The way South Korea handled its Covid-19 outbreak is the way most responsible scientists and doctors recommend that it be done. Test, trace and isolate. As many people as possible are tested, when a positive person is found all those he or she had recently been in contact with and are tested, and those found…
Author: mtc9393
For The Record: Trumps Statements About the Coronavirus
It is best to keep the record straight when analyzing the reasons why Covid-19 has blasted such a hole in the United States Health Care system and its economy. December 31, the China office of the World Health Organization heard the first reports of an unknown virus in the city of Wuhan that had caused…
Make A Mask – It’s A Fun Family Task – Better Than Government Issue
I’ve advocated we all make our own masks. They won’t give you the protection of a medical mask but they do provide up to 83% of that protection according to tests. The best protectors are the ones made from dish towels. Those made from cotton or cotton blend material such as undershirts give around 69%…
The Need For People to Help Themselves When The Government Fails
Few of those who read this will recall the way we used to dress in America. The change is as drastic as any of the other revolutions we have seen in America over the last third of the 20th century where we recognize the evil treatment of black Americans and enacted the Civil Rights Act;…
You Don’t Depend on Volunteers When at War
I wrote this article two or three days ago. I originally had a chart as the illustration to accompany it but it kept getting outdated so I thought the grim reaper was appropriate. If you want an updated version of the spread of this virus you can go here or here. On last Wednesday China reported…
For the Record: The Coronovirus Update: March 23, 2020
The United States as of March 23, 2020, has 35,345 39,032, 41,200 cases and 473 501 deaths relating to coronavirus. The day before it had 30,788 and 390 deaths. Worldwide the number of cases for the top five countries are: China 81,496; Italy 59,138, Spain 33,089 and Germany 27.289. The United States has climbed into third place. Fortunately when…