Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?

Post by tcbasche » Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:36 PM UTC

spanxx wrote: post #187

jackjeff wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was under the impression that the Spanish flu was very different from the regular flu and COVID-19, because it was the young/old people that survived it and the healthy 20-50 year old that died the most. Most people died of the Spanish Flu because of their immune response. It looks like COVID-19 is really mild* for lots of people in that age group. Am I missing something? Did the Spanish flu start like COVID-19 and…

I wish people stop calling that Spanish Flu where it's totally unrelated to Spain...

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Post by kawfey » Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:40 PM UTC

Post by chubbyrabbit » Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:40 PM UTC

dfsegoat wrote: post #97

allovernow wrote: post #18

This is very likely to overwhelm not just medical infrastructure, but shut down supply chains for basic necessities for months. If the pandemic hits, most businesses will shutter, just like in China. It is prudent to stock up now for 1-2 months of cheap, non- perishable foods like rice and beans (complete protein together) at a minimum. There's just no excuse not to now if you make a tech salary - a couple hundred do…

I find this to be pretty alarmist. "If the pandemic hits" ... the virus has already hit. The WHO itself has backed off the Pandemic classification [1]. The virus has an overall 98% survival rate, and most diagnosed cases in the US, are not actually showing any symptoms (which itself is a cause for concern re: spread). The annual Flu, MERS and SARS were far far worse. The flu kills between 26,000 and 52,000 annually i…

Post by senordevnyc » Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:40 PM UTC

jackjeff wrote: post #147

beachy wrote: post #57

By not having kids. Joking, but although we are well prepared for isolation (work mostly from home, live in the countryside in one of the remotest countries in the world, have off-grid solar and 3 rainwater tanks and could probably forage enough to live for a long time from fishing and gathering), all of that is undone by having a school aged kid. That means unavoidable contact with a wide group of other kids, from a…

Empirically 3 out of 4 times I get the cold, it is from one of my kids. If things get really bad I imagine schools will close. If kids are “old enough” they may get some remote homework. Not great but doable. But if you have a toddler you are pretty much stuffed. I can’t imagine what stay at home quarantine would to my 3 year old. It gets bad enough when we get stuck for the weekend because of storms... but TWO WHOLE…