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But the point of my post is this. Everyone needs to recognize the following: This disease has the potential to wipe out 10's if not 100's of thousands around the world. It has no political ideology, does not recognize borders or governments, races, religion, or socio-economic background.
Posturing and politicizing will not help the situation. Everyone needs to set their differences and opinions aside and work together to beat it. Having an opinion is fine, expressing it in relation to this pandemic to support a particular view is not.
We can kick each other's a$$e$ later, right now we need to do whatever we can to support ourselves, our friends, our neighbours and the rest of mankind to beat this thing.
Our own circumstance is interesting in that my wife and I are basically in house arrest/ isolation as a result of our recent travels. Upon crossing the border we were instructed by officials to self isolate for a period of 14 days. Now, there is really nothing to prevent us from moving about freely other than our general sense of abiding by the rules, but more importantly we feel a sense of moral duty to limit our exposure to the community in case we have been exposed to the virus. I even had serious misgivings about meeting up with Randy in Indiana, but we texted back and forth and he would have none of it so we agreed to a short meet.
So for the first time in our adult lives we are dependent on others, primarily our young adult daughter to help with our well being. She has shined like a champ in getting out and finding the necessities we need for the household and looking after some financial affairs for us and has taken it upon herself to develop a whole raft of activities and projects we can do together while we are house bound. It gives me a glimpse of the future perhaps, as we age and it gives me confidence that everything is going to be alright.
OK, now back to boat stuff!
2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
As for me I think I want to fly back to the Caribbean - forget COVID19 it's just too frickin cold up here! BTW.....just saw TV footage on a U.S. news channel of the beaches at Spring Break in Florida.....those kids don't seem fazed by the fuss!
Can't disagree with forum members who say we should be keeping politics separate from boating but I do find it really interesting to get the views of forum members on some of these topics as (IMO) the forum members are smart, honest and usually when disagreeing do it respectfully. FWIW.....I no longer trust any of the "mainstream" media to report events in an unbiased manner.
Link to a recent report from Imperial College London.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
The plant my dad works at makes the paper used in food production, like the paper a Twinkie sits on in the packaging. They have not even spoken about stopping production, they deal with food items so its a sterile work environment with frequent dhec checks anyway.
The plant my step mom works out us metting about temporary closure after they found out a production worker had a son living with her who just came in from Spain. Hes supposed to be in 14 day quarantine. They walked her out of the plant.
I guess we can all agree Tom Brady would look at home in an Astros uniform.
The protocol is that we keep a distance, have a separate washroom and we take our temperatures several times a day and watch for any symptoms. As long as everything checks out we're good to go. I've been talking to other people who report about the same experience. So it seems the self isolate thing is more to keep people in smaller group situations. Attached is the actual copy of the paper handed out to us at the border. No where on it does it say "Stay away from everybody", it's more "keep to yourselves as much as possible and if you see symptoms lock yourself up". Although we were told verbally to stick to home. Now part of the difference from PickleRick's example is the areas we visited weren't as hard hit and we didn't have to spend 10 hours jammed in an overseas flight.
On the way from the border we had no choice but to stop for gas and something to eat although we paid at the pump and stood well back while waiting for our takeout which I paid for by tapping my debit card so didn't even have to touch the machine. And so far, two days and feeling fine. In fact, I haven't had a drink since we arrived because if I do develop symptoms I want to know it's the virus and not the beer, so I guess a positive of this is that I'll lose a few pounds and have a clearer head for two weeks!.
2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
Trucks & Trains are keeping this country afloat right now. My company issued us a Federal exemption, that will allow us to travel still, incase a full Quarantine happens.
Expect numbers to change tomorrow for test results.
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
I know that was a joke, but it's FAR from chlorine ... that stuff is a pretty nasty chemical. I'd rather be drinking chlorine!
Boat Name: King Kong
"Boat + Water = Fun"