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Your policies are precisely what I was referring to earlier. Montana does not put its responders at risk and simultaneously lays a safe pathway to isolate and explore positive covid19 cases by identifying cases in situ. That’s smart.

Sadly some don’t think they’ve made mistakes, others do not want to learn from mistakes made by others.......... seems like too many folks were ‘mistakes’ from the get-go (tongue firmly planted in cheek).

Any persons gathering in crowds for any reasons are just as dumb/thoughtless/selfish/etc. Some are far more destructive than others adding to their collective idiocy.

I was referring to the medical community NOT the populace as a whole.

If there’s a silver lining I think it is this..... medicine initially faced a steep and deadly learning curve in how best to manage severe covid19 and medicine has learned quickly. As long as we can avoid flooding hospitals with covid19 cases medical care should be better than before. We should see quicker interventions, better medication approaches, understanding the early signs of decline to avoid crashing and demise. We should be able to isolate our elderly better. New York taught us the covid19 pitfalls, big time..... now we should de a LOT better.

An informative article regarding the susceptibility of rural areas to covid19. I live in one of those. Fortunately covid19 has not hit us hard - yet. We’ve had our cases and the closest city (30 miles) has a growing covid19 caseload. So methinx it is a matter of when, not if covid19 settles in around here. And we are vulnerable. Much of the populace is skeptical about covid19 and most eschew common covid19 precautions. It’s as though they’re begging for trouble. And they’ll have it in buckets when it comes because they’re not a healthy group and many are older. We have our N-95 masks and work to keep our ‘people’ spaces separated. Hopefully for all of our sakes medicine will get some treatment traction going. Medical management of covid19 does look to be going better now. Hope you all are doing well. https://www.fastcompany.com/90518680/rural-america-was-always-more-vulnerable-to-covid-19-than-cities-and-now-its-starting-to-show?partner=rss&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

At this juncture we’re beginning to see the long term potential for covid19 immunity in those who had the disease and survived......... and it’s not looking very promising. We’ve had reports of some people getting the infection a 2nd time, but those appear somewhat sketchy and may represent a resurgence of their initial infection ( a separate but just as bad scenario). Covid19 is one of the Coronaviruses. Other Coronavirus infections cause what we call a ‘common cold’ and those coronaviruses do not impart long lasting immunity........ after 6 months time (or thereabouts) you can catch the same coronavirus cold. From the outset of covid19 this has been a concern. If there’s no imparted immunity then the same monster could recycle amongst us hapless humans again and again. If they do come up with a vaccine it may require annual or biannual ‘booster’ shots to keep our immunity ‘up’ enough to avoid new infections. Anyhow, here’s a paper looking at covid19 antibodies over time....... and they do degrade per this study. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/immunity-to-covid-19-may-wane-just-2-3-months-after-infection-study-suggests/

It’s an older drug, cheap and readily available......... and it’s powerful stuff. It’s a steroid anti inflammatory drug. It has its own set of side effects and must be used cautiously. It can have withdrawals and requires weaning off to stop its usage. Not to be taken w/o medical supervision. Looks real promising.

Quarantine bubbles explained. https://theconversation.com/quarantine-bubbles-when-done-right-limit-coronavirus-risk-and-help-fight-loneliness-140134

Additional lunacy....;..;; https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/17/new-coronavirus-danger-threats-against-public-health-leaders-column/3197360001/

Another factor to note are the actual number of hospital admissions for covid19. If they’re increasing along with an increase in positives then the spike is real, not imaginary. And we do see a resurgence of covid19 hospitalizations in state’s evidencing higher positive test results. There may be localized shut downs to deal with clustered outbreaks but another general quarantine won’t occur unless things really get bad. They’d have to be so bad that the skeptics would have to acknowledge their mistakes and agree to a lockdown. Sadly adherence to nominal safety precautions has become an issue - a really, really stupid nonsensical issue. For the cost of truly minor inconveniences not followed many will die and many more likely damaged for life. Here’s an enlightening article regarding testing - https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/data-fog-countries-coronavirus-numbers-add-200607065953544.html

Think we’ve got tough and petty laws? Think again........... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53072756

For stronger stomachs........ what covid19 actually does to lungs. https://www.foxnews.com/health/some-severe-coronavirus-cases-see-complete-disruption-of-lung-architecture-doctor-warns

Yes - it is a lot more difficult to study anything when confounding variables abound. And really it isn’t a joke, not to poke at you personally.......... imagine how much different this all would’ve been IF ALL parties were honest, timely and concerted from the very outset. Anyway we have what we have and still, to this day we cannot get complete honesty from key players. Look at Russia’s numbers if ya wanna laugh.

