No. It's a dose dependent thing from the initial exposure. If you are exposed to a lot initially, then the severity of your illness will likely be worse. If you are exposed to little and survive then you should be immune (for this round anyway). The docs who are dying are the ones being exposed to direct aerosolized virus from intubations, oral procedures, breathing treatments, etc.

This is the way vaccines work (mostly). You receive a small dose of virus or attenuated virus and live. One hopes that once you clear the infection, you will be protected from future infections. We don't know if this will mutate or how fast and whether prior infections will infer some protection.

Obviously, many other th

The other point of view is only valid IMO if it is accompanied by an agreement that no one who decides to roan out there is going to go to the hospital for treatment when they get sick. Roll the dice -okay. But don't roll it and then infect a hospital worker

My cousin passed away from the cerebral hemorrhage yesterday. It is forbidden to attend funeral. We also can't stand by her family. Death is very difficult in this condition. I hope scientists and doctors can find exact cure asap.

Take care of yourself.

I knocked my aged neighbor’s door a week ago to ask if he needs anything from a store as  I ventured out to stock up for a week. Now he knocks on my door every day as it turns out he goes out all the time for walks or to buy things. Things like chocolates and ice cream too. I told him that I’m done for a week or even two and will need stuff only when I empty my fridge. But not him.
He also forwarded me an article that supports the other point of view. And he’s in his 70s. I dunno.

I would bet my money on hardwood flooring.

Talked to my daughter in VA this morning. I think a lot of people are already starting to ignore the isolation guidelines. She said the neighborhood playground is busy and the neighborhood teenagers are meeting every day and night by the tennis courts.

My 80 yo naighbor went to the Farmers Market this morning and bought a lot of produce. After that he went to Publix to buy other stuff. He comes and goes at least 10+ times every day...     

Hope everyone is okay in these strange times, truly.

As I mentioned before, this is a journal and I’m plugging it as such – I mean, we all have a consensus of what’s going on in our own neck of the woods, and if we all we’re to simply agree what’s happening, well… that wouldn’t be entertaining at all. I honestly love getting facts from around the globe (based on the feedback I’m seeing); some scary, some personal conjecture, but, from being around awhile, I don’t see any trolls trying to sway opinion by filling a thread with dissent or hate, which is a far cry from the main stream media channels that are out there.

Anyway, I’m ingesting as much info as I can, and trying to filter out the dis-info, but, man… so

I agree.  But, I also am a believer and practicer of the sheltering and social distancing.  I don't like it, but I know it will help.

Smoking some babybacks right now.  We'll serve with scalloped potatoes and garlic bread.

What?

I think are best hope is that by April 30, we've leveled off and that this thing is subject to seasonal variation like the regular flu.  That would buy us some time - give our medical workers some relief.

Come up for a rational plan for September when this thing rears again.

The older generations seem to be very blasé about it all. My father is the same. He's getting a bit better, but he's been very hard to convince that it's something worth changing his habits for. They seem to prioritise their own desires over any kind of objective reality.

I'm finding this whole episode disturbing. I'm disturbed by the disease, and I'm disturbed by the reaction to it. The lockdown  isn't a solution, it's just a delay while they search for a solution but the solutions they are looking for (vaccine, anti body tests etc) are all theoretical. None of them even exist, and may never exist.

They're testing all sorts of drugs on patients at the moment, so hopefully there

Talked to my daughter in VA this morning. I think a lot of people are already starting to ignore the isolation guidelines. She said the neighborhood playground is busy and the neighborhood teenagers are meeting every day and night by the tennis courts.

My 80 yo naighbor went to the Farmers Market this morning and bought a lot of produce. After that he went to Publix to buy other stuff. He comes and goes at least 10+ times every day...     

My cousin passed away from the cerebral hemorrhage yesterday. It is forbidden to attend funeral. We also can't stand by her family. Death is very difficult in this condition. I hope scientists and doctors can find exact cure asap.

Take care of yourself.

My cousin passed away from the cerebral hemorrhage yesterday. It is forbidden to attend funeral. We also can't stand by her family. Death is very difficult in this condition. I hope scientists and doctors can find exact cure asap.

Take care of yourself.

You know, between Trump and Biden, I think where fucked.  

Watching the Trump press conference - I think he is devolving into madness