Conavirus......

Bae, I find that there are two calm and in depth sources of daily update. Medcram and Dr. John Campbell on Youtube. They are gathering and summarizing many sources of data and giving easy to understand updates. I have found the US sources full of assumptions, sensationalism, and just plain bad info.

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Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife

I FINALLY have a day off! Just came back from Food City where I took a wheeled cart and started stocking up on canned goods and tp while such is still easily available. Next up are herbal immune boosters and cat food. Thanks to Mexico I have meds stockpiled and so does SO.

Frankly, I'm getting worried. Austria now has three confirmed cases now and when I spoke to my Cousin Astrid late night last night she dropped the superior air she usually uses with me as she does have better citizenship. She was very human and very concerned. And now Mexico has two confirmed cases - one in Mexico City and one in Sinaloa State.

As Teacher Terry stated above, my job - and SO's - are very dependent on tourism and therefore vulnerable. Thankfully we've been saving money and thankfully I have places I can stay in Mexico should things end out crazier here than in Mexico. That said, introvert that I am, I do embrace the idea of being quarantined/locked down. I could use a break from society, I really could. Right now any travel plans have been put on hold, though I would still go to Algodones - this could change going forward. It's amazing to me that not too far off it may be problematic to access the human rights of saner costs in Mexico - one of the fundamentals of my life. But.....should things get serious, we'll all have to give things up. At least I have no shortage of reading material at home.

Stay safe and healthy everyone, as best you can. Rob

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Austria! Mexico!

Today DH mentioned he may flee to Cuba if he catches Coronavirus because the health care system is so good there, you know.

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Originally Posted by sweetana3

Bae, I find that there are two calm and in depth sources of daily update. Medcram and Dr. John Campbell on Youtube. They are gathering and summarizing many sources of data and giving easy to understand updates. I have found the US sources full of assumptions, sensationalism, and just plain bad info.

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I've been following the daily Medcram updates since you first recommended it. He gets a little technical at times but it's a very good information supplement without any hype.

IL, I'd tell him to try somewhere other than Cuba. My friend watched his pregnant mother get kicked in the stomach by Castro's soldiers during the takeover. He was six.

And what do you know it people are working sick here. Like I said it does some good to have paid sick time, but it really doesn't mean that people will stay home sick unless they are on deaths door. At least it might keep those who feel like they are on deaths door out of the workplace!!!

But as is people want to use all their time off including sick time for the beach or something. It's not mature or adult but hey people are idiots duh. It is EVER THUS in my experience. If there was more than sick time but also a truly generous vacation policy (4-5 weeks might do it) so that people weren't saving their sick days for extra vacation time THEN maybe peoples coming to work sick would improve, maybe ... But decades of working and I've seldom seen more than 2 weeks vacation time, have to go to another country for that.

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And what do you know it people are working sick here. Like I said it does some good to have paid sick time, but it really doesn't mean that people will stay home sick unless they are on deaths door. At least it might keep those who feel like they are on deaths door out of the workplace!!!

But as is people want to use all their time off including sick time for the beach or something. It's not mature or adult but hey people are idiots duh. It is EVER THUS in my experience. If there was more than sick time but also a truly generous vacation policy (4-5 weeks might do it) so that people weren't saving their sick days for extra vacation time THEN maybe peoples coming to work sick would improve, maybe ... But decades of working and I've seldom seen more than 2 weeks vacation time, have to go to another country for that.

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Before retiring I had 5 weeks of annual vacation, 6 annual personal days, 4 annual personal holidays and one week of paid time off for plant shutdown in the summer, plus 10 sick days per year. That's 8 weeks of paid time off without counting sick time. Before that I also had 5 weeks annual vacation and personal days bringing the total paid time off to 6 weeks. And before that I was in the military where I received 30 days of paid leave each year. Most everyone I know had similar, right here in the good ol' USA!

I have 10 vacation days and 3 sick days a year (3 paid sick days a year are required under California law, no vacation time is required), no other personal time off, paid national holidays of course. I budget a couple of those 10 vacation days in case of sickness which could take more than 3 days afterall. It makes me livid that others come to work sick. But it happens ALL THE TIME.

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Austria! Mexico!

Today DH mentioned he may flee to Cuba if he catches Coronavirus because the health care system is so good there, you know.

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IL, as I've stated before - realistically we don't live in the same country. Please respect this. I can accept that you may find some of what I post to be out there. Granted. The kicker us that in my country, what I have posted is mundane and everyday - akin to talking about the weather. Like they say in Spanish - Asi es la vida. Rob

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IL, I'd tell him to try somewhere other than Cuba. My friend watched his pregnant mother get kicked in the stomach by Castro's soldiers during the takeover. He was six.

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But they have government health care, that is all that matters.

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Well, a few days ago, State and local governments were moving along relatively smoothly, using protocols and such established during the Ebola outbreak, and I was fairly happy about the state of affairs.

With the Federal government stepping up with some top-notch know-nothings yesterday, and clamping down on information flow and testing/reporting protocols, I am much less happy. It's as if they took everything we learned from the Ebola situation, and all that has been developed since then to deal with these things, and thrown it out the back door.

Good luck.

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Yeah, tamping down on information. Disgusting... trump needs to go! He hollowed out the government so there is no one who knows what to do.