said:

Okay I have to have this conversation here because I can't on my social media because I'll butt hurt people that matter. You assholes don't matter.

 

This in no way taking away from any of those medical workers out there on the front lines of this thing or the ones that are willing to do what it take when ever and where ever it takes to combat this thing.   But the new catch phrase amongst the medical profession community is "I'm immune compromised" And what they mean by that is they can't work the front lines of this thing because they say they have some kind of auto immune disorder or asthma or what ever. If that's true I understand and have sympathy for those. BUT, now techs, nurses, aids, ect , ect you name it. Are all coming out of the wood work claiming they can't work in the ER or sick floors basically saying they can't work where the Convid-19 patients are because they are "immunely compromised"  Now myself and others around me have heard this term passed around for a few weeks now and have up to this point just rolled our eyes and said "fuck it, they don't want to work they don't have to work I guess" and just figured shame on them. An mind you most of the ones(not all) that I'm talking about there is a pretty good chance there is little to nothing wrong with them. They are just saying these things to get out of working the front lines out of nothing more than fear, that pretty much the rest of us share about this whole thing.  But now, now it's being taken to a new level. There is word that some of these folks are trying to claim this/that as a medical disability so they can get out of working during this outbreak and still get paid. 

My over all view of all this is. Maybe if your scared of catching a disease or illness working in the field of medicine maybe you made the wrong career choice? Maybe even the ones that truly are immune compromised choose the wrong career? Assuming that they already knew they had that issue from the start. Now don't get me wrong. I'm sure there are legit cases and scenarios but I more or less speaking of the ones that see this as an excuse or easy way out just because they are scared. We all are. 

Thoughts? Lettuce discuss.  

Tim I have no problem with folks looking to bail. I get it, if they don’t want to be there, and are scared my guess is they aren’t going to be very useful. It’s not much different than riding. To me if you ride scared you’re going to be dangerous to yourself and others. I also feel if you don’t work, you don’t get paid. There are people that want to work and can’t at this point. These are the people I feel for. 

 

8 hours ago, SpecialEd said:

If you would stay on the front line, readers, please let me know why. As I indicated earlier, I certainly wouldn't.

Ed I think the only way I could answer this truthfully is if I were in the situation. Sitting here I would tell I would stay on the front lines, based on commitment. Again I know that’s easier said than done, but my word means a lot to me. If I make a commitment I’m there unless I end up on my death bed. 

 

@Steve Butters  I had the same thoughts. 

[what]

2 hours ago, snot said:

To all those bitching about "going to work", try sitting in solitary confinement.

I got out today and went to work. It was great not sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours, a work computer.... Where they see if you are idle or working and have limited access... And can't modify anything because it is govt owned....

.... I need out of this tiny room more often.

I haven't been out of my apartment in 14 days. I haven't seen another human in 14 days.

😐

[motocat12]

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[Bubba]

16 hours ago, SpecialEd said:

Bubs, your sister IS a hero, and I'm not surprised at all that she volunteered to reenter the battlefield. That's the stuff many (if not most) medical people are made of. 

Just remember: there will always be doctors and nurses who graduated at the bottom of their cohort in med school. Pray you don't become one of their patients.

I agree.  She's one hell of a strong lady!  As to your second point, I've heard many of her horror stories about staff incompetence at both the administrative, LPN, RN and MD level.  Like I said, the medical field is simply a microcosm of the total work environment.  I've done my absolute best at staying out of places that make their business model--necessary or not--off of human misery....well, except for the OhioRiders forum.

[snot]

Now I know how prisoners feel....

I can look outside, I can see freedom, I can smell the spring air, but I can't go out and enjoy it.

Going to move my "office" outside in a little bit.

[Qman]

Conspiracy ???

 

[Tonik]

19 minutes ago, Qman said:

Conspiracy ???

 

He is a fucking Osteopath.

[motocat12]

57 minutes ago, Tonik said:

He is a fucking Osteopath.

leave his mental illness out if this.

[jbot]

Jesus christ people are fucking retarded. 

[SpecialEd]

30 minutes ago, jbot said:

Jesus christ people are fucking retarded. 

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[jbot]

22 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

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The conspiracy video.  It went full retard.  Never go full retard. 

[what]

9 hours ago, Qman said:

Conspiracy ???

 

That Nature article he is basing his whole theory on just proves that they were working with CoV. This is no great mystery, as China has been messing with that family of viruses since the SARS outbreak trying to figure it out.

