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  • DAVE_M

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    I stopped by the Academy in Gretna a few days ago on a whim. There were literally 4 guns in the display case, and almost no ammo on the shelves.

    Did I miss the announcement about a zombie apocalypse or something?

    Artificial panic buying.

    I strolled into the local Academy one day when they first opened. Grabbed my limit of 9mm ammo and some 12ga, then overheard the gun counter clerk talking about how he had multiple people get denied the day before. The place just opened and there was already a line at the gun counter. At least 15 people looking at ammo with me.

    If you've been under a rock, go look online. Ammo and guns are OOS nearly everywhere.
     

    Bosco

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    https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/walmart-masks/index.html

    Walmart will require customers at all of its US stores to wear masks beginning next week, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

    Get ready for some awesome youtube vids

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    Bosco

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    Oh, I thought that there were 50 states in the country. I guess I should have paid better attention in school.
     

    jkingrph

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    I’m just tired of people thinking the mask is a magic talisman.

    No magic talisman, but look at it this way. If you are wearing a mask and I am wearing a mask, that is a double layer of protection!
     

    DAVE_M

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    What if you don’t know your sick? Can’t you still spread it before symptoms?


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    Good question.

    Social distancing and wearing a face covering seems to be the solution. People tend to forget about the former though.
     

    Bangswitch

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    That appears to be the main way it's been transmitted so far.

    That’s the excuse they are using the research if currently being done won’t have any conclusive results for some time. As a whole asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic contagion has been under-studied due to the difficulty of gaining this kind of data and the long held belief that if you don’t show symptoms or you’ve recovered from symptoms you’re not contagious. If I could find a way to bet on the outcome of studies that may not even be ongoing I would put my money transmission among asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic patients would be insignificantly low.

    That said there’s a bit of denial most of us experience when we start to notice minor symptoms and continue on with our agendas exposing those around us before we realize yep we’re sick. If I had to guess most cases are coming from this scenario.

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    Good question.

    Social distancing and wearing a face covering seems to be the solution. People tend to forget about the former though.

    Don’t for get hand and face hygiene.
     
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    ozarkpugs

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    Oh, I thought this forum was about Louisiana. My bad, I guess you should have paid better attention in school.
    The virus , like liberals socialist ideas , doesn't recognize state lines . What is being done to people in one state is likely to be tried in another and a lot of us have family , property and even businesses in La. and other states . People from La. venture out of state to hunt and shoot and visa versa . People from La . are members and comment on forums in other states and are not chastised but it seems like anytime someone who is living in another state has an opinion they are told this is a La. forum ,to be fair the California forum is almost as snobbish.

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    MTregre

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    I cut grass Tuesday morning, wearing a mask (as I always do). Two days later, my sinuses are finally calming down and I only blew dust out of my noise once this morning. But I am sure the mask stopped the Rona.
     

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    Even prior to reading this I was becoming more inclined to believe that no matter what the government or individuals do this virus was going to spread through most of the population, you will get it sooner or later, it's just a matter of how your body reacts to it. Most will survive with minor symptoms. Some will die and I think we are getting pretty close to predicting what that percentage will be.

