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I saw this and thought it was excellent, so I wanted to share here. It's not about Corona virus, but just sickness in general. It's a reminder for most, but maybe someone would find it helpful. Before all this was going on, it saddened me to see parents dragging a sick little one around when they should be at home resting. I'm putting the link, but not the article to respect copyright. http://likemotherlikedaughter.org/2015/01/my-secrets-to-taking-common-sense-care-of-your-sick-child-at-home/ One of the things we do differently is for throwing up, we use those little plastic trashcans lined with grocery bags. When DD and I had the flu, I had DH buy a couple more.

Data mining, too.

They didn't set the amount yet. I don't like the idea of "stimulus checks" at all.

Looks like Lehmans is for now https://www.lehmans.com/blog/dear-friend/#more-34764 Looks like they're out of stock of most lids.

I don't know if you can order online from them (what am I talking about, most places you can order online), but some of the other places that carry jars --Lowes, Tractor Supply, some hardware stores, Giant Eagle even used to carry them last year.

Pittsburgh has a couple cases. 2 in surrounding counties. I would think there's many with it, but undiagnosed. What I've been wondering about is--how long has it been here and we just didn't know about it? Several of us here at MrsS were hit with a nasty flu/crud thing over the winter. Could we have had it then? I don't know, just been thinking.

https://natureswarehouse.net/collections/literature/products/school-of-natural-healing-by-dr-john-r-christopher It's $56.31 here and free shipping. I don't know what edition this is compared to the one Midnightmom linked. And through the school itself, it's $79.95. https://www.christopherpublications.com/SNH.html Looks like there's a deal where it's part of a bundle, too. https://www.christopherpublications.com/snhsyllabus.html

Pennsylvania closed schools for the next 2 weeks.

Hi, Daylily! Nice to see you here again! I hope our country doesn't use the Coronavirus as a reason to trample on the Constitution. People are stupid, but we do NOT want to legislate common sense. There's too much of that going on already (nanny-state). It's too slippery of a slope. THAT being said, that dad sounds either stupid or incredibly selfish and self-centered (I'm guessing the latter). With the lack of testing here for quite some time, should we all assume it's already around in our community? and be avoiding unnecessary outings/events, especially if we are at higher risk?

For those needing to watch their salt intake, remember that baking soda is high in sodium.

A reminder about RX's: Except with certain controlled rx's, You can legally fill all the refills you have left all at once, but you will be paying the actual cost. Your insurance/prescription plan is the one who sets the 30 or 90 day or whatever refill time. You can fill sooner than that, but the insurance/prescription plan does not cover their part. It's something to think about and consider. Very, very expensive for some rx's (my thyroid med is WAY up there...several hundred dollars/90 day supply) and not so bad for others (DH's generic blood pressure med without insurance is under $30/90 day supply).

Is there a way one of the mods can pin that to the top of the subforums?

Isn't garlic an antiviral? I used to know this stuff. Do we know if Tea Tree Oil has any affect for cleaning surfaces for this?

https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/coronavirus-update-march-4th I'm looking at the nice list of info here. It's easier for me to figure out than listen to and read stuff right now. Disturbing: Mutation: There May Be Two Distinct Strains of SARS-CoV-2, One More Deadly

With the other health stuff I have going on, DD and I have been mostly home this winter, except for medical stuff. I'm actually starting to get some cabin fever, but have been either too weak or sick to go anywhere.

https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/march-3rd-coronavirus-update-the-trump-response Part that stuck out to me: "We're Past Containment Phase", moving into Mitigation Phase, which means Social Distancing, Working from Home, and Possible School Closures

https://www.glennbeck.com/blog/coronavirus-update-monday-march-2nd I like the chart showing how it compares to the regular flu. Is this some of the info MtRider was looking for?

DD and I are sick again. I thought we were past the flu we had at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb, just not feeling 100% yet. This past week has been very stressful and no one here has been sleeping well. Last night, whatever this crud is hit us both. I didn't think we'd come down with something again already.

Welcome back, Joyfilled!

Welcome back!

Littlesister, I agree. I'll take it a step further: In my area, our electric mostly comes from coal-fired power plants. Think just some of the people to get the coal to the power plant: the coal miners, truck drivers, crane operators, towboat crews, lock and dam personel, ect. And all those people need fuel and supplies to operate.

I'm sorry to hear that! I hope Lori knows she is welcome to join us here anytime.

My old, old, little house, too. I'd add 2 things to the list that we all probably have. Salt and Vaseline. I used both with the flu recently. Noses get raw and sore quickly; Vaseline helps that! I cannot have any kind of OTC cold/flu meds or even honey. So I gargle with salt water. But it helps a sore throat. Do people still do that? It was one of my mom's go-to home remedies when I was growing up.

Mt Rider, when you move out of there, are you going to leave a binder of instructions for the next people?