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I had a similar situation but no ICU, no pneumonia but was hospitalized prez day weekend 2019. Low 0x saturations, respiratory therapy, chronic bronchitis/cough/bronchospasm, nonsmoker, diagnosed as if I had late onset asthma or COPD and put on numerous inhalers, pulmonary function testing (fairly normal) etc. Come to find out it was at least partially environmental due to an old rehabbed apt I was living in at the time/dusty, constant painting, reworking of old units, old heating units without filters etc. Once recovered and moved out of that situation I no longer need inhalers and only take a few common allergy preps. I had several winters worth of increasingly severe bronchitis of a very atypical nature that would last months leading up to this. I had made the switch to pnw from the east which may have been an issue too, now back east. I too was wondering what Russia slipped into the water for a few years. I now ride a bike aggressively with no shortness of breath whatsoever and no inhalers since June 2020. I was also diagnosed with chronic obstructive sleep apnea and put on c-pap which seemed to make a difference too. Stay safe out there and stay hydrated with plenty of fresh air ops when possible.

Just In Time supply strategy. Obviously, that was as wise as outsourcing our medical manufacturing.

That IS good CallyCat Hope your relatives remain well along with yourself and your family. BTW, the page 312 facebook meme is from Sylvia Browne's 2008 book End of Days

I work in trucking. We do a lot of medical supplies. We have been deemed an essential operation by the government so we do not get effected by shutdowns. Prior to this all going down my boss was in Europe, Italy and Spain to be specific so he has made it back stateside this week but is in quarantine. That leaves me in charge of the entire show as I"m #2 for the company. We are a cross country carrier so on a daily basis I have to interact with drivers that are just coming back from runs across the country. We service Maine to California. God bless these drivers for being on the front line and willing to drive and deliver anywhere in the country despite fears. So far we have had 2 employees that are awaiting results, they have come back negative for FLU so Corona test is next, they most likely have it given the symptoms. We have strict cleaning regiment we have to perform every 2 hours and we have to wash our hands at least once every 30 mins. I've had to balance my week between calming down scared employees, running the operations, and on conference calls and meetings about what we do next. I have to do my best to keep this thing going, I have a lot of drivers, warehouse workers and office staff that need their paychecks as long as they can. Plus we are delivering things to hospitals that are necessary to operate. I"m both mentally and emotionally worn out tonight, and I cant go see my gf because I dont want to expose her to anything. I go to work and come home trying to interact with the "public" as little as possible. I hate the idea that I could be a carrier that does not show symptoms and could be spreading it at stores or gas stations but I need to keep doing what I can as long as I can to move essential items and keep my people paid as long as possible. Stay safe out there people.

Western Mountaineering is the benchmark by which all sleeping bags are measured. Their testing is rock solid and if the bag says its rated to 20F you can take that to the bank. I have two WM bags. The Caribou which is a microfiber 35F bag and a Lynx -10F down bag. I've migrated to quilts and have a 10F Enlightened Equipment as my go to. When it's below freezing, I open up the WM Caribou (microfiber) and put it on top of me and the EE quilt on top of that. That way, as I perspire during the night, the microfiber will wick the moisture to the next layer above. Were I to put the down bag on top of me, I'd risk wetting out the down, having it freeze, and potentially get into trouble.

My trip out today was a solo run, as my son's lady friend had other plans for him, and the other guys in my group were also all otherwise occupied, as well as another member on this board who PMed me, but we couldn't make our schedules mesh. It was a beautiful blue sky day, but we still have the very stiff winds and cold temps, so my treks away from the car were fairly short. I took one of my favourite side trails off the main logging road, and about 4 km in, found a group of guys with an impromptu range set up, and a nice array of guns and optics, so I stopped and chatted for a while, but didn't join in the target shooting, as I had left the house with my rifle, and my ammo box stayed on the bench by the door, where I had forgotten it! Getting old has its moments for me !! My next turn off was to the small lake that I had mentioned in my post on page 34, so that I could take another pic of the spot where some of you had seen a blobsquatch in one of my photos. I duplicated the same shot today, and can confirm that the same dark blob is still in the same position, so it's a stump, or a VERY patient sasquatch. Again, there was a family, mom, dad, and 3 teens, with a target set up for .22 plinking. They finished a couple of 5 round clips, then packed up so I could continue my walk past them to the pond area. Back on the main logging road, I found the next few side valleys gated, including one that I had gone into for the first time in years, on my last trip out with my son (P 34). I did find another road near there, up another creek valley, that had been locked in the past, but was open today, so I ventured up it, only to find a 14" dia. deadfall across it at the 2km marker. I got out my 18" Homelite chainsaw, and struggled with it for 20 minutes without getting it started. I think I over primed it, as when I got home and took it into the communal workshop in my building, it fired right up on the 3rd pull. ARGHHHH My only wildlife sighting was a skinny looking grouse, that flushed off the road before I could get my camera on it. Still a nice day to be out in the timber, with fresh air and soul satisfying scenery. In order of appearance: Waterfall almost entirely frozen View down a side trail, looking west across the lake A stretch of the logging road used as a small aircraft runway for a logging camp The small lake I showed on p.34, with the same evergreen and dark blob on the far side Mountains down the lake to the north More of the mountains to the north Icicles on a cliff face. One of the gated roads Deadfall across the trail Mt Cheam from the schoolyard in the village of Aggissiz at sunset on the way home. .

I got 3.5 inches this morning and it is still coming down.