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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #125 on: February 26, 2020, 01:00:57 PM »
https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-recommends-different-facial-hairstyles-work-better-with-face-masks-2020-2

Be sure your facial hair is compatible with a mask. This is one of the reasons I have been wearing a narrow goatee for years.  I have to do the annual fit testing for N95, plus when I was in Fire/EMS, the Scott Air Pak had to seal.

PS: According to that graphic, I actually have a 'circle beard'. But it is nonetheless narrow and does not interfere with the N95.

I don't see "ZZ Top" or "Mountain Man" beard styles in that graphic. Mine falls somewhere in that range.
for now I'll take my chances.
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« Reply #126 on: February 26, 2020, 01:02:44 PM »
That's a built in filter
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #129 on: February 26, 2020, 04:42:10 PM »
https://twitter.com/BensmanTodd/status/1232646800823246848?s=09

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #131 on: February 27, 2020, 07:52:22 AM »
If the mole in your Coronavirus game is my stock portfolio, the mole isn't whacked, the mole's on life support...
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #132 on: February 27, 2020, 11:46:22 AM »
The President said buy the dip.

It's a big dip so far.

I think I'll stay on the sidelines a bit longer.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #133 on: February 27, 2020, 12:13:10 PM »
Let’s Call It Trumpvirus
If you’re feeling awful, you know who to blame.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-trump.html?partner=IFTTT
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #134 on: February 27, 2020, 12:17:07 PM »
Just had swmbo do a Costco run.  She got 50lbs of flour, sugar, I think 25lbs of rice, a bunch of pasta and spaghetti sauce, and some other staples.  Still need this GS like tp, tampons and Advil for women, and some frozen veggies.  Also will make sure we have seeds for the garden.

When I get time I'll build an outdoor brooders for chickens and turkeys.  I was going to do that anyway, but that will let me get chicks again soon which by late May or July will fill my freezers depending on when I have the chicks delivered.  If we can succeed on getting a veggie garden going, just the rice and flour would keep us well fed for a loooong time.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #135 on: February 27, 2020, 12:20:45 PM »
Once again, behind a paywall. But since it's NY Times' paywall, I already know the content of the article -- a long, hysterical screed about how Corona virus is 100% Trump's fault because of his racism and the China trade war and his hatred of immigrants and his antipathy toward the glories of state sponsored socialism...

And, if Obama were still in office, the virus would already have been defeated by chanting, drum circles, and healthcare for all.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #136 on: February 27, 2020, 12:22:53 PM »
Just got back from the grocery store myself. I laid in the start of my ready reserve -- tomatoes, pasta sauce, a couple additional boxes of pasta, rice, and some chicken that I'll freeze.

Also got a large pack of bottled water.

I'll do a larger trip this weekend when I head out to Walmart.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #137 on: February 27, 2020, 12:22:59 PM »
Heading to costco tonight to pick up more rice and canned meat. My (soon to be ex)wife, who was allowed to come back to my house yesterday for a few hours to pick up personal items, grabbed some really odd items- a case of TP, 5 N95 masks, and a case of canned mushrooms. She made a post on FB asking people to get prepped, which I read before she blocked me.
She has the right idea, sort of... but if society were ever to completely break down, she wouldn't make it on her own, she's a bit naive on how the world actually works absent law and order.
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« Reply #138 on: February 27, 2020, 12:24:50 PM »
Once again, behind a paywall. But since it's NY Times' paywall, I already know the content of the article -- a long, hysterical screed about how Corona virus is 100% Trump's fault because of his racism and the China trade war and his hatred of immigrants and his antipathy toward the glories of state sponsored socialism...

And, if Obama were still in office, the virus would already have been defeated by chanting, drum circles, and healthcare for all.

If you're referring to my NYTs post above I'm not getting any indication of a paywall. Odd.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #139 on: February 27, 2020, 12:26:12 PM »
Local medical supply stores out of surgical masks

Louisville-area medical supply stores out of surgical masks amid coronavirus fears
https://www.wave3.com/2020/02/27/louisville-area-medical-supply-stores-out-surgical-masks-amid-coronavirus-fears/
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« Reply #140 on: February 27, 2020, 12:26:33 PM »
If you're referring to my NYTs post above I'm not getting any indication of a paywall. Odd.

I am. The only thing I can see is the headline. Scroll down one pixel and they want money.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #141 on: February 27, 2020, 12:26:42 PM »
Not related to the beer virus, but as part of my emergency supplies, I always keep a big bottle of Costco vitamins on hand.  Just in case the apocalypse lasts long enough to disrupt food supplies and dietary deficiencies become an issue. But then again, I take the Costco equivalent of Centrum Silver once daily.  
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« Reply #142 on: February 27, 2020, 12:32:35 PM »
If you're referring to my NYTs post above I'm not getting any indication of a paywall. Odd.

Are you running Firefox with NoScript?
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« Reply #143 on: February 27, 2020, 12:32:47 PM »
I'm running Firefox set to strict sec with Adblocker Ultimate running. Wonder if that's jamming the paywall popup?
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« Reply #144 on: February 27, 2020, 12:48:57 PM »
And I can go straight into twitchy's VIP articles. Been doing so without really realizing it.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #145 on: February 27, 2020, 01:22:43 PM »
Local medical supply stores out of surgical masks

Louisville-area medical supply stores out of surgical masks amid coronavirus fears
https://www.wave3.com/2020/02/27/louisville-area-medical-supply-stores-out-surgical-masks-amid-coronavirus-fears/

My walmart out here in BFE has 0 masks.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #146 on: February 27, 2020, 01:25:26 PM »
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/2/6/21124979/wuhan-coronavirus-face-masks-hoarding

Lots and lots of articles detailing the uselessness of a surgical face mask in preventing infection for the person wearing it.
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« Reply #147 on: February 27, 2020, 01:27:56 PM »
My walmart out here in BFE has 0 masks.


In your case I recommend a full head Saran wrap.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #148 on: February 27, 2020, 01:31:19 PM »
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/2/6/21124979/wuhan-coronavirus-face-masks-hoarding

Lots and lots of articles detailing the uselessness of a surgical face mask in preventing infection for the person wearing it.

I always thought the advantage for masks was the infected person not coughing/spitting/sneezing particles into the air.  I was thinking from a standpoint of quarantining a sick family member at home.
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« Reply #149 on: February 27, 2020, 01:39:38 PM »
I always thought the advantage for masks was the infected person not coughing/spitting/sneezing particles into the air.  I was thinking from a standpoint of quarantining a sick family member at home.


This is correct; and a properly used device (such as a fitted N95) is useful for people providing direct care to infected persons to prevent the caregivers from infection.  So if I had a sick family member at home, the sick person would be wearing a mask and everyone else in direct contact would be wearing a N95. 

It is the typical person wearing a mask in public to prevent respiratory transmission who is really not accomplishing much in terms of the beer virus.  And that is where I am seeing masks being used; at least here on the streets of Seattle.
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