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Sep 22, 2020 - 7:25 AM
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Rameau
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but over time, these viruses do tend to mutate to a much less deadly strain, just like SARS did.
Fine. Just remember that that happens because everyone who gets the deadliest strains dies before they can pass it on to a lot of people. It's the selfish gene, not altruism, in action.
Na, it's just nature. The virus wants to survive, & anyone who dies can't go on to spread it, so it becomes less deadly (mind you, it's hardly deadly to most people who catch it now). I've just come home from a busy high street (Uxbridge) & I wore a mask on the bus & in any shop, didn't touch my mouth & washed my hands twice when I got in.
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It gets mighty lonely on those remote farms and I'm sure those pumpkins are very popular with some farmers.
Anyway, onto more serious matters...... in the Guardian today they are talking about how the virus is panicking people in Germany and shoppers are stocking up on essentials, especially sausages and cheese.
It is said they are preparing for something that they call the Wurst Kase scenario.
Bravo,.my dear chap.
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First, a huge thank you to the FSMers who bolstered my spirits a few weeks ago. I've really found this thread to be extremely helpful in getting snapshot glimpses of how folks in other places are experiencing this pandemic. My own views are limited by the choices I've made to continue to work, but socially distance in every other way as much as possible. I go to work on the subway, do my job in a small Townhouse office building with few staff on any given day, and then commute home again on the subway. Grocery shop every two weeks. Get everything else delivered to my office so I don't go in any other stores (except a few drop-offs to a local UPS store a block from my office).
I'm responsible for purchasing PPE for our agency, so I am hands-on in making sure my office is as safe as possible. We've put enhanced HVAC filters on our system and in other sites, have a stand alone air filtration system in our shared conference room, and have installed self-cleaning door sleeves on all common doors. We have a substantial supply of PPE going forward that will hopefully be enough to withstand the expected Fall/Winter uptick. I'm sure it has been psychologically positive that I order these supplies. Might be a "false positive" I know.
I see New York now only during the subway trips and my walks through my own neighborhood and the one in which I work. There are lots more people during evening subway commutes, but about the same few during the morning -- I'm sure this has to do with so many people still working from home and the odd off-kilter work environment now. During the evening commute it is difficult to maintain social distancing -- but I usually hold out until I can enter a subway car with just a few people and who are all wearing masks. If someone is sitting alone not wearing a mask, not speaking, more than 6 feet from anyone, I tend to just ignore them and pull my own mask tighter against my face and pray for them.
I am interestingly seeing almost 100% mask usage on the subway -- about the same as before on the Streets with my local Brooklyn neighborhood having more compliance than my Manhattan work neighborhood. There are more people out and about in both areas -- and traffic in Manhattan continued to increase almost daily this week. Taxis seem to be available now in my neighborhood in the AM, but I simply can't budget that expense, or Ubers, at the moment.
I am wondering how the rest of the City is doing -- my two best friends who live on the Upper West Side are practising strict distancing and socially isolating as much as possible. They seem to report less mask adherence in their neighborhood than I see in mine. So many variables.
There seems to be interest now in Vitamin D as both a preventive and treatment method. There was a study published about a group of about 8,000 patients in Israel that seemed to offer positive indicators when people have adequate Vitamin D, or are put on aggressive Vitamin D supplementation if they have a deficiency. Those studies are readily available if anyone wants to look them up.
So…feeling bolstered a bit by friends, co-workers, and you-all. Thanks!
Edit: The Israeli study:
https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/febs.15495
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