Coronavirus - how much do you worry ?

[Killerbunny]

Interesting you mention Spanish Flu @ross . That was spread aboard troop ships much like the cruise ships. Although it hit young "healthy" adults I would imagine that after a war that immune systems would be lowered?

[ross]

Warnings sound like from the past KB

[LongCrow]

I'm just thankful it wasn't started from poultry. I'm sure by now there would be almost no birds left anywhere. They would seize every small flock and destroy them.
I wonder if it would have come from dogs if they would treat that equally harsh?

[ross]

Guess would be what they value most human or animal /breed life

[Happy]

Well I have informed my employer that I will not be attending work again until further notice. If they're not going to close their doors to the public then I will close mine. I've witnessed the bad side of humanity time and time again the past few days. I can't keep being part of the problem.

[Jaye]

It sounds to me like you have made the best decision for your circumstances, @Happy . Good for you. Unfortunately, there are people out there who are not community-minded or concerned about anyone except themselves. I witnessed too many examples of bad behaviour early last week before we pretty much went into self-isolation, so I can only imagine the number of incidents of shameful human behaviour that you have had to deal with, working in the retail environment.

[ross]

The worst thing about the world is the people , the best thing about the world is the people .
Luck all

[LongCrow]

Maybe a good thing.... but..... then again maybe a very bad thing........
Italy just released that 99% of the deaths had pre-existing conditions. Stats like this affect how healthy humans react. for good or bad.

[baronrenfrew]

This Joe Rogan podcast is excellent (you can hear it as a sound file somewhere and as a youtube here. Listen to the first 20 mins at least (or the whole 90 mins).

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. Look for his book "Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Deadly Germs" for more info

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSw

[WaupoosCowgirl]

I just went on the Performance Poultry website to check to see if they had released any info and found out they have cancelled all hatch dates for the 2020 season....I did not receive an email notification. I have emailed them to see how they will be handling refunds. oh and hello all...long time no chat.