I get 20 times the information from the daily Covid-19 briefings by Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York than I do from the president's nightly rant on the same subject as he fiddles and makes false accusations to journalists of Fake News as he pathetically plays the victim while the country burns from the Coronavirus, for which he prepared us not a whit during the wasted 3-month run-up to its devastating arrival at our shores. This incompetent charlatan is responsible for both the dangerous misinformation believed by his ignorant base and the shocking shortages of necessary medical equipment and garb to deal with the pandemic.
There are no tests to be had, no medical equipment to be found and a rapidly escalating number of deaths occurring daily with many more coming. This MAGA nation is akin to a third world banana republic in its continuing non-response to this crisis.
A person whom I know well and who is very sick and quarantined at home in a bedroom with no one permitted entry, received a test on Wednesday of last week. Eight days later, there are still no results that have been forthcoming.
This is totally unacceptable and useless as well, this person will either be dead or recovered by the time the result comes in. Meanwhile this person is self-isolating out of regard for the protection of our community, unlike Republican Senator Dr. Paul Rand at the Capitol who used its gym and pool and dined with other senators in the days between his test and the positive result.
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Sunday, March 22, 2020
The new normal
I went for a two mile walk today, the only excursion I undertook out of my yard in two days, along a route predicated to avoid contact with others as much as possible. It's the new normal, certainly for the rest of the year at least.
The 40-mile long W&OD Trail is nearby but I kept off it as much as possible as it had too many knots of people on it and I didn't like plodding runners overtaking me and lumbering by on the confined pathway, some breathing heavily and sweating. But the path intersects with many neighborhood streets which aren't too busy and those are more conducive to keeping isolated on a perambulation, including crossing the street to the other side upon the approach of others. The only real annoyance was a man with a leaf blower busy blowing leaves off his driveway into the street, stirring up the dust all around with who knows what he was blowing into the air for passerbys to breath in.
My neighbors have a cherry tree in their yard so I started the walk with a viewing of its blooming beauty. Along the way there were other beautiful spring flowers to view as well.
I ended the walk by cutting across the parking lot across the street where I saw a portentous harbinger of the near-term tragic consequences of the international pandemic which is out of control in our nation thanks to the reckless neglect of our "leader." Five franchises in a row were tucked into block of the storefronts, four fast food shops and a vape outlet, with the four food concerns sporting new, identical "Grab and Go" signs signifying their recent closures except for takeout orders. I have no doubt that four of the five shops, the sole exception being the Dominos pizzeria with its established delivery exercise, will be out of business permanently long before this national crisis has ameliorated, mirroring the short-term (12 months or more) devastating ruination of our hitherto robust economy inherited from the previous administration.
The 40-mile long W&OD Trail is nearby but I kept off it as much as possible as it had too many knots of people on it and I didn't like plodding runners overtaking me and lumbering by on the confined pathway, some breathing heavily and sweating. But the path intersects with many neighborhood streets which aren't too busy and those are more conducive to keeping isolated on a perambulation, including crossing the street to the other side upon the approach of others. The only real annoyance was a man with a leaf blower busy blowing leaves off his driveway into the street, stirring up the dust all around with who knows what he was blowing into the air for passerbys to breath in.
My neighbors have a cherry tree in their yard so I started the walk with a viewing of its blooming beauty. Along the way there were other beautiful spring flowers to view as well.
I ended the walk by cutting across the parking lot across the street where I saw a portentous harbinger of the near-term tragic consequences of the international pandemic which is out of control in our nation thanks to the reckless neglect of our "leader." Five franchises in a row were tucked into block of the storefronts, four fast food shops and a vape outlet, with the four food concerns sporting new, identical "Grab and Go" signs signifying their recent closures except for takeout orders. I have no doubt that four of the five shops, the sole exception being the Dominos pizzeria with its established delivery exercise, will be out of business permanently long before this national crisis has ameliorated, mirroring the short-term (12 months or more) devastating ruination of our hitherto robust economy inherited from the previous administration.
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