It was two years ago today...
 

That my attention was grabbed regarding an odd respiratory infection outbreak in Wuhan China.

I did some searching but didn't find the thread. My recollection is that Paul (PWD72s) brought this up.

My wife has thought I was a genius ever since.

Sorry we all had to endure this.

Be well!

Yes. Be well everybody. We're going through the inconvenience of a break through infection I probably picked up at a local Mexican supermarket last week. We're vaxxed & boosted but are having to go through mild episodes. If you haven't encountered it, you'r lucky or maybe saavy. We managed to avoid it until now.

If I recall, I linked to a zero hedge piece on Jan. 20 of '20. Some responses were of the not to worry type, others said zero hedge not a source worth using. In other words..the usual stuff for here.

I recall reading Paul's link and talking to my sister who is an RN. She is still impressed how early I knew about this. More proof why myself and so many others turn to PPOT for first dose of morning news.

Funny to look back at some of the early comments on that thread that say it might be nothing or could get bad and to watch CDC. We had no idea how much the CDC was in over its head.

I recall bringing this up to my wife, and she related that some Chinese performers were staying out of that area due to reports of illness.

Totally scrubbed from their media by now, though.

I trust the Pelican brain trust far more than any (seemingly) biased news source. We get a consensus of opinions here that are well informed, and well read.

^^^Yes.

And I continue to stay out of PARF.

At this point a couple of years ago I was thinking this would be a problem like ebola - serious, but not going to effect me. I had to go to Japan in February (2020) and it sort of became real then. I had to wear a mask on the bus leaving the airport and by the time I left, the Diamond Princess cruise ship was all over the news.

It was also surreal walking thru a deserted Narita airport...

seems more like 5 years ago

A forum which should have or could have been a place for some civilized discussion & opinion exchanges, unfortunately devolved into one laced with too much vitriol, some "notso" veiled personal attacks &/or schoolyard name calling. After a brief & ill-advised foray into 'parf', I've since bailed & thus in agreement with LWJ's thought.

Cheers
JB

This problem got serious because politicians would not let that crisis go to waste.

You were able to look back? I couldn't find the thread. You happen to have a link?

I couldn't access any thread before July of 2021, so yes, a link would be handy.

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-politics-religion/1050915-corona-virus-no-joke.html#post10731578

Yep. That's it. I bumped it in PARF because I didn't know how to provide the link. Thanks.SmileWavy

My response on the first page was very true after I had to cancel my Jamaica trip, but way off on the containment aspect.....

"This virus will keep me from boarding airlines heading to under-developed countries, where sanitation is a foreign word. I think the protocols to isolate this illness will work within a week or so."

Jan 6th was the 2 year anniversary of my getting covid

I reread that thread. I see where I commented where I thought Ebola was the one to kill us all. My thought was a flu couldn’t be that bad….

The one thing I have learned from all this is..... wearing a mask, washing my hands frequently and semi isolating myself has prevented me from getting a cold for two years.
I’m retired so I realize that not everyone can isolate themselves.

"It was 2 years ago today...Sargent pepper taught the band to play"

I was burnt out on covid before it even got to the Murica'.

So burnt out I was, I packed up my bike, rode across the state in the dead of 20 degree winter, hoping it would go away by next work week. Froze my arse off.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1642039601.jpg

The covid disease, phenomena, frenzy, political polarization, and everything else- didn't go away the next Monday.

In march, my profession was shut down.

Today, two years later, my entire morning was interrupted by covid. Our local hospital covid wards are full, the people in the 7-11 checkout line couldn't shut up about it, the office spent 15 minutes discussing it today (all before 6:45 a.m), and as a final end to the day-

33% of tomorrow's schedule has cancelled due to having the covid.

At least everyone on ppot is in agreement on it :)

I need another bike ride.

There is no problem at all in PARF, and plenty of engaging conversation, if one doesn't take himself, or m/boards in general, too seriously and simply doesn't read posts from members that he or she thinks are headcases, overly negative and opinionated, full of excrement, etc. (very easy to do and does not even require use of the forum's ignore function if one has a functioning mental filter . . . or read them anyway and have a good laugh, like I often do).

I haven’t been around parf in the Covid era. I can only imagine the garbage that gets spread there.

Unfortunately I did not make a killing on Tin Foil , should have bought TP in stead of TF

Only two years? It seems much longer. :(

My post from 14 March 2020 'My COVID-19 $0.02' thread:

"Graduated Med School 1990.

Few years of residency crap, then the last 26 years Intensive Care; cardiothoracic, general, cardiac.
Seen lots of stuff, lived and worked through lots of hype.

I thought COVID-19 was going to be just another bug accompanied by hysteria.
Until last week, really last 72 hours.
This is already ugly in places, it has a very high chance to get real ugly in lots of places.

I hope we dodge a bullet with this, but I'm worried we won't.
What's being happening the last few days is genuinely scary.

Take care guys."

If one does what you recommend, there's about one post (not thread) per week worth reading. But yes, it's more of a lets be entertained and appalled by "WTF more can these zany old men come up with today" situation.

I did suggest buying masks. I should also have suggested hand sanitizer. And Alcohol, the drinking kind. Investing in those you would have made a killing.

EDIT: As I sit here in quarantine....

yeah, I know. But I still think Tin Foil biz is under performing , there is a clear gap.
The customer base is there, but they aren't buying enough of it.

the TF biz is just not doing enough and the right kind of marketing.
So I think it's still a strong buy and then a cash in when the gap eventually closes and they go up in price.

I remember a neighbor telling me about this in April 2020:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/23/she-held-the-family-together-san-jose-woman-is-first-known-u-s-covid-19-death/

She was a colleague of his at a Fremont company located right near Tesla.

Likely got sick around late January 2020.

Pretty sure she worked out at the same gym I attended which is also right near Tesla.

Not sure if they have confirmed earlier deaths.

So much has been learned, so much is still unknown.

So much loss, so much cost.

So many lives changed...

Global. Pandemic.