Corona - Practical info

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Anyways hand washing, practical tips shopping strategy etc. should go here. Everything else like stats, theories you can't immediately act on personally leave in the other one please.

Best is to avoid people altogether, keep 2-3m distance in shops and outside

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/disea...el-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public






face masks work only when you're already sick AFAIK and when in frequent contact with sick people. And high standard respirators that do work are impossible to get.

Anyways
I already had a cold and was in isolation for 2 weeks prior to Corona hitting europe
So 3 weeks without seeing people now, and finally getting healthy....

I had an idea for A VIRTUAL DRINKING PARTY with my friends
- we have a group of around 10-15 people in Prague we do stuff with all the time. The entire country will likely be quarantined now so it's a good time for that

How would that work though? Just video call using google hangouts, everyone has a bottle, do drinking games?
Advantage is hangouts is that it has desktop, iphone and android versions all compatible AFAIK?

think this is a feasible idea? Are there online board games or sth that we could do?
It's a mix of guys and girls so playing CS or Dota not really an option

Think we'll have to come up with ideas like this to stay sane, believe me It's my 3rd week of quarantine and it's very easy to burnout

social distancing #1 not even close

On March 15 2020 14:37 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Best is to avoid people altogether, keep 2-3m distance in shops and outside face masks work only when you're already sick AFAIK and when it frequent contact with sick people

+1

practical info continued

- are you guys doing groceries for your parents? or are you finding some way to get food delievered?

-are you guys going to continue going to the gym or just stay at home and do pushups for awhile?

Well I've been home for 3 weeks now so I'm a bit of an expert
Gyms are closed here and damn should be - handling weights you just have to contact add sweat on top and it's a very high risk environment.

I've started home workouts

Just set 500-1000 reps and alternate exercises daily
Do shadow boxing, pretend I'm an MMA fighter
It works well for core if you stand on one leg
I throw ball against the wall, do this perverted gymnastics routine just jerking the ball around lol (I'm a goalkeeper so it's less weird when I do it)
I've filled my 2.2l Jugg and mimic core workouts I'd do with cable pulls.
And then standard Pushups and squats


Also stretching is vital when you just sit at home
I don't do it, I'm fucked
got this yoga tai chi hybrid routine
Big yoga ball I sit on here and there
And foam rollers and heating gel for shoulders to get rid of tension
I'm thinking of ordering resistance cables too now

My gym is super small, doesnt even have a barbell bench press. Most of the time I go there (off-peak hours) there are like 2-3 ppl in there with me which is why I posted that.

I guess for most other ppl you guys go to a pretty large gym with tons of people in it. Still, probably best that I don't go for awhile kind of sucks

On March 15 2020 15:06 hiems wrote: practical info continued - are you guys doing groceries for your parents? or are you finding some way to get food delievered?

My only solo living older relative has a vietnamese shop 20m from her house she goes to
She's 94 years old
and has a nurse and cleaners coming 2x per week

The commercial food deliveries have very long waiting times now which sucks
- I'd try to get some social worker service

On March 15 2020 15:17 hiems wrote: My gym is super small, doesnt even have a barbell bench press. Most of the time I go there (off-peak hours) there are like 2-3 ppl in there with me which is why I posted that. I guess for most other ppl you guys go to a pretty large gym with tons of people in it. Still, probably best that I don't go for awhile kind of sucks

my one's small also off peak there's just me and 1-2 other guys.
Thing is it stays on surfaces for a long time apparently and you can't prevent getting infected much with all the sweat spraying when you lift

The government BANNED all gyms and health clubs from opening here, there probably was a reason for that

What's Your shopping strategy guys
- do you just order online? It takes a week+ for delivery here
- do you hoard long time basics like rice pasta and flour (that i don't like eating)
- what times are best to go to avoid people?

I'll just WALK to a supermarket that's away from cluttered shopping centre
probably monday 11am ish when people work and shelves are still full
stay away from people by 2-3 metres
sanitise with gel maybe even during shopping so I avoid touching face with the virus

Pay contactless
And pray to fuck the cashier worker isn't infected already
- what else can one do
- self-pay terminals are just in a large shopping centre I want to avoid


And what do I do with the bought stuff...people probably touch everything can I somehow disinfect frozen veg packages and shit???
Already feel like my mouth tastes like hand sanitiser now

Thanks for doing this guys, as mentioned, hope we are nut cases.

About the part with the masks, as far as I can tell, masks are IMPORTANT prior to infection as well. I had a longer talk with someone that I consider a semi-expert on this. You cannot be 100% protected but clearly masks can help in case you have to go to the super market. Do not think it is useless from what I gathered. Your eyes are important, not only mouth/nose. Don't underestimate this as far as I can tell. I will try to add good info at a later point when I feel more assured that my input is helpful and valid.

oh MY GOD THE SPREAD IS INCREASING WE'VE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF THREADS IN 4 DAYS THE END IS NEAR SOMEONE QUARANTINE GENERAL FORUM

On March 14 2020 12:09 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Theres like 5 people here we don't need two fucking threads chief :D

gym is prolly one of the places you really don't want to go to, even if it's just a small place.

starsNJ traffic booming lol

On March 15 2020 15:59 lebowski wrote: Show nested quote + On March 14 2020 12:09 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Theres like 5 people here we don't need two fucking threads chief :D

Well you got me
just didn't want to waste my fucking precious time I could spend wanking or binging more shows trying to find useful info in a barrage of theorycrafting

We got mandatory face cover in public transport now
Any good guides on how to make a face mask? I'm a total noob :/

buy one ?

