An
On-Line Publication of the Anonymous Anything Society
Mask
Advice from the Pan-American Health Org.
THE CORONAVIRUS
We are confronted with a worldwide pandemic, for which the
experts say an anti-viral vaccine for it is perhaps going to take another
year to develop and an even longer time to protect a sufficient percentage
of the entire worldwide population to cause “herd immunity” to take
place. So, a person must use what my wise grandmother often urged me
and others to do: Use “common sense.” This is a real challenge when the so
called “experts” cannot agree on simple measures such as the efficacy of
wearing a face mask.
Since the disease is said to spread from person to person through droplets
of infected exhalations, i.e. coughing or touching things, I keep
remembering an early television commercial that doing something “won’t
hurt.” If called to visit any medical facility, even a physician’s waiting
room for any reason, I would think that an excess of caution should prompt
you to wear one.
What I keep hearing is that one should wash your hands often with soap and
water and possibly use a hand sanitizer containing at least 70 percent
ethyl alcohol, when hand washing regularly is impossible or inconvenient
to do.
I
have heard physicians say on TV that one should not touch their mouth or
nose. They should know this is impossible.
Another difficult thing for us is avoiding contact with large groups of
people.
All I can say is “good luck” with that. We are not meant to be hermits.
Just keep in mind that the choices we make in this regard are important.
Panic should not be one of them. Actually, the chances of dying from
coronavirus is far less than our being killed in a vehicle accident.
Phil Richardson, Storyteller and Observer of the Human
Condition
Born to an addicted prostitute in a crime-ridden barrio, a man
finds a love that transcends all obstacles and opens a new pathway
to life beyond working for the Jefe of one of Mexico's brutal drug
cartels. (In English)
"A roller-coaster ride of subterfuge and violence through the
highways and byways of the drug trade in the US/Mexico desert
borderlands." (reader's review on Amazon)
Another difficult thing for us is avoiding contact with large groups of
people.
