I hope so, Dan and Rex but the Summer Olympics have been canceled and they are close to SpeedWeek. Additionally, we are at the beginning of the infection cycle for this virus. Talk among health care professionals is that 50% of the US population will catch this virus within a month. The rest of us will likely get it sometime later. Point is, shutdown of group events are just beginning and as more of the population becomes infected, more shutdown will occur.
John
I hope so, Dan and Rex but the Summer Olympics have been canceled and they are close to SpeedWeek. Additionally, we are at the beginning of the infection cycle for this virus. Talk among health care professionals is that 50% of the US population will catch this virus within a month. The rest of us will likely get it sometime later. Point is, shutdown of group events are just beginning and as more of the population becomes infected, more shutdown will occur.
John
Now that Wichita has it's first case, I obviously live to close so I left for Australia...
JL222, just passing along what the med community has to say in my part of the world. I hope they are wrong and if we are all conscientious about how we practice cleanliness, it may take longer. But COVID-19 is a fast moving virus so it will eventually find its way to all of us.
John
WW - thanks for that and stay hunkered down! :cheers:
From a friend of a friend - no real sources so do with it what you will .......... my water bill is going up with all the extra flushing.
Here?s a message from a friend with CDC
Hi Family,
This info is from a friend that works for CDC (Center for Disease Control) that passed this along to his family and friends. I'm passing it along as well.. .. you do the same!
The new NCP coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days, how can one know if he/she is infected. By the time they have fever and/or cough and goes to the hospital, the lungs is usually 50 % Fibrosis and it's too late!
Taiwan experts provide a simple self-check that we can do every morning:
Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort, stuffiness or tightness, etc.,it proves there is no fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicating no infection.
In critical times, please self-check every morning in an environment with clean air.
SERIOUS EXCELLENT ADVICE by Japanese Doctors treating COVID-19 cases:
Everyone should ensure your mouth & throat is moist, never DRY. Take a few sips of water every 15 mins at least. WHY?
Even if the virus gets into your mouth...drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus into the stomach. Once there in tummy...your stomach ACID will kill all the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly....the virus can enter your windpipes and into the LUNGS. That's very dangerous.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taiwan-experts-self-check/ (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taiwan-experts-self-check/)
If the BLM cancels Speedweek, it will be interesting to see if it cancels Burning Man in the Black Rock desert where they make $$$. $500 per head times a maximum of 65,000 participants! You do the math.
John
If the BLM cancels Speedweek, it will be interesting to see if it cancels Burning Man in the Black Rock desert where they make $$$.
And there are a few bad things that go on there as well..🤔QuoteIf the BLM cancels Speedweek, it will be interesting to see if it cancels Burning Man in the Black Rock desert where they make $$$.
Burning Man ought to be illegal anyway. Buncha rich people walking around naked and taking drugs.
Then I said if you want real politically incorrect we can call it the Chi-Com Crud :evil:!
As for Burning Man, I was a young adult during the summer-of-love. What is wrong with sex, drugs and rock-n-roll?
Down here in Southwest Nova Scotia, hand sanitizer and masks are unavailable, but the good news is that the price of lobster has dropped from $15 per pound to $4 (CDN - about $2.80 US). So we'll just have to substitute lobster for Dinty Moore beef stew. Guess what we had for supper?Sure looks good! In Orange County California, Stater Brothers Markets, sells frozen/defrosted Lobster Tails for $16.69 per pound. Lobster needs to be cooked, any suggestions for a good recipe?
(https://i.postimg.cc/xCppvRL3/lobster-dinner.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Tom
P.S. Lobster has dropped to $3 per pound
P.S. Lobster has dropped to $3 per pound and the Canadian dollar is down to $.70. Think I'll just have to get some more - - it's cheaper than chicken!
Since the whole world is closed and we are stuck inside..www.oldmachinepress.com
Sure it's all a hoax I tell ya! :dhorse: Tell that to the 42,163 infected and the 512 dead in the US so far!
Here in Canada everything is shut down, all the restaurants, bars and shops. They figure 30% of small businesses will not re-open ever. The economy will take years to recover from this. They have tested 30,000 people in Quebec province so far which is more tests completed than the entire countries of the USA and France combined! Our local BC government has stopped all elective surgeries and they have a 1000 cleared, ready and available empty beds if this escalates. Right now we have 42 infected in hospital in BC. Thanks god we have an effective health care system and local government!
Realistically, local racers here are not holding much hope for any Bonneville events this summer. I don't think it's going to happen.
We are going to see a new normal after the first burst of COVID-19 runs its first round. Physical distancing is going to be something that stays with us in various forms for the foreseeable future. While there is talk of reaching the apex and coming down, the reality is the apex will be unclear. Seattle will have its apex, NYC will have its own, as will New Orleans, Detroit, LA and then every city and region of the country, so it will be a rolling virus. No region of the country will escape. Physical distancing now is essential everywhere as is building our healthcare capacity.
There's likely to be returns of the virus in places that have gone through it already. We are going to have to learn to live with some form of physical distancing until this virus is not just flattened but defeated and that could take many months or even years. When you look at it from that perspective, a large part of the personnel engaged in in an activity at Bonneville are the ones most susceptible (me included) to a detrimental outcome from the virus.
Tom
Ladies and gentlemen, we're walking a fine line here and I want to point it back towards racing and away from - away from ... away from stuff that ain't racing. I understand that we're all farkled by the new virus, and I understand that these are unprecedented times in lots of other aspects of our lives. Dang few of us know anything about what is going to happen.
To be honest: There's not a danged thing I (and most of you) can do that will make racing more likely this year.
I'm going to prepare in every way and hope that the season gets going soonest. And I'm going to go back to my "mantra" that has kept my stress level pretty low for most of my life:I don't argue politics, I don't argue religion, and I NEVER tell a woman her baby is ugly.
I have a close friend that is in the legal MJ business in Oregon and it was considered a required business so his stores were not closed for the pandemic. The "real" reason that the MJ business was kept open is that the state charges 23% sales tax on MJ products and with the pandemic shut down his business is going crazy. Oregon did not want to loose all that money!^^^ Winner! MJ industry is making big $. Look for sponsorship opportunities? Smokin'......
Rex
That sounds almost like John DeLorean's plan :naughty aktion086
My daughter that works at the hospital said we should be extra careful. The "easing up" phase is no time to ease-up, she says.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/live-updates-oregon-washington-coronavirus-covid-19-may-27/