Category: Pain, misery, agony on end

World 1185053/453360632=2.6%
USA 229293/9007298=2.5%
KS 2109/193288=1.1%
Mo 4837/359022=1.3%
TX 24648/1512531=1.6%

The patient that received one of the first vaccines in the State of Alabama was reported to be 94 years old. I thank him for his service to this country and the world. But he shouldn’t have received the vaccine ahead of others.(1)

As a retired Emergency Department physician, I have to say that this is the stupidest idea and worst triage I could imagine. And it is said to be in agreement with CDC recommendations.

Triage for an epidemic should go something like this.

1. Those injured, ill or at risk, in order from most critical to least critical but a good candidate to survive. Implying a result that is a productive member of society.
2. The highest and most likely to infect the largest portion of the population.
3. Critical infrastructure such as healthcare workers, police and fire/rescue (a subset of #1 and #2).
4. The most susceptible to a spreading epidemic.

Sorry, but this patient does not meet any of these criteria.

1. He is least likely to survive an infection.
2. He is least likely to infect the largest portion of the population.
3. He is not critical infrastructure, nor productive to society at large.
4. He is susceptible to becoming infected. He can be masked, anti-socially distanced and have his hands washed to prevent infection.

The problem with #4 is that we still do not know who or how the highly susceptible are susceptible. Persons living in a household that have an infected clinically ill patient, persons exposed to known cases of COVID-19 infected persons and those not following masking, antisocial distancing, and strict hand washing don’t always succumb.

In this situation, the Alabama State Health Department and the CDC are guilty of squandering away the opportunity to effectively combat The Great Coronavirus Epidemic of 2020. This is just plain malfeasance (to use a word I learned from my favorite TV character, Sheriff’s Deputy Barney Fife.(2))

From your Grumpy Uncle Dave.

1. WWII POW gets Birmingham’s first COVID-19 vaccine. Alexandria Hein. Foxnews.com. 12/16/2020. Retrieved 12/16/2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/health/wwii-pow-gets-birminghams-first-covid-19-vaccine
2. Barney Runs for Sheriff. The Andy Griffith Show Wiki contributors. Retrieved 12/16/2020 from https://mayberry.fandom.com/wiki/Barney_Runs_for_Sheriff

Baltimore cancelled school completely, recently.(1,2) It seems some hacker gained access to the school network and password protected it so that the network was inaccessible to students, staff, teachers and techies. It’s one of the new cutting edge crazes in the world of black hat hacking (as opposed to white hat hacking, look ’em up). The techie contacts the school, in some manner, and offers to un-password protect the network for $$$$$. The article reported that the shutdown was not related to the Great Coronavirus Epidemic of 2020. I have another opinion seeing that the crime has just been reported to law enforcement. In other words, they don’t know.

In my mind, having had some experience with virtual learning, I can see Beavis and Butthead sitting on the sofa laughing their collective asses off because now they don’t have to turn in the virtual algebra assignment that was required during their COVID-19 quarantine due that day that they haven’t done, yet.

More Unintended Consequences but apparently this is not the first rodeo for BCPS district.(3)

From your grumpy Uncle Dave.

1. Cyberattack shuts Baltimore schools for two days. New York Post contributors. FoxNews.com. November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/us/baltimore-schools-shutdown-for-two-days-after-cyberattack.
2. Baltimore gets hit by ransomware again, the schools this time. Pieter Arntz. Malwarebytes Labs. N0vember 30,2020. Retrieved 12/17/20 from https://blog.malwarebytes.com/reports/2020/11/baltimore-gets-hit-by-ransomware-again-the-schools-this-time/
3. FBI Investigating Baltimore City Ransomware Attack, As Internal Network Continues To Have Issues. Pat Warren. WJZ CBS Baltimore. May 10, 2019. Retrieved 12/17/20 from https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/05/10/fbi-investigating-baltimore-city-ransomware-attack/

Apparently a Doctor in Oregon lost his license to practice. The State Medical Board felt that his approach to the coronavirus epidemic was wrong and yanked it.

“…he and his staff skipped masking and denoted the coronavirus pandemic — which has infected over 14.5 million Americans and killed more than 281,000 in the U.S. – as a ‘common cold.'”(1)

But on 12/4/2020, the WHO, CDC and others reported 9,007,298 confirmed cases and 229,293 deaths. That is a mighty big change for 2 days!(2)

“The board therefore found the doctor constitutes an immediate danger to the public, and presents a serious danger to the public health and safety.'”