 

But yes, this whole thing is going to turn into the next big conspiracy theorist wet dream, like 9/11 and Kennedy. I wonder how long it will take before the flat earthers blame NASA and the reptilians.

Edited April 3, 2020 by what

[SpecialEd]

4 hours ago, what said:

I wonder how long it will take before the flat earthers blame NASA and the reptilians.

Members of the Furry Culture and Pastafarians are also fanning the flames of conspiracy. Ignore their gratuitous assertions and those of Bubba, a new member of OR who, as many know, is a recent retiree of NASA, an organization whose sole purpose is disseminating fake news and creating chaos under the guise of promoting extraterrestrial science.

[Bubba]

4 hours ago, SpecialEd said:

Members of the Furry Culture and Pastafarians are also fanning the flames of conspiracy. Ignore their gratuitous assertions and those of Bubba, a new member of OR who, as many know, is a recent retiree of NASA, an organization whose sole purpose is disseminating fake news and creating chaos under the guise of promoting extraterrestrial science.

Ha!  I cough in your general direction.  WTF do English teachers know about science anyway?

BTW, I haven't been able to disseminate since about 1978. 🤨

Edited April 3, 2020 by Bubba

[SpecialEd]

9 minutes ago, Bubba said:

 

BTW, I haven't been able to disseminate since about 1978. 🤨

TMI, Bubs.

[Tonik]

Got my stimulus check already.

 

 

[what]

Speaking of flat earthers, has anyone else noticed a hard swing in the uh.. nazi direction with them lately? Seems like a lot of their talking points have now become "the jews are behind it" "hitler tried to warn us" "hitler was misunderstood" "illuminati" "hitler found out about the giant ice wall, was able to escape and now has a giant nazi mega-fortress built under the wall, biding his time and is waiting to come save us from the jews"

It's kinda sad, I used to like flat earth as a conspiracy group because it was mostly harmless and witnessing the mental gymnastics every time one of their experiments failed was endlessly entertaining. They sure seem to buy a lot of faulty equipment. I hate it when I buy a $5,000 laser and the light bends and twirls all over the place instead of going in a straight line.

[Qman]

26 minutes ago, what said:

Speaking of flat earthers, has anyone else noticed a hard swing in the uh.. nazi direction with them lately? Seems like a lot of their talking points have now become "the jews are behind it" "hitler tried to warn us" "hitler was misunderstood" "illuminati" "hitler found out about the giant ice wall, was able to escape and now has a giant nazi mega-fortress built under the wall, biding his time and is waiting to come save us from the jews"

It's kinda sad, I used to like flat earth as a conspiracy group because it was mostly harmless and witnessing the mental gymnastics every time one of their experiments failed was endlessly entertaining. They sure seem to buy a lot of faulty equipment. I hate it when I buy a $5,000 laser and the light bends and twirls all over the place instead of going in a straight line.

But, it IS flat!  I saw it with my own eyes on the side of a BMW!

[Tonik]

4 minutes ago, Qman said:

But, it IS flat!  I saw it with my own eyes on the side of a BMW!

 

BMW is headquartered in Germany. So that makes sense.

[2talltim]

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

Got my stimulus check already.

 

 

Can't believe you would buy a apple product  

[Tonik]

11 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

Can't believe you would buy a apple product  

Look closer, it is a return of an Apple product.

[2talltim]

9 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Look closer, it is a return of an Apple product.

Seen that but you made the mistake of buying it in the first place. Glad you came to you senses and spent your money on more important quality content. 

 

[motocat12]

HBO releasing over 500 hours of movies and TV shows for FREE to entice fans to stay at home.

 

In another week @Tonikwouldn't have had to pay for his premium porn.

[redkow97]

26 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

HBO releasing over 500 hours of movies and TV shows for FREE to entice fans to stay at home.

 

In another week @Tonikwouldn't have had to pay for his premium porn.

Pornhub premium is free as of last week(?)

[redkow97]

I moved myself and my daughter in with my GF and her kids.  This was always MY plan, but my mother pitched a fit over the fact that we can’t control who GF’s ex exposes his kids to while they’re with him.

It wasn’t an invalid point, and we went a week apart before confirming (with ex’s mistress’s former in-laws) that they’re limiting who any of the kids interact with. Anyway, my circle of “exposure contacts” is larger than i had anticipated, but it’s closed.  I encounter more people while grocery shopping than anywhere else. 

The living together arrangement is going great though. Knock on wood.