Coronavirus Covid 19 and Marine Industry

So you suggest doing nothing to protect yourself and others? A boat won't sink unless water gets in, Do you not close your portholes when you cruise? I have a chronic cough due to COPD. Want me standing behind you unprotected on the grocery checkout line? Everybody sneezes and coughs due to pollution, seasonal allergies, etc.

Of course it's airborne - that's how it travelled thousands of miles without human conduct.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/st...eak-covidiots-traveled-after-flooding-florida
https://www.propublica.org/article/...-cdc-slowed-the-early-response-to-coronavirus
Oxford University says 1 in 1000 need to be treated

New restrictions Florida:

Received while my vessel

is on the hard at LMC!!




March 26, 2020
Dear LMC Customer,
Broward County has issued an Executive Order calling for the closure of all non-essential businesses effective March 25, 2020 until further notice. LMC has worked closely with The Marine Industries Association of South Florida and other South Florida Yards to define essential marine businesses. These essential businesses have been submitted to the County and the City of Ft. Lauderdale for consideration. As of March 25, 2020, we are only allowed to continue to perform certain work in LMC. The list of the work allowed is outlined below.
NO OTHER WORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE PERFORMED IN LMC. FURTHERMORE, THE WORK ALLOWED FROM THE LIST BELOW CAN ONLY BE PERFORMED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
FROM 7:00am to 6:00pm.
Essential Services Allowed:

1. Hauling and launching of vessels
2. Electrical systems
3. Engine and generator systems
4. Running gear and steering systems
5. A/C systems
6. Hydraulic systems
7. Fire / safety systems
8. Navigation systems
9. Thru-Hull systems
10. Plumbing systems
11. Bilge systems
12. Black and grey water systems
13. Vessel ingress / egress systems
14. Communication systems

If you have any questions or need further clarification, please contact your account manager.
Sincerely,
Lauderdale Marine Center

On a more upbeat note, a great story of a 101 year old Coronavirus survivor, good on him!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlie...d-italian-man-beats-coronavirus/#579710a048bc

Interesting report on the German Site DW looking at the significant difference in death rates between Germany and Italy and Spain and comparing their situations to the United States.
Their thesis is that death rates reflect the availability of proper intensive care beds with ventilation. If the stock of ICU beds is good the death rate is moderated. If ICU beds have to be rationed, with elder patients with multiple health problems least likely to get ventilation or proper ICU support, the death rate will be measurably higher.
Germany has a population of 80 million and 24,000 ICU beds or 29 per 100,000
Italy has a population of 60,000 and 5,000 ICU beds or 12 per 100,000
Spain has a population of 46,000,000 and 4,600 ICU beds or 10 per 100,000

By comparison, the United States has a population of 330,000,000 and 112,000 ICU beds or 34 per 100,00

Two notes: The Germans were in the middle of increasing their ICU count to 50,000 and some figures suggest that 28,000 beds are now available which would match the American number at 34
There is a wider geographic variance in the availability of ICU beds in the United States between areas with a larger number of beds per 100,000 and areas with smaller numbers.

In the UK the Health Service asked for 250k volunteers to help out. Within 24hrs, 660k had signed-up.

Tracking cell phones from just one Fort Lauderdale beach at Spring Break.

I like that boat! What make is it?

Are most captains expected to cook? Or are you and J just diamonds in the rough...lol. Sounds pretty cool.

I'll say. Glad things are ok. Is she over the cold?

Gents,

This thread has been stripped of comments that will lead us down a canal with insufficient draft. About the only cruising any of us are doing is digitally. Let's not ground the ship.

USA population 330,000,000
Total USA positives 99,447
Negatives 527,220
Hospitalized 11,142
Deaths 1,530
Total test results 626,667

Sweden and Belarus refused to lock down - and they are doing just fine.

Elling E4. Read the review by Judy under "Reviews". She's talking about the boat!!!

I don't know the time of your data farming, but Johns Hopkins has a different number as of 08:40. They are not posting the number tested

Positives: 104.8K
Deaths: 1.71K
Recovered: 894
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Oh yeah..I saw a different photo of that boat and she told me what it was. Pure pipe dream for me, but that is my kind of boat. I'm not to big into the 16V Whopper fish Stoppers...

I make a wicked grilled cheese sandwich, nuked hot dog or bacon, oh and PBJ. We always planned on dinner ashore. Besides, that gives guests the chance to mingle with locals and soak in the local atmosphere. Plus with me cooking my guests would starve.

Thankfully done and back to work (essential business). Thank you.