Original post 5/15/2020
How many of you know that Sars-CoV-2 is the name of this strain of coronavirus not Covid-19?
When symptoms progress to become more severe and cause other conditions in those who already have underlying conditions, conditions that have weakened their immune systems, this is when it should be referred to as Covid-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019). At this point, their underlying conditions will either kill them quicker or they develop severe respiratory conditions such as pneumonia. It can also then progress to renal or liver failure. Again it is very rare that those infected with no underlying conditions progress to this point.
This also is not a death sentence if you have underlying conditions nor does it mean that you are sacrificial lambs. Life is not so absolute so neither should our labels be we tend to put on people we disagree with.
That being said, the number, according to the CDC website, if 100% reliable, of those who tested positive for Coronavirus currently sits at 1‚384‚930. Of that number there have been 83,947 deaths from covid-19.
Now we know the number of Coronavirus positive cases are probably more, simply due to the fact that one can be infected without any symptoms at all. I would also venture to say that out of that 1.3 million cases the majority of those who actually tested positive either had no symptoms or very mild to moderate symptoms. All we have are numbers.
The total population of the US is approx 331,002,651 men, women and children, give or take. Of that number approx 36,000,000 have now filed for unemployment since quarantine began. That's 36 million people who now are not earning money and aren't paying taxes and that number will continue to climb.
Does it make sense to shutdown the economy and shut-in 330 million people for way less than .4% of the population? You can argue that the number would've been higher had we not shutdown and to a degree you would be right but not to the astronomical numbers that people have been conditioned to fear.
The numbers don't support the fear.
The government planned a loan system to help businesses and already ran out of that money. Small businesses across the board will not be able to recover. The government is still sending people their first stimulus check from a $2 trillion package approved a month ago. Now they are proposing an additional $3 trillion package and possibly a continued check for all for an undetermined length of time. I guess it's good they won't ever run out of money huh?
There are those who aren't getting the healthcare they need because they've lost their insurance or they are too afraid to go to their doctor or their doctor's office has been closed so they simply can't get the healthcare they need. Some offices have even closed indefinitely due to lack of patients.
They are projecting our recession will be worse than that of the great depression.
Our food supply is in jeopardy. Debts are rising. Homelessness will rise if people can't work. Deaths will rise and not from covid.
If we can't work, where does the government get their money? If our food supply completely fails where will get our food? If our healthcare system fails, where do we go?
I know how hard it is to face the reality of death. We know it happens. That is the one thing we truly all have in common but we will never be ready for it. We want to prolong lives regardless of quality, for as long as possible, yet death will always come.
We don't fear Coronavirus. We don't fear Covid-19, we fear death.
So because fear has us in its grasp to the point where we can't breathe, we feel out of control and then we start trying to control what we think we can using any means necessary even being willing to allow others dictate the how, when and where of our lives. Control under the guise of safety.
While there is such a thing as healthy fear, this isn't it.
My husband wants to jump out of an airplane. I fear all of the things that could go wrong with that scenerio despite the numbers not supporting my fear. Yet I refuse to let him.
Am I right to keep him from that because of the one in .0007% chance he has of dying while skydiving? I don't keep him from driving, I don't keep from eating things that aren't good for him. He has diabetes, sleep apnea, Graves disease. He doesn't take his medication and yet I don't force a pill down his throat. He is more likely to die of those things 100x over than from skydiving yet I fear that more. Perhaps because it is the one I feel I can control the most or because I feel it is an unnecessary risk but then why don't I then force him to take his medication? I can control that just as easily. Right?
Oh wait, a plan is forming in my mind. What could my tactics be to have him see things my way because seriously why isn't his fear at the same level as mine?
I can guilt him. I can bombard him with numbers of people dying from all of the above but most especially from skydiving because that's what I fear the most. I could lie. I can show him pictures of amputations due to untreated diabetes but most especially pictures of someone whose parachute failed.
I could threaten him...
I guess if he fails to start seeing things from my perspective, I could always tie him down. Once that's done I can force feed him his pills, rabbit food and yes, more importantly, he can't skydive if he can't move.
Now I call that a win win situation.
I mean, how is this a bad plan?
Anyone want to help? He's a lot stronger than me so I'll have difficulty tying him down but if we, especially those who fear skydiving just as much as I do, all work together we can keep him alive. I mean he will probably struggle in the beginning but he'll just need time to adjust and then he'll begin to appreciate the lengths I took to keep him safe.
Anyone? It's the only way to ensure he's safe and alive.
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Huh. Well then, I guess you don't care about his life like I do.
