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6 MISSING NUMBERS ABOUT COVID-19

 We’re bombarded with news about the coronavirus.  We know how many people got sick or died in our city, state, country, and all over the world.  Yesterday, we learned that the United States Treasury sent over one million stimulus checks to dead people.  But in spite of all the information flying around the media, there are still some things we don’t  know. There are six missing numbers about covid-19.

1. How many rich people received stimulus checks that they did not need? Shouldn’t  the  poor  and homeless have  received most of the stimulus money?

2. How many employees took a free vacation rather than returning to work? $600 a week federal unemployment plus state unemployment pay amounted to more than some were making in salary and tips. Especially in places with a low cost of living.

3.    How many patients were infected  in each nursing home ?   Our governor thinks it’s no one’s business.  But he’s wrong.  Most neighboring states are providing those statistics.

Missing covid-19 numbers. How many athletes have tested positive
6 missing covid-19 numbers. Many athletes testing positive are asymptomatic. What about everyone else?

4. How many  asymptomatic people are walking around? . Athletes all over the world are now being tested.  In one case,  there was a 35% infection rate among soccer players.   We’ll never really know those numbers unless every person in the world is tested.

   5. How many people who didn’t wear masks got sick? If you look at the folks  not wearing masks, you may notice that they often  don’t look very clean.    Out in the parking lot, you see them getting into dirty cars  filled with trash. Consequently, you wonder how their homes look.   These are not people worried about good hygiene.  It would be helpful to know the statistics.  Do those of us  who follow CDC guidelines have a lower infection rate?  Or does it not make any difference at all?  Careless people might have developed better immunity  over the years, after being exposed to so many  more germs.

6. How many businesses got rich on the virus? Manufacturers of hand sanitizer and face masks, for starters.  Grocery stores sales increased by 50% at first. .At least 7 healthcare  billionaires got  richer off the pandemic. As a result, while poor people are lined up for free food, these  lucky guys are looking at bigger yachts and vacation homes.

When we come up with  a vaccine, the pandemic will end.  Then, maybe some investigative reporters will come up with the answers to those questions.

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STAY AT HOME DIARY: WEEK 6

The #stayhome isolation is giving me a case of Covid-19 related hypochondria. A pulled muscle, cough or sneeze is not something alarming, under ordinary circumstances.  But when I woke up with a sore neck last week, it had me worried until I realized I’d spent too much time reading my kindle.  Consequently, I looked online and found that I could order a kindle holder, but it probably wouldn’t come very soon.  Anyway,  I’d never use it once the lockdown is over, because I prefer hard cover.  Just wonder when that day will come.   Stay At Home Diary: Week 6:

The closing down of meat processing plants has me concerned.  Some of us lived through meat rationing during World War II, and it was not pleasant, unless you like Spam.  I guess it’s popular  in Hawaii, but to me it tasted like  a combo of salt, fat, and rubber.  I won’t eat Spam again, no matter what.  I’ll go vegetarian with beans, lentils and other grains.

One high point of the week was a teleconference with our local Mayor.  When people asked if all our city improvement plans were going down the drain, during the Covid-19 crisis,  he had a great response.  “We haven’t stopped, ” he said. “We’ve just slowed down.”   I liked that slogan….a combination of caution and optimism, striking just the right note.    Who said small town mayors from Indiana were dummies?  He  sounded far sharper than Trump, in my opinion.

On my weekly shopping trip, I noticed that fewer people are wearing masks.  I can’t imagine why they are beginning to relax. Guess they’re just tired of it. Some grocery stores are doing a better job of following CDC guidelines than others.   I won’t shop anywhere that  doesn’t provide their clerks with  masks and a Plexiglas barrier at checkout.

Major scare late Friday night.  Got a call from a tenant in a property I manage that he had a leak in his bathroom that was spilling into the downstairs apt ceiling.  What horrible timing! How many plumbers are available on Friday night?  What if they weren’t working at all during the pandemic?  Put in a call to my plumber, and had a fairly sleepless night.  But he texted me next morning and said he would be out to fix it.  Feeling fortunate to have a good relationship with this company,  who has been there for me many times over the years.  Plumber are first responders, too!

What would we do without plumbers during the covid-19 crisis
Plumbers are first responders, too. What would we do without them?

My oldest grand daughter’s birthday was Saturday. The night she was born seems like yesterday. Never thought I  would live twenty-eight more years after that.  I’ve been blessed with lovely grandchildren.  They will always remember the spring of 2020!

It’s been a great week for gardening.  Meijers had lilies on sale for half price, and I planted them right before the rain came down.  Tomorrow, I’ll try to transplant some Hosta if the rain lets up. Notice a lot of people out working in their yards.  We should see some pretty landscapes this summer.

Looks like we’ll have another week of grim statistics and politics, but as our mayor said. “We’ve just slowed down; we haven’t stopped.