March 16, 2020 ‘The Florence Nightingale’s Pledge’ had lines like this in it: “to pass my life in purity” and “I shall abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous” I’d go on, but the nurses I know wouldn’t make it this far. Let's make it a bit more basic so we can all get behind... Continue Reading →
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COVID-19 • Last Week, Next Week
March 16, 2020 This last week has clarified things for just about everyone. COVID-19 has forced us onto new ground. Our lives have changed, our society has changed, much of ‘normal’ has changed. And if you are over 60, or if you count on someone over 60, or you love someone over 60 - you’re... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • Racing to Racism; Running from Reality
MARCH 15, 2020 Countries do not produce the pandemics; global warming, population increase, and the global travel industry are what is causing the increasing number of pandemics. For this very obvious reason, the previous administration set up a permanent department in the White House to coordinate global pandemics. They knew that pandemics were going to... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • My Bad.
March 14, 2020 IF YOU HAVE A NEW COUGH Or IF YOU HAVE A FEVER: 1. SELF ISOLATE IMMEDIATELY 2. CONTACT YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER 10 days ago I mentioned that our response to COVID-19 would look a like a ‘blizzard’ but the internet would still be on. … that was probably the wrong analogy. My... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • Napoléon Bonaparte and “The Masque of the Red Death”
March 12, 2020 It’s now time. Napoleon amassed over a half million soldiers on the banks of the Neman river preparing to invaded Russia. Ahead of him was hundreds of tiny villages of profoundly poor, peasants that Napoleon needed to plunder to support his army. But with poverty comes the litany of miseries. The locus... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • The Fox’s Fail
March 11, 2020 Our federal government is getting its collective butts handed to them by authoritarian governments, European liberal democracies, and Asian democracies. China, Italy, South Korea and Singapore all test more people in one day than the USA has done, ever. “.” The USA has known COVID-19 was on its way for 3... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • Incoming
March 08, 2020 IF YOU HAVE A FEVER - YOU HAVE COVID-19 UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. Again, I’m not an all caps guy, but this is as basic as it gets. This weekend I listened to several dozen press conferences, interviews, and presentations from China to South Korea to Italy to State Health Departments and expert... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • School Closing Debate
March 05, 2020 When it comes to viral spread, schools are not so different than cruise. Eating, drinking, playing, socializing all done in close proximity to each other in a confined space. Additionally, cruise lines mix folks from many different areas into one space, concentrate them, and finally release them into the wider world. Schools... Continue Reading →
What Happened to Republican Values?
It is a disgusting thing to forcibly separate children from their parents and in 2019, POTUS-45 separated more Christian kids from their families than any other person on earth. Repurposed from the previous administration, he turned temporary holding areas into cages. He separated families; concentrated humanity by age and gender. He intentionally failed providing basic... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 • Data & Lethality
COVID-19: Data & Lethality March 04, 2020 IF YOU HAVE A FEVER, COUGH, SWEATS (no not sweat pants, silly) - YOU HAVE COVID-19 UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. YOU SHOULD: Self isolate.Call your healthcare provider for guidance.Seek care if you have trouble breathing or other serious symptoms. I’m not an all-caps kind of guy, but this basic... Continue Reading →