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Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
alright so i've got beans for days - now what exactly are these used for again? some sort of suppository?

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poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Just munch on them raw

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Shaocaholica posted:

Stay at home watching zombie and virus movies to get in that mindset.

Oh god, they're coming! Oh god no, the Millenial Zombies!! They will stop at nothing to satiate there never ending hunger for rear end! Run, RUN! They want to eat rear end, RUN!

Mithaldu
Sep 25, 2007

Let's cuddle. :3:
For purposes of calming people down it may be good to mention that coronavirus doesn't like warm and dry weather?

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

poverty goat posted:

Just munch on them raw

the beans broke my teeth so have replaced them in my mouth now

Arsenic Lupin
Apr 12, 2012

This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.


Mozi posted:

the beans broke my teeth so have replaced them in my mouth now

Noob. Use dried corn, it matches better. Also, the CDC has a hilarious chart of facial hair, with names, explaining which ones can be worn with respirators.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf

It's very silly because it boils down to "no beards, mustaches have to fit completely inside the respirator."

Trainee PornStar
Jul 20, 2006

I'm just an inbetweener

Nurge posted:

This guy here is definitely going to be running across open ground at your sniper slits. Keep an eye out.

At this point I'm conscripting every fat kid that can't outrun me for that duty..

Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

Mithaldu posted:

For purposes of calming people down it may be good to mention that coronavirus doesn't like warm and dry weather?

We don't really know that yet, it's just a reasonable guess based on other viruses of that type and method of transmission.

(Also viruses dislike warm and humid weather the most, not dry.)

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Trainee PornStar posted:

At this point I'm conscripting every fat kid that can't outrun me for that duty..

why waste perfectly good meat

Trainee PornStar
Jul 20, 2006

I'm just an inbetweener

poverty goat posted:

why waste perfectly good meat

Duel duty.... cannon fodder/meats back on the menu boys!!

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



There's no need to rush the compound guys. They assume going in that they're competent, because american life has always treated them as though wealth was a good measure of competence, but in fact the rich can barely wipe their own asses. With the exception possibly of the army survivalist, they are guaranteed to be utterly incapable of rising to the kind of frontier lifestyle that will be required to sustain them once the old-world perishable goods start to run out. Within a year of the collapse that house will be lord of the flies, and the army guy will likely wind up eating everyone.

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007

Check out the infection to death rate in SK vs Italy



stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Is this number for real? That works out to 17 cent per American.

Haramstufe Rot
Jun 24, 2016

gently caress I refreshed too quickly, but I just got an ad on SA for a cruise shipline

"Stena Line

Roam freely"



lmao

thank you thread

coronavirus
Jan 27, 2020

by Cyrano4747

There Bias Two posted:

lol you are out of your mind. This isn't some sort of purge scenario. It's just a nasty flu, nothing more or less.

People started to break into houses with people home and get into shootouts just for Katrina (although a serious crisis, a localized one with people having the knowledge that food and medicine was only a state away) . If this thing actually gets widespread in the USA you can bet there is going to be some serious crazy people shooting each other.

porfiria
Dec 10, 2008

by Modern Video Games
Is this thing any more lethal or virulent than the average annual flu?

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

porfiria posted:

Is this thing any more lethal or virulent than the average annual flu?

Yeah it is more lethal

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

all neckbeards will die.

https://twitter.com/klgthomas/status/1232705168937906177

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

Pick posted:

Yeah it is more lethal

Only if you're 55+

Seph
Jul 12, 2004

Please look at this photo every time you support or defend war crimes. Thank you.

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

Check out the infection to death rate in SK vs Italy





selection_bias.txt

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

The closest I could find to my beard is the Bandholz. How dare they leave Gandalf off the list.

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004




proof that god exists and is bent on destruction of the infidels

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

Adolph "Toothbrush" Hitler gets a checkmark from the CDC

LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

Beautiful People Club


poverty goat posted:

proof that god exists and is bent on destruction of the infidels

Apparently Hitler had the toothbrush mustache because he used to have a bigger one but had to cut off the sides so it would fit inside a gas mask. Will this pandemic be enough to bring the toothbrush mustache back? no

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Pffft, Michael Jordan tried breathing life back into the toothbrush stache years ago. That poo poo isn't coming back except among white supremacists.

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

The closest I could find to my beard is the Bandholz. How dare they leave Gandalf off the list.

Bird nests don't count as a style.

frogge
Apr 7, 2006


All the preparedness I care to do is pick up a few days worth of water jugs, maybe some calorie free Gatorade to get those electrolytes back in me if I get sick and barfy, and like a Costco pallet of instant ramen. I don't imagine this is going to require any more prep than that, because so much of this is out of our control at this point, and a lot of this prepper stuff is just to trick ourselves into feeling like we have any control of our outcomes.

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

stephenthinkpad posted:

Is this number for real? That works out to 17 cent per American.

Those are the biggest line-items, the total budget request is $137m, or about 42 cents per American. This is of course after gutting the responsible agencies for 3 years running.

Lacrosse
Jun 16, 2010

>:V


I'm panic cleaning my house because I don't want to be dying in a pile of my own belongings when I inevitably get a visit from Corona-chan

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺
I live in a village with one road in and out of town and it floods super easy so I already have a massive cupboard full of awful food I hope I never have to eat. Get on my level dickheads. I did stock up on medications and toilet paper though but we are also expecting heavy rainfall this week so it was a bit of a 2fer

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Mozi posted:

and 3) doesn't really matter if you're in a vulnerable age group or have pre-existing conditions

It actually matters a lot; if the 15% case fatality rate in >80 year-olds is actually 1% because most old people who caught it had mild symptoms and didn't bother seeking treatment, then that'd be a big deal.

