Apocalypse Fatigue

(He fails to mention the Swine Flu, which was supposed to leave diseased corpses stacked up in the streets around the hospitals as overworked Doctors and Nurses fell from exhaustion trying to Save Us All….)

Look: I think this is serious. I think closing the schools and large-ish gatherings is not a bad idea. Greater emphasis on personal hygiene..handwashing, sanitizing yer hands, etc. is probably a good idea that we should practice most Clold and Flu seasons…or any time, really.
Closing the roads and “Shelter in Place? I dunno. But I’m not a doctor.

If they really believed the predictions they quote, then the larger cities would stop mass transport.

But at the end of it, they, (the Media and/or the Government) have cried wolf too many times. No one knows what to believe. Should we REALLY panic THIS TIME? Or will it end up being a nothingburger like the last 57 or more times they told us to panic?

The towers have been closed since late March 17.

Now, I can understand closing the towers for cleaning.

But one might think that they would be able to clean and disinfect the spaces in a few hours. Bleach and water, soap and water, disinfecting wipes, or even alcohol. I’ve been in the MDW tower, and it isn’t that large that it could not be sanitized by 2 or three people in an hour or so. And I mean wiped down, not just sprayed down.

One would think they’d have been able to do it three or 4 times by now.

Odd.

I’m tempted to fly there  (MDW, not LAS) while the tower is closed just so I can say I did it without being cleared to land…..

Contact (maybe don’t visit in person though) your elderly or infirm neighbors and see if they need anything.

Perhaps go shopping for them, in order that they don’t have to expose themselves to the general public during the “Health Crisis”….minimize, in other words, their contact with the general public…..since they are most at risk.

Especially if you are going shopping anyway. 

And the Chicago Transit Authority is still running busses and trains. even though it is a major vector for the spread of disease.

The Governor of Illinois got all squirmy when asked at a press conference as to whether he could make it illegal to be outside or even to drive.

And roads and interstates will still be open.

So it’s not a “Lockdown” lockdown….

(Which I call “Bullshit” on, as the disease, we are told, is spread by droplets from sneezes and coughs, and anyone who has worn a dust mask knows that, while they don’t stop all particles, they do stop the majority….)

But since we are told the masks don’t work, then why is the Health Care industry screaming that they need those same masks? That without them, they will all get sick and die?
Which is it? Either they work, or they don’t.

Also, Have you ever watched to see how those masks are used? They (caregivers) go in to a patient’s room, masked, gloved, gowned.
Once done, when they leave, they remove ALL of the PPE (mask, gloves, gown) and then put on the PPE before entering another patient’s room.
Now I can see gloves, cause they are touching the patient, but mask and gown being completely replaced for EACH patient?
I’m no doctor, but I have to ask why new mask, new gown every time. Especially when the next patient is also sick with the same virus.
I find it hard to believe that 5 minutes of use renders that (doesn’t work anyway!) mask less effective.

It is no wonder they are running out of masks and gowns.

A suggestion: Lots of closed restaurants…they have gloves, if nothing else.

Can any medical professional clarify my questions on PPE? 

And I am keeping to my regimen of C2H5OH.

It appears to be working. Not a bit of coronavirus symptoms.

We shall see how it goes.

(Note: I’m not a Doctor, but I have played one…)

Some people recover at home.

But don’t let that stop you from washing your hands. 

99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says.

More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority


just three victims, or 0.8% of the total, had no previous pathology. Almost half of the victims suffered from at least three prior illnesses and about a fourth had either one or two previous conditions.


The average age of those who’ve died from the virus in Italy is 79.5 (emphasis mine) . As of March 17, 17 people under 50 had died from the disease. All of Italy’s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions.


about 100,000 Italians have contracted the virus, daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported. That would bring back the country’s death rate closer to the global average of about 2%

Note: a bunch more deaths in the past 24 hours. So the statistics might well change.

Having said that, the first run, Hot-wash numbers don’t look like it is as bad as the Swine Flu.

Having said that, dead is dead. Might they have died from “normal” flu? Who knows?

As the saying goesL Read the whole thing.