Things are getting out of hand here at work! A CNC guy took vacation to Iceland and returned today and the company told him to go home and call in next Monday to see if he could com back to work! He wasn't sick he went out of the country and came back. Oh boy
PREACH BROTHER @KIRBSTER269!!! I have survived so much s_hit in my life that a virus doesn't scare me in the least bit.
I already know what is going to take me to the otherside when my life ends. It will be racing my motorcycle and I am accepting of that fact. What I do is dangerous on a good day. We preach about how much safer it is than being on the streets, and it is to a point, but we are pushing ourselves and our equipment to the razors edge of what we are capable of and sometimes it does go all wrong. I have seen and experienced that firsthand recently. But that is my choice in how I want to live my life. I will not go holed up in a corner of my house trying to escape death, I'll be charging at death daring it to try and take me.
More to the point, this is all being blown way out of proportions. Precautions should be taken but I think it has gone way too far. Good example: The Daytona 200 motorcycle race is supposed to be this weekend (today actually). Everybody arrived, unpacked, practiced, and did 3 rounds of qualifying. As soon as they got back from Q3, they gathered everybody together and said it was canceled (postponed till October actually). There are a few teams there but most of the riders are privateers from all around the WORLD (not just USA) that paid for all of this out of their own pocket and now have no way to recoup their money. I know a lot of people down there right now and they are furious. To be clear, it was the Florida that canceled it, not the organizers, and the racers will get their race fees refunded or applied to October but they have no way to recoup the travel costs which tends to be more than the race fees.
KIRBSTER269 : no idea about the duration... They close all shops except foods, bars, restaurants, sports areas...
And I think they will say that we must stay at home tonight, like in Italia...
I still don't understand...
I sure am enjoying the calm in the storm! Went out for a drive in Southern California and for the first time in a long time.... I hit 65mph. The roads were empty!
I don't want to sound paranoid, but if you do the math... it's a real concern. Millions could die by the time a vaccine is figured out.
Models are predicting a 75% infection rate globally.
As an example, within the USA= 360million population.
Of the 360million: 51 million are over 60 years of age.
If 75% of these high-risk seniors contract the disease, and at the projected percentages of deaths for those age groups, anywhere from
Death Rate of 60-69 year olds= 3.6% applied to the whole population of over 60 = 1,377,000 potential deaths
Death rate of 80+ year olds= 14.8% applied to whole population of over 60 = 5,660,000 potential deaths
This is just in the USA
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases/
Do YOU know anyone who is over 60, or has preexisting conditions like Diabetes, Heart conditions, high blood pressure, lung/respriatory issues (like COPD)? Tell them to isolate like their life depends on it, as it likely does.
I'm considered non-essential, so i'm working remotely until i absolutely have to go in. can't be better! staying at home with the wifey 11 year old, and our awesome 3 year old is great!
