That’s fascinating, Michelle. Why are we up this early in the morning? (It’s before 6 a.m. pacific)
I've also been watching Dr. Campbell’s daily podcast on YouTube and passed the links to family. As one of my sons commented, “it’s fascinating and deeply disturbing.” Dr. Campbell has certainly been sounding the alarm about Covid19 and the need for governments to take stronger proactive measures. Italy is certainly doing that. I expect we will see more proactive measures here in the northwest, too.
Much love to you, Michelle and many thanks for your positive, uplifting presence here. You make a difference.
Wow! Thank for the most recent information. Boo to Louie for not sel-!isolating and kudos to the others.
We're at the threshold of so many possibilities right now. We might go over the brink with so many lemmings or end up with the hard working squirrels totally preparing for the cold winters ahead with common sense instincts and the need to care and provide security for our family.
But the larger range planning...seeing and feeling so very much of that going on now.
One of Oregon's schools was in the news recently for having already provided chromebooks for each of their students to use during cold and flu season and now available if this more complex form of the coronavirus should reach their school in Estacada Oregon with online lesson planning already being set up.
Some run and hide.Some bury their heads in the sand and others just say I'm fine, everything's fine. I just want to do and live the way I want to.
And then there are those who look at the now and work together to make it better and still prepare and be ready should things change for the worse!
Estacada schools to close Monday for virus prep | KOIN.com
https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/estacada-schools-to-close-monday-for-virus-prep/
Thyme tea : steep 4-5 springs of thyme in 2 cups of boiling water for 15 minutes. Strain and add the juice of half a lemon and sweeten to taste with raw honey. Drink 3-4 cups daily during illness.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5206475/
also... curcumin .. the derivative of tumeric : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600522
as well as Vitamin D and Vitamin C
We are up to 11 cases in my area - I am self-isolating as much as possible except to go to work when scheduled. I am off for the next 3 days and am staying at home. I use thyme tea anytime I get ill with a virus and find it effectively shortens the duration. You can make the tea with dried thyme too if you do not have any fresh in your herb garden. The thyme and raw honey have anti-viral properties and the lemon juice vitamin C ... very soothing and pleasant tasting. Thyme has been used since ancient times for it's efficacy in helping . The curcumin inhibits cytokine storm - which is a feature in many viral infections..including Covid-19 : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/
Has anyone tried to do a reading as to how severe this COVID-19 outbreak will be in the US? When will pass-- be over?
I also have interest in the experience in Canada, Mexico and Central and South Americas.
Of course, my assumption is that places where there is overcrowding, increased poverty and poor medical infrastructure, it will be worse. The US has some weaknesses in it's society that can make it a perfect storm. I expect Canada will weather it best in the Americas.
@rowsella If my long term market predictions for 2020 are correct, then the US will end up with the same situation as the the other afflicted places -- needing to close schools and lock down cities and towns. The markets plunge in 2020 and hit bottom in 2021.
Thanks to @thelovingdiet's post where she pointed out a blogger who has been studying the China response, it seems that China has had a remarkable turnaround due to their lockdowns. I doubt the US will ever do what China has done, so we may take longer to turn it around. China's authoritarian culture is able to control its millions. Here is a run down on what they have done there. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1237020518781460480.html
People in China are carefully controlled. Families stay home and passes are issued for going to the store. They put tape in elevators for only four persons per elevator ride. There are signs everywhere to help stop the epidemic.
The blogger is a Yale Professor with an impressive public health background.
Again, hydration is always a good idea, but that particular quote promotes a false sense of security with bad information. No harm in humidifying either.
Vitamin D3 IS clinically proven to boost immunity across the board. Elderberry is effective for flu (if you're not allergic to it, which I am), time will tell if it helps with coronaviruses, but again these both are harmless, so worth a try.
And before anyone says it: yes I know vitamin D toxicity exists, but I take 10,000 units a day (with vitamin K2 to aid absorption) and have never had toxicity-your mileage may vary. Yet and still I have been sick on and off since Dec. 9. I have also heard echinacea and golden seal can be helpful, but I'm also allergic to both of those too, so I avoid.
From Bergamo, the frontlines of the pandemic in Italy:
And if you can read Italian, the original:
I also want to add one of the doctor's paragraphs not translated, original first, I'll translate below:
"Ora, spiegatemi quale virus influenzale causa un dramma così rapido. Perché quella è la differenza (ora scendo un po’ nel tecnico): nell’influenza classica, a parte contagiare molta meno popolazione nell’arco di più mesi, i casi si possono complicare meno frequentemente, solo quando il VIRUS distruggendo le barriere protettive delle nostre vie respiratorie permette ai BATTERI normalmente residenti nelle alte vie di invadere bronchi e polmoni provocando casi più gravi. Il Covid 19 causa una banale influenza in molte persone giovani, ma in tanti anziani (e non solo) una vera e propria SARS perché arriva direttamente negli alveoli dei polmoni e li infetta rendendoli incapaci di svolgere la loro funzione. L’insufficienza respiratoria che ne deriva è spesso grave e dopo pochi giorni di ricovero il semplice ossigeno che si può somministrare in un reparto può non bastare."
"Now, please explain to me which flu virus causes such drama so quickly. Because that is the difference (now I get a little technical): in classic flu, aside from affecting fewer people over a longer period of months, cases are less frequently complicated, only when the VIRUS destroys the protective barriers of our respiratory system and allows the BACTERIA that are normally present to invade the bronchi and lungs are more serious cases provoked. COVID-19 causes a run-of-the-mill flu in many of the young, but in so many older people (and not only them) a true SARS occurs because it goes directly to the alveoli of the lungs and infects them, rendering them incapable of performing their usual functions. The respiratory distress that occurs is frequently very serious and after a few days of recovery the simple use of oxygen that can be administered on the ward may not be enough."
Are YOU there? If so, OMG
New Rochelle is outside the city limits, in Westchester County, just north of the Bronx.
It seems I've done everything wrong - forget the masks, forget the gloves. Now they say just wash hands and just do not touch your face! Perhaps this squirrel can epitomize the feeling. Okay, not exactly, it's not like the squirrel, but he's so cute and funny and he is trying so hard that I wanted an excuse to show him to you:
https://twistedsifter.com/videos/squirrel-slides-slowly-down-greased-bird-feeder/