03-26-2020, 05:02 AM
I understand and I feel for them.
I would be disturbed if they came out without a mask. We owe a debt of gratitude to the doctors and nurses. This virus is more contagious than the macarena. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Betsy Ross's on island who are sewing masks for these people on the frontline.
That should not be necessary, but the federal government has adopted a hands off approach to all of this. The states are on their own, with occasional, diffident assistance when the feds are shamed into it.
All hospitals and clinics are probably vectors now. But that is also true of Target and Walmart. There is an excellent video circulating now of a doctor demonstrating how to disinfect your groceries. After watching it, you are convinced of the necessity to do so. He asks you to imagine that the packages and cartons and other items you bring home from the store are covered in glitter and that you want to get rid of all the glitter.
This stuff is on everything humans have touched. Each new study seems to indicate it survives on various surfaces much longer than initially thought. It was present on the cruise ships 17 days after the passengers of the most unwelcome ship in the world disembarked. If a carrier of the infection was at Target and took some frozen vegetables out of the freezer case and then put it back and you buy it but don't clean the package, the virus will survive in your freezer forever, according to the doctor. (Not a study but it makes sense).
The virus is here on island and has been carelessly spread. I know from what I have heard that not all cases have been documented. I have a cough and a little trouble breathing. Kaiser sent me away with an inhaler after giving me a test for the flu and not COVID. Negative for the flu. The doctor said there was no need to give me a test for COVID.
I squeak when I breathe. I live alone and will need to go to Target. For your protection and mine, that will be me in the black N95 mask and the black gloves.
Yes the hospital is probably a vector, but so may be our neighbors. That's why we are supposed to stay at home.
They say to act as if you and everyone you know is infected. That may help discourage the spread.
I would be disturbed if they came out without a mask. We owe a debt of gratitude to the doctors and nurses. This virus is more contagious than the macarena. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Betsy Ross's on island who are sewing masks for these people on the frontline.
That should not be necessary, but the federal government has adopted a hands off approach to all of this. The states are on their own, with occasional, diffident assistance when the feds are shamed into it.
All hospitals and clinics are probably vectors now. But that is also true of Target and Walmart. There is an excellent video circulating now of a doctor demonstrating how to disinfect your groceries. After watching it, you are convinced of the necessity to do so. He asks you to imagine that the packages and cartons and other items you bring home from the store are covered in glitter and that you want to get rid of all the glitter.
This stuff is on everything humans have touched. Each new study seems to indicate it survives on various surfaces much longer than initially thought. It was present on the cruise ships 17 days after the passengers of the most unwelcome ship in the world disembarked. If a carrier of the infection was at Target and took some frozen vegetables out of the freezer case and then put it back and you buy it but don't clean the package, the virus will survive in your freezer forever, according to the doctor. (Not a study but it makes sense).
The virus is here on island and has been carelessly spread. I know from what I have heard that not all cases have been documented. I have a cough and a little trouble breathing. Kaiser sent me away with an inhaler after giving me a test for the flu and not COVID. Negative for the flu. The doctor said there was no need to give me a test for COVID.
I squeak when I breathe. I live alone and will need to go to Target. For your protection and mine, that will be me in the black N95 mask and the black gloves.
Yes the hospital is probably a vector, but so may be our neighbors. That's why we are supposed to stay at home.
They say to act as if you and everyone you know is infected. That may help discourage the spread.