tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post8574382495365842016..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: I BACK OFFmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53811526556303286792020-03-24T10:39:11.268-05:002020-03-24T10:39:11.268-05:00I wanted to mention the swine flu or H1N1 but didn...I wanted to mention the swine flu or H1N1 but didn't have time to research what years they occurred.<br /><br />This is real bad, but the breathless media coverage and get Trump mentality don't help. People are frightened and the media aren't helping. <br /><br />This may hasten their demise. Just as the Dems seem to be in a death spiral, i.e., loading up a bill with outrageous Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-54744827989362443992020-03-24T10:30:30.279-05:002020-03-24T10:30:30.279-05:00Check out the coverage of the swine flu epidemic i...Check out the coverage of the swine flu epidemic in 2009 to see.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-24262095914861459792020-03-24T10:28:51.323-05:002020-03-24T10:28:51.323-05:00I am not making light of Covid-19. I want to be c...I am not making light of Covid-19. I want to be clear on this. But I would like to see an alternate world where Obama, or another Dem, were President. Just to see how the media would handle this. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85146643916711471882020-03-24T08:56:36.514-05:002020-03-24T08:56:36.514-05:00"It appears that Trump's words reflect th..."It appears that Trump's words reflect the 'simple' solution that is being advanced by some."<br /><br />Maybe.<br /><br />I prefer to trust that Trump and his advisers (scientific, economic, and political) are trying to look at the whole picture, not the simple picture, and find a sensible way that is best for our country.<br /><br />I do not believe Trump will adopt a Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18143589445220891102020-03-24T08:47:13.471-05:002020-03-24T08:47:13.471-05:00It appears that Trump's words reflect the '...It appears that Trump's words reflect the 'simple' solution that is being advanced by some. As discussed yesterday, and now in my new post, it isn't so simple. But chloroquine could be a gamechanger.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-66339588081311878902020-03-24T08:44:37.550-05:002020-03-24T08:44:37.550-05:00This morning the New York Times headlined that &qu...This morning the New York Times headlined that "Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts’ Objections".<br /><br />This headline infuriates me! Its not just Donald Trump who is concerned about the economy, its (as the actual article concedes) Lloyd Blankfein (ex-Goldman CEO) and Andrew Cuomo (NYS Gov), as well as literally hundreds of other thoughtful and concerned experts Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-68518072077651496482020-03-24T08:31:35.172-05:002020-03-24T08:31:35.172-05:00@EZ
I have the same question as Tom S.:
Wouldn&#...@EZ<br /><br />I have the same question as Tom S.:<br /><br />Wouldn't the delay between exposure and testing and confirmation of infection (a week or more?) result in a sick patient often having contact with dozens (or hundreds) of others before her metadata could be analyzed and warnings sent to those to whom she may have been exposed? Who in the meantime may have been exposed to dozens (orCassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7201156895169694302020-03-23T23:38:25.791-05:002020-03-23T23:38:25.791-05:00I understand that, just thinking that wearing them...I understand that, just thinking that wearing them might be a very good idea...and a way to get more low risk people back to work while still minimizing spreading...Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86183699978427417052020-03-23T21:35:51.824-05:002020-03-23T21:35:51.824-05:00Cuz they're not readily available here.Cuz they're not readily available here.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17411889288377876232020-03-23T21:07:15.943-05:002020-03-23T21:07:15.943-05:00Everyone in photographs of Wuhan seems to be weari...Everyone in photographs of Wuhan seems to be wearing a mask...<br /><br />Virtually nobody in USA.Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9261513944044642162020-03-23T19:52:22.200-05:002020-03-23T19:52:22.200-05:00My wife and I will be wearing homemade masks and s...My wife and I will be wearing homemade masks and swimmers nose clips when we go shopping tomorrow. Yeah, I know what the doctors all say. But let's be real, who puts coronavirus in a spray bottle, sets it to 'mist', and goes around spraying it? If the primary means of transmission is 'droplets' then even a homemade mask has to help prevent. I think I linked a Japanese public mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-65817264559466734972020-03-23T19:45:01.736-05:002020-03-23T19:45:01.736-05:00Innocent Question: Is there a Grade A+ medical fac...Innocent Question: Is there a Grade A+ medical face mask which both prevents transmission of and infection by COVID-19? Why couldn't low-risk workers be cleared to go back to work and be required to wear the mask outside their homes? And if this were required, would it reduce transmissions to acceptable (i.e., nearly zero) levels?<br />Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57267730847672592362020-03-23T19:42:57.587-05:002020-03-23T19:42:57.587-05:00Nobody with an ounce of sense believes the China n...Nobody with an ounce of sense believes the China numbers.