Coronavirus Scare

[Travis Galey]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

 

[THETexasFan]

LOL, like the AT&T Commercial. OK is not good enough.

 

[HllCountryHorn]

“Officials said that Americans should continue to practice protective measures -- hand-washing, staying home from work when sick -- while local officials should make sure systems are in place -- teleschooling, working remotely -- should face-to-face interactions need to be reduced. Health care facilities should be prepared to increase telehealth systems and delay elective surgeries should the need arise, they said.”

 

[staceman]

"should the need arise"

 

[duqu]

first thing I’d do is stop touching my face. Really make an effort because we touch our face A LOT. Wear a mask, don’t touch your face and you’re automatically in the group that is “likely to not get infected”.

 

[ArielC]

first thing I’d do is stop touching my face. Really make an effort because we touch our face A LOT. Wear a mask, don’t touch your face and you’re automatically in the group that is “likely to not get infected”.

I can't pick my nose?

 

[duqu]

I can't pick my nose?

not even your own nose. and any anal play is strictly out.

 

[SirAdamAdams]

900 people get coronavirus and everyone wants to wear a mask. 30 million people have AIDS but no one wants to wear a rubber...

 

[duqu]

900 people get coronavirus and everyone wants to wear a mask. 30 million people have AIDS but on one wants to wear a rubber...

where do you fall in this matrix?

 

[BuckarooBanzai63]

not even your own nose. and any anal play is strictly out.

 

[BuckarooBanzai63]

where do you fall in this matrix?

 

[HuffTex]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

Prayers for your wife, brother, and you, as well. F*** cancer. And Covid-19.

 

[Prison Mike.]

first thing I’d do is stop touching my face. Really make an effort because we touch our face A LOT. Wear a mask, don’t touch your face and you’re automatically in the group that is “likely to not get infected”.

 

[Prison Mike.]

first thing I’d do is stop touching my face. Really make an effort because we touch our face A LOT. Wear a mask, don’t touch your face and you’re automatically in the group that is “likely to not get infected”.

Anyone who as ever been through any kind of boot camp should have no problem with not touching their face. Lol

 

[houstonwolves]

Some Coronavirus questions (because the main thread is way too long:

When will we know:
1. How is it transmitted? i.e. how to prevent the spread of the virus?
2. Who is at greatest risk? Old and infirm definitely. Young and healthy as well?
3. What are the symptoms, severity and duration? i.e. Is it the equivalent of a bad flu? Or much worse?
4. Having had and survived it, do you develop an immunity?

 

[Bleedorange]

I'm on methotrexate and Humira so it has me a little more cautious. I volunteered at a homeless shelter and the same day I ended up with fever and sick for next 5 days. Conincedental? I dont know but it seems like every little thing hits me now. I would just tell your wife to wash hands more, be careful who she is around, and avoid crowds and if she is going to be in crowds, try to maintain a safe zone around her. I dont shake hands right now, at most first bump or just give a short explanation and people understand. I love my grandkids but if they are sniffing, I give them a hug standing up so they just hug me around my waist.

 

[coopdog]

I’m a little creeped out by this thing. Just because I don’t believe the numbers coming outta China.

 

[jholmestyle]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

Anyone that doesn’t have a basic kit at home to either shelter in place for a few weeks or evacuate if needed is woefully unprepared and putting themselves and their families at unneeded risk. Whether it’s this, the next unknown virus, a hurricane, etc, it always is a good idea to have medical, water, and shelf stable food supplies on hand.

 

[PresACG]

I'm on methotrexate and Humira so it has me a little more cautious. I volunteered at a homeless shelter and the same day I ended up with fever and sick for next 5 days. Conincedental? I dont know but it seems like every little thing hits me now. I would just tell your wife to wash hands more, be careful who she is around, and avoid crowds and if she is going to be in crowds, try to maintain a safe zone around her. I dont shake hands right now, at most first bump or just give a short explanation and people understand. I love my grandkids but if they are sniffing, I give them a hug standing up so they just hug me around my waist.

I’m in exactly the same situation except I’m on Leflunomide, Actemra and now 15mgs of prednisone a day. If there’s ever people who should be worried about COVID it’s people like us. But we just need to keep doing the things you mentioned and our chances of getting sick dramatically reduce.

 

[SirAdamAdams]

where do you fall in this matrix?

Married no rubber.

 

[HuffTex]

Some Coronavirus questions (because the main thread is way too long:

When will we know:
1. How is it transmitted? i.e. how to prevent the spread of the virus?
2. Who is at greatest risk? Old and infirm definitely. Young and healthy as well?
3. What are the symptoms, severity and duration? i.e. Is it the equivalent of a bad flu? Or much worse?
4. Having had and survived it, do you develop an immunity?

I don't have all the answers, but Covid-19 is an RNA virus, like the common cold. How many of those have you had in your lifetime? Plenty. The virus mutates fairly quickly, which makes it harder/impossible to develop a real immunity to, if I understand it correctly. Good personal hygiene, all the time, no just when sick, and staying healthy are probably the best ways to beat it. Primarily the very young, the very old, and immunocompromised folks, or folks with damaged lungs will struggle.

 

[scary jarbro]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

Man, best wishes to your wife, you and your family. I'm sorry that you're all going through this. #****cancer

 

[scary jarbro]

I don't have all the answers, but Covid-19 is an RNA virus, like the common cold. How many of those have you had in your lifetime? Plenty. The virus mutates fairly quickly, which makes it harder/impossible to develop a real immunity to, if I understand it correctly. Good personal hygiene, all the time, no just when sick, and staying healthy are probably the best ways to beat it. Primarily the very young, the very old, and immunocompromised folks, or folks with damaged lungs will struggle.

