If Music Could Talk

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

20 Apr 2021, 4:55pm

I took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …

WestwayKid wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 5:44pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

20 Apr 2021, 4:55pm

I took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …

My original comment has not aged well.

Sparky wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 6:32pm

WestwayKid wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 5:44pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

20 Apr 2021, 4:55pm

I took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …

My original comment has not aged well.

But who'd have thought it was going to turn in to this? I wasn't too concerned for the first couple of months, then people I knew were getting sick, people were dying in higher numbers and I began to worry more about my older family members health & safety.
Again, I'm totally surprised, but quite glad, that they were able to utilize some of the same research from SARS, in order to get a highly effective vaccine out so rapidly for virus mankind had never seen before.

WestwayKid wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 6:41pm

Sparky wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 6:32pm

WestwayKid wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 5:44pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

20 Apr 2021, 4:55pm

I took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …

My original comment has not aged well.

But who'd have thought it was going to turn in to this? I wasn't too concerned for the first couple of months, then people I knew were getting sick, people were dying in higher numbers and I began to worry more about my older family members health & safety.
Again, I'm totally surprised, but quite glad, that they were able to utilize some of the same research from SARS, in order to get a highly effective vaccine out so rapidly for virus mankind had never seen before.

Very true. Any experience we had with something like this had been with viruses stopped before they really disrupted society. I just could not comprehend that it would interfere with a vacation and the thought that it would take hold like it did was beyond my imagination.

Kimmelweck wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 7:12pm

I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 2:02pm

Kimmelweck wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 7:12pm

I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.

As a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 3:13pm

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 2:02pm

Kimmelweck wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 7:12pm

I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.

As a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.

Me too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 3:40pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 3:13pm

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 2:02pm

Kimmelweck wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 7:12pm

I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.

As a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.

Me too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.

Well they did both turn out to be the best we could hope for of a bad situation in some ways. As pandemics go, this one was pretty tame comparatively. Meanwhile, the PNW is "overdue" for a 9.0 earthquake, my greatest fear of all, so that's always in my head. Life is swell.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 4:00pm

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 3:40pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 3:13pm

Kory wrote: ↑

18 May 2021, 2:02pm

Kimmelweck wrote: ↑

17 May 2021, 7:12pm

I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.

As a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.

Me too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.

Well they did both turn out to be the best we could hope for of a bad situation in some ways. As pandemics go, this one was pretty tame comparatively. Meanwhile, the PNW is "overdue" for a 9.0 earthquake, my greatest fear of all, so that's always in my head. Life is swell.

When my niece, who lives Vancouver-ish, was around 9 and we were visiting, she told me quite earnestly how much she was scared of a tsunami coming ashore and destroying everything. I told her that Vancouver Island would absorb the wave, so she'd be fine. Who knows, maybe I was right.

Mimi wrote: ↑

23 May 2021, 6:58pm

Partially behind a paywall, but I managed to read snippets from other sites. Intelligence reports are pointing to the origin of the virus came from the lab.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3

BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑

23 May 2021, 9:47pm

Mimi wrote: ↑

23 May 2021, 6:58pm

Partially behind a paywall, but I managed to read snippets from other sites. Intelligence reports are pointing to the origin of the virus came from the lab.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

revbob wrote: ↑

24 May 2021, 11:45am

My daughter was told she had as asthma today. This seems to be a direct result of covid as she never had breathing issues before this and has always been pretty active and not exhibited breathing issues in the past.