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james_s:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on March 15, 2020, 07:04:05 am ---It would be high on mine simply because being comfortable goes a very long way. We're not going to starve or die of thirst, but even if were were that's a separate issue. Be a bit hungry and it's not a problem - you need the REALLY hungry for that. OTOH, spend half a day with the remains of a wet fart in your pants, or running nose, and you'll soon appreciate the vast difference between having tissue and not.

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Seriously?

Do you not have a shower in your home? Have you not discovered handkerchiefs? A rag from an old tshirt works in a pinch as a tissue to wipe your nose.

TP and tissue would be pretty low on my list, it's a luxury that is trivially easy to get by without, I mean it has only existed in modern form since the late 1800's and I don't think it was common outside of the upper class until the 1900s.

rgarito:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 15, 2020, 01:48:58 am ---
--- Quote from: rgarito on March 15, 2020, 12:53:08 am ---
--- Quote from: Zucca on March 05, 2020, 01:14:34 pm ---Dave can you tell me if the corona is spreading less in region like Australia where the temperature is higher than the north planet?
There are rumors high temperature will block the virus...

Thanks

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I live in South Florida.  We are almost always warmer than the rest of the USA.  In fact we already hit 90 (F) about a week ago, but we have mostly been in the low 80's.  We are quickly becoming a hot-spot in the USA (my county, Broward, specifically).  Everything here is rapidly shutting down.  By the end of the weekend there will be little in the way of public things left running.  WE are a heavy tourist region, too, and that is pretty much done, now.  Spring break is going on, and we are one of the hot college destinations.  Already some cities (Miami) are telling students to go home and closing a lot of the parties they are attracted to. 

As far as I know, climate doesn't seem to matter and I've seen articles claiming that idea was actually a hoax.

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   I agree.  I'm outside of Orlando and we're been having hot weather (90F) and it doesn't seem to be inhibiting the virus.  We jumped from 41 cases yesterday to 71 today. The first dozen or so were travel related but all of the ones after that seem to be home grown.

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Wow Orlando.  I expect that place to become a real ghost town really soon, with all of the tourism essentially dead.  Is anything up there still actually open (after Sunday)?  We're still tying to tell the college kids to all go home, here.  The beach seems to be business as usual so far, at least in the kids' eyes.  Although tonight they announced that 6 students at one of the local universities just tested positive so things may be changing real quick...

rgarito:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on March 15, 2020, 02:27:30 am ---
--- Quote from: rgarito on March 15, 2020, 12:53:08 am ---I live in South Florida.  We are almost always warmer than the rest of the USA.  In fact we already hit 90 (F) about a week ago, but we have mostly been in the low 80's.  We are quickly becoming a hot-spot in the USA (my county, Broward, specifically).  Everything here is rapidly shutting down.  By the end of the weekend there will be little in the way of public things left running.  WE are a heavy tourist region, too, and that is pretty much done, now.  Spring break is going on, and we are one of the hot college destinations.  Already some cities (Miami) are telling students to go home and closing a lot of the parties they are attracted to. 

As far as I know, climate doesn't seem to matter and I've seen articles claiming that idea was actually a hoax.

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Florida is very wet right? Spread would be inhibited by spittle and fluids drying up quicker and that may be less favourable in moist swampy areas. You

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Not really as wet as many think.  The Everglades are (or at least they should be, but humans have kinda changed that).  But South Florida (Homestead on the south end to a little north of West Palm Beach on the north end) is basically one 20 mile or so wide slab of concrete.  We call them all different cities but in reality, those are just political lines.  It's wall to wall buildings and people down here.  And we aren't in rainy season yet (that's probably a month or more away).  This time of year we don't get much rain although we had a wash-out for 1 day about a week ago.

EEVblog:
Just heard that public servants will get 20 days extra paid annual leave if they have to care for kids if/when the schools close.
I'd be surprised if they stay open another couple of weeks.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---Have you not discovered handkerchiefs?
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Had 'em when I was a kid, not since. They are massively inappropriate for cleanliness at the best of times, and right now you absolutely do not want snotrags festering in your pocket. The ONLY reason everyone used to have a hanky was because strong-enough tissues hadn't been invented when we were kids.


--- Quote ---only existed in modern form since the late 1800's
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The implication is that whatever used to be good for us is still better than what we have now. Which, pardon my French, is bollocks. The reason we aren't still wallowing in mud and sleeping in caves is because some people just weren't satisfied with what we always had and wanted better. What we have IS generally better. How about you replace your loo with a hole in the floor - good enough for hundreds of years, and still good enough in some parts of the world. Hell, go camping and it's good enough. Yet, for some unfathomable reason, most of us have flushing loos.

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