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How many people do you know who have tested positive.

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38 (48.7%)
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9 (11.5%)
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I know of someone through a trusted source I personally know
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I have first hand knowledge of someone one through my job
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Author Topic: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus  (Read 55334 times)

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #150 on: March 30, 2020, 07:22:37 PM »
Me, Wife, and probably my cat.  

It has swept through the local legal community due to a super spreader.  One damn guy that also went to weddings after being diagnosed.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #151 on: March 30, 2020, 07:23:55 PM »
Friend of my wife's in Florida.  Just dropped her husband off with sudden onset of a high fever and breathing problems.  Went from fine to ER visit in 24 hours.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #152 on: March 30, 2020, 07:24:14 PM »
Me, Wife, and probably my cat.  

It has swept through the local legal community due to a super spreader.  One damn guy that also went to weddings after being diagnosed.

Jesus Ned.  Stay safe.  Hydrate and rest man.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #153 on: March 30, 2020, 07:32:49 PM »
I’m sorry to hear that Ned hope you all come through it without issue
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #154 on: March 30, 2020, 07:37:10 PM »
Thanks all

I'm well stocked up.  Wife was crying as she feared with her retail job she got me sick and I'm dead already having damaged lungs.  I swear that one lawyer had to have coughed on every court house doorknob in the local 8 counties; before it was even recognized as being in the country. One local judge has already died and maybe a half dozen other judges confirmed to be suffering as well.  They've actually shut down the local county court and the emergency matters are being handled two counties over.

I've got a day bed setup; watching Stargate SG-1. I'm up to season 5.  

Health is rough, but not planning on going in unless its ventilator bad.  
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #155 on: March 30, 2020, 08:30:42 PM »
That sucks Ned. Hope you get through this OK. Let us know if there's any funny colored poop:

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #156 on: March 30, 2020, 08:43:53 PM »
That sucks Ned. Hope you get through this OK. Let us know if there's any funny colored poop:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200319/about-half-of-covid-cases-show-digestive-signs



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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #157 on: March 30, 2020, 09:02:37 PM »
Stay strong Ned, and keep us updated.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #158 on: March 30, 2020, 10:24:55 PM »
My prayers are with you Ned. 


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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #159 on: March 30, 2020, 11:07:20 PM »
Me, Wife, and probably my cat.  

It has swept through the local legal community due to a super spreader.  One damn guy that also went to weddings after being diagnosed.

As one of the resident tile-crawlers, you may be able to answer this: are there legal ramifications for this?

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #160 on: March 31, 2020, 12:05:04 AM »
I hope you recover quickly, Ned.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #161 on: March 31, 2020, 08:04:53 AM »
Would someone please change Ned's screen name to Lucky, please?

Hope you both recover quickly, Ned.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #162 on: March 31, 2020, 08:09:02 AM »
Take care of yourself and your wife Ned!

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #163 on: March 31, 2020, 09:25:46 AM »
30 day poll.
You can change your count as situation changes.
Only count those you have met personally unless otherwise indicated.
We're a pretty small sample spread out throughout the country but it may be interesting.
We can discuss local cases to us but counts are only for personally known friends, family or acquantences.


Wife's sister and her husband, living in the Chicago burbs somewhere, both test positive.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #164 on: March 31, 2020, 10:04:32 AM »
Wife's sister and her husband, living in the Chicago burbs somewhere, both test positive.

Sorry to hear that, I'm afraid we are potentially a week away from being a hotspot here in da Chicago burbs. Odds are I'll be changing my vote soon.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #165 on: March 31, 2020, 01:01:32 PM »
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #166 on: March 31, 2020, 04:15:13 PM »
Good friend of ours just lost a cousin in NYC to it and has several confirmed family members there
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #167 on: March 31, 2020, 04:32:25 PM »
Eight now. But no word on severity.

Two cases were travelers, and two were "community contact" but no word on the other cases AND still no word on severity.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #168 on: March 31, 2020, 05:26:40 PM »
Two cases were travelers, and two were "community contact" but no word on the other cases AND still no word on severity.

We've got 7 in my county.

One of my worries is that if DC or the inner suburbs become overwhelmed, they start bringing victims out to our hospitals.  We're only about 45 minutes out of DC.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #169 on: March 31, 2020, 06:44:31 PM »
Went to my physical therapy session this morning. Got screened for fever at the door to the facility. When I checked in I was handed a mask.
They told me to keep the mask and reuse it on Thursday.  :facepalm:
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #170 on: March 31, 2020, 06:49:12 PM »
Went to my physical therapy session this morning. Got screened for fever at the door to the facility. When I checked in I was handed a mask.
They told me to keep the mask and reuse it on Thursday.  :facepalm:

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #171 on: April 02, 2020, 10:22:05 AM »
Got a cousin in Tampa who is an airline pilot.  His wife has it bad.  She's in an ICU unit on a vent.  She's a good person.  Hope she comes through this okay.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #172 on: April 02, 2020, 10:23:54 AM »
Got a cousin in Tampa who is an airline pilot.  His wife has it bad.  She's in an ICU unit on a vent.  She's a good person.  Hope she comes through this okay.

Damn.

I made friends with a bunch of guys through Fly320's who are all pilots in his circle.  They're mostly hubbed out of BOS.  There is a huge cluster in NH around the community that a lot of them live in.
So glad the airlines are flying around empty planes so the flight crews can get sick and bring this *expletive deleted*it home to their families.   :facepalm:
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #173 on: April 02, 2020, 10:31:30 AM »
So.....

Because of the week in/week out scheduled we've adopted at the customer site, last week was my work from home week and I worked the first couple of days from the HQ of the company that I'm subcontracted to...

Just learned today that an HQ employee has tested positive for Kung Flu.

He was in the HQ the week before I was and so we didn't cross paths, so realistically it shouldn't affect me at all.

Hopefully.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #174 on: April 02, 2020, 10:37:15 AM »
Damn.

I made friends with a bunch of guys through Fly320's who are all pilots in his circle.  They're mostly hubbed out of BOS.  There is a huge cluster in NH around the community that a lot of them live in.
So glad the airlines are flying around empty planes so the flight crews can get sick and bring this *expletive deleted*it home to their families.   :facepalm:

Why are they flying empty planes? 

I had heard union rules had some part in that, but it didn't make sense.
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