Coronavirus:

[rogruth]

Doctors Gupta and Oz said, today, in interview, that 60 % of the USA is expected to contract The Virus.

That's sounds about right +/-30%....

If such a number includes the elderly, who appear , so far , to be particularly vulnerable , we're talking about almost a culling of the population?

Maybe we better start saying our goodbyes since I am one of the oldest posting on MTJ.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That's sounds about right +/-30%....

If such a number includes the elderly, who appear , so far , to be particularly vulnerable , we're talking about almost a culling of the population?

Maybe we better start saying our goodbyes since I am one of the oldest posting on MTJ.

Roger, Life is meant for joy. May I suggest, enjoy every minute and every day. They count. They add-up to a total that we hope folks will be able to say about us, "He lived life well, the way we are supposed to."

The last moments for my wife and for me with her were that I had made her a breakfast that she said she enjoyed very much, and I was given the privilege of being with her right up to her last breath, realizing she was leaving without any suffering.

Two of our grandfather-type pendulum clocks that had not been wound for months, located on different floors, both struck off-hour, at the moment of her death: 1:12pm . The clocks stand that way to this day. I have no need nor
Motivation to wind them ever again.

Like a thousand others things, they mark my having the joy of her wonderful presence in my life, which continues in many ways, right up to this moment.

I am grateful.
And I am grateful she did not suffer through crippling or impairments right up to the end. And she died in our home, nowhere else, which I also received as a source of very quiet acceptance .

So, don't worry. Hang in there and have fun. Life is given for joy.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Doctors Gupta and Oz said, today, in interview, that 60 % of the USA is expected to contract The Virus.

That's sounds about right +/-30%....

If such a number includes the elderly, who appear , so far , to be particularly vulnerable , we're talking about almost a culling of the population?

Does seem to also include those at the intersection of age, respiratory compromised, smokers, immune suppressed, etc.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I just now went out to my mailbox and received my Mail, going thru and opening each piece.

Then, it occurred to me, should I be handling my mail with disposable gloves on? Surely, it must have passed-thru a veritable kootie petri dish . Eh? Huh?!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I just now went out to my mailbox and received my Mail, going thru and opening each piece.

Then, it occurred to me, should I be handling my mail with disposable gloves on? Surely, it must have passed-thru a veritable kootie petri dish . Eh? Huh?!

Just wash your hands...........when you are done.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ok. Excellent advice. Thank you, sir.

[robert.]

I drove the local watering hole at 5;30. They had a hundred or more people. Standing elbow to arsehole on their deck. Everybody having a grand ole time. Sipping suds and enjoying cocktail. That's a great way to avoid crowds...

[rogruth]

I drove the local watering hole at 5;30. They had a hundred or more people. Standing elbow to arsehole on their deck. Everybody having a grand ole time. Sipping suds and enjoying cocktail. That's a great way to avoid crowds...

As I said, I am an old dude and I have never been through anything quite like this before and I do hope that we all get through it.
But, Robert, you may be seeing the last of this type of gathering for a while. We all must be careful.

[rogruth]

Murph,
You have the attitude that I have tried to have and show to my students for many years.
I know you were a good teacher. I know that you tried to always have fun.
By the way, my definition of FUN is very open. It depends on who is having it.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

"Critical but stable condition" is what the local News stated about a local doctor at the very hospital I went to yesterday . they didn't give a name. I'm going to assume it wasn't my own.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
You have the attitude that I have tried to have and show to my students for many years.
I know you were a good teacher. I know that you tried to always have fun.
By the way, my definition of FUN is very open. It depends on who is having it.

I remember you seemed pretty happy and to be enjoying yourself when you visited my little booth in the Orange Hall at that TCA Meet we shared some time ago. I'm so glad to have met you in person. Nothing like it.
Murph

And Thank You for your very kind and gracious words about me here.

[rogruth]

Murph,
You have the attitude that I have tried to have and show to my students for many years.
I know you were a good teacher. I know that you tried to always have fun.
By the way, my definition of FUN is very open. It depends on who is having it.

I remember you seemed pretty happy and to be enjoying yourself when you visited my little booth in the Orange Hall at that TCA Meet we shared some time ago. I'm so glad to have met you in person. Nothing like it.
Murph

And Thank You for your very kind and gracious words about me here.

My only regret is that there was so little time we had to share.

[robert.]

It's hard to believe people would gather like that. It was almost 70 degrees out. I guess it was a way to start off a long weekend. Probably most of them will take Monday off. Claiming it's not safe to go to work. then come 5;00 go out for happy hour
on a side note all pa k-12 schools are closed for 2 weeks. 2 large malls stayed open in defiance of the governor. Simon property refused to close their malls. stating " governor Wolfe never said what is a non essential business". I can only imagine by tomorrow morning he'll let them know. They are non essential. @ other large malls in the county got the idea and closed.

[Chris Webster]

[If such a number includes the elderly, who appear , so far , to be particularly vulnerable , we're talking about almost a culling of the population?

Yes.

On social media, Covid-19 is being referred to as the "Boomer Remover".

[J. S. Bach]

The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released.
To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.