Scientific problems--scientific solutions

Working on a post for my facebook play book, and one of my neighbors caught me at it! Seems one of the neighborhood "children" found some of my cat food attractive--well more than just attractive, I guess, more like mama than anything. You see, another baby possum pretty much left the wet cat food and the dry cat food alone while sucking up the entire helping of moo-milk that the cats also, normally, may or may not find attractive. Guess it was a good time for possum youngster, more like a second or third grade possum than a baby, this one, in any case. If I were inclined, I could have caught and tamed it. Luckily, I was not so inclined. My dog would not have appreciated it, and my wife would not have appreciated it, and I would not have appreciated the rearrangement I would have found for my night-time accomodations.  

Well, that's just what is on the agenda for this evening--pointing out one of the neighborhood denizens. I think they live in the sewers most of the time, coming out if there is a really bad storm, of course. I expect there are worse places to live--the sewers are fairly high in moisture, which really isn't a problem for our little buddies, their accoutirement is not negatively impacted, and the water, such as it is, beats the alternative, especially when one is relatively resistant to the various other creature life that may be carried along in the water. Mankind isn't as resistant as possumkind, I suspect, when it comes to dealing with bacteria and other life forms that may be found in our rainfall and waters of other description that may be found in our drainage sewers.  

Which brings up one additional question--while we are looking for people having resistance to covid-19 by having recovered from said infection, I wonder how such might be handled by our marsupial cousins? Could it be they would be more resistant to this somewhat major distraction than we? I wonder.  

Then, again, maybe a cold-water solution might be worth considering. We do eat fish, don't we? So, if we were to infect some of these little friends of ours with our disease of interest, and find they are not particularly offended with our little problem, maybe a serum made from the blood of this God-given food source would be worth considering. While we are searching for solutions, why exempt any of our food sources?  

How about it, CDC? How about it?

Covid-19 vs Us

 A friend of mine and I needed a place to sit down and discuss the news of the day, and we thought the City’s Carolina Bay outdoor area might suit our needs. We met there at 9 AM this morning and took a look at the trail around the bay before sitting down on the covered outdoor structure at the bay. We were able to observe the outdoor life: A couple of Canada Geese, a few turtles, and a number of other bird species provided a bit of entertainment as we had a brief discussion of our understanding of the problems of the day. We were the only two people there which, considering the time of day, was not unusual.

After we had enjoyed each other’s company for about an hour, a city truck drove up. The driver told us the structure, and, indeed, the Carolina Bay area itself was closed to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the City’s thinking the use of its facilities could promote the passing on of the disease. Whether this is the case, or not, it is a decision that was made by our city council, or so we suspect. We were not aware of the prohibition of using the structure we were having our coffee at until the city employee informed us of that fact. We thanked him and left. Hopefully no one who might have used the structure prior to the time we were there left anything that could cause either of us any difficulties. No telling if this might be the case, or not. Guess we will know in the next couple of weeks, though, and will pass any info we might be party to at that time on to anyone else who may have an interest. So, what can I tell you? Keep reading, and let us know how you are faring in today’s viral environment if you develop any problems.

Just out of curiosity, though, we wonder how many people have been tossed off the walk/run track at the park. It seems quite a few walkers are not maintaining anything like a 6 foot separation which, we are told, is something we should be doing to protect ourselves. Is this a problem? If not to them, then why were we considered as being in danger from our interaction? Neither of us has experienced any symptoms of a viral attack. So what might be considered as being the problem here?

Is it just possible that too much is being done to help us all stay healthy? Anyone else have any thoughts on the matter? If so, maybe a phone call to City Hall might be in order. In any case, do what you can to protect yourself, and to protect me in the mean time too.

And thanks for that, my friend!

Corona virus issue 1

I am titling this "Corona virus issue 1" since it discusses who just might be "hurting" the most.  Good luck to all. This thing is bigger than our politicians' capabilities to even try to respond. The problem I see developing is with politicians closing this and regulating that, the little people are suffering even more than they deserve. They are the ones who have the least ability to react to this dangerous time, and they are the ones who are suffering the most with loss of jobs, loss of the ability to pay their rent, to buy food, to do anything. The lowest rung of our society is the one being hurt the most. They need help to just survive. Who will help!!!! And HOW !!!! PLEASE, EVERYONE, ADDRESS THIS MOST REAL NEED !!!!  

That being said, what can be done?  Help me with this, if you can, by writing your newspapers, your politicians, your churches, your everyone who might be able to help in the least!  Do this, and do this today.  

The poor do not deserve to be turned out into the streets, do they?  They do not deserve an enforced diet of whatever, perhaps dandelion because it is edible and growing well these days, but dandelion what--root, leaves, with what kind of dressing?  Why dandelion?  Because they may be found growing at the side of the road, and the price may be all that our lower rung may be able to pay.  

And what if someone in this bottom rung actually catches a cold?  First thing will be to go to an emergency room for treatment, and hope they do not catch Covid-19 in the process, right?  

We all have problems because of this virus but, unless we are in that lowest rung, our problems are minor--until we, ourselves, catch the virus.  Then what is for us--whatever we have to look forward to at that point in time, what would be our situation if we were on that lowest rung of our county's financial society.  

If the hospitals are full, and we have nowhere to go, what will be our fate?  Sick, hungry, out in the weather?  Is that what anyone deserves?  Am I wrong here?  Who will take them in?