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#1: Esso    To: Lod, 4um (#0)

Total US Deaths down 10% in the First Three Weeks of March Year over Year

Interesting, maybe everybody's too afraid to die.

Reduced automobile travel may play a part.

Esso posted on 2020-04-08 16:27:11   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Fred Mertz    To: Lod (#0)

That's positive news for a change. Thanks.

I suppose we can speculate on the dozens of reasons, primarily based on limited personal contact.

I saw a headline that kid abuse is rising and that doesn't surprise me either.

Gasoline was $1.299 last I saw.

Kids not in school and teachers not instructing is something new to the equation. Maybe some online stuff.

Fred Mertz posted on 2020-04-08 17:30:08   Reply   Private Reply

#3: StraitGate    To: Esso (#1)

Total US Deaths down 10% in the First Three Weeks of March Year over Year

Maybe everybody already died in February.

StraitGate posted on 2020-04-08 18:54:19   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Lod    To: Fred Mertz, Esso, 4um (#2)

Maybe if they gave everyone a week's worth of HCQ tabs to use if any symptoms developed, we could end this mess in ten days or less.

I'm ready for it to end.

Lod posted on 2020-04-08 19:01:57   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Fred Mertz    To: StraitGate (#3)

Maybe everybody already died in February.

A friend believes he had it in December now that this is primary news for weeks.

He was laid out for some days with some respiratory symptoms too. He thought it was a bad cold or flu. We talked about two days ago.

I hope he's not contagious; I'm pretty sure he's not since he's fine now. I'm not sure how this immunity thing works once you have it and survive.

Fred Mertz posted on 2020-04-08 22:34:46   Reply   Private Reply

#6: StraitGate    To: Fred Mertz (#5)

A friend believes he had it in December

Interesting. Glad to hear your friend is fine now.

My daughter believes that she and her family all went through it in January, and my wife and I were both sick then, too.

More and more people are saying the same thing now -- maybe they had early corona -- some looking back as far as November or December.

Who knows?

StraitGate posted on 2020-04-08 22:42:58   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Lod    To: StraitGate, Fred Mertz, 4um (#6)

A friend in NOLA just wrote that she tested positive, then doubled up C and Zinc and is now feeling much better but fatigued.

She's the only one I know who's actually "tested" positive.

Lod posted on 2020-04-08 23:08:18   Reply   Private Reply

#8: StraitGate    To: Lod (#7)

Glad to hear she's feeling better. Does she know of the hydroxychloroquine / azithromycin / zinc treatment if C and zinc alone don't do the trick?

StraitGate posted on 2020-04-08 23:18:40   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Fred Mertz    To: Lod, StraitGate, CynicOM (#7)

I honestly don't know how this testing stuff works. I saw that there were a few scam drive-throughs on the local news.

The VA sent an alert that there will be no face-to-face doctor visits for a period of time. I'm healthy for an older guy with bad habits.

Gonna get another beer and a cig.

This isolation stuff is wearing me down.

Edit: I know no one infected personally either. Henry, my mechanic, thinks he may have had it.

Fred Mertz posted on 2020-04-08 23:19:30   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Lod    To: StraitGate (#8)

Thanks, and yes, she's taken the red pill.

Lod posted on 2020-04-08 23:32:42   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Lod    To: Fred Mertz, health nuts, 4um (#9)

Gonna get another beer and a cig.

Solid plan, the alcohol will help sterilize the gut while the smoke will create a hostile environment for any viruses.

I endorse, support, and practice this action plan for better health.

Lod posted on 2020-04-08 23:36:34   Reply   Private Reply