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    Mike. In a recent post, you said you’ve been to Tennessee and Georgia, giving speeches and filming for your new show. Before that, you were on the road shooting for Dirty Jobs. Is it really so important to film a television show in the midst of pandemic? Is it responsible of you to encourage this kind of behavior when infection rates are spiking? Don’t you watch the news? More and more cases every day – aren’t you concerned?
    Darlene Gabon
    Hi Darlene
    Of course, I’m concerned. I’m just not petrified.
    On March 15th, the day after my part of the country was locked down, I posted a link to an interview with Dr. Michael Osterholm. I’m posting it again, because I believe you and everyone else in the country would benefit from listening carefully to what he has to say. https://bit.ly/2WLOM6o
    Dr. Osterholm is the Director of Infectious Disease Research and Policy. This is the same epidemiologist who ten years ago, predicted a coronavirus would come from China and turn our country upside down. In his book *Deadliest Enemies,* he described the utterly irresponsible way in which the media would report on the situation, the completely opportunistic and shamelessly political way our leaders would likely react, and the unprecedented chaos and confusion that would arise from all the mixed messages from the medical community. His resume is unexampled, https://bit.ly/2WCwqou, and his analysis of the situation is the most logical and persuasive of any I’d heard so far. He’s also the only expert I know of who hasn’t walked back his numbers, reconsidered his position, or moved the goalposts with regard to what we must do, what we can do, and what he expects to happen next. I say all of this because Dr. Osterholm also predicted that we could easily see 100 million COVID cases in this country, with a very strong possibility of 480,000 fatalities – even if we successfully *flattened the curve.*
    It took me a few weeks to accept this scenario, because 480,000 fatalities is a frightening number, and lot of other experts were saying lots of conflicting things. But eventually, I came to the conclusion that Dr. Osterholm was probably correct, and quickly navigated the four stages of grief that usually precede acceptance – denial, anger, bargaining, and depression. By late April, I had come to accept Dr. Osterholm’s predictions as a matter of fact. Since then, I’ve had three full months to come to terms with the fact that, a) I am probably going to get COVID-19 at some point, b), I am almost certainly going to survive it, and c), I might very well give it to someone else.
    I hope that doesn’t sound blasé, or glib, or fatalistic, or selfish. Four-hundred eighty thousand deaths is an obvious tragedy, and I’m deeply sympathetic to all who have been impacted thus far. I’m also very concerned for my parents, and everyone else in a high risk category. But when Dr. Osterholm says that COVID can be slowed, but not stopped, I believe him. When he says a vaccine will not necessarily hasten herd immunity, I believe him. And when he says that *flattening the curve* and eliminating the virus have nothing to do with each other, I believe him.
    Thus, for the last three months, I’ve been operating from the assumption that this is a year-round virus that’s eventually going to infect 100 million people and kill roughly 1/2 of one percent of those infected. I’ve gotten used to those numbers in much the same way I’ve gotten used to the fact that 40,000 people will likely die on the highways this year. That’s why I’m not panicked or surprised by tens of thousands of daily COVID cases; I’ve been expecting them. Unfortunately, many others have not. Every day, millions of people watch the same breathless coverage by the same breathless journalists, who seem determined to do all they can to foster uncertainty. And so, millions of people are still paralyzed by fear, because they haven’t been given a chance to digest the truth, (or, what I believe to be the truth.) Fact is, we can accept almost anything, if we’re given the facts, and enough time to get our heads around them. But if we don’t have an understanding of what’s really happening, we simply can’t get passed denial and bargaining, where so many seem to be stuck, understandably so.
    Imagine for a moment you had no idea how many people would die in car accidents this year. Now, imagine that every single accident – over six million a year in the US alone – were reported on the same way that every new COVID case is reported today. Imagine every day you were told in hysterical tones, that another 16,000 accidents had occurred, resulting in another 90 deaths per day. What would that do to your willingness to drive? Six million accidents is a lot of accidents, and 40,000 annual fatalities is a lot of death – especially if you don’t know how high that number could get. But we DO know the dangers of driving, and we’ve accepted those numbers. Consequently, we’re able to make a grown-up decision about whether or not we want to assume the associated risk of operating a motor vehicle.
    Again, don’t misunderstand. I’m not ignoring COVID, and I’m not pretending the risks at hand aren’t real. I don’t want to get this disease and give it to someone else, any more than I want to be in a car wreck and hurt someone else. So, I take precautions. I get tested often. If I can’t distance, I wear a mask – especially around higher risk people. I also wear a seatbelt, obey the speed limits, and check my mirrors before changing lanes. I’m aware that we’d all be a lot safer if we kept our cars in the garage. I’m also aware we’d be a lot safer if we all kept ourselves in the house. But that’s not why cars, or people, exist.
    Anyway Darlene, that’s a long way of saying that I have accepted Dr. Osterholm’s numbers, and now, after three months of acceptance, I’ve made a decision on how I wish to live my life. Sooner or later, you will too. We all will.
    Mike
     

    Gator 45/70

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    I cut grass Tuesday morning, wearing a mask (as I always do). Two days later, my sinuses are finally calming down and I only blew dust out of my noise once this morning. But I am sure the mask stopped the Rona.

    Same here,I didn't wear goggles while cutting grass.

    Woke up the next morning with all kinds of eye snot running out !
     

    Gator 45/70

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    Even prior to reading this I was becoming more inclined to believe that no matter what the government or individuals do this virus was going to spread through most of the population, you will get it sooner or later, it's just a matter of how your body reacts to it. Most will survive with minor symptoms. Some will die and I think we are getting pretty close to predicting what that percentage will be.

    Mike Rowe posted this.

