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2020-04-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Some countries taking first steps ease lockdown

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 It seems some European countries are re-opening their schools. Do they not love their children? Is it not better to forgo the school year to save one child?

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-16 00:38|| 2020-04-16 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 P.S. Thanks, TW. I've been searching for some hope in the news, not more uncertainty and despair.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-16 00:39|| 2020-04-16 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 You are very welcome, dear Bobby. I foresee a burst of creativity and new businesses coming out of this enforced vacation, frustrating as it is for all immured at home for the duration.

I went to a doctor appointment yesterday, and it was like an alternate universe — all the nurses wore facemasks, and the doctor sat on the other side of the room asking questions instead of doing the usual physical exam... and he said it might take a few days longer than usual to get blood tests results back, as all the labs are running coronavirus tests.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-16 01:42|| 2020-04-16 01:42|| Front Page Top

#4 US President Donald Trump has claimed to have "absolute" power to force state governors and big-city mayors to lift quarantine and distancing policies...

Prez: I have Absolute Power!
Govs & Mayors: You're not the boss of me! I'll decide when to open up my state/city.

And just like that, the govs & mayors own the bad economy from not lifting quarantine and MORE IMPORTANTLY, they own the inevitable deaths that will follow from lifting quarantine.

Which is as it should be. The country is not uniform, the states are not uniform. Rural is different than city. Ending the lockdown is a local, not national decision.

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-16 02:08|| 2020-04-16 02:08|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ THIS

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-16 05:23|| 2020-04-16 05:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Trailing Wife, I spoke with the doctor's office just yesterday on the phone.... inquired about getting a blood test especially since I'm about due and my doctor mentioned it last time. The assistant said I would have to wait until COVID-19 to be "over" for a blood test. So, just what does that mean, three months? Six months?

Posted by Clem 2020-04-16 05:28|| 2020-04-16 05:28|| Front Page Top

#7 CA hospitals' top employees (i.e. those professionals formerly known as surgeons) are telling their patients that they expect to be allowed to perform "non-urgent" surgeries again beginning May 1.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-16 07:35|| 2020-04-16 07:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve S this is what he actually said. “When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total. The governors know that. You have a couple bands of Democratic governors, but they will agree to it. They will agree to it. But the authority of the president of the United States, having to do with the subject we’re talking about, is total.”

Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-04-16 07:37|| 2020-04-16 07:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Clem dear, g(r)omgoru gives us a report of when each of the states plans to ease things here (good find, g(r)omgoru!), which will give you at least an earliest date when the labs might be less swamped in your part of the country. The real question, it seems to me, is whether your test information is urgent for you, or just yet another data point to ensure you are staying within bounds. If you need to know, for example, whether the cancer has metastasized (a dreadful thought), I would definitely call back and push for an early date. But if it is just to determine that your cholesterol numbers are still at the high end of the normal range, then waiting a few months is probably fine.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-16 10:56|| 2020-04-16 10:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Indeed, trailing wife, but there's more to it. We shall see!

Posted by Clem 2020-04-16 11:18|| 2020-04-16 11:18|| Front Page Top

#11 I've been searching for some hope in the news

If you want hope go to church.
Otherwise, live in the real world.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-16 11:48|| 2020-04-16 11:48|| Front Page Top

#12 I foresee a burst of creativity and new businesses

TeleDOC

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-16 11:51|| 2020-04-16 11:51|| Front Page Top

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