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“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.
To live is to be slowly born.”
―
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With COVID-19, doctors have no textbook from which to judge their treatments.
It is a novel virus with no proven course of treatment.
Authors know all about motivation.
FOLLOW THE MONEY does it for me with the search for treatments to this virus.
Hydroxychloroquine has shown promising results worldwide
though it seems the WHO and the CDC are downplaying it.
You know, those organizations that parroted China's initial assurances
that there was no human to human transmissions and air flights with the confined air space and contaminated arm rests were perfectly safe.
(While China's own doctors were sounding the alarm at the expense of freedom and life.)
The very people who at first said mask wearing and social distancing were not necessary.
Yeah, those people
Hydroxychloroquine is a proven generic drug.
Pharmaceutical companies could not charge large dollars for it.
Remdesivir failed as a drug for Ebola and hepatitis.
In recent studies, the placebo's effective response was close to the drug itself.
But pharmaceutical companies could charge large dollars for it.
Guess who paid for those discrediting studies?
Remember JAWS?
When the mayor was more concerned
with beach money than public safety?
Despite the horrific examples of China, Italy, Spain, the UK, Seattle and New York --
all prior to the Mardi Gras parades...
the mayor and the city fathers refused to close them down.
New Orleans became a new epicenter for COVID-19.
Lake Charles kept its Mardi Gras parades and our parish has the highest death totals for SW Louisiana.
All of which has me delivering rare blood and Convalescent Plasma
down germ-infested hospital halls and past coughing patients and staff.
WHY AM I MENTIONING THIS IN
A WRITERS BLOG HOP?
We as authors are witnessing a once in a generation worldwide crucible.
Crucible?
A situation of severe trial,
in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.
You will never get a better chance to view humanity at its worst and its best.
Ask questions of what you see locally, nationally, and world wide.
WHY DOES THE WORLD SEEM BLIND TO ITS DOUBLE STANDARDS?
HOW DOES OUR ISOLATION AFFECT HOW WE VIEW THE WORLD?
WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?
A QUESTION FOR YOU:
ARE YOU GETTING ANY WRITING DONE?
Me, not so much.
My own Matrix has been one of weariness.
Sunday I did blood runs from 6 A.M. to a quarter past midnight.
Ouch!
I slept most of Monday.
I am still writing NIGHT SEASONS set in 1947 with an Asian ghost ship,
murderous Swiss bankers who want to keep the Nazi war loot in their vaults for themselves,
and murder, mystery, and mayhem in Vienna with the supernatural filming of THE THIRD MAN with Jimmy Stewart
instead of Joseph Cotton in the lead.
(The director actually wanted Stewart for the part by the way.)
I am trying to get out a paperback edition of THE RIVAL
where all the profits from the print, Kindle, and Audio versions
will go the Covid-19 Relief Fund set up by the Salvation Army.
So, my friends, what are you doing these unsettling days?
Oh, Midnight's T-Shirt came in today, though I think he has a feline take on social distancing!
Oh, Midnight's T-Shirt came in today, though I think he has a feline take on social distancing!
Like the t-shirt!
ReplyDeleteYou bet China lied. And the world is now paying the price.
Sandra posted a link to something else that is working - having patients lie on their stomachs rather than backs. Gives their lungs more room to expand.
Yes, I heard that. Plus taking Zinc and Quercetin (it acts a bit like Hydroxychloroquine in that it allows zinc inside the Covid-19 viral microbe and prevents it from taking over the infected cell to use it as an unwilling replicator.
DeleteVitamins D3 and K2 are also helpful. I take them -- just saying. :-)
Thanks for your hard work delivering blood/plasma doesn't seem like enough. Nothing any of us who are safe at home can say, seems like enough. I am particularly thankful for all those who fight the valiant fight in cleaning the hospitals. All of you are under paid. Many, many hugs to you, Roland. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Stay safe, and rest as much as you can.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bish. I thank every store clerk who waits on my for facing the public while receiving such little pay. And you're right: the cleaning staff of the hospitals are essential and usually overlooked. Stay well!
DeleteThe world is a different place for me. I'm in a small town that has taken the warnings of distancing to heart. Few are on the streets. Everyone steps back when they chat. It's still friendly, but with a new attitude.
ReplyDeleteWe care enough to stay away.
Anna from elements of emaginette
No path is so easy to walk as someone else's, Anna. I know it must be hard for you to be so isolated from everyone. This is a grim season, but seasons pass and the sun will come out again for all of us.
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