Posted By: Charity
Coronavirus - potential impacts - 01/30/20 01:21 AM
Two days ago I watched a You Tube video of a young Chinese man in Wuhan describing conditions there. Public order is still in place but the anxiety in his voice was palpable. He thought the situation was being mismanaged but felt helpless to change it.
Without going into it, from the evidence I've seen, there is a good possibility this will be as large as the 1918 Spanish Flue. For the purpose of this thread, let's assume that it is and that it takes a course in the average person similar to the Spanish Flue. How should we respond individually and collectively when it hits our country and communities?
Specifically, what do you think of the Chinese approach. I think quarantining entire cities is right and attempting to keep the sick within the city quarantined makes sense but I think that life should go on as normal for those who are well. It seems to me that keeping everyone locked down and indoors in their little apartments except to get food is a recipe for disaster. Once the disease has a clear hold on a population center I think it has to take its course. From what I've seen of Wuhan, If they aren't careful it will not be long before authorities loose control of the situation and people will take to the streets and public order will break down.
Besides the macro questions a main purpose of the thread is to share with each other some practical advice about simple hydro therapies to reduce fevers, to boost immunity before the symptoms worsen, avoiding infection etc.
During the 1918 flue there were some Adventist medical folk in Michigan who save every case of Spanish Flue that they treated using, if I remember right, a wet sheet wrap treatment.
By the way, I've always wondered what would bring about the conditions Ellen White predicts that those in the cities will be trapped in them. Quarantine seems to be the answer. I heard today that China has reinforced its travel ban from the infected areas by not only road blocks but dumping earth across highways.
Without going into it, from the evidence I've seen, there is a good possibility this will be as large as the 1918 Spanish Flue. For the purpose of this thread, let's assume that it is and that it takes a course in the average person similar to the Spanish Flue. How should we respond individually and collectively when it hits our country and communities?
Specifically, what do you think of the Chinese approach. I think quarantining entire cities is right and attempting to keep the sick within the city quarantined makes sense but I think that life should go on as normal for those who are well. It seems to me that keeping everyone locked down and indoors in their little apartments except to get food is a recipe for disaster. Once the disease has a clear hold on a population center I think it has to take its course. From what I've seen of Wuhan, If they aren't careful it will not be long before authorities loose control of the situation and people will take to the streets and public order will break down.
Besides the macro questions a main purpose of the thread is to share with each other some practical advice about simple hydro therapies to reduce fevers, to boost immunity before the symptoms worsen, avoiding infection etc.
During the 1918 flue there were some Adventist medical folk in Michigan who save every case of Spanish Flue that they treated using, if I remember right, a wet sheet wrap treatment.
By the way, I've always wondered what would bring about the conditions Ellen White predicts that those in the cities will be trapped in them. Quarantine seems to be the answer. I heard today that China has reinforced its travel ban from the infected areas by not only road blocks but dumping earth across highways.