APR 9, 20 .. OH MY OH MY .. HERE WE GO LOOP-DI-LOOP .. COVID-19

By Cap Chastain April 9, 2020 Covid-19, Friends of Bill 10 Comments

On APR 4, 20, I published the below Post.

https://babakaps.net/?p=40741

Few (IF any) of you following along here with us are reading comments to our Posts let alone our replies thereto. For this reason, because some of you may be interested, I have decided to publish this Post.

One of our best-of-friends, Gullible, left the below comment to the above Post.

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I guess time and any repercussions will tell if you did the wrong thing, won’t they?

If you were by yourself in this, do what you want. While I understand your empathy towards the man, did you consider Patti’s health during that interlude? Therein is the answer to your question.

You could, however, have the virus and be asymptomatic. Same with the vet. Pray for the man and his wife, that they remain well.

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Below is my reply to Gullible.

I’ve NOT been ignoring you Gullible. But we’re busy (we DO need food so we MUST go food shopping and that has risks, sometimes we ARE eating out but at take-out-only food places but that too is risky, etc) and we are seeing friends that are important to us and even with them we are taking precautions.

I’m not saying this isn’t serious but let’s look-at-the-numbers. The U.S. has roughly 330,000,000 people. The current ‘worst estimate’ of Covid-19 deaths is 200,000. Let’s say 1,000,000 (one million) people (NOT two hundred thousand) die. IF my math is correct, this is three tenths of one percent of the population. BUT not everyone is dying. From what we read, for many people, it is a relatively ‘mild’ flu.

You’re all in, or you’re totally out, on the God thing. Do you realize the serious and very real dangers that I’ve faced during my lifetime of travels? Lifetime? I could say during just the past several years! I’m not talking religion here. I seem to possess some God-given radar as to mixing with other human beings. That truck driver was in Viet Nam so (in theory at least) we could live free. He risked his life daily over there and continues to have very real physical health issues from Viet Nam. Right or wrong I felt a ‘calling’ to speak with him. And so I did.

With regards to My Dear One, Patti. You have her telephone number.

Lastly, I have some serious concerns and suspicions about myself that I’m not going to go into here. Patti is well aware of them.

With Love and Gratitude for having you in our lives Gullible. Cap and Patti.

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Friends of Bill .. I published a Post on blogspot about Zoom meetings. The below link will take you there.

http://aaphotoshere.blogspot.com/2020/04/apr-9-20-zoomus-and-my-third-on-line.html

Over And Out for now. 

Cap

10 thoughts on “APR 9, 20 .. OH MY OH MY .. HERE WE GO LOOP-DI-LOOP .. COVID-19”

  1. Catherine

    Yes I read all the posts, as well as comments. While I can appreciate your analysis and know there is always risk in life, this is getting bad, and will be far worse than it needed to be given the lack of preparation in this country. Please be safe is all I will leave you with here.
    Thinking of you both today.
    Kit

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    1. Cap Chastain Post author

      It borders on scandalous when we had notice as long ago as December that this was breaking out in China and that China was depleting our own medical supplies all the while. Thanks for following along with us Kit. Cap and Patti

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  2. Robert 94596

    And I read somewhere that 600,000 people die of cancer each year in the US. That is 3 times the worst case you’ve cited for covid-19. Perspective.

    Gay and I are following the CA shelter in place order. I go out for walks and runs every other day when no one else is out. Our young neighbors are getting our food for us. Very little traffic so the atmosphere is clearing nicely.

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    1. Cap Chastain Post author

      I always appreciate knowing that you are following along here with us Robert. How nice you have young neighbors getting food for you. NOW THAT is outstanding. Our best to the two of you. Cap and Patti

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  3. Gullible

    Cap, even knowing your history of connecting with people of all ilks, I was still dismayed that you chose to be shoulder to shoulder with him, thereby endangering Patti. When you connect with someone, you are so deeply into that, that you are oblivious to anything else and I doubt that you, for one second, considered anything beyond that intense connection. I mean that in a nice way–except for Patti waiting in the motel.

    You can cite statistics all day and it won’t change the fact that this virus IS something we can do something about. That something is to lessen our contacts with people so as to “flatten the curve” and not overwhelm health care facilities. It appears to be working.

    As for “mild flu,” that might be true of younger people, but not for us elderly. I suspect you would not call it mild flu if you were in a hospital struggling to get oxygen and every breath hurt like hell.

    As to the story itself, I think it is a fine piece of creative non-fiction. I’d like to see more of those stories from you. I remember some you wrote while you were in India.

    Hoping you two stay well and enjoy Arizona as much as you can, under the circumstances.

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    1. Cap Chastain Post author

      We are (as in ARE !!) truly enjoying Arizona Gullible. Thanks to some nice scenic drives as we travel to see friends. We are sure enjoying your Posts of your recent trip to Africa. Cap and Patti

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  4. Gullible

    This is from a statement released after the first death in Anchorage:

    “They held the phone up to Gloria’s ear while her brother talked with her and prayed with her, and did it again for her husband to express his last words of love to her. The most difficult part of all of this, beyond Gloria’s suffering, was knowing that she was without family during her last hours,” Demientieff wrote.

    You can read the whole story here: http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/family-of-first-in-state-alaska-covid-19-death-encourages-social-distance/article_6cb5b064-7099-11ea-af88-63ba04ad09e1.html

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  5. admin_andrej

    Hello everyone,
    I have an acquaintance who was hit by the virus 10 days ago. Mid 50’s, female, married to older gentleman with health issues.
    Heavy cough, fever, shortness of breath.
    Went to her doctor who couldn’t get her tested right away then went to hospital. 102.3 fever for a few days. Then stabilized with fever between 99 – 100 was sent home to recover as long as fever remained no higher than 101.
    7 days later and still has horrendous cough, 99 – 100 fever and shortness of breath. Shes one of the lucky ones. So far

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