    Mike Rowe - Posts
    6-8 minutes
    Mike. In a recent post, you said you’ve been to Tennessee and Georgia, giving speeches and filming for your new show. Before that, you were on the road shooting for Dirty Jobs. Is it really so important to film a television show in the midst of pandemic? Is it responsible of you to encourage this kind of behavior when infection rates are spiking? Don’t you watch the news? More and more cases every day – aren’t you concerned?
    Darlene Gabon
    Hi Darlene
    Of course, I’m concerned. I’m just not petrified.
    On March 15th, the day after my part of the country was locked down, I posted a link to an interview with Dr. Michael Osterholm. I’m posting it again, because I believe you and everyone else in the country would benefit from listening carefully to what he has to say. https://bit.ly/2WLOM6o
    Dr. Osterholm is the Director of Infectious Disease Research and Policy. This is the same epidemiologist who ten years ago, predicted a coronavirus would come from China and turn our country upside down. In his book *Deadliest Enemies,* he described the utterly irresponsible way in which the media would report on the situation, the completely opportunistic and shamelessly political way our leaders would likely react, and the unprecedented chaos and confusion that would arise from all the mixed messages from the medical community. His resume is unexampled, https://bit.ly/2WCwqou, and his analysis of the situation is the most logical and persuasive of any I’d heard so far. He’s also the only expert I know of who hasn’t walked back his numbers, reconsidered his position, or moved the goalposts with regard to what we must do, what we can do, and what he expects to happen next. I say all of this because Dr. Osterholm also predicted that we could easily see 100 million COVID cases in this country, with a very strong possibility of 480,000 fatalities – even if we successfully *flattened the curve.*
    It took me a few weeks to accept this scenario, because 480,000 fatalities is a frightening number, and lot of other experts were saying lots of conflicting things. But eventually, I came to the conclusion that Dr. Osterholm was probably correct, and quickly navigated the four stages of grief that usually precede acceptance – denial, anger, bargaining, and depression. By late April, I had come to accept Dr. Osterholm’s predictions as a matter of fact. Since then, I’ve had three full months to come to terms with the fact that, a) I am probably going to get COVID-19 at some point, b), I am almost certainly going to survive it, and c), I might very well give it to someone else.
    I hope that doesn’t sound blasé, or glib, or fatalistic, or selfish. Four-hundred eighty thousand deaths is an obvious tragedy, and I’m deeply sympathetic to all who have been impacted thus far. I’m also very concerned for my parents, and everyone else in a high risk category. But when Dr. Osterholm says that COVID can be slowed, but not stopped, I believe him. When he says a vaccine will not necessarily hasten herd immunity, I believe him. And when he says that *flattening the curve* and eliminating the virus have nothing to do with each other, I believe him.
    Thus, for the last three months, I’ve been operating from the assumption that this is a year-round virus that’s eventually going to infect 100 million people and kill roughly 1/2 of one percent of those infected. I’ve gotten used to those numbers in much the same way I’ve gotten used to the fact that 40,000 people will likely die on the highways this year. That’s why I’m not panicked or surprised by tens of thousands of daily COVID cases; I’ve been expecting them. Unfortunately, many others have not. Every day, millions of people watch the same breathless coverage by the same breathless journalists, who seem determined to do all they can to foster uncertainty. And so, millions of people are still paralyzed by fear, because they haven’t been given a chance to digest the truth, (or, what I believe to be the truth.) Fact is, we can accept almost anything, if we’re given the facts, and enough time to get our heads around them. But if we don’t have an understanding of what’s really happening, we simply can’t get passed denial and bargaining, where so many seem to be stuck, understandably so.
    Imagine for a moment you had no idea how many people would die in car accidents this year. Now, imagine that every single accident – over six million a year in the US alone – were reported on the same way that every new COVID case is reported today. Imagine every day you were told in hysterical tones, that another 16,000 accidents had occurred, resulting in another 90 deaths per day. What would that do to your willingness to drive? Six million accidents is a lot of accidents, and 40,000 annual fatalities is a lot of death – especially if you don’t know how high that number could get. But we DO know the dangers of driving, and we’ve accepted those numbers. Consequently, we’re able to make a grown-up decision about whether or not we want to assume the associated risk of operating a motor vehicle.
    Again, don’t misunderstand. I’m not ignoring COVID, and I’m not pretending the risks at hand aren’t real. I don’t want to get this disease and give it to someone else, any more than I want to be in a car wreck and hurt someone else. So, I take precautions. I get tested often. If I can’t distance, I wear a mask – especially around higher risk people. I also wear a seatbelt, obey the speed limits, and check my mirrors before changing lanes. I’m aware that we’d all be a lot safer if we kept our cars in the garage. I’m also aware we’d be a lot safer if we all kept ourselves in the house. But that’s not why cars, or people, exist.
    Anyway Darlene, that’s a long way of saying that I have accepted Dr. Osterholm’s numbers, and now, after three months of acceptance, I’ve made a decision on how I wish to live my life. Sooner or later, you will too. We all will.
    Mike

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