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The Frequency of Fear
Feb. 15th, 2020 06:28 pmAs expected, the minor flooding has arrived. The Ohio is noticeably high, and parts of River Road are closed and under water. I think the most recent forecast called for a crest on Monday afternoon, so we can count on River Road reopening around Wednesday.
I'm about to lose another cousin - the third of six brothers. 40 years of unrelenting alcoholism and a couple decades of various antipsychotics have caught up with him. This morning, his hospice nurse told the family that his lungs were filling with fluid, and he could be gone in a day or two. Mom's in no shape to travel to the impending funeral - she fell getting out of the shower a couple of days ago - and to my surprise, she understands and acknowledges that.
Got in a couple X-Wing matches last night. Lost a close standard game, and won an Epic game through the U-Wing's maneuvering.
Coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading. About 67K cases and 1500 fatalities worldwide, depending on your source. Public health agencies - including China's - are doing the right things: aggressive triaging, quarantining, pushing out as much information as possible. There are a couple of cruise ships quarantined at sea over this, and from what I'm hearing, the passengers and crew are taking it in stride. Communities are forming around social media platforms, mainly WhatsApp, and we aren't seeing the kind of freakouts that I'd almost expect to see. China has seen this before with SARS, so, while a respiratory epidemic isn't something you want to grow accustomed to dealing with, having this kind of knowledge and preparation in place is never a bad thing.
It's all darned interesting.
I'm about to lose another cousin - the third of six brothers. 40 years of unrelenting alcoholism and a couple decades of various antipsychotics have caught up with him. This morning, his hospice nurse told the family that his lungs were filling with fluid, and he could be gone in a day or two. Mom's in no shape to travel to the impending funeral - she fell getting out of the shower a couple of days ago - and to my surprise, she understands and acknowledges that.
Got in a couple X-Wing matches last night. Lost a close standard game, and won an Epic game through the U-Wing's maneuvering.
Coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading. About 67K cases and 1500 fatalities worldwide, depending on your source. Public health agencies - including China's - are doing the right things: aggressive triaging, quarantining, pushing out as much information as possible. There are a couple of cruise ships quarantined at sea over this, and from what I'm hearing, the passengers and crew are taking it in stride. Communities are forming around social media platforms, mainly WhatsApp, and we aren't seeing the kind of freakouts that I'd almost expect to see. China has seen this before with SARS, so, while a respiratory epidemic isn't something you want to grow accustomed to dealing with, having this kind of knowledge and preparation in place is never a bad thing.
It's all darned interesting.