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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
Gents, I’m supposed to be going to Hawaii in a month to surf. Should I be concerned with this?

Hard to say. The "reporting" out of China was erratic and untrustworthy, so it's really hard to say, with any confidence, just how much a threat SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 really is--either in infectiousness or mortality.

If I'd already paid for the tickets and this was some kind of thing important to me, I guess I'd go, but I'd take precautions. Consider: You'll be confined in an aluminum tube in close proximity to several hundred other people--some (many?) of whom may be infectious. Then there are all the surfaces you'll be obliged to touch during your journeys back-and-forth.

So big, fat "Dunno" from me.

Mind you: I'm cautious, even somewhat paranoid, by nature.

A 19 yo in Washington state has died of this virus.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
A 19 yo in Washington state has died of this virus.

Incorrect - 50 y/o female with existing conditions - and she had been to South Korea.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
Gents, I’m supposed to be going to Hawaii in a month to surf. Should I be concerned with this? I’m sure anyone doing any kind of travel in the cocoon might be concerned. I’m not so much worried about it on the island but on the plane makes me worry. Or is this the liberal media making everyone hysterical?

Personally, it wouldn't worry me. I'd probably turn up my germaphobe volume to 11, but overall I would not at all be concerned about making that trip.

I have a trip to France already planned and booked for July-August, and the only thing that is concerning me right now is if there should be any travel disruptions.

The chances of being injured while surfing in Hawaii are probably greater. The North shore has some great waves.

Having a good immmune system is important as well, and if I recall correctly you work out a good bit.

The media is simply awful. The first couple of questions during this press conference is about attacking Trump rather than asking important questions about the virus.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci stated there is no reason to believe you can get re-infected if you contracted the infection but fought it off. Good to know.

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Originally posted by kkina:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci stated there is no reason to believe you can get re-infected if you contracted the infection but fought it off. Good to know.

This is why I say I don't believe a damned thing about this virus that is being reported by the media. They have no credibility with me. I'll rely on updates direct from the professionals' mouths during press conferences such as this one.

Any links to confirmed Washington death? Articles on yahoo start with his family and the 50 year old woman is being treated in home.

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
A 19 yo in Washington state has died of this virus.

Incorrect - 50 y/o female with existing conditions - and she had been to South Korea.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1145931

Yeah... 50 years old and medically high risk.

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Originally posted by dave7378:

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Originally posted by TigerDore:

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Originally posted by SIG4EVA:
Well boys, my family and I are still alive and healthy, lol. It's been 20 days since we got back from Taiwan through LA and Dulles.

Good news! And beautiful kids!



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Yes, very nice pic!

Thank you gentlemen!

The level of panic in the media seems to be a modern day "War of the Worlds".

Whipped into a frenzy.



The sick shall be killed and their bodies burned and then we shall await further instructions from our infotainment industrial complex masters.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
The chances of being injured while surfing in Hawaii are probably greater. The North shore has some great waves.

Having a good immmune system is important as well, and if I recall correctly you work out a good bit.

Maui. And I only do knee to chest size. The North shore of Oahu is way too expert for me.

Yeah I workout almost every day of the week and eat immune boosting food and take a ton of supplements. I stay in semi-athlete shape. But I think I’m going to mask up and glove up for the flight. I don’t care what people think. I don’t want to get this shit and ruin a 12 month planned escape from work hell. The trip is almost no cost to me. Just got to pay to put the k9 up in the kennel for 10’days.

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Post some pics when you return. Maui is beautiful.

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Looks dead. Is there not a warning on these plastic bags?

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
A 19 yo in Washington state has died of this virus.

Incorrect - 50 y/o female with existing conditions - and she had been to South Korea.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1145931

Yeah... 50 years old and medically high risk.

Fog of war - male; travel contact is still a question. We need to do better....

I remember the polio epidemic. I am thankful media was not in 24 hour panic mode back then. The consequences of that condition I think were far greater than what we face with the coronavirus.