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32065341657034579182020-03-23T19:26:36.758-05:002020-03-23T19:26:36.758-05:00So how far back in the timeline do you go. There ...So how far back in the timeline do you go. There are some reports of as much as 27 days from becoming contagious to being symptomatic. Someone who never develops symptoms you would have to go back to what, 1 Jan 2020, because you couldn't stop at the first, most recent, intersection. This could easily run into literally hundreds, if not thousands of contacts that would have to be checked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-3446351465525225562020-03-23T18:59:57.709-05:002020-03-23T18:59:57.709-05:00We'll be going out early tomorrow. Local groce...We'll be going out early tomorrow. Local grocery is letting seniors in the door before opening, 6-8am. Yikes! We're hoping all the panic buyers have stocked up and we'll be able to shop in relative peace.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81711487007244249402020-03-23T18:48:37.340-05:002020-03-23T18:48:37.340-05:00Things may be loosening up on the distribution end...Things may be loosening up on the distribution end. Aldi’s had said no one available to shop and bring our order. Placed order four days ago. No availability this AM. Just got message it would come around 5ish. Now they sent an apologetic message that they were so busy it would be 7ish. Fine. A large amount of the problem is staff: Vons has big email blast looking for new hires. We’ll Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-50823794843435366972020-03-23T17:15:10.516-05:002020-03-23T17:15:10.516-05:00Perhaps you saw that the Surgeon General said toda...Perhaps you saw that the Surgeon General said today that the next two weeks could tell the story--presumably whether we're slowing things down. Trump is talking about reevaluating strategy in 15 days. Which only makes sense in a fluid situation.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12322643549593643872020-03-23T16:29:00.129-05:002020-03-23T16:29:00.129-05:00This is just my 2¢ based on what I've been abl...This is just my 2¢ based on what I've been able to digest from what is known today.<br /><br />I'm inclined to say that the isolation period should be fairly extensive, longer than the lets-get-back-to-work crowd would like.<br /><br />I'm sympathetic to the lets-get-back-to-work crowd, though, and hope Trump and his advisers will find categories of workers who are safe to go back to Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33394723584306931912020-03-23T16:08:41.299-05:002020-03-23T16:08:41.299-05:00Everyone wants a simple solution to a nasty proble...Everyone wants a simple solution to a nasty problem like an epidemic disease. Problem is, if there were a simple solution the disease would likely never have taken on epidemic proportions.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84504157976752785452020-03-23T16:02:40.435-05:002020-03-23T16:02:40.435-05:00I left out obesity, but the CDC didn't in the ...I left out obesity, but the CDC didn't in the report I read. Here's their longer definition of chronic disease:<br /><br />"A chronic condition“ is a physical or mental health condition that lasts more than one year and causes functional restrictions or requires ongoing monitoring or treatment” <br /><br />"Chronic diseases...include...cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1388829531374024502020-03-23T15:59:30.563-05:002020-03-23T15:59:30.563-05:00"Makes ya wonder how humanity has survived th..."Makes ya wonder how humanity has survived this long."<br /><br />Take a look at life expectancy through the ages. Famine, disease, and war.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-31820455105121822002020-03-23T15:45:23.513-05:002020-03-23T15:45:23.513-05:00Makes ya wonder how humanity has survived this lon...Makes ya wonder how humanity has survived this long.<br /><br />Yes, I am being extremely sarcastic.TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764051812502858667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-27744241585987191522020-03-23T15:38:23.222-05:002020-03-23T15:38:23.222-05:00Thank you. I read a few of the articles along that...Thank you. I read a few of the articles along that line this morning and thought, no, you didn't think that through.<br /><br />BTW, you left out obesity. Osterholm claims that obesity in America has similar effects re aggravating diseases like Flu/SARS that smoking has in China. Obese people don't go back to work?mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45092232971268126412020-03-23T15:34:21.984-05:002020-03-23T15:34:21.984-05:00Early discovery, if it could be treated (chloroqui...Early discovery, if it could be treated (chloroquine, etc.), would be a very good thing. You'd get the benefit of exposure--and possible immunization plus slowing spread--as well as the benefit of positive outcome.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79305707680186500342020-03-23T15:26:55.473-05:002020-03-23T15:26:55.473-05:00We have managed to get what we need, although we h...We have managed to get what we need, although we have been warned to stay out of crowded stores. Some are allowing elderlies/disableds to enter early, before the store opens. Trader Joe’s had a lineup a week ago; then reneged at the last minute and said they were treating everyone alike. Bad move. I picked up a gallon of milk and some other food items at the CVS on Friday morning. A fluke. Bebenoreply@blogger.com