Education is key.

Good stuff guys!

  I'm terrible with names BUT I always remember a face.  When I watched that Joe Rogan clip I instantly recognized that Osterholm guy.

  He's been on a few of the FOX shows I watch. I remember the first time I heard him talking about how so much of our critical medicine is made off-shore. I thought " I wonder how many people that NEED those medicines, know this? "

   I've been telling people for a long time that we needed to become ENERGY independent and now we finally are.

  This crisis will do the same for medicine, or at least it BETTER or we've have learned nothing.

  NO critical item this Nation needs should be SOLEY dependent on getting from ANY foreign nation, even our ALLIES.

  We need to do whatever it takes to bring that manufacturing here to America EVEN if it means we have to pay a few dollars more than we would for foreign-made goods.

  I knew about smoking being a major issue in deaths in China. You watch anything about China, you know many of the men especially smoke non-stop.

   He mentioned Obesity as being a high-risk factor too. With 45% of adults in the obese category, I hope people take heed to that? Now that we have to social distance, that means that people won't be going to gyms or maybe even outdoors to exercise.

  In times of great stress, people like their COMFORT foods. A long period of social distancing could mean ever more people join that 45% population.

  Good time to get into a home exercise program. Great to relieve the stress and losing weight will lessen your chances of death IF you do get the virus.

   Now if I could just FIND some TP at my local stores

  I'm working on my Paddling TP reserve right now.

Best wishes to Old Salt as you recover, and to Azalea with upcoming double knee replacement.

I had both mine done, but not at the same time.  Always have been very glad that I had the surgeries, but I am sure both of you know that the physical therapy is the key to success.  I hope you are still able to get PT in your area.

Math is cool until it's not. I personally think that when the NBA, NHL, MLB, NCAA, Copia... people with real money to lose, suspended activities knowing the financial hit they and a whole lot of other people would be taking, - it was a real wakeup call for the nation.

It bought us much needed time to begin to evaluate what was and could happen.

Jimbo wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2020 at 6:41pm:


  I like your rant and feel about the sameway. I hear people talking about how they want the PERSONAL Freedom to do whatever?

   What many, especcialy in the areas where that behavior is high-risk NEVER talk about or ACCEPT, is the PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY that SHOULD go hand in hand with that Personal Freedom.

   You can bet that if a large number of those people that are failing to do the right thing get sick and start dying in significant numbers, they will the ones CRYING the most and DEMANDING something be done to help THEM!

   Personal Freedom WITHOUT Personal Responsibility = Societal Chaos IMHO

  PS. That Kabar BK2 makes a effective BAYONET mounted on a nice thick pole.