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BamaRefugee

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43. I live and work in an area that has 7 out of 10 of the highest Asian poulation towns in California.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 05:09 PM
Feb 2020

We're talking 70% Asian, and far majority Chinese.
People here come and go to China all the time.
Yesterday at Good Fortune market in Arcadia, where I shop a lot, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, workers and customers, had masks on.

I have to go to their businesses, go to their homes, touch their gates, touch their doorbells, touch their doorknobs, speak to them face to face, shake their hands...some of which I can stop doing but my work requires me to be right in front of them and questioning them on things ( I work in the civil justice field).
So unless I stop working and go broke, I don't really know what I can do.

And I wasn't being hysterical, it was gallows humor...laughing at what's probably inevitable.

Yikes 😳 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #1
Given the Trump admin's efforts to quell info for fear of panicking the markets... Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #2
I'm surprised they did as well. The CDC put out a tweet dewsgirl Feb 2020 #3
You mean being a borderline agoraphobic introvert who hates to leave his house might save me? Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #4
IKR same here. I do live with a child though, the germs dewsgirl Feb 2020 #6
LOL !! I'm in the same 'fortunate' situation !! alittlelark Feb 2020 #8
I babysit my grands- Alliepoo Feb 2020 #21
The overall fatality rate is 3.1%, as of two days ago Warpy Feb 2020 #36
Why not hand sanitizer ? What about Lysol products. What products are best for wipe downs lunasun Feb 2020 #56
Just about anything labeled disinfectant will do the job Warpy Feb 2020 #59
Thanks ! lunasun Feb 2020 #60
As a health care provider what stuck in my mind littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #61
Thanks +the caution you take is not extreme . I live where there is a long flu season during cold lunasun Feb 2020 #62
I'm right moniss Feb 2020 #25
The problem is eventually... forkol Feb 2020 #33
Yes indeed moniss Feb 2020 #40
I'm not agoraphobic or especially introverted, and I still don't like leaving the house much mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #53
This is a post i saw on Stat Medical site ace3csusm Feb 2020 #9
D/L to your system - you should be able to upload from there Hestia Feb 2020 #26
Nope ... there's no file hosting here at DU ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #54
Brave person.. mmbrevo Feb 2020 #19
The fly in the ointment not fooled Feb 2020 #5
We are no better (and likely much worse) than Italy in preparation for what the Coronavirus brings Pachamama Feb 2020 #7
I flew into MIA airport yesterday forkol Feb 2020 #38
This is just more verification that the current situation is not being handled properly Pachamama Feb 2020 #42
Considering the gops attitude towards the cdc.. Maxheader Feb 2020 #10
Okay matt819 Feb 2020 #11
In 2018, Drumpf fired the entire pandemic response chain of command Hestia Feb 2020 #30
I know matt819 Feb 2020 #44
from The Atlantic yaesu Feb 2020 #12
Trump should be quarantined with the virus. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #13
"coronavirus TO spread" TO!! Is it so hard for them to avoid ambiguous headlines? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #14
Mother Nature teaches the GOP about science bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #15
Duck And Cover mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #16
OK, I get the snark. But the potential spread of coronavirus is not a joke, and taking simple Nitram Feb 2020 #24
Sure, the Republican administration could do the right thing, but what are the odds of that? mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #27
But, but , but....tRUMP said not to worry and just now SayItLoud Feb 2020 #17
How the fuck do we "prepare"? Call Legal Zoom and make a will? I'm gonna invest my entire 401K into BamaRefugee Feb 2020 #18
Pay attention to the news, particularly outbreaks in your own community, and take precautions. Nitram Feb 2020 #23
I live and work in an area that has 7 out of 10 of the highest Asian poulation towns in California. BamaRefugee Feb 2020 #43
There's good news that trials for a vaccine will begin in 6 weeks. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #46
Here's a link: Delphinus Feb 2020 #29
Buy a huge supply of SPAM and beer. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #63
Will Trump now fire these public health officials? Loubee Feb 2020 #20
Why would he? Every agency is pretty much corrupted live love laugh Feb 2020 #47
Please remember that "preparing" doesn't mean panicking. Nitram Feb 2020 #22
I keep seeing posts telling DUers not to "panic" or "get hysterical"-- Mrs. Overall Feb 2020 #32
An increase in suicides, a break down in law and order, running for the hills Kaleva Feb 2020 #41
People here are citing ludicrously high death rates. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #45
I'm equally puzzled about why this seems to be Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #52
I suppose it's simply that flu is ordinary and common PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #55
The chart is interesting. I did a quick check Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #57
Penicillin will only matter with illnesses that are caused by bacteria. Not viruses. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #58
You'll find some examples in this thread. Nitram Feb 2020 #64
But!!!! Timmygoat Feb 2020 #28
Yeah, he also said Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #35
I notice that travel insurance is MontanaMama Feb 2020 #31
Duct tape your windows! Renew Deal Feb 2020 #34
I'm going to file my absentee ballot now and find a cave. Throck Feb 2020 #37
Kudlow said they have it contained, "I won't say airtight but pretty close to airtight." progressoid Feb 2020 #39
This takes me back to 1982 and the AIDs/HIV outbreak. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #48
I have stopped playing in Texas Holdem poker tournaments olddad65 Feb 2020 #49
A CDC expert on Rachel Maddow just mentioned... AntiFascist Feb 2020 #50
I listened to Rachel this evening and she really scared me. I was so upset I had to turn her off. katmondoo Feb 2020 #51
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