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State of Fear

COVID could be surging; we might not even know it. Hospital admissions, declining, wouldn’t show it. It’s such a deadly strain, a Petri couldn’t grow it. If we don’t stoke the fear, I fear we’re going to blow it.
---------- Seattle Times headline: "COVID could be surging in the US right now and we might not even know it"

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




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Date: 4/13/2022 7:21:00 PM
Gasp! No! Not again! Where's my mask? My rubber gloves? My cosmonaut helmet? My hospital scrubs? My portable bubble? ... Today I entered a Doctor's office without a mask. The whole room gasped. I cracked up. Totally forgot the blessed thing. Told 'em I'd sue if they charged me for the appointment that I missed.... Tough tootsies, mendacious medical milquetoasts! ~ Spiro Agnew
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Date: 4/12/2022 1:17:00 PM
I am so done with Covid- I cannot tell you how much I am not buying into any more stories about "a new strain". Thanks for the reminder.
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Date: 4/12/2022 10:01:00 AM
This is a wake-up call again!!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/13/2022 7:22:00 PM
Not to worry, Swetha. Just set your alarm every morning...
Date: 4/12/2022 9:17:00 AM
Unfortunately true, Jeff. I think people have grown so weary of hearing about COVID, they ignore the news or poo-pooh it, which, of course, doesn't help to slow it or stop it. Thanks for this helpful reminder.
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 4/12/2022 9:39:00 AM
Thankfully, I think we're done with it here in North Alabama. Just hoping they drop the mask mandate on airplane travel soon.

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