Corona Virus #6

[pennwalk]

I have read some people suggesting that we just let the virus take its course but I wonder about the morality of letting people die who we could save.

Chris

 

[rswyan]

I dismissed this article as another slanted writing as soon as I found myself re-reading to be sure I read it right, that, she has a partner ( stated twice ) , yet he has a girlfriend......

Well: RIF ... and I wouldn't discount the possibility that the third time could be a charm ...

 

[Sigarms]

Be thankful she's not in Florida ... where some seem intent to be manufacturing the next batch of "super spreaders" for our collective benefit ...

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We go back to common sense being used. We can look at the vendor offering the service (Jet Boat rides) but we forget that ALL of those people on the boat have gotten on the boat per their own free will.

Why weren't the beaches closed for spring break in Florida? Simple answer, money. Personally, I could never afford to go away anywhere on spring break while I was in college (in Pennsylvania) and neither could my good friends at the time. Think about this... Where do kids get money to go on spring break? Simple answer would be parents. Why are the parents at allowing kids to use their money to go on spring break?

 

[TnAndy]

took my shower this morning, shaved and realized I really needed a haircut.
I'm wondering if this lasts months if I will have to resort to an amish haircut where my wife puts a bowl over my head and snips off everything that hangs out.not the ears

Chris

Wife has been cutting my hair for 20 years since my barber died. Of course, every year, the job requires less and less time for some reason.

 

[DarkBlack]

I have read some people suggesting that we just let the virus take its course but I wonder about the morality of letting people die who we could save.

Chris

It is not our choice. It WILL run its course.

Common cold 200 different viruses. No cure.
Herpes 1, herpes 2 , cold sores- viruses, no cures.

 

[ruffdog]

thank you Dr. ruffdog...

No, not me. I hear it from my wife all the time and she retired after 38 years from the county nursing home. Drug interactions are a concern that nursing staff was always watching.

 

[the old grind]

The media generally, by it's very nature, is sensationalistic ... folks just have to factor that in, in their evaluation of what they read.

After a while they just assume they're hearing the important bits not the "hey listen to this" come-on.

...Worried about my sister in California, just North of SF, luckily fairly remote in Muir Beach. She was amazed that the beach yesterday had all kinds of people on it and the parking lot was almost full. ?? While their hospitals are running out of face masks...

Diseases are for 'other people', like these ones:

Common cold 200 different viruses. No cure.
Herpes 1, herpes 2 , cold sores- viruses, no cures.

And yet sedentary Americans with poor dietary and exercise habits feel a right to live longer than those in other countries. I smoked cigs for 50 yrs. I'm factoring in the evaluation of my 69 yrs of self-maintenance. btw what a great time to be having children.

 

[MGH PA]

Went to Lowes first thing this morning. Didn't want to, but needed to pickup my online tile order (shipping would have been $90) to finish my backsplash. I wore gloves and the whole time I was in there, I was more on edge than ever and we don't even have any confirmed cases in our county yet. It's going to be a long while for me to adjust to this new normal.

 

[k0ua]

Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner says you can re-use N95 masks by carefully taking it off and treating 1 hour with UV light.

 

[3930dave]

We go back to common sense being used. We can look at the vendor offering the service (Jet Boat rides) but we forget that ALL of those people on the boat have gotten on the boat per their own free will.

Why weren't the beaches closed for spring break in Florida? Simple answer, money. Personally, I could never afford to go away anywhere on spring break while I was in college (in Pennsylvania) and neither could my good friends at the time. Think about this... Where do kids get money to go on spring break? Simple answer would be parents. Why are the parents at allowing kids to use their money to go on spring break?

Sr. WHO official (Irish Doc, can't remember the name....) was being interviewed circa last week...... Well spoken, as you'd expect..... his phrase that stuck with me was "Speed (of response) trumps Perfection". Personal knowledge, hard-earned fighting Ebola.

Speed of action..... matters in many things. Singapore and Taiwan IIRC started their testing and measures in early January; last I saw, those early interventions served them well.

Spring Breakers still getting drunk and stoned on the beaches..... I don't expect much from them (if they think about it at all, it's probably not much more than "It's only old people dying..... Party On" but I wish some seriously bad karma on the people who Do have the Power to shut this down, but Chose not to.

Get informed, and take responsibility for your own life and actions........ "regular" life would be better if that happened more widely in society and as some examples have shown in these threads, that discipline is in short supply with some people during this extended crisis.

Waiting till you see health-care workers wearing bandanas is too late.....

Rgds, D.