Coronavirus
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Troubles Trees
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I don’t hear much about what is going on outside the US from our news here unless it’s bad news. My friend in Denmark messaged me this morning asking why our country is so screwed up with the handling of Covid. We debated back and forth about population sizes and differences in healthcare systems etc. but he does have a point. He says:
“Sweden has nearly eliminated Covid deaths by protecting those at risk with compromised immune systems and isolating nursing homes, and letting everyone else just get it.”
And sent me this link at the bottom.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
“Sweden has nearly eliminated Covid deaths by protecting those at risk with compromised immune systems and isolating nursing homes, and letting everyone else just get it.”
And sent me this link at the bottom.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
About 6-7 days ago our little one started to get lots of sniffles and a cough. We didnt think much of it cause she has some allergies. Fast forward to a few days ago. My wife and teenager started complaining of sore throat and headache. I had the same. Then I lost my ability to taste anything got stuffed up and had a runny nose and really started to get winded. Wife got tested and sent home from the hospital and they insisted that the rest of us get tested too. So yesterday we went and got tested. We are all negative, but my wife says she is almost positive that we have it. Everyone she is working with is highly skeptical of the test results. They do not think they are accurate at all.
Without a doubt I am having the hardest time with it. I am gonna be 40 in a few weeks, on a high dose of blood pressure meds and have to use a rescue inhaler occasionally for my farmer/construction dust lungs. Other then that I am in pretty good shape and quite active. When I lay down I REALLY struggle to breathe after about an hour. It feels like someone has a ratchet strap across my chest. I have to hit the rescue inhaler about every 2 hours. If I am up moving about I almost feel good enough to go to work. As soon as I lay down it seems to attack again. I havent lost my appetite at all, but still cant taste anything. I had a severe cough and really plugged nose for a day and that has pretty much disappeared.
What I have learned:
The test wasnt bad
It seems to attack my lungs especially hard when I lay on my back. It isnt nearly as bad sitting up or laying on my stomach (which I cant do for long cause it hurts my back)
Its no fun wheezing like a 90 year old woman dragging her oxygen tank around the casino to get to her favorite machine
I'm drinking lots of fluid and taking vitamins
I would rather take my chance with the virus then the vaccine
I might feel good enough by tomorrow to go and social distance in bean field and kill some giant ragweed and waterhemp and get a little exercise and sun
I hate the Chinese communist party more than ever. Nothing against the Chinese people.
Without a doubt I am having the hardest time with it. I am gonna be 40 in a few weeks, on a high dose of blood pressure meds and have to use a rescue inhaler occasionally for my farmer/construction dust lungs. Other then that I am in pretty good shape and quite active. When I lay down I REALLY struggle to breathe after about an hour. It feels like someone has a ratchet strap across my chest. I have to hit the rescue inhaler about every 2 hours. If I am up moving about I almost feel good enough to go to work. As soon as I lay down it seems to attack again. I havent lost my appetite at all, but still cant taste anything. I had a severe cough and really plugged nose for a day and that has pretty much disappeared.
What I have learned:
The test wasnt bad
It seems to attack my lungs especially hard when I lay on my back. It isnt nearly as bad sitting up or laying on my stomach (which I cant do for long cause it hurts my back)
Its no fun wheezing like a 90 year old woman dragging her oxygen tank around the casino to get to her favorite machine
I'm drinking lots of fluid and taking vitamins
I would rather take my chance with the virus then the vaccine
I might feel good enough by tomorrow to go and social distance in bean field and kill some giant ragweed and waterhemp and get a little exercise and sun
I hate the Chinese communist party more than ever. Nothing against the Chinese people.
Bill
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my asshole governor will inform us.
now mandatory (Outside) if within 6 feet of a someone not living in your house.
Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
Buck, sorry to hear about the news... glad you and your family are hanging in there. Hope you get your vengeance on the weeds tomorrow.
g squared 23
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BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
As soon as we left the urgent care my wife made the comment that she did not think the PA went deep enough with the swab. Apparently the virus resides way down in there around a corner. She said I would have been cursing at her if she did mine. Either way I am just gonna act like we have it. The kids seem to be well on the way to recovery. I really feel like we are all gonna be just fine within a week or so.
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
The very best way to combat water hemp is to never let it germinate. That requires a pre emerge at planting and then I apply another residual herbicide with my post emerge. It’s nearly impossible to kill waterhemp once it reaches 4”.
The ones I am going after tomorrow are on my field borders. None of them stand up to the yellow hoe.
chummer
5 year old buck +
My sister in-law who had the kidney transplant has to get tested the day before she goes in for follow up. Not sure why you would test the day before because she could obviously get it in the time from the test to being checked in to hospital. Well during the test they went to far with the swab and started a massive nose bleed. They then had to send her to the er for several hours to get the bleeding to stop. No test after spending the day in the er before being admitted to the hospital. Another example of practices that don’t pass the common sense test. I hope you get over it in short order.
chummer
5 year old buck +
Coming down in one week. I hope this doesn’t apply to the beach. Are the beach crowds bigger or smaller than normal?
chummer
5 year old buck +
I am sure after the election it will be okay.
Knehrke
5 year old buck +
Sweden had an interesting approach. They asked their citizens to social distance, the their citizens complied. Without the threat of lockdown. The United States had to impose restrictions in order to get its citizens to comply, then as soon as they lifted the restrictions, folks stopped social distancing. The difference is likely the sense of societal responsibility. Americans love to argue lol. So, there are underlying cultural factors at play. But now Sweden doesn't have to yo-yo as the disease reemerges, which is ultimately more sustainable. They suffered economic fallout, just like the rest of us, but may fare better moving forward because of this consistency. Their death rate was way higher than other Norwegian countries, but seriously, the numbers were relatively small. They've hovering ~15 deaths a day now. They don't have enough of a quorum to trigger "herd immunity", but I still appreciate their approach. Unfortunately, I don't think it was possible in the United States.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bill
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I only see the beach from a boat but the kids say it’s not to bad and people tend to spread out. I’ve been in the pocono’s since the new rule came about. Headed down later today so I’ll take a walk and look. I doubt many people are on the beach in a mask.
BuckSutherland
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BuckSutherland
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Also saw this on WCCO fake news last night. MN dept of indoctrination surveyed a bunch of parents about the upcoming school year. Simply amazed they even reported the results. Guess we will find out just how powerful the communist teachers union is.
Bill
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That we’re flying those in the spring :)
even had one for PA saying Wolf
Likes to color (he has a color code system for opening up)
hope you’re feeling better.
my wife homeschooled our son from 2nd through 6th grade. There are great classical education curriculums out there.
My son actually knows world and US history because of it. He didn’t get the social justice American is bad crap until 7th grade. By then he already learned the truth.
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