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Oh geez...I DID HAVE the hot burning "yellow" diarrhea for about four days prior to developing my acute respiratory distress.
At this point I am about 95% sure I caught the COVID-19 but still, I am NOT a doctor, so there's still that five percent doubt.

But this did not feel like ANY pneumonia or bronchitis I've EVER had in the past...it was a zillion times worse.

Thank you! At least now I know what "pour hot water over cubes and stir" looks like when written in Mandarin!

Developing new viruses is not a poor man's game. Weapons might be easier and cheaper.

But the Billionaire class has every reason to want about half the population of the earth wiped out. They can afford to develop new viruses and have the means to introduce them into populations.

They used to use wars to reduce the numbers of the poor, but most of the world has generally abandoned war as a means of population control. The cannon fodder wised up to their tricks...except Americans and Saudis.

Developed in private labs, released in China for testing, convinced Americans that barbaric Chinese peasants were forced to eat bats for sustenance in the Communist regime and everyone knows that bats carry diseases...add snakes to memorandom because that's just gross.

Of course Trump isn't worried about catching it. He got the vaccination early.

Democrats are a black pilled party now

"In not embracing march-in rights, Biden is aligned with the pharmaceutical industry, which launched a coalition led by two of its top lobbying groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), to push back against calls for using the authority...

...The pharmaceutical industry has given Biden far more campaign money than anyone else who has run for president this cycle, including President Trump. Joe Biden’s campaign and the outside groups backing him have taken over $1.34 million from the pharmaceuticals and health products industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. For context, Trump has received about $752,000 from the industry this cycle, while Sanders has received about $422,000. "

Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Plan That Could Make Coronavirus Vaccine Affordable

I hear Cuba has a good antiviral treatment that's proven effective with COVID.

Meanwhile in 'The Villages' down in Florida where the death cult is strong:

Florida retirees more worried about stock market than coronavirus

Wasn't this the community that had a syphilis problem not so long ago?

Hang in their Jeff. Sending you healthy thoughts.

who said anything about setting up a research facility, etc etc .... COVID-19 found in nature and it's free ... all you need is one infected person and an international airport

L.A. County just announced that it is now enforcing a "lockdown order", according to The L.A. Times.

Closed
All movie theaters, live performance venues, bowling alleys and arcades
All gyms and fitness centers
All bars and nightclubs that do not serve food
All private social clubs
In addition, all restaurants and retail food facilities will be prohibited from serving food to dine-in customers.

Exceptions
Restaurants, as well as bars and nightclubs that serve food, may continue to prepare and offer food to customers via delivery service or takeout.

Houses of worship are urged to limit large gatherings on their premises and to explore and implement ways to practice their respective faiths while observing “social distancing” practices.
Cafeterias in hospitals, nursing homes or similar facilities will be allowed to continue operations.
Grocery stores, pharmacies and food banks will also be allowed to continue operations.

Schools
• All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses -- and many other around the region -- are closed.

• Los Angeles school officials were racing Sunday to organize the complex logistics of opening 20 meal pickup sites and 40 family resource centers to serve students who will be displaced from campuses beginning Monday in an unprecedented shutdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Sure sounds similar to me, though my respiratory distress was pretty mild. I still have rales in my lungs and my SpO2 is running around 94. (98 is optimal function.) I got an antigen test yesterday. That will tell us if I have the virus present. I heard we will have an antibody test soon, which will tell you if you had it and recovered or are fighting it.

I think the Chinese may either have an aversion to mentioning diarrhea or it is so common there they don't consider it a symptom. Some authorities report the symptoms from Wuhan include about 4% having diarrhea, others report 50%. There has to be some reason for that disparity.

I have been reading some GI scientific papers and reports and the simple fact that the same ACE II receptors the virus uses to get into your lungs are also present in your gut, means you can get it via food or drink. So restaurant take out food is not totally safe, but canned food should be.

I think my minimal respiratory distress was because of two things: I keep my vitamin D level around 70, and I take losartan every day. Just a theory but both have some evidence discussed in peer-reviewed journal papers.

It's being reported that some chain stores, including a bunch of fast food places, are NOT offering their employees paid sick leave. That means lots of their workers are going to come to work and prepare food sick. Smart people will not eat there.

Note that Costco and Home Depot are offering paid sick leave. Safer establishments to patronize. Still, you should try to minimize shopping trips and maintain distance from other patrons. We are still shopping for food at Costco (pending my Covid test results, of course) but we try to keep it down to once every two weeks at most.

I wonder if there will be some sort of "covid immune" badge or something to identify those who have recovered. They could be paid a premium to be workers who face the public. Or even to be helpers at nursing homes, etc.