6289

Even if the US were a signatory, the UN Convention Statelessness does have exceptions for “fraud” or “disloyalty”, which are basically the legal requirements for denaturalization in the US.

6290

EDIT: Oops, this was intended for the coronavirus thread, oh well…

advice thread





6291

It is definitely a lot harder than it seems. I’ve always been an obsessive hand washer, but lately I’ve been trying to limit touching my face. It’s so hard. You do it without thought most of the time to rub your eyes or scratch your nose. It’s almost like blinking.

6292

I keep seeing this, and I don’t really know what they think people can do about it. Until the insurance company says it’s time to refill, you don’t get more. You can’t really pressure them for more and earlier.

6293

For prescriptions which aren’t abusable, generally physicians are open to prescribing 90-day instead of 30-day supply, if you ask. I prefer to not have to refill monthly, and it makes it easier to avoid ever running out.

6294

I not only get 90 days worth, I get mine mailed to me. Pharmacies are a gathering of sick people and germs.

For those incidental prescriptions, I have no choice but to wait in one.

6295

Sadly, not all prescription can be gotten in a 90 day supple. Stupid federal laws!

6296

If you’re close to running out, sometimes insurers will allow you to get a refill early if you say you’re going on a trip or something like that.

6297

Yeah, one of my wife’s seizure medicines can only be gotten in 30 day quantities, and to make it worse, it’s got to be picked up at the pharmacy. She barely can get it refilled in time, so forget trying to get a 90 day supply.

6298

My plan is to work on boosting my immunities. I see little hope of avoiding it if it becomes a pandemic. Stop touching my face? That’ll never happen. I can wash my hands a lot but I’ll be going into a public restroom to do this. I have to go to work. I have to be in an office with others. I will get mail out of the mailbox. I am not stocking up on two months of groceries, and that’s assuming that two months would even be enough.

The most worrisome aspect to me is I’m moving into the high-risk group, older people.

Of the first 425 confirmed deaths across mainland China, 80 per cent were over the age of 60, and 75 per cent had some form of underlying disease. Two thirds of the confirmed deaths were male.

Let’s see…I’m 60, check. I’m type 2 diabetic, check. I’m a dude, check. Damn.

Oh, and as an added bonus I’m working two cruises starting Sunday so I’ll be on a cruise ship in the Caribbean for two weeks. Just like PC games, I’m domed!

6299

That’s easily the scariest scenario imo.

6300

Being male probably isn’t causative there. E.g. apparently Chinese men smoke way more than women (like, an order of magnitude difference), which probably matters for a disease that attacks the lungs.

6301

You obviously never rode the NYC transit system. After you see what people do to the hand holds, sneezing into a hand and then grabbing the pole without wiping their hand for example, you learn. No touching your face until you get to a place to wash with soap and water.

6302

I’m not that worried. There haven’t really been any sightings of coronavirus in the Caribbean and not too many in the U.S. The cruise line is denying boarding to anyone who has been in an affected area in the last two weeks.

Anyway, I’m somewhat fatalistic about it. Many experts are expecting it to become a pandemic. Some people only get mild symptons and still go to work, so they spread it.

6303

What I mean is it’s a deeply ingrained habit. I might put my elbow up on my desk at work and rest my head on my fist, or sometimes I purse my lips with my fingers as I’m thinking about something, or my nose itches, etc. I just don’t see retraining myself at this point. I don’t ride public transportation, either.

6304

No way would I be going anywhere easily quarantined and not a chance anyone in a million years would have thought they would end up quarantined in a Tenerife hotel, so I wouldnt rely on any stats around the Caribbean.

Some kind of strongly scented handgel might help with hand-face discipline and im already concious of it enough to only scratch itches with back of hand.

6305

I’m selfishly thinking I can use this outbreak as an excuse to drive to work rather than take the train.

6306

I chronically bite my nails - better time than any to train away bad habits.

6307

It’s my job. I have to go.

6308

I totally understand. Just mentioning a different take on it.