{"id":624,"date":"2020-03-10T20:41:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadamo.com\/dangerous\/?p=624"},"modified":"2020-03-19T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:43:23","slug":"covid-19-no-pussyfooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadamo.com\/dangerous\/2020\/03\/10\/covid-19-no-pussyfooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: No Pussyfooting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Covid19: 03\/10\/2020<\/p>\n<p>Not for nothing, but by my calculations the chaos in the US and other secondary countries will hit  in about 9-14 days.  Use the next few days to get prepared for your own distancing, and make sure the sick and old geezers you look after are in at least semi-isolation by beginning of next week.  <\/p>\n<p>Think of it as a vacation you are going on, where you don&#8217;t go anywhere;  a rare opportunity to alphabetize your junk mail, or  Q-tip the beveled edges of your flat screen TV.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully government and industry are working on <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mass production of masks, effective sanitizer<\/li>\n<li>A consistent policy to close events<\/li>\n<li>Building\/converting care facilities.<\/li>\n<li>Freeing up automated testing capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Getting medical supplies properly distributed<\/li>\n<li>Fast-tracking antivirals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I fully understand if people consider this alarmist. However I am not an alarmist by nature. You can knock me all you want later on if I&#8217;m wrong. <\/p>\n<p>That would be great, wouldn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bankruptcy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we can&#8217;t provide masks for everyone, and thus are forced to tell people to not use them so that health care workers can, you&#8217;ve hit bottom. Look at this video. This is how the Chinese ramped up mask production in one factory that did not previously make masks. We put a man on the moon. Jeez! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Perspective.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The stock market will recover.<br \/>\nThe airlines will recover.<br \/>\nThe cruise lines will recover.<br \/>\nThe oil industry will recover.<br \/>\nDead people will not recover.<br \/>\nStay safe and do what you have to do.<br \/>\nFor yourself and for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid19: 03\/10\/2020 Not for nothing, but by my calculations the chaos in the US and other secondary countries will hit in about 9-14 days. Use the next few days to get prepared for your own distancing, and make sure the sick and old geezers you look after are in at least semi-isolation by beginning of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dadamo.com\/dangerous\/2020\/03\/10\/covid-19-no-pussyfooting\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaqQX-a4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":605,"url":"https:\/\/dadamo.com\/dangerous\/2020\/03\/14\/covid19-why-older-people-get-hit-harder\/","url_meta":{"origin":624,"position":0},"title":"Covid-19:  Why older people get hit harder","date":"March 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've heard again and again about how the reason that older people are more impacted by Covid19 is due to their diminished immune system capacity. 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