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My daughter is in Southeast Asia and like many of us I'm reading everything about COVID-19
Lookup 冠狀病毒 or guānzhuàng bìngdú and you will find videos and images suppressed by news organizations. If that doesn't take you on a rabbit hole to washing your hands, then you are dulled out. The Chinese spelling and traditional Mandarin on Twitter for example is frightening.
Locals in Orange County California seem to be going about their daily tasks with less attendance than normal. A few have taken to hoarding toilet paper. I myself cancelled trip to San Antonio for #AWP20 and speaking at a Mortgage Banker's National meeting. I don't see the need to get on an airplane and worry.
Worry is bad for your health.
Being ready is how we live.
So from my research of reading thousands of posts the World Health Organization and lessor so
the Centers for Disease Control are the best sources for information on the spread of the disease.
What we know:
Cannot trust numbers from China
Washing your hands, I mean scrubbing like a surgeon
see video here if you are unclear about how much soap scrubs every surface:
It is inconclusive how much sanitary wipes, and hand sanitizer are effective as they
target bacteria not virus. Assume it's better than nothing when there is no soap and water.
The virus lives on surfaces for a long time- desk, doorknob, light switch, and your phone need to
be cleaned. Humans sneezing or coughing can spread air borne droplets.
Those with health compromises or the elderly are at risk. Those under fifty five years old with
good lungs may get it and not know; but they carry it around,and share viral particles. Assume smokers (yes even vape) and those who live in polluted air are at higher risk of serious illness- not just because they have weakened their lungs BUT they touch their face more often.
That gets us to sit on your hands if you must. don't touch your face. Get a pair of clear glasses, bug ones to remind you not to itch your eyes.
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| Empty shelves at Wallmart |
Now the local concerns:
I went to the Laguna Niguel Wallmart to pick up some items for my Mom who is 88. She buys distilled water for health reasons. There was NO bottled water. I asked a store clerk and he told me
they were cleaned out as if there was a hurricane warning. Also no canned soup, no Clorox wipes.
I went to Costco in San Juan Capistrano and the same thing. Empty shelves.
Now why do normal healthy people have to horde bottled water?
I live on a ranch where our water is well, or tanked in and I use it for drinking.
Boiling water in a kettle will kill virus and bacterium. There is nothing indicating
our water was poisoned.
I understand that toilet paper is also considered a commodity worth more than gold, as it's
sold out with all the N 95 masks. Toilet paper? Why do you need 400 rolls in your bathroom?
The masks are about 25% effective as they don't fit one's face perfectly and tend to make you adjust with an unwashed hand thus putting viral particles on the outside of the mask near your eyes and nose. For a while don't shake hands, do an elbow bump or just say how grateful you are to meet with arms crossed.
I called around for distilled water for Mom and eventually found a secret stash.
Does this seem crazy to you?
So if you need soup, I have an organic vegetable garden and will drop you some fresh starters, outside your doorstep, with washed hands.
Hey and mortgage rates loved the bad news. Time to get your payment down, lower than it was
possible for eleven years. IF you're staying home, spend the time on something good.
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In
the event that you haven’t heard – The Fed cut the discount rate (I believe) by
50 bps this AM – in what they termed an emergency. The last emergency fed rate
cut was in 2008.
