The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

jk0

Just a thought, guys...

If this disease is really that contagious, but the symptoms not too bad, would we not be best off having it, building resistance, and moving on with our lives?

I'm wondering even if you shut yourself away for months, wouldn't you just catch it the first time you went out?

maryb

jk0, the article in the Telegraph I just referred to also says you can get both types.  The older type is milder but the newly evolving strain is more aggressive.  Isn't that lovely?

markin

Watching episode 1 of 1975 Survivors, "Millions in China, india, and 70 in Rome" .....

unrecordings

jk0 said:

Just a thought, guys...

If this disease is really that contagious, but the symptoms not too bad, would we not be best off having it, building resistance, and moving on with our lives?

I'm wondering even if you shut yourself away for months, wouldn't you just catch it the first time you went out?

I'm dying of cancer so gave you a sarcastic thanks. If the nature of the beast is that it's evolving, then I'm assuming it's very difficult to build up resistance

jk0

unrecordings said:

jk0 said:

Just a thought, guys...

If this disease is really that contagious, but the symptoms not too bad, would we not be best off having it, building resistance, and moving on with our lives?

I'm wondering even if you shut yourself away for months, wouldn't you just catch it the first time you went out?

I'm dying of cancer so gave you a sarcastic thanks. If the nature of the beast is that it's evolving, then I'm assuming it's very difficult to build up resistance

Sorry to hear that UR.

I wasn't trying to be flippant. Honestly just trying to learn by asking questions.

Greenglockenspiel

Even if it’s the case that healthy people can build up immunity, that would be just to the one strain they were exposed to - that’s why we catch colds over and over again, because it mutates so much. As far as I know there’s no evidence either way as to whether you can catch it twice (or e.g. if people who had SARS have immunity to this). But either way, any bug can be very serious for people with conditions or on immunosuppressants, which is why I am of the opinion that people with infectious diseases like seasonal flu and colds should self isolate regardless of Coronavirus and the rest of the advice applies as well! Even for those of us who are fortunate enough to have good health generally, there’s no point people coming into work as martyrs and just spreading the misery and lower productivity. Pet peeve of mine as you might be able to tell!

unrecordings

jk0 said:

unrecordings said:

jk0 said:

Just a thought, guys...

If this disease is really that contagious, but the symptoms not too bad, would we not be best off having it, building resistance, and moving on with our lives?

I'm wondering even if you shut yourself away for months, wouldn't you just catch it the first time you went out?

I'm dying of cancer so gave you a sarcastic thanks. If the nature of the beast is that it's evolving, then I'm assuming it's very difficult to build up resistance

Sorry to hear that UR.

I wasn't trying to be flippant. Honestly just trying to learn by asking questions.

Don't worry about it  - 'it is what it is' as they say. But a good question & a point worth remembering. If this were seasonal flu, then maybe we wouldn't be so worried, but right now it's a case of numbers, luck & gonzo quack chemistry WD40 & brandy anyone ? (joking)

jk0

Greenglockenspiel said:

Even if it’s the case that healthy people can build up immunity, that would be just to the one strain they were exposed to - that’s why we catch colds over and over again, because it mutates so much. As far as I know there’s no evidence either way as to whether you can catch it twice (or e.g. if people who had SARS have immunity to this). But either way, any bug can be very serious for people with conditions or on immunosuppressants, which is why I am of the opinion that people with infectious diseases like seasonal flu and colds should self isolate regardless of Coronavirus and the rest of the advice applies as well! Even for those of us who are fortunate enough to have good health generally, there’s no point people coming into work as martyrs and just spreading the misery and lower productivity. Pet peeve of mine as you might be able to tell!

Oh, I agree about not taking colds & flu into work. I used to complain that my colleague always seemed to want to share his bugs, while I stayed at home with mine. I think he thought I was being lazy.

boultdj

Thank you for the info on the dumplings Mrs L, handy to know.
I can add gin to the brandy un.

euronorris

Greenglockenspiel said:

Even if it’s the case that healthy people can build up immunity, that would be just to the one strain they were exposed to - that’s why we catch colds over and over again, because it mutates so much. As far as I know there’s no evidence either way as to whether you can catch it twice (or e.g. if people who had SARS have immunity to this). But either way, any bug can be very serious for people with conditions or on immunosuppressants, which is why I am of the opinion that people with infectious diseases like seasonal flu and colds should self isolate regardless of Coronavirus and the rest of the advice applies as well! Even for those of us who are fortunate enough to have good health generally, there’s no point people coming into work as martyrs and just spreading the misery and lower productivity. Pet peeve of mine as you might be able to tell!

I agree in theory, but in practice, people can't call in sick for every mild cold they have. Plenty of employers are not sympathetic to that, and for parents of young kids like myself, it would lead to being fired pretty quickly. We're on at least our 4th or 5th cold virus since late november thanks to DD being at nursery and catching everything going. If I had stayed home for every cold, that would amount to about 6/7 weeks so far. I'd be jobless, and as the sole earner we then wouldn't be able to pay rent so would quickly become homeless.

I do what I can, and practice good hygiene to avoid spread, when in the office I sit at a different desk, away from the others, and I stay out of tea rounds etc. And if it's particularly nasty, I will take a couple days off (I'm home right now), but it is just not practical for me to do that every time. I wish it was, but it isnt.