Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 04-15-2020, 04:45 AM

Indiana congressman says he's willing to let more Americans die to save economy
Favoring the economy over Americans' health "is the lesser of two evils," Rep. Trey Hollingsworth said.

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"It is always the American government's position to say, in the choice between the loss of our way of life as Americans and the loss of life, of American lives, we have to always choose the latter," he said.

From the day the very first settlers arrived the American way of life has never been worth preserving.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-15-2020, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It was like having hot motor oil with metal shavings in your lungs. Definitely fever and chills too, but the symptoms vary depending on how strong your immune system is.

No tips really other than hoping your immune system can fight it. That's all anyone has for it at this point, and if your immune system can't do it's job normally, you need to get to an ER so they can use what they've learned about it to help you.

Keep in mind I'm a 53 year old with a long history of smoking and drug abuse. I consider myself fortunate that I decided to try and get healthy a few years back.

If it wasn't for the fact it was mid January I'd be sure I'd had it as well. I basically had what you're describing and it lasted just over two weeks.

Honestly felt like my lungs were bleeding when I coughed.

Glad you are on the mend Planks.

Plankton · 04-15-2020, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

If it wasn't for the fact it was mid January I'd be sure I'd had it as well. I basically had what you're describing and it lasted just over two weeks.

Honestly felt like my lungs were bleeding when I coughed.

Glad you are on the mend Planks.

Thank you Fluff.

There were quite a few reported cases of people having the same symptoms before anyone realized what they were dealing with. I don't know. I can only speculate at this point, but I've never had a sickness like it.

Be well.

Plankton · 04-15-2020, 06:38 AM

I woke up, turned on the tele, and there's multi-vehicle (50+ in one of them) accidents on 2 of the main highways around Chicago this morning due to snow, freezing conditions, and a lack of salt trucks. I'm sure there's quite a few 'essential' people involved in those messes just trying to get to their collectively essential jobs.

Yoiks.

On another note: The curve in Illinois is flattening.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coro...ewide/2255763/

Psy-Fi · 04-15-2020, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Indiana congressman says he's willing to let more Americans die to save economy
Favoring the economy over Americans' health "is the lesser of two evils," Rep. Trey Hollingsworth said.

From the day the very first settlers arrived the American way of life has never been worth preserving.

George Carlin - Dumb Americans

Lisnaholic · 04-15-2020, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Update on my gf's mom.

She's on day 10. Her fever keeps coming back and forth but yesterday she had some tightness in her lungs. No trouble breathing but her cough was a little worse and it hurt. Doctor says it's part of the process. She's going to beat this f*cker unless one of those rapid deterioration cases happens. She's healthy and not overweight so I'm going to hope that doesn't happen as it's less likely.

We're almost through this but it's really just a warm up to having to most likely do this with my own parents, relatives, friends, my gf, and even myself.

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It creeped up on me real quick, but I believe it's a different spectrum based on a few variables. Mine started with a tinny or weird taste in my mouth for a few days, like when you feel like you're coming down with something, then I broke out with a few zits here and there which isn't too weird, but kinda out of the ordinary, then the dry cough, and finally came to full fruition with pain in the bottom of my lungs, which I thought was some sort of lower back issue, then the trouble breathing and fluid build up started that night. It lasted about 12 hours until my body started to recover to where I didn't think I was in danger.

Godspeed to her Exo.

^ Hope no-one minds if I cut and paste these from another thread. I'm very sorry to hear of your troubles, Exo and Plankton, but I'm also quoting you to introduce this simple tip for anyone who has the bad luck to get cv: lie on your stomach to help breathing:-

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/h...ing/index.html

Plankton · 04-15-2020, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Hope no-one minds if I cut and paste these from another thread. I'm very sorry to hear of your troubles, Exo and Plankton, but I'm also quoting you to introduce this simple tip for anyone who has the bad luck to get cv: lie on your stomach to help breathing:-

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/h...ing/index.html

I appreciate that Lisna. I'm not quite 100% yet, I still have that pain in my lungs but it's just a fraction of what it was, and breathing has been mostly normal. If symptoms return for any reason, this is good to know.

Always helpful and a gentleman at that.

Lisnaholic · 04-15-2020, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Always helpful and a gentleman at that.

^ Thanks. Right back atcha Plankton.

Plankton · 04-15-2020, 08:31 AM

A step in the right direction:

Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna Unveil Essential Workers Bill of Rights

Psy-Fi · 04-15-2020, 09:00 AM

Coronavirus tracking technology raises privacy concerns

04-15-2020, 06:38 AM	#1474 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I woke up, turned on the tele, and there's multi-vehicle (50+ in one of them) accidents on 2 of the main highways around Chicago this morning due to snow, freezing conditions, and a lack of salt trucks. I'm sure there's quite a few 'essential' people involved in those messes just trying to get to their collectively essential jobs. Yoiks. On another note: The curve in Illinois is flattening. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coro...ewide/2255763/ __________________ See location...

04-15-2020, 08:31 AM	#1479 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	A step in the right direction: Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna Unveil Essential Workers Bill of Rights __________________ See location...