The Virus is real. A few of my employees came down with it...both are doing okay. Both went to the hospital within the first 2-3 days of the symptoms showing up. Both took hydroxychloroquine, zpak and zinc sulfate. Both were released from the hospital after 7-8 days of monitoring.
The best way they describe covid 19, is that it feels like you ran a marathon...when you wake up in the morning and try to take a piss.
For those of you interested (like me), there is a reddit called covid19positive. It really seems like this was a bioweapon that has multiple inserts and affects people even after they are "recovered from the virus." Some are saying their lungs feel lascerated, others still have a lack of smell or taste...just a truly nasty virus I hope nobody here on TI (or in general) has to go through.
We are in a bad situation here in Orange County, but it could be worse. I feel like at least in Irvine, most of the people here are fairly responsible and take the lock down orders seriously. In Newport Beach, a friend of mine who lives near PCH says that the beaches were swamped on Thursday, April 23. Symptoms take 2-14 days to manifest, so I guess maybe we will see a second wave of infections/cases in the beginning of May. It's a double edged sword, you can't shut down the economy completely, yet you don't want to put the most vulnerable of our community at risk.
The best solution is to mimic the Asian countries which have successfully taken care of the virus. In particular, Hong Kong has pretty much eradicated the virus there. They did this by EVERYONE wearing masks when outside--no exceptions. They created stiff penalties and a tracking system (which probably most Americans would consider too invasive). That being said, I learned alot over the past 2-3 months watching this guy on Youtube, Chris Martenson and his Peak Prosperity channel.
One thing I don't understand about this whole situation is the entire $3.7 million funding by the US of the Wuhan Level 4 bio lab to study bat coronaviruses. Not to make this a political debate, but why would ANY administration try to squirt an international accord to continue research on something like this? Hopefully the truth will reveal itself through time.