Monthly Archives: April 2020
To Mask Or Not To Mask . . .
I stopped off at WalMart this afternoon to drop off a prescription, and besides the employees wearing their required ones, I only saw four customers wearing them, and two of them were disabled and riding in the little carts. They were now letting people in and out both entrances, with only separation between the In and Out lanes.
I was talking to the young lady who took my prescription about the problem they had in wearing the masks. No one can understand each without pulling the mask down, and they get so hot that they’re fanning themselves trying to keep cool, and like Jan, they have to set down in the back and take their mask off to feel better.
And just to reiterate, this evening Jerome Adams, the Surgeon General of the United States, said again that the only reason for you to wear a mask is to protect OTHER people from catching the virus from YOU. It does not keep you from catching the WuFlu from someone else. Of course it you don’t have it, it’s just all wasted uncomfortableness.
But as Dr. Fauci says, just because you got tested today and didn’t have WuFlu, that doesn’t mean you won’t catch it tomorrow. So what now, just get tested every day?
Remember, even the ‘Experts’ don’t agree about masks, with the CDC saying YES and W.H.O. saying NO. So take your pick.
And with all this, Harris County and Houston, TX just mandated today, that starting Monday everyone will have to wear a mask covering your nose and mouth while outside. However Harris County Deputies and Houston Police say they will not be enforcing this law with any strictness. A good thing since violating the mandate will garner you a $1000 fine or 180 days in jail, or both.
But two of the surrounding counties, Montgomery and Galveston, have said they will not be doing this, and that they don’t have the authority to do this, anyway.
And of course, a lot of legal experts, including the U.S. Attorney General, question the legality of measures like this. Now it seems multiple lawsuits are being prepared.
Thought For The Day:
If you’re happy and you know it, it’s probably your meds.
Now It’s Up To 30 . . .
With all the rain we had later I’ve been very happy to find absolutely no leakage inside our new Rubbermaid Storage Shed. And we’ve already started moving things into it.
Apparently the latest thing in short supply are the digital no-contact infrared thermometers for taking human temperatures, since one of the signs of the WuFlu is a high temperature.
Now I’m not a doctor, and I haven’t played one on TV, but I do know how these things work. And despite the disclaimers on the industrial ones saying ‘Not For Human Use’, if you’ve got one you can still use it.
Both types work exactly the same way. The only difference is the way they’re calibrated. The 98.6° temperature is your internal body temp, which is why the normal way of taking your temp is under your tongue or stuck up your . . . well, you know.
But the temps taken from your ear or your forehead are obviously lower, I.e. not internal, so as a quick and dirty check, use the thermometer to take the forehead temp of your family members from a couple of inches away.
If you’re like most people, your resting temp will be about 93.5°. Jan’s runs around 93.4 and I’m usually around 93.6. Then just add 5 degrees to the displayed reading. So if you start consistently running a temp around 94-95°, you might want to be checked out.
One of the questions running around the Internet is this:
If Half the Country’s Deaths Were in Montana, Would New York Shut Down?
52% of all the U.S WuFlu deaths have been in NYC, not even NY state. So it sure seems like those totals should color the decisions on when to open things up.
I mentioned yesterday that there were about 8-10 strains of the WuFlu circulating around the population, which causes problems with the testing, and also doesn’t bode well for the efficacy of any vaccine. Well, as it turns out, it may be even worse.
There may be as many as 30 strains of the virus running around the world. which means the WuFlu is mutating faster than most viruses. Not a good thing.
And on the HCQ front, a recent survey shows half of doctors on the front lines of the WuFlu fight are using or recommend HCQ.
And here’s another publication from W.H.O. again saying that masks are not recommended for the general public.
And once again, remember that Flattening the Curve has nothing to do with preventing people from catching the WuFlu, It’s to keep the hospitals from being overrun.
What is flattening the curve?
In epidemiology, the curve refers to the projected number of new cases over a period of time.
In contrast to a steep rise of coronavirus infections, a more gradual uptick of cases will see the same number of people get infected, but without overburdening the health-care system at any one time.
The idea of flattening the curve is to stagger the number of new cases over a longer period, so that people have better access to care.
And wrapping up, you might want to watch your bean intake, since there’s some indication that the WuFlu can be spread by Farts.
Thought For The Day:
It seems like we have half the population sheltering in place while the other half takes care of them.
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