China Virus Threat 2020

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About the same for me CH.

I get a 90 day supply and have an extra 90 day supply stockpiled as preps. 90 day supply cost me $12, heart meds and diabetes meds all included.

My largest expense is type 2 diabetic test strips since I prefer to use a high cost brand due to accuracy issues with the cheap generic brands. Another $15 per month but that is my choice.

I have a checkup scheduled for next week that will cost me $0 with a full blood workup and prescription refills.

I am sort of shocked that more "preppers" have not worked up a stock of meds. If you know you have an "expiration date" when the meds run out that is one of the first things to deal with. It was for me anyway. The problems faced with getting a stockpile of meds seems a good example of nanny state population control.

I did see that the UK has lost a second virus victim. This one was a man in his 80s with "underlying health issues", the first was a woman in her 70s with "severe health problems". Most of the 80% of the population expected to be infected will not even realize they have and are spreading the virus, showing only a low grade fever and cough.

Elderly, obese, with heart disease, with previous respiratory issues, and diabetes are declared greatest at risk. that sounds familiar due to it being the same group at risk each year due to the "regular flu". That makes up about 75% of those over 60 and 100% of those over seventy. Sorry but "elderly" is an age definition and not a health condition, so you are there if you are there.

I have also been amazed at the statistics I am reading out of the UK, and other European nations. Yes and the U.S. too. Mostly due to the panic over this strain of flu and its domination over life and economy with the infection of a small number of people and the deaths of a very few, when the "regular flu" kills hundreds, here in the U.S. thousands, each year and more than half the population refuses to get a flu shot for whatever reason.

I was at Harbor Freight yesterday. Big importer of Chinese tools we have over here. There was not a paint respirator or dust mask left in the store, but they did have a huge pallet of work grade rubber gloves up close to the door.