At a time when there is a national need for heath care providers.(3)

Doesn’t that give you confidence in our government with regard to regulating the distribution of any vaccine or treatment that might come along?(4)

From The grumpy Uncle Dave.

1. Oregon doctor who refused to wear mask has medical license suspended. Caitlin McFall. FoxNews.com. Posted 12/5/2020, retrieved 12/6/2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-doctor-license-suspended-not-wearing-mask
2. The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE). Last Updated December 4, 2020. Foxnews.com contributors. Retrieved 12/6/2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus
3. Hospitals overwhelmed: Exhausted staffs, surging COVID-19 cases push nation’s limits. Ken Alltucker. USA Today. Published 10/31/2020, updated 11/2/2020 and retrieved 12/6/2020 from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/31/coronavirus-surge-hospitals-nurses-staff-bridge-care-gap/6081153002/
4. Azar believes ‘vulnerable’ populations should get vaccine first, but governors have final say. Peter Aitken. Foxnews.com. Published 12/6/2020 and retrieved 12/6/2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/politics/azar-prioritize-vulnerable-populations-vaccinations

The CDC we all know and almost love was formed on July 1, 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. It’s mission is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury and disability in the US and internationally.

Well, if that were a YouTube video, I’d call it a great big Fail

I thought I’d throw in New York state stats for a sobering comparison.(1)

World 453,606,321 cases with 185,053 reported deaths and a reported case fatality rate 2.6%
USA 9,007,298 cases with 229,293 reported deaths and a reported case fatality rate of 2.5%
Kansas 164,855 cases with1,679 1%
Missouri 312,046/4,077 1.3%
Texas 1,268,946/22,335 1.8%
New York 664,238/34,718 5.2%

Did you notice that? Huh, no? Texas has twice the number of positive tests as New York but 1/3 the reported case fatality rate. Hum, must be the population density. Or the sending of infected cases to nursing homes filled with elderly residents with lots of co-morbidities.

Now for the conspiracy part.

Did you know that China has been collecting DNA samples from around the world. (2,3,4) For some unknown, no, undeclared reason. See what Gordon Chang has to say about that.

And linking that data to stereotype, facial recognition, gender and physiognomy.(4)

Why would China want to DNA map it’s young boys and men? What if there was a DNA code sequence that identified a Chinese genotype? And, that genotype could be protected or somehow made immune to infection by some future coronavirus-wanna-be?

And China put it’s Wuhan Viral Institute under the military research and development of their bio-weapons guru.(5)

From your grumpy Uncle Dave.

If you haven’t already, read earlier posts.

Coronalie-27, Along Comes State Run Medicine

Coronalie-17a, Conspiracy Part 1

Coronalie-17b, Conspiracy Part 2

Coronalie-26, Conspiracy Part 3

Coronalie-21, What the Hell Happened

1. The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE). Last Updated December 1, 2020.
2. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6214196410001#sp=show-clips\Gordon Chang: China is collecting the world’s DNA and the reason is sinister
3. China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment. Sui-Lee Wee. The New York Times. Published June 17, 2020, updated July 30, 2020 and retrieved 12 5, 2020 from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/world/asia/China-DNA-surveillance.html#
4. Genomic Surveillance. Emile Dirks and Dr. James Leibold. Australian Strategic Policy Institute. June 17, 2020. Retrieved 12/5/2020 from https://www.aspi.org.au/report/genomic-surveillance.
5. China ‘appoints its top military bio-warfare expert to take over secretive virus lab in Wuhan’, sparking conspiracy theories that coronavirus outbreak is linked to Beijing’s army. Billie Thompson for Mailonline. Dailymail.com Published 2/14/2020, updated 2/14/2020 and retrieved 12/5/2020 from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8003713/China-appoints-military-bio-weapon-expert-secretive-virus-lab-Wuhan.html

In an article about the loss of student enrollment during the Great Coronavirus Epidemic of 2020, which also focused on the monies lost due to a decreasing student body, I found this statement.

Superintendent Mackey, of Montgomery, Alabama schools said, “I think we’ll have to offer the most rigorous academic supports that we ever have”

“…the most rigorous academic supports…”?

I thought that was the job description you were supposed to be working under, now? If you haven’t been doing that since you started that job, why start now?

Grumpy Uncle Dave.

1. 5,000 Alabama students haven’t shown up for any sort of class. AP contributors. FoxNews.com. November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020 from https://www.foxnews.com/us/5000-alabama-students-havent-shown-up-for-any-sort-of-class.