Pardon me if I'm not panicking

I hope that one of the positives which will come out of this, is for Great Britain to stop relying so much on imports. We should start another 'put Britain first' campaign and become as self-sufficient as possible.
 
Rosemarie said:
I hope that one of the positives which will come out of this, is for Great Britain to stop relying so much on imports. We should start another 'put Britain first' campaign and become as self-sufficient as possible.
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I think a lot of countries will try to become more self sufficient along with forming new very strategic alliances to help control the movement of people and goods between them
 

debodun said:
Just think of what a boring world it would be if everyone was smart and level-headed.

I'm more worried about computer viruses.
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Won't have to worry...hub says there will be a lot of empty heads out there...keeps our sense of humor charged up!
I say stock wine and Clorox...just remember which one to drink and which one to clean with...lol.
 
I am not panicking. Squatting dog has it right. These things come & go, come & go, come & go. People are often bored with their lives & they need something new & exciting to do, like buying a warehouse full of toilet paper. They might die of Cornovirus but boy, they sure will die with a clean rear end. LOL We have a huge bottle of hand sanitizer in the kitchen but I prefer soap & water. I hope to live for a few more years just to see how crazy this world can get!
 
I still think that there is more that we are
not being told about it!

It has to be serious to cause the Chinese
Government to isolate whole cities and a
lot of the country as well.

Maybe a chemical weapon that escaped.

Mike.
 
Catlady said:
I've never used it either. I was almost tempted to buy it today when I grocery shopped. I decided instead to buy rubbing alcohol and if absolutely necessary will mix with a little water to rinse my hands after I wash with soap and water. My bad habit is touching my face with my hands, need to train myself to avoid doing that.
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I'm an inveterate hand washer, but like you, I also touch my face a lot.. so I have made my own sanitiser, by mixing 2/3rds 99% Rubbing alcohol with one third aloe vera gel... . I've dispensed some into little containers and keep one in my hand bag so I can use when I'm out , one in the door pocket of the car , and hubs has the same ..one in the car and one in his coat pocket.

he works full time and mixes with many people every day... so he's more at risk than me.. ,
 
One good thing about this virus, the Chinese skies have cleared of smog because of the quarantines and few drivers. The Chinese govt IS moving fast into electric cars to alleviate the smog problem. This will give them a stronger incentive.
 
I don't have disinfecting wipes but do have a very large supply of baby wipes from Amazon about a year ago when my granddaughter was still in diapers. Thought I was buying a two pack, turns out it was a giant case! o_O

To convert these into something more useful, I mix a small amount of bleach with some water water, add it to the container, thoroughly saturating the wipes. Bingo! Disposable disinfecting wipes.
 
StarSong said:
I don't have disinfecting wipes but do have a very large supply of baby wipes from Amazon about a year ago when my granddaughter was still in diapers. Thought I was buying a two pack, turns out it was a giant case! o_O

To convert these into something more useful, I mix a small amount of bleach with some water water, add it to the container, thoroughly saturating the wipes. Bingo! Disposable disinfecting wipes.
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Remember that once diluted, bleach quickly loses it's effectiveness. From the Clorox website: When bleach and water are mixed together to create a cleaning or disinfecting solution, the solution is only good for 24 hours. After the 24 hours, the solution begins to lose needed disinfecting properties.
 
C'est Moi said:
Remember that once diluted, bleach quickly loses it's effectiveness. From the Clorox website: When bleach and water are mixed together to create a cleaning or disinfecting solution, the solution is only good for 24 hours. After the 24 hours, the solution begins to lose needed disinfecting properties.
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Interesting. Wonder how they manage to keep it stable in their wipes?
 
Liberty said:
Think its the "unknown" with the new viruses...read that regular flu kills 0.05% whereas this virus is killing 2.3%. Lots of unknown factors yet. Better safe than sorry. I spent 9 months of my 1st grade school year in bed. Almost died from strep throat, Scarlett Fever and German Measles all at the same time. Rheumatic Heart Disease was the big fallout from the Scarlett Fever epidemic back then. Was isolated at home with the big red heart on my door. Thank God for Penicillin...every week the doc would come to the house and say "bend over".

Bet others here on the forum were in isolation too, back then...right?
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Yes. My cousin and I, who lived two houses away both had Scarlett Fever at the same time. My dad had to live at his BIL's house so that he could continue traveling back and forth from his job. The big red heart on the front door kept people away.

I suppose today dad would have been whining about his "rights". In that day, most folks did what was considered best for the community. Today many among us don't give a s- - t about other folks as long as they, themselves, aren't in any way inconvenienced.
 
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