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I'm an artist, educator, militant anti-theist , and I write. I gamble on just about anything. And I like beer...but I love my wife. This blog contains observations from a funny old man who gets pissed off every once in a while.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

PANDEMIC UPDATE


 NEWS AND OBSERVATIONS

WE ARE TAKING NAMES AND MAKING A LIST, MOTHERFUCKERS

 
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 All those people dying without submitting the proper forms, a nightmare for bureaucrats.
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 Here are a few examples:



Please let me know if I make a mistake.
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Would they be ok if a doctor or nurse used their freedom to refuse to treat then when they get sick?
And...
NYC is killing itself.
To be fair, many of those people may be hospital workers or other essential employees.
 
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THINGS I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

When cable news interviews someone working at home I always look to see if they have art on their walls. Very few do.
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Not all billionaires are hoarding their money.
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I wondered how the virus gets from your eye to your lungs. My Google search revealed this:
"The relationship between the transmission of the coronavirus and your eyes is complicated."
I should say.
 Indeed, this from a researcher: "Generally, though, the transmission of COVID-19 comes with so many unknowns that it’s “plausible but unlikely” to contract it through hand-to-eye contact,"
But from what I could glean from the scant information the virus gives you an eye infection similar to pink eye allowing the virus to stay alive until you touch your eye and then your nose or mouth.
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 I heard a great discussion about getting the numbers correct. There is a difference between Dying with and dying of Covid19. Almost every lost patient testing positive for the virus is considered a victim of the virus. But in fact they could have died of a heart attack or some such.
Combine that with the fact that we don't even know how many people have it and we can not conclude the lethality of the disease.
But here's what I want to know: Why can't we compare the normal/average number of people in, say, NYC who die on any given day with how many people die now. Can we assume the only variable is Covid19 thus that's it's kill rate?
Well, no. With STAYTHEFUCKATHOME very few people are dying in car wrecks, other accidents, bar fights, gang shootings, etc.
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 In one of my past posts, I mentioned that UV light kills viruses.
So I did a little research.
 Hospitals all over the world have been sterilizing hospital rooms and ORs with UV lamps for years.
Some permanent...
 Some permanently installed...
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 A quick search turned up inexpensive UV lamps and wands.
 I've you know any reason that I should not waste my money, please let me know immediately otherwise my check is in the mail. 
 
 

 THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC

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Do you remember this scene from Breaking Bad?
 How about this one?
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Speaking of...
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2020 commemorative candles have arrived...
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Anything is better than nothing...
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Even the primates get it...
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At our hospital, every day we get a different color tag to show we've gone one through Covid screening before we can enter. Supplies are tight, and today's color is blue.
 They are a cut-up Bud Light package.
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That's a football reference. 
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Dear Childless,
You have no idea what you are missing.
- A proud father of two
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My wife trying to fit into her clothes after they lift STAYTHEFUCKATHOME.
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And...
 *MNBT
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I have run across this image a dozen times but didn't post it because I don't know what's going on. Anybody?
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 I agree. I was introduced to posh toilet paper during a beach trip and I will never go back.
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 STAYTHEFUCKATHOME ACTIVITIES

The best way to lift your spirits 
is to lift the spirits of others.
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Spend a little time trying to analyze this...
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Fuck with your cat...
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Teach your dog how to be helpful...
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Set your dog up to embarrass itself...
 And don't forget to film it and share it.
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Social distancing + boredom =
Must have sound: 
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Do whatever the fuck she's doing...

2 comments:

Wrekreation said...

UV lights need to be either high power (i.e. 20W) or you need to let them radiate for long periods. Based on my limited research, on the internet, the little wand you showed would need to radiate for several minutes. You couldn't just waive it over the package on your front steps and safely carry the package in.

Anonymous said...

He has his gloves on to protect himself, but opened a bag of chips and is eating them with those same gloves.

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