tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post508828285151302137..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: The Chinese VirusAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-19103449309474325272020-03-20T07:53:41.315-05:002020-03-20T07:53:41.315-05:00Jez,
there are plenty of people who think it's...Jez,<br /><i>there are plenty of people who think it's all a lot of fuss about nothing</i><br /><br />That's the way of every epidemic, I'm sure. <br /><br />They change their minds when family members and friends fall ill and die. Meanwhile, the deniers are spreaders. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42048974508601297422020-03-20T06:18:49.674-05:002020-03-20T06:18:49.674-05:00I expect there are plenty of people who think it&#...I expect there are plenty of people who think it's all a lot of fuss about nothing, not just boozers. Not necessarily stupid, just a week or two behind you or me.jezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865247084509280406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75847403358336437212020-03-20T05:40:06.554-05:002020-03-20T05:40:06.554-05:00Jez,
Maybe it's the boozers who are stupid.Jez,<br />Maybe it's the boozers who are stupid.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10174507123336926812020-03-20T05:35:12.559-05:002020-03-20T05:35:12.559-05:00Jez,
Sluder's attitude is not characteristic o...Jez,<br /><i>Sluder's attitude is not characteristic of any particular demographic</i><br /><br />I think that it is: the Spring Breakers who head to Florida. <br /><br />What will happen when they finally go elsewhere? Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-81067923877143089612020-03-20T04:40:30.028-05:002020-03-20T04:40:30.028-05:00Everyone of us has had to gradually come to realis...Everyone of us has had to gradually come to realise how serious this is. Sluder's attitude is not characteristic of any particular demographic... check out the middle-aged English tourists in this report... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvPyF733sFwjezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865247084509280406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38173332199717630842020-03-19T21:40:57.993-05:002020-03-19T21:40:57.993-05:00Like AOW and SF we used to speak on Western Hero a...Like AOW and SF we used to speak on Western Hero and your blog. I am Kevin Purcell, in San Diego and I believe you are in Santa Monica. Our chats on line and in e-mail were a bit after after Mr Z passed. Nine or ten years, maybe. I hope you are well. Singing at church? KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88535152089574035122020-03-19T17:47:53.684-05:002020-03-19T17:47:53.684-05:00Dave,
People should use some common sense.Dave,<br />People should use some common sense.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36450345533013552782020-03-19T17:39:03.675-05:002020-03-19T17:39:03.675-05:00And Helloooo, KP! Should I recognize "KP&quo...And Helloooo, KP! Should I recognize "KP"??? Or did I know you under a different moniker? TELL ME :-)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-78641295729833032802020-03-19T17:37:42.929-05:002020-03-19T17:37:42.929-05:00LOTS of scary things and anomalies like this...I j...LOTS of scary things and anomalies like this...I just saw on FB a 34 year old guy went to Disney WOrld on business, stayed a few days for fun with friends, came back to LA and had to go on a ventilator, testing positive...the article makes it sound like he was healthy JUST UNTIL THE END where it finally says he'd had asthma all his life and bronchitis problems and so his lungs were in terrible shape. Let's try to remain positive. I know two Sixty-seven yr olds who spent twelve days in their stateroom on that Japanese cruise ship; he got it, she did not. TWELVE DAYS in a small room on a ship!! He has an immune problem. SHe did not. Let's think positive and be heartened by it!! Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-25706420615172850252020-03-19T13:44:05.015-05:002020-03-19T13:44:05.015-05:00Dave, I did see that update about the ships...it m...Dave, I did see that update about the ships...it makes much more sense the way they're doing it because virus patients don't need 12 ORs and ICUs, etc....this is a great solution for freeing up neighborhood hospitals for virus patients.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-60754443862683061282020-03-19T11:02:43.939-05:002020-03-19T11:02:43.939-05:00AOW... maybe the "aspiring rapper" has d...AOW... maybe the "aspiring rapper" has decided that all the news is just hype and a media promoted hoax. There are plenty of people as of late who have espoused that view.<br /><br />I completely agree with you view on how that person was raised, but would I be wrong to apply what you said to everyone who goes with the laissez faire whatever will be will be attitude?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-154049820654512732020-03-19T10:41:01.986-05:002020-03-19T10:41:01.986-05:00Parents have failed to rear their children properl...Parents have failed to rear their children properly....<br /><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/19/coronavirus-spring-break-party/" rel="nofollow">‘If I get corona, I get corona’: Miami spring breakers say covid-19 hasn’t stopped them from partying</a>.<br /><br />Excerpt from the above:<br /><br /><i>Not even a pandemic could prevent Brady Sluder from partying in Miami for spring break.<br /><br />An Ohio native, Sluder had been planning the getaway for about three months, according to Reuters, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ordered all the state’s bars and nightclubs to shut down for 30 days to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. It unfolded as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged a nationwide halt to gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.<br /><br />Yet, the aspiring SoundCloud rapper suggested that enjoying spring break and going against a nationwide call for social distancing was worth the public health risk.<br /><br />“If I get corona, I get corona,” a shirtless Sluder told Reuters. “At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying. … We’ve been waiting for Miami spring break for a while.” <br /><br />Similar sentiments were echoed by other spring breakers...