Look at that big brain on Brad...Big word you snagged there 'asymptomatic'. Are flu symptoms typically 'asymptomatic'? So if you think you may or may not have a bug and you don't know if other people may or may not have a bug - then what? News flash, whether you think you have a particular bug or not, now is a good time to limit exposure opportunities (social distancing), whether you are the '
incubus of viral plague' or the other way around.
What are the symptom of most people that got da Chinese bug-a-boo?
Pretty much like the flu, any flu. What should you do when you got that flu? Should you spread it around carelessly? Party on? Cough or sneeze in people's faces?
What is the treatment for most flu?
- Avoid people
- Plenty of rest
- Lots of liquids
- Healthy eating. Soup may help in that it is hot, steamy and can be healthy
- Maybe some sort of antihistamine or something to battle a running nose and/or sore throat
- In some cases, take an antibiotic to manage secondary issues, such as running nose getting out of control, getting into your lungs, thus causing a secondary, bacterial problem, i.e. pneumonia
- Apparently, this is where the new bug may differ from other flu types, in that it may cause a viral pneumonia versus a bacterial one, meaning antibiotics may not help
So you think you might have the Chinese bug-a-boo? 1st, see all of above and behave accordingly. Call a frick'n doctor or local clinic. May be you are a case that requires testing and special treatment, maybe you ain't.
The thing is, eating a healthy diet and avoiding sick people is about the best preventive prescription out there. And staying out of the general public if you are sick is still a good idea. Though in your particular case, you should avoid the public at all times. But for those occasions where you do need to venture out in public on your short bus: Wear your dense foam helmet and cover your mouth/nose if you cough or sneeze and stay as far away from people as you can.
One reason I have continually hammered on the lack of testing and the still late beginning to test,let's call it a "balky" roll-out of testing,is that early aggressive widespread testing would have been part of a solution.
In the early going,when Chump was re-assuring us how relatively benign this virus was for most people,I knew that yes on one hand that is good. On the other hand that is what makes it bad.Because without testing there are many cases out there of asymptomatic people spreading the disease.
Being so intelligent and able to speak scientifically you should be able to follow that line of reasoning Einstein. Or is it Jethro ?
Originally Posted by sportfisherman