On March 16 2020 16:16 drone666 wrote: buy one ?

Can't. Even police and medical staff can't get them

n95 respirators are a very good idea

Don't be fooled by the surgeon's general recommendation/lies about they not working, they are mandatory in all of the countries that slowed infections, sure scarcity and saving them for medical teams is a good argument, but lying that they don't work isn't, n95 respirators reduce your odds of getting infected

On March 17 2020 07:26 Baalim wrote: n95 respirators are a very good idea Don't be fooled by the surgeon's general recommendation/lies about they not working, they are mandatory in all of the countries that slowed infections, sure scarcity and saving them for medical teams is a good argument, but lying that they don't work isn't, n95 respirators reduce your odds of getting infected

You guys aren't listening, you cannot buy them anywhere. Not N95, not anti dust face masks even.

Face cover is mandatory in public transport, and they recommended people make their own or use a scarf. Cloth businesses have en exemption from ban (everything but food + pharmacies, and flower shops the prime minister owns a big chain of) so people can sow their own

I'm not fucking going to one though as people will congregate there

I've got 3 paper based face masks left
I seal them with skintape because they have gaps
but they can't be disinfected without destroying them I think


Just got to make my own out of an old T shirt now it seems

I'm going for walks and just go without a mask there avoid people

But Supermarket I wore it + had sanitiser in my front pocket kept disinfecting after touching anything because I have a habit of touching my face. Not just about getting infected but I've had a cold and as I'm learning you're just a cunt if you don't wear one + sanitise hands or wear gloves corona outbreak or not when you go shopping

stay safe man. Maybe you can do home deliveries. I think we just stay inside and wait a week to see what happens. If the world burns, we stay inside. If not we can figure out other approaches.

Elon Musk retweeted this:
https://www.elsevier.com/__data/asset...48/COVID-19-Drug-Therapy_Mar-2020.pdf

We have 400 cases in country
Shit testing
So more like 20x
Most in my city like 200? So what 5000-10000 people in Prague? I live away from foreigner heavy area so cur that in half
5000 in 1mill 0.5% people I meet have it?

On March 17 2020 23:11 FiSheYe wrote: stay safe man. Maybe you can do home deliveries. I think we just stay inside and wait a week to see what happens. If the world burns, we stay inside. If not we can figure out other approaches. Elon Musk retweeted this: https://www.elsevier.com/__data/asset...48/COVID-19-Drug-Therapy_Mar-2020.pdf

Elon musk lost a lof credibility in the last few weeks with his tweets protecting his stock price

As I mentioned before. People love to follow "Experts" and if you are an expert in something, people want to think you are good at other things.
That is why stars can give their thoughts on things and others take it as gospel.

Elon is super smart but he has like 3 divorces and 6 children that he barely has time to see. Would you take marriage counseling from him? Dating advice ?
Why would you take his advise on pandemics ? You can listen to him, read his tweets but don't mistake him for someone who really has a clue about this (not talking to you Baalim, just to whoever hasn't understood this)

On March 17 2020 23:11 FiSheYe wrote: stay safe man. Maybe you can do home deliveries. I think we just stay inside and wait a week to see what happens. If the world burns, we stay inside. If not we can figure out other approaches. Elon Musk retweeted this: https://www.elsevier.com/__data/asset...48/COVID-19-Drug-Therapy_Mar-2020.pdf

The measures will show effect in 7-20 days or something, there's a lag between restrictions and results

Btw a tip I fucked up with - make a shopping list, seriously
I went to a supermarket Monday
And realised I forgot vital stuff and 2 days later have to go again dammit.

Ordering online takes a couple weeks now, all the grocery chains are clogged up - I have ordered uber eats and they come in 30 mins but not grocery stores

And I feel like eating takeout junk food is bad for immunity anyways, probably worth the supermarket trip.


And I have 3 face masks left

Brazil here we just starting now in my city...this blows

Fucking hell
feel like high altitude mountain climber
Public transport still has people within 1m next to each other so I walk to go shopping
2km doesn't sound much but it's downhill

And steep elevation when going back
With heavy bags and backpack (have a video drinking party with friends on Friday so full of beers )
And I have a anti dust mask I used tape to seal so it's hard to breathe fast

And now I feel amazing, like I climbed Mount Everest - no need for another workout today, thanks Wuhan Virus!

Nothing like getting yourself winded and breathing in all the sweaty gunk in your weeks old homemade t-shirt mask to stay healthy

On March 18 2020 15:49 Santafairy wrote: Nothing like getting yourself winded and breathing in all the sweaty gunk in your weeks old homemade t-shirt mask to stay healthy

Agreed! <3