Counter-intuitively the very young seem to not be very affected. I don't believe that there is a single death of anyone younger than 10 years old at this point in time.

 

[FrankS1985]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

Prayers for you and your wife. My wife is a two time breast cancer survivor. 22 years out on the first and 17 on the second. Just be careful. Avoid large crowds, practice good hygiene. Also, if her immune system bottoms out and does not rebound quickly, there are medicines the oncologist can provide to help the system restart.

 

[adam_bomb]

I don't have all the answers, but Covid-19 is an RNA virus, like the common cold. How many of those have you had in your lifetime? Plenty. The virus mutates fairly quickly, which makes it harder/impossible to develop a real immunity to, if I understand it correctly. Good personal hygiene, all the time, no just when sick, and staying healthy are probably the best ways to beat it. Primarily the very young, the very old, and immunocompromised folks, or folks with damaged lungs will struggle.

Thus far the young have done well. There is a 76 page thread that has a ton of great info on it.

https://texas.forums.rivals.com/threads/coronavirus.460168/page-76

 

[TxshrnsNC]

Thus far the young have done well. There is a 76 paige thread that has a ton of great info on it.

https://texas.forums.rivals.com/threads/coronavirus.460168/page-76

If anyone intends to spend any length of time on this board and is curious about this virus, they need to read this thread. It's more than worth the time and it will be better spent than reading the 500th post about the Astros cheating, recruiting, or all of the other bs that gets posted on here daily.

 

[Texasgolong]

I'm on methotrexate and Humira so it has me a little more cautious. I volunteered at a homeless shelter and the same day I ended up with fever and sick for next 5 days. Conincedental? I dont know but it seems like every little thing hits me now. I would just tell your wife to wash hands more, be careful who she is around, and avoid crowds and if she is going to be in crowds, try to maintain a safe zone around her. I dont shake hands right now, at most first bump or just give a short explanation and people understand. I love my grandkids but if they are sniffing, I give them a hug standing up so they just hug me around my waist.

When shaking hands or touching anyone - very important NOT to touch your face anywhere until you've washed your hands thoroughly. This is essential for flu and cold prevention too.

 

[Big Stoop]

“Officials said that Americans should continue to practice protective measures -- hand-washing, staying home from work when sick -- while local officials should make sure systems are in place -- teleschooling, working remotely -- should face-to-face interactions need to be reduced. Health care facilities should be prepared to increase telehealth systems and delay elective surgeries should the need arise, they said.”

...and so it begins...

 

[jah4550]

I generally am not one to worry about things like this but a meeting with my wife’s breast cancer surgeon this morning has me a little concerned.

While discussing my wife’s upcoming chemotherapy we asked if we should be concerned about Coronavirus considering she’ll have a compromised immune system. Her answer of “yeah man, I don’t know” left me with little comfort. I was more rattled when she then revealed that she stocked up on cans of tuna just in case it gets bad.

Sorry to hear about her cancer. Be sure to have masks and to wear one every time you have any feelings of illness to contain droplets that you might exhale, especially once the virus gets here, to reduce chance of infecting her. Also, take expectorants (mucinex, e.g.) any time you have or she has congestion to keep it from building up, becoming infected, and further lowering your immune systems. Good luck and sorry about the bad timing of all of this. Wishing you the best.

 

[Travis Galey]

If anyone intends to spend any length of time on this board and is curious about this virus, they need to read this thread. It's more than worth the time and it will be better spent than reading the 500th post about the Astros cheating, recruiting, or all of the other bs that gets posted on here daily.

The Astros cheated? Why haven’t I seen anything about that on Orangeboods?

 

[Big Stoop]

I’m a little creeped out by this thing. Just because I don’t believe the numbers coming outta China.

Truth

 

[lord_caesar]

Some Coronavirus questions (because the main thread is way too long:

When will we know:
1. How is it transmitted? i.e. how to prevent the spread of the virus?
2. Who is at greatest risk? Old and infirm definitely. Young and healthy as well?
3. What are the symptoms, severity and duration? i.e. Is it the equivalent of a bad flu? Or much worse?
4. Having had and survived it, do you develop an immunity?

A lot of these questions are TBD. Addressing #'s 1 and 2- to compare it to the flu, this coronavirus has been significantly less deadly for children (no reported deaths of prepubescent children), slightly more deadly for people in their teens-40's, and increasingly more deadly after that. People in their 60's and older have a significantly higher chance of serious complications from this than they do from the flu. Here is a very interesting site: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

 

[HuffTex]

Counter-intuitively the very young seem to not be very affected. I don't believe that there is a single death of anyone younger than 10 years old at this point in time.

Wow, that is surprising...

 

[ToadHallGangster]

I’m in exactly the same situation except I’m on Leflunomide, Actemra and now 15mgs of prednisone a day. If there’s ever people who should be worried about COVID it’s people like us. But we just need to keep doing the things you mentioned and our chances of getting sick dramatically reduce.

I'm dealing with similar issues as well. I just finished cancer treatment (in remission) but my immune system is struggling to recover. I'm getting IVIG infusions to kick start it. I've learned to become a germophobe, because once I catch something, it likes to stick around.

 

[Pho King Master]

Anyone that doesn’t have a basic kit at home to either shelter in place for a few weeks or evacuate if needed is woefully unprepared and putting themselves and their families at unneeded risk. Whether it’s this, the next unknown virus, a hurricane, etc, it always is a good idea to have medical, water, and shelf stable food supplies on hand.

I have an underground shelter with enough supplies to last over a year if need be.