If covid-19 was manmade as the conspiracy theorists claim, which I don't believe it is, plenty of heinous diseases pop up all be themselves and have throughout history, but if it was I would believe that it was genetically engineered by white people to kill off black people. Black people are dying at three times the rate of white people. And the Native Americans too. The Navajos are being decimated and receiving no help from the federal government. Probably the reason people of color are more affected, dying, is because they are among the poorest of our citizens and lack the means to adequately protect themselves, don't have the resources to be able to stay at home.
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People get infected and show no symptoms. People get infected and have mild symptoms. People get infected and have horrible symptoms and recover. And people get infected and have horrible symptoms and die. But there is not just one age group that gets that sick and dies. All age groups are dying from children to the very elderly, people who are perfectly healthy otherwise are dying and it is not an easy death and they die alone. So all you self-entitled assholes that refuse to wear masks out in public, you are not just endangering yourself. You are endangering everyone you encounter including your own loved ones. So if you must go out, if you must hang out in crowds, grow up and wear a fucking mask.
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The virus has mutated into a more contagious form and has become the dominant strain and there is no proof that if you were infected and recovered from the original strain that you will have immunity from this more contagious strain. There is no proof that you will have immunity from the previous strain either.
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Abby started her in person yoga classes back up this week. Pam and I are still reluctant to attend even though it is in a big metal building and all the sides would be rolled up and you could have 20' between persons if you wanted so she face timed us during the class so we could participate.
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No longer feeling safe in public just carrying assault rifles as they protest the lockdown, big burly men are now ordering their Subway sandwiches with bazookas and rocket launchers slung across their backs.
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Trump has cut the funding for an important research project at the NIH by Peter Daszak into where these pandemic viruses emerge working closely with the internationally respected Wuhan Institute of Virology in the middle of a pandemic because Trump is a vindictive asshole who uses the US government to punish people who disagree with him. In this case, where covid-19 originated.
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Because the Postmaster General would not ask how high when Trump told him to jump the package delivery rate to punish Jeff Bezos and Amazon, he has been replaced by a former Republican fundraiser. This occurred right after California switched to vote by mail so expect the USPS, our oldest and most essential government agency, to be destroyed from within by November.
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Trump is back to blaming Obama for not developing a test for a virus that didn't exist when Obama was president.
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The virus is in the White House. Trump's valet has tested positive as well as Pence's press secretary and over a dozen Secret Service agents. So that guy who says testing isn't necessary cause it makes him look bad is getting tested every day and now requiring staffers to wear face masks. But the rest of the country should go ahead and open for business.
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Trump once again stormed out of his own press conference because he didn't like the questions reporters were asking...”That's a nasty question”, his particular response to female reporters and this one of Chinese heritage, when what he really meant was why is this nasty woman asking me questions.
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Here's a good article (it's long but informative) on knowing the risks of getting infected and how to avoid them.
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Our county has been holding steady at 41 cases, no deaths, but they had a free testing site set up this weekend for anyone who felt they had symptoms so we'll see what that reveals. Our mayor has requested residents wear masks while out in public to help slow the spread of the virus.
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Current US statistics as of today 5/11/20, 16:29 GMT (last seven weeks' totals in parenthesis): cases – 1,384,681 (1,168985, 976,403, 741,230, 534,494, 312,223, 123,958, 38,757); deaths – 81,724 (67,954, 54,965, 39,103, 20,637, 8,483, 2,231, 400); recoveries – 260,400 (174,017, 118,633, 68,610, 30,548, 14,828, 3,238, 178).
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Over 80,000 dead Americans in just over 3 months and not one word of compassion from Trump. Instead he tweets about how mean everyone is to him, how it's not his fault as he casts blame on anyone and everyone else, how it's all fake news, how the US leads the world in testing, a bald faced lie since we are 39th in per capita testing. I read today that the plan is to start questioning the total number of deaths, casting aspersions as if the refrigerator trucks full of bodies are just props.
It is all so horrendous. I can hardly breathe sometimes when I think about it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it all needs to crash completely before starting new. With or without humans.
ReplyDeleteI have had a nightmare a couple of nights ago that there was not a single sane person left and everyone around me insisted on coughing into each other's face as a sign of superiority.
I read that Erin Bromage article. I am REALLY nervous about things getting back to "normal." Last Friday I was at work & two different employees brought their grandchildren in. WTF. Also, I'm really skeptical about a vaccine - if this is similar (although MUCH WORSE THAN) a cold, then how will that work? We don't have a vaccine for colds. (Admittedly I haven't read anything about how this vaccine is supposed to work).
ReplyDeleteIt's paralyzing sometimes to see what is playing out in Real Time and knowing we cannot mandate Personal Behavior and the only one who can try to keep us Safe is our own Self as best we can given the incredible Odds are not in our favor of coming out of this in a Positive way!
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought, full circle. Much like the Pilgrims, it's pretty much on our individual selves, and I doubt the Native Americans will be helping anyone.
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that Doctors Without Borders, who generally work in third world nations, are now on the Navajo Reservation because they need help. Yay, America. The Erin Bromage article was good, I may never go anywhere again.
ReplyDeleteI hope you manage to stay safe through all of this.
ReplyDeleteI read a thing the other day, that trump not only cannot feel empathy, he despises it. I also read that those lock down protesters are so brave that they dont fear the virus, yet they carry their assault rifles to protect themselves. From what? This is not a first amendment-protected protest. it's intimidation, pure and simple.
ReplyDeleteI love your work. I dislike Trump so much that I cannot think of him in rational terms. Great post.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be safe to say that I despise Trump as much as his rabid followers love him. People around my area (mid Missouri) act like everything is back to normal. They do not listen to the news or research any of the facts about this and go about their lives as if they are invincible. My store now has a sign up requiring you to wear a mask in my store. I doubt it will work and I will be have to insist that people comply or get out. The upcoming holiday will determine whether I choose to stay open or not. I am definitely not putting water in the pool. This is not over, it is just beginning.
ReplyDeleteIt's so telling that Trump is requiring everyone around him to wear masks and yet HE refuses to wear one because he thinks it projects weakness and vulnerability. I love how he's blaming Obama. Trump is his own best parody.
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