Rosalind posted:

There's been a lot of scary talk of coronavirus this week (some of it in this thread). I'm an epidemiologist so I wrote up a brief no-fearmongering guide to coronavirus for everyone. I will try to keep it updated as new information/news comes out. Let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything I should add!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Qr3rDNIInT9QRmN2GKyo_EY2r3psBshsdL7J8po_i4/edit?usp=sharing

You forgot to mention that it's primarily spread through farts

porfiria posted:

Is this thing any more lethal or virulent than the average annual flu?

Much more lethal, much more virulent, and spreads much more easily than average annual flu, according to the numbers. Also you can sort of assume that it's bad from huge mega-cities in China going into full quarantine mode. But still probably not going to kill you or anyone you know

Iron Crowned posted:

Only if you're 55+

No; it's more lethal in literally every demographic, but the case fatality rate is still pretty low if you're not old (e.g. 0.2% CFR is low but still 10x higher than 0.02%)

Hopper
Dec 28, 2004

BOOING! BOOING!
Grimey Drawer
And we have 7 new cases in Germany as of Tuesday. One guy was infected by another because they had contact at a carnival celebration apparently. Judging by the average number of people crowded at carnival dos we are probably hosed...

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

QuarkJets posted:

It actually matters a lot; if the 15% case fatality rate in >80 year-olds is actually 1% because most old people who caught it had mild symptoms and didn't bother seeking treatment, then that'd be a big deal.

that's a pretty huge assumption but i suppose only now that it's in SK and Italy will we have good data to show one way or another

as someone who likes their parents i certainly hope you are correct

Mozi fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Feb 26, 2020

it dont matter
Aug 29, 2008

Everyone laughed at my toothbrush tache but they won't be laughing anymore, not with all the coughing they'll be doing.


Was Boris Johnson there or is it another thing ruined by brexit?

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Mozi posted:

that's a pretty huge assumption but i suppose only now that it's in SK and Italy will we have good data to show one way or another

it's not a huge assumption, it's actually why epidemiologists advise against trying to calculate fatality rates during the early days of an outbreak: the people who need to seek treatment are usually just the tip of the iceberg but during the outbreak there aren't enough resources to go and accurately figure out how many people caught the infection but didn't need treatment.

Basically we we know that the denominators are all underestimated, we just don't know by how much. It could be negligible. It could be a fuckton.

Play
Apr 25, 2006

Strong stroll for a mangy stray
what if I just seal up all my holes so the virus has nowhere to get in?? I'm thinking of taking some surfboard epoxy and just going to town on my orifices until I'm all sealed up. Basically the human body equivalent of barricading your house. Thoughts?

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺
I would recommend plumbers glue. You can use it to seal up nasty cuts so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work to seal yourself up like a plastic bag so you can inflate yourself like a balloon and float away from this hell world

CassandraZara
Oct 21, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

Books On Tape posted:

Our plan is kinda one of stages.

1) Now: start slowly phasing in light social distancing and improved hygienic habits. View large crowd gatherings as risk/reward scenarios.

2) Spreading begins stateside: Telecommute. Shelter in place mostly. Social distancing and Light PPE when in public. Establish decon station in garage w/ crude "scrub station" to keep inside home "clear". Stage 2 bins with important personal items, have 2 large bins ready for clothes (Odds: Likely)

3) Spreading begins locally: Firm shelter in place. Stage clothes, supplies & be prepared to roll to a buddy's house on short notice. IF either of us needs to leave, full PPE and scrub in when returning home. (Odds: 50 / 50 of happening)

4) Quarantine / Instability: If we see threat of forced quarantine / local travel restriction / Localized looting, we will load clothes/supplies/weapons/personal bins into our two vehicles, secure the house, and relocate to a buddy's house about 4 miles away per an agreed upon plan. (Odds: Highly unlikely)

Secondary / Emergency Location: He, his wife, and 2yo son live in a 9000 square foot brick home in a very nice neighborhood. It sits atop a hill at the end of a cove with great sight lines in all directions.

He's in the military, is a weapons expert. He's got 2+ years of food, more ammo than we could ever need, reloading bench, a nice garden, honey bees, significant medical supplies, an extensive whiskey collection, roughly 500gal water storage (bottled, 2x 55gal drums, 4x water BOBs), plus rainwater collection system tied into his gutters and a large water purification system. HE is a "prepper", albeit a very normal dude. His wife is a military/civilian pilot as well. You'd never guess any of this meeting them or walking around their house, which is by design.

We will have 4-5 couples (all close friends) there to share watch/duties with plenty of bedrooms/space for everyone. Each would be coming in with ~2+ months of supplies. We could comfortably shelter in place for extended period there, and properly defend it if anyone who didn't prepare decided to get nosy.

Lol your wife is going to being to your milspec "friend"

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

There Bias Two posted:

Bird nests don't count as a style.

If my wizard beard knew magic...

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Pitdragon
Jan 20, 2004
Just another lurker

Play posted:

what if I just seal up all my holes so the virus has nowhere to get in?? I'm thinking of taking some surfboard epoxy and just going to town on my orifices until I'm all sealed up. Basically the human body equivalent of barricading your house. Thoughts?

seems like a good first step, but you will also need to be armed to the teeth to stop the looters that are most certainly going to be marauding through the streets. i suggest replacing your teeth with tiny cannons that you can operate with your tongue

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