The Grand Princess

[sawhorseray]

I've got a old fishing/hunting friend that took this cruise ship to Hawaii and back last week. He emailed me that he and his wife are now quarantined in their cabin with no idea of when or how they'll be let off that floating prison. Coronavirus, this is just the beginning. RAY

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-said-wants-keep-grand-011600658.html

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

Sorry to hear that Ray....best of luck to them that everything turns out alright.

 

[Bearcarver]

Yup---Boss said Coronavirus tests were perfect, just like the phone call.

I'm staying home---Got too many health Vulnerabilities.

Bear

 

[Brokenhandle]

Sorry to hear Ray, hope everything turns out well with them. Really can't imagine what that would be like. Sad thing is with today's media hard to tell what's the truth and what's not. But seen many articles in the news on proper use of hand sanitizer this morning

Ryan

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Yikes!
Hope everything works out for them.

 

[sawhorseray]

Sounds like they are going to take about 3000 people to remote military bases and test each and every one. Sounds like a frigging nightmare to me. RAY

 

[chopsaw]

Sounds like a frigging nightmare to me.

Yeah , We don't know if you have it , but we'll make sure you get it .
I don't know the answer , but if healthy people are forced to stay and they end up sick something needs to change .
Hope it works out for your buddy and all the others too .

 

[noboundaries]

I've been trying to figure out which "non-commercial" port they are going to use. I have a few ideas, but will keep them to myself to avoid rumors.

 

[schlotz]

Best to do that. Sure hope for most the delay is only a delay. Most hopeful the testing goes quickly and the results are negative. For the others, praying for good care and a full recovery! Patients for all is what is needed the most.

 

[cmayna]

I've been trying to figure out which "non-commercial" port they are going to use. I have a few ideas, but will keep them to myself to avoid rumors.

There are many non commercial ports they could use which are deep enough for the Princess boats. I bet somewhere in the east bay.

 

[sawhorseray]

Probably the Port of Chicago in the East Bay, my papa loaded bombs onto ships there in WW2. @chopsaw hit the nail on the head, "OK , everyone on the bus for the hour drive to the base for testing". I can't help but wonder if my friend has learned a little lesson about cruise ships. RAY

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

Sounds like they are going to take about 3000 people to remote military bases and test each and every one. Sounds like a frigging nightmare to me. RAY

Literally right out of the script of some Hollywood horror movie. I work for the government and I am nervous every single day about hearing that I need to quarantine because somebody in a building my badge registered as being used in has shown up positive. I wish your friend and his wife will be alright.
G

 

[chopsaw]

Just got the first case in Missouri . Not far from me . Was going to a church supper tomorrow ,,, was .
I could give a rats back side if I went tonight , tomorrow or next week . Just not gonna let some nose wiping coleslaw server help me along .

 

[noboundaries]

An entire school district in the suburbs of Sacramento has shut down for a week due to one family testing positive for the virus.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Just talked to my daughter this evening and she said someone in the office she works in was possibly affected by it. Will see how it turns out, and how they handle it.

Ryan

 

[Fueling Around]

Minnesota got first confirmed case of Covid-19 or Coronavirus influenza today.
Perspective shift
Meanwhile, hospitals are flooded with people battling (domestic?) Influenza and 95 (confirmed) have already died this season.

 

[sawhorseray]

An entire school district in the suburbs of Sacramento has shut down for a week due to one family testing positive for the virus.

I just email my doctor in Elk Grove asking if he'd renew by blood pressure scrips. We found a doctor here in Gilbert and have a appointment to see him April 6th. Neither of us want to go for fear of walking into a den of coronavirus germs, screw that. We're prepping to ride this thing out at home, no planes, concerts, casinos, matinees, or anywhere else where groups of people gather. There are books to read and DVD's to watch on a 75" big screen, a house and yards to maintain, sausage to make and meat to smoke. If one contracts the coronavirus there's a 1 in 30 chance of dying from it, not my kind of odds at all. The WHO forecasts virus cases will double every six days, this will be the worst pandemic in a century, and it's just getting started. RAY

 

[pineywoods]

Most cases are someone that traveled outside the US is it going to spread to people that didn't travel more than likely it will. That being said I plan to go about mostly my normal routine with the exception of places where there are crowds and travel. If I don't have to go someplace I won't of course for me that's not really much of a change I'd rather stay on the farm all the time.

 

[sawhorseray]

I'd think a farm would be a great place to be Piney! It's an airborne virus, so it'll spread like a dammed wildfire from folks that have it sneezing and coughing. Coronavirus has a mortality rate of 3.5%, meaning that for every 200 people that get it, seven die from it. Of course it hits older folks harder, I'm 68. Maybe I'm over-reacting, maybe I'm not. RAY

 

[Bearcarver]

Yup---I always get my Blood Test in March or April, and visit my Kidney Dr to keep an eye on my CKD, but I think I'll skip that one:
Why?---Because they seem to be talking about me when they talk about "Who Is Vulnerable":
They say people with health problems are Vulnerable, like Heart & Lung Problems:
So Heart---I got Congested Heart Failure, 2 Large Aortic Aneurysms, and Atherosclerosis from Agent Orange.
Lungs???----I got COPD & Emphysema.

Went all my life not worrying about getting Flu or Viruses, but now seems a bit different.

Bear