If emergency healthcare becomes scarce or unavailable...

[vaara]

will you adjust your riding style? Or stop riding altogether? (Assuming we're not all ordered to stay indoors.)

In Italy, hospitals are completely overwhelmed, and services are basically collapsing. Obviously this presents a problem for motorcyclists (and anyone else) who might find themselves in need of urgent care. This is somewhat of a moot point, since Italian motorcyclists are now confined to quarters, but still.

When I first moved to the Bay Area in 2006, I had to wait 3 months for my health insurance to kick in, so I waited 3 months to buy a moto. I think it's unwise to ride without health insurance, but maybe that's just me. YMMV.

But if worst comes to worst, we might ALL - in practical terms - be uninsured, because what good is insurance if there's nowhere to use it?

 

[sckego]

That's why I'm pretty sure I'm not doing any track or racing for the next month or so. Not that I'm worried about picking up the bug at the track, but the risk of injury and having to go to the ER... look at what's happening in other places, I'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks a hospital waiting room is the LAST place you're gonna want to be. Hopefully I'm wrong, won't take long to find out...

 

[Kurosaki]

At least in the short term, I'm using the toll road to skip 405 rush hour traffic while we've got rain until next week.

But I was gonna do that anyway.

No choice other than at the moment other than working from home. Bike is all I have currently.

 

[vaara]

I'll be mostly WFH for the time being, and I ride like a little old lady (because V-Strom), and one nice thing about this situation is that traffic is, or at least will probably become, significantly lighter than usual. Except in the vicinity of Costco, Safeway, and Target stores.

So I guess my answer to my own question is "no". Ish.

 

[two wheel tramp]

I'll be mostly WFH for the time being, and I ride like a little old lady (because V-Strom), and one nice thing about this situation is that traffic is, or at least will probably become, significantly lighter than usual. Except in the vicinity of Costco, Safeway, and Target stores.

So I guess my answer to my own question is "no". Ish.

The Strom is a fine hooligan bike. tsk tsk!

 

[vaara]

The Strom is a fine hooligan bike. tsk tsk!

Only if it's being ridden by a hooligan...

Anyway it's still in its break-in period.

 

[Butch]

I went riding today and I actually fell down when the front tire did a big slide in soft dirt.

Tsk tsk. No injuries are allowed. None were sustained.

 

[Eldritch]

Probably not at all for me, but I honestly don't ride that much in the cold and rain anyway. I reckon this will al be played out by the time the night air is warm.

 

[budman]

That's why I'm pretty sure I'm not doing any track or racing for the next month or so. Not that I'm worried about picking up the bug at the track, but the risk of injury and having to go to the ER... look at what's happening in other places, I'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks a hospital waiting room is the LAST place you're gonna want to be. Hopefully I'm wrong, won't take long to find out...

That is a good point.

Won't stop me from riding, but it will make me check my giddie up.

And the roads are going to be nice as we dip into April. Imagine some of your fav's being almost empty. The Rim fire in 2013 brought some of the most traffic free Sierra Passes I had ever seen. Epic.

 

[dittoalex]

Having to keep a job in the USA for health insurance leaves little time for riding. :mad

 

[gixxerjeff]

That's why I'm pretty sure I'm not doing any track or racing for the next month or so. Not that I'm worried about picking up the bug at the track, but the risk of injury and having to go to the ER... look at what's happening in other places, I'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks a hospital waiting room is the LAST place you're gonna want to be. Hopefully I'm wrong, won't take long to find out...

^This^
1) 5,700 rolls of toilet paper in the closet: Check
2) 755 packages of oatmeal (brown sugar/cinnamon) in the pantry: Check
3) 11 lbs dry pasta in the pantry: Check
4) 27 lbs dried rice/beans in the pantry: Check
5) 70 cases bottled water in the garage: Check
6) 260 paper face masks: Check
7) 15 gallons hand sanitizer: Check

Get COVID19 in the E.R after getting spit over the bars hard at Carnegie: Check

 

[Heywood]

^This^
1) 5,700 rolls of toilet paper in the closet: Check
2) 755 packages of oatmeal (brown sugar/cinnamon) in the pantry: Check
3) 11 lbs dry pasta in the pantry: Check
4) 27 lbs dries rice/beans in the pantry: Check
5) 70 cases bottled water in the garage: Check
6) 260 paper face masks: Check
7) 15 gallons hand sanitizer: Check

Get COVID19 in the E.R after getting spit over the bars hard at Carnegie: Check

 

[Holeshot]

Salient and timely thought Vaara. This came up on a call this morning regarding when AFM will be back to the track for racing/ other clubs. Personally, I don't want to be waiting to have a fracture set while emergency centers are inundated with people trying to get COVID tests.

 

[Blankpage]

Haven’t rode my bike since November. Was looking forward to getting it out late this week. Maybe just to church and back

 

[bojangle]

Haven’t rode my bike since November. Was looking forward to getting it out late this week. Maybe just to church and back

Being inside a church full of people might just be more dangerous than the ride.

 

[Holeshot]

Lol BP!

 

[Blankpage]

Wasn’t serious about the church part but was serious about the riding part. The bike has been under a cover for months. Not sure I remember how to ride.

 

[jd41]

I'll ride. Don't care.

 

[Snaggy]

It's not just the emergency part.

"Elective" surgery doesn't mean you get to decide when you want it done. "Elective", in MedSpeak, means it can be done later, based on the priorities present and the needs of others.

Ortho surgeons are cutting way back already, and those resources and staff will be diverted to Corona. That means your fracture might wait a week or two to get fixed, or not fixed at all, if an acceptable outcome is possible without surgery.

 

[budman]

I have a friend who is my Dads age who has liver cancer and is scheduled for a minor procedure at the VA tomorrow.

I hope he still gets the surgery or he will have a problem.