Poverty does not discriminate. No need to insert racial controversy here. Being poor has its milieu that predisposes many circumstances. It is interesting that immigrants clamor to come to America where their own industry can gain them results. We have our economic tiers but they need not become points of personal stagnation.

Here’s another article on the ‘new’ drugs being formulated specifically for covid19. Several look real promising and could become covid19’ ‘game’ changers. Hopefully it won’t take too long to get them available. BTW this is another reason why the world needs the fastest reporting of new contagions. The sooner medical science knows about a new bug, the sooner they can start working to defeat it. So China’s initial delays with covid19 information echoes here as well. https://bgr.com/2020/06/15/coronavirus-treatment-monoclonal-antibody-cure-eli-lilly-vs-vaccine/

As I understand it the lower economic tiers of the country face multiple covid19 problems. They’re most likely to be living in high density homes and housing. Over all their level of health is reduced and they tend to have more comorbidities in the form of addictions. They are less educated about diseases and tend to ‘push’ through what they consider minor ailments allowing infections to become worse and exposing others to the infections. Affording healthcare is a bit of controversy as often their medical debts are through state systems and hospitals simply cannot collect from people with nothing. These folks are known for rolling into emergency rooms for basic care as they cannot retain physicians. But they do delay care. They eat cheap food with poor nutritional value. And they tend to abuse their health with alcohol/drugs, etc. They provide covid19 the best infection opportunity and it shows in the covid19 statistics.

Here’s what might be the bigger problem with covid19.......... the long term effects. This story covers people termed as ‘long haulers’, people whose covid19 symptoms linger? Medicine is unsure what’s going on in these cases but reportedly it leaves victims fairly unwell for ‘months’. And it is on-going and who knows for how long. Could the covid19 dead be just the tip of the iceberg with many chronically ill survivors left to be cared for - for a long, long time? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-symptoms-long-haulers/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

Y’know - all bets are off the table. The ‘people’ are making their own decisions about what’s next for covid19. They’ve heard the warnings, witnessed the sickness/deaths and have been informed of the better choices and now they independently decide. Now we will truly see what covid19 is about, what Americans are about. I am not blaming any level of gov’t. The wheels have come loose on a runaway train and nobody can pull it back together. It’s gonna do what it’s gonna do. And later on after all is finished, then they can figure out what went goofy and why. All I know for certain is how to best secure my own circumstances and those I care for. I hope you all are in good stead also.

My ‘font’ has always been big, huge in fact. Often it gets in the way but it is never ‘short’ for words.😁

“Teaching”? Nope. Indoctrinating.

Hard to describe this......... better if you just read the article. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/spies-can-eavesdrop-by-watching-a-light-bulbs-variations/

It was odd. We had always had flags outside his room. His room faced the street (2nd story). Well that week I’d put up a pirate flag 🏴‍☠️ as part of the younger sons birthday stuff. It was just a little larger than any flag we’d used before and with just the right wind it would barely scruff his window. Pretty funny after we figured it out.

My older boy, who was fearless, came to our bedroom late one night to report a ‘creepy’ sound. It was very unlike him - he was scared. Went to his room and nothing, nada..... and he agreed there was no noise. Back to bed (3 a.m.). 15 minutes after I’m back asleep he’s back and very urgent. Back to his room....... and he’s right...... there’s a weird intermittent swishing sound. After some sleuthing it turned out to be the flag outside his window blowing back against the window pane. We were both relieved. I was awake by then. Went to work early that day and had a grin on my face all day long.

People need to accept the consequences for their own choices. But the press has NO excuses. The media needs to end ‘sugar coating’ its stories to fit narratives that simply do not serve the truth. I see the same when it comes to stories about healthcare workers who’ve died from covid19. The horrific truth of the story is that most (if not all) of them contracted the disease on the job. But the same foundation applies. Look at their photos and nearly all of them are morbidly obese........ and being in the profession they really had no excuses for their physical stature.