The class of 2020… born in the aftermath of 9/11.. They were the first high school class to learn about 9/11 as a past event..
Sure there a were a few stragglers that entered the planet prior to September 11, 2001, but for most of them, the world before the terror attacks would be alien.. just as alien as life before the great 2020 pandemic, which canceled their prom, graduation, and memories..
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Art Bell’s post about the flu in 2018 talked about wearing masks, not shaking hands, and staying home.. If only he was still with us today for #COVID19
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Freddy did not just strike a few.. he did it indiscriminately without objectivity.. without compassion.. without fairness.
It was whoever slept.
And whatever he could do to strike during the darkness of their nights…
All alone…
Some survived his virus as well. They used their intelligence, sometimes got lucky, they used their strengths.. and they lost their fear.
But herd immunity occurred with Freddy eventually.
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I had a deep conversation with someone about our strange news as of late.. or coronavirus headlines. It brought it home, and it made it personal.
He is a personal friend. And his mother died of COVID-19 this past week.
She had no funeral.
No viewing..
Nothing..
The grave site was devoid of emotion.. lonely.
Busy is not a fair word to describe the amount of work that must be taking place at Cornerstone Coordinated Health Care in Frackville and Ashland this past week..
The locations in both towns have opened their doors to patients who want antibody tests for Covid-19..
The promises and perils of the antibody test
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The press room becomes a series of despondent journalists and a President energized and ready to take them on in nightly prime time sessions..
Tonight, however, the situation got more chemically enhanced..
President Trump free-formed his banter.. he commented that blasting patients with “tremendous” amounts of UV light, even “inside of the body” as well as injecting them with the same disinfectants that are used to kill the viruses on surfaces might be effective treatments for Covid-19
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