</i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74551356311645183492020-03-19T09:40:38.780-05:002020-03-19T09:40:38.780-05:00Five-year-old girl in Maryland diagnosed with Coro...<a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-coronavirus-case-spike-thursday-the-latest-100-diagnosed-child/2246478/" rel="nofollow">Five-year-old girl in Maryland diagnosed with Coronavirus</a>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86764801440216194242020-03-19T08:12:15.606-05:002020-03-19T08:12:15.606-05:00Are the below ccurate? I don't know. But I&#...Are the below ccurate? I don't know. But I'm linking them anyway.....<br /><br />1. <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/03/cnns-dana-bash-praises-trumps-handling-of-coronavirus-kind-of-leader-that-people-need/" rel="nofollow">CNN’s Dana Bash Praises Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus: “Kind Of Leader That People Need"</a><br /><br />2. <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/03/media-hoaxes-no-trump-did-not-disband-wh-pandemic-office-cut-cdc-work-from-49-to-10-countries-or-refuse-who-testing-kits/" rel="nofollow">Media Hoaxes: No, Trump did not “disband” WH pandemic office, cut CDC work from “49 to 10” countries, or refuse WHO “testing kits”</a>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58139515211024372602020-03-18T22:03:22.785-05:002020-03-18T22:03:22.785-05:00KP... I did see that mentioned somewhere, but no d...KP... I did see that mentioned somewhere, but no details. None of the docs I work with have much to say about it though. Be safe amigo!<br />Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86706626850081425922020-03-18T20:31:26.586-05:002020-03-18T20:31:26.586-05:00Hellooo, Z!Hellooo, Z!KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3907052330404097362020-03-18T20:28:35.523-05:002020-03-18T20:28:35.523-05:00Dave, have you heard about mitigating symptoms tre...Dave, have you heard about mitigating symptoms treatment for both acute (hospitalized) and early stages of COVID-19 with Chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug and hydroxychloroquine, an older DMARD (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug. Use is off label but most docs can prescribe off label. My understanding is that neither are a relative risk and are quite promising in testing on the ill. We will see. I defer to those above my pay grade. KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69781806915201467612020-03-18T17:43:18.200-05:002020-03-18T17:43:18.200-05:00Z... those ships, as just announced by the Pentago...Z... those ships, as just announced by the Pentagon, will not treat Covid-19 patients. They will instead, take regular patients from NY hospitals, freeing up beds in those facilities for coronavirus patients.<br /><br />Interesting. I guess they're trying to keep the ships Covid-19 free...Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77204190366575361272020-03-18T14:59:38.231-05:002020-03-18T14:59:38.231-05:00The MERCY and the COMFORT ships are being deployed...The MERCY and the COMFORT ships are being deployed, I wish the public was hearing that...1000 beds each; already equipped and outfitted with what a retired nurse friend of mine who worked on one of those ships said were "the very best trained young nurses, men and women, I have EVER worked with in my whole career."<br /><br />I had suggested we use cruise ships which are empty and hoping for bail outs, and a friend who knows one of the bigger guys working for Trump told him! his response was about the Mercy and the Comfort... I think that's a great thing for us to know.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-7772462438341643902020-03-18T14:49:08.006-05:002020-03-18T14:49:08.006-05:00Dave! So funny you should say that because I lite...Dave! So funny you should say that because I literally JUST heard that LA Schools have partnered with PBS to do teaching on line "K-3 from 10-12..." etc. I just clicked on PBS to see but they've either not started yet or they're as incompetent as the real schools are :-)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26872789196124926912020-03-18T11:52:44.667-05:002020-03-18T11:52:44.667-05:00Gloved up most of the time, I ventured out today: ...Gloved up most of the time, I ventured out today: pharmacy for Mr. AOW's necessary medications and the convenient mart of his daily fresh banana.<br /><br />Tomorrow, I will head to Fresh Mart @ 8:00 AM-9:00 AM for the senior shopping time. Not for toilet paper! Instead, I'll be shopping for some cheese and fresh milk.<br /><br />Other than the above, we are sheltering in place. Period. Full stop.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-35983727626579481562020-03-18T10:07:32.905-05:002020-03-18T10:07:32.905-05:00Mustang and AOW... if we go online, I hope it'...Mustang and AOW... if we go online, I hope it's a lot better than those television lessons of my 1960's elementary school days. Black and white talking heads, boring as all get out.Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-48363977295054715992020-03-18T07:49:33.635-05:002020-03-18T07:49:33.635-05:00An alternative to tariffs would be tax breaks, etc...An alternative to tariffs would be tax breaks, etc for hiring Americans. Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26876866733471341112020-03-18T02:39:30.009-05:002020-03-18T02:39:30.009-05:00It was a glib one-word answer, but i do think tari...It was a glib one-word answer, but i do think tariffs are the general mechanism to level competition across distinct tax regimes, correct for subsidies etc., and i don't see why they wouldn't apply to a company importing its own products for sale. I can see arguments in favour of for compulsary local production of some strategic products. But if they're not competitive, who are you gonna force to buy them? or will you subsidise?<br />An important dimension to this is moral. IMO it's legitimate to ban the importation of goods produced in unsafe or inhumane conditions. Not that a slave workforce is the only "advantage" chinese production has, but to the extent that it is one, shame on us for profitting from it.jezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865247084509280406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69378048326538906312020-03-17T23:00:38.290-05:002020-03-17T23:00:38.290-05:00BTW Silver... Thanks. Be well. And I mean that sin...BTW Silver... Thanks. Be well. And I mean that sincerely too.Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.com