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| Neighbor's coronavirus themed Mishloach Manot, Purim gifts |
Maybe I've seen too many deaths and injuries from war, Arab terror, car accidents, innumerable illnesses of all kinds, funerals etcetera.
International economies, trade, and more are crashing.
Now even though an epidemic/pandemic whatever is predicted, at present the number of people actually ill from coronavirus is infinitesimal considering the world's population. Even in the countries most affected, it's less than other causes of death.
But the "precautions" are endangering people. The precautions are causing economic damage, both on a personal level and national, international. Staying home isn't healthy. It's depressing. It causes overeating or starvation. It's sedentary. That causes major health problem, especially in the same age population that is considered most endangered by the virus.
Children stuck at home get bored and get into trouble. Accidents, too.
Of course, I'll never be able to prove the numbers, but the costs in every sense of the word will be humongous.
Precautions should be in general hygiene, use of more soap and water and clean towels. The disposable gloves you probably see on cashiers and food workers are generally filthier than their hands would be if they washed them properly and frequently.
Studies show that soap and water are more effective against germs than the modern chemical cleansers.
When will this end?
I feel like we're improv actors in a science fiction horror movie.
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That's why science is about facts, not what you think or feel.
ReplyDeleteIf Anthony Fauci is concerned, so am I. He's an internationally regarded physician/scientist in the field of infectious disease.
You're a blogger. No doubt a very nice one. But that has as much relevance to public health as what you feel in your kishkes.
(For the record, I'm a physician.)
I'm also a mother, grandmother, retired teacher, cook and more professions under my belt.
ReplyDeleteThere are few facts floating around; it's more panicky guesswork.
Fact is that being sedentary indoors isn't healthy.
Fact is that kids can't be safely locked away at home, while the grownups debate the end of the epidemic.
Fact is that older kids with time on their hands is a dangerous recipe.
I am basing my article on facts, even if it is a blog.
Your ignorance of public health is astonishing.
ReplyDeleteA sedentary person is killing himself. A highly contagious, lethal virus in one person can spread to thousands. Stick to your blog and good luck
I do know about kids, and closing schools makes keeping the virus under wrap much harder.
ReplyDeleteTrying to keep fit will help one recover if infected.