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Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:26 am to tigersfirst
8 hours in the middle of the day with no Honkus update.... 
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:33 am to tketaco
Do you think we should set up a gofundmepage?
This is really freaking me out. I grew up survive the threat of nuclear war and now this.
This is really freaking me out. I grew up survive the threat of nuclear war and now this.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:37 am to Honkus
First good luck to you and your family, really hope this turns out well for all of you. I do have a question about weighing the options vs the risk. If you and the fam are 4hrs/200 miles away in the highlands, does it not make more sense to hunker down and let this die down vs enter the areas with more chances of transmission and be near people who are asymptomatic carriers or on a plane with them? I’m not poking the bear, I’m not there, I don’t know what’s it’s like there, just a genuine question.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:42 am to prplhze2000
quote:Settle down.
prplhze2000
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:52 am to joshnorris14
Just saw Honkus on TV. Kids look like the mom.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:02 am to IT_Dawg
quote:
He went to see his wife's family for Chinese New Year, likely the last one for her grandfather (that raised her like a father). It was his chance to see his grandson and celebrate CNY. Also, flu season means shite to what just happened. Read the thread before you shite on someone. thanks.
I read a few pages before posting, but not all 16. Sorry, not sorry. I’m at work now taking care of patients with influenza.
I’m well aware that coronavirus is not flu. Flu is reaching pandemic proportions too, airports are dirty and filled with germs as are recirculated air cabins on planes, and this season it is killing mostly newborns and the elderly. I was simply stating that traveling internationally for an extended time with such a young child at the peak of flu season is dangerous. I understand wanting to see elderly family members at the holidays, but that’s a gamble IMO.
This is coming from a position of a father who had a child under 6 mos old (and couldn’t get a flu vaccine) this Christmas who contracted influenza A (*Edit: there are two A strains in this year’s vaccine) from a family member that fell ill a day after arriving to town on a domestic trip.
I think in many years traveling at Christmas isn’t crazy with a newborn, but a calculated risk—however this year flu is hitting newborns especially hard and I think given that it is either ignorant (simply not knowing better) or irresponsible. This Coronavirus stuff was a wild card that you couldn’t have predicted or avoided.
If crowdsourcing transportation happens, please pin a thread admins and I’d be happy to contribute—as we’ve already seen, I won’t see it if it’s a 30 minute read deep on a 16 page thread.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 11:14 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:05 am to TIGERSandFROGS
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(no A strains were in the vaccine this year anyway)
Not true. There were two different A strains in the vaccine this year. The vaccine protects against 4 strains of the virus...2 A strains and 2 B strains
ETA: And even if you get the version of the vaccine that protects against 3 strains instead of 4...there will always include protection for a strain of type A flu.
There are just so many out there it and the viruses mutant so much...it is hard to be able to 100% predict which strains will be the more prevalent ones we are exposed to.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 11:08 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:12 am to lsunurse
You are correct about the strains. I was misinformed. Thanks for the correction.
I took it as truth because my wife and I both had the vaccine and contracted it, as did the family member that brought it to town. It was actually the ED physician that swabbed me that said there was no A in the vaccine this year... so that’s a little alarming.
I took it as truth because my wife and I both had the vaccine and contracted it, as did the family member that brought it to town. It was actually the ED physician that swabbed me that said there was no A in the vaccine this year... so that’s a little alarming.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:48 am to TIGERSandFROGS
I am always surprised at the different information that comes from Dr’s on the vaccine and the flu.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:51 am to TIGERSandFROGS
Honkus I’m not sure what your plans are but it might be wise to divide in conquer with your wife.
I would plan to leave but prepare to stay.
One of you go full steam ahead on trying to get out the other make preparations if you have to stay (food, water, bleach, masks).
If you don’t get out you may be there a long time and you don’t want to miss your window to get supplies
I would plan to leave but prepare to stay.
One of you go full steam ahead on trying to get out the other make preparations if you have to stay (food, water, bleach, masks).
If you don’t get out you may be there a long time and you don’t want to miss your window to get supplies
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:53 am to WaWaWeeWa
Honkus I just want you to know me and C are praying for yall.
And if you don't make it back, the Tigerdroppings koozie you got me in Austin will be forever special.
And if you don't make it back, the Tigerdroppings koozie you got me in Austin will be forever special.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 11:54 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:54 am to TIGERSandFROGS
quote:
It was actually the ED physician that swabbed me that said there was no A in the vaccine this year... so that’s a little alarming.
maybe hes wrong.
One A and 4 Bs going around. Weve all had B. All at least some immunity to B.
Lookee here:
quote:
For 2019-2020, trivalent (three-component) vaccines are recommended to contain: A/Brisbane/02/2018 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus (updated) A/Kansas/14/2017 (H3N2)-like virus (updated)
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:03 pm to CelticDog
quote:
maybe hes wrong.
Yes he was wrong. Nurse was correct about the strains.
It’s alarming that he’s both misinformed and disseminating bad information as someone on the front lines of treating influenza.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:04 pm to TIGERSandFROGS
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This post was edited on 5/19/20 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:19 pm to LSUlunatic
Honkus you have a nice family unit going on there and whenever you get the hell out and back home, tell your wife’s folks you’ll get them Skype or FaceTime or whatever the hell the ChiComs will allow them to have so you can talk that way. Or he’ll meet them in Singapore or some shite next time.
Either way, pulling for you guys.
Either way, pulling for you guys.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:27 pm to TheeRealCarolina
Didn't make it through all 17 pages but I did get to about page 4 and was shocked nobody asked for pics of Chinese wife by then
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:28 pm to Slim Chance
quote:
Didn't make it through all 17 pages but I did get to about page 4 and was shocked nobody asked for pics of Chinese wife by then
He provided it up front, to be fair
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:38 pm to joshnorris14
Have you talked to your employer Honkus? I know you are in sales, but to be honest if I was your employee I’d prefer you stayed for awhile and not come into the office right now. I’m not even worried about it. Not to mention how long is the quarantine in San Fran gonna be?
I guess all I’m saying is it may be just as wise to hunker down for awhile if you are safe and feel safe enough there.
Now if you simply want to get the heck out of China due to what’s happening that’s different.
I guess all I’m saying is it may be just as wise to hunker down for awhile if you are safe and feel safe enough there.
Now if you simply want to get the heck out of China due to what’s happening that’s different.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:45 pm to baldona
From my one trip to China (Canton), the one heath-wise thing I remember is how freely people spit on the streets.
How to ask this? Just come out and ask if your wife's family share this way of blowing their noses, etc.
This spitting habit among others seems a way of spreading wet viruses very efficiently.
Just in case.
How to ask this? Just come out and ask if your wife's family share this way of blowing their noses, etc.
This spitting habit among others seems a way of spreading wet viruses very efficiently.
Just in case.
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