Bad News/Good News

[Razer]

On 3/2/20 11:03 PM, jim bell wrote:
> The bad news is that I live in the state, Washington, that so far has
> had 6 COVID-19 deaths.  The ONLY COVID-19 deaths in the entire US!!!
>
> The good news is that I live in Vancouver, Washington, kinda-sorta the
> 'ass end' of Washington, about 160 miles south of where the main COVID
> action is.
>
> The bad news is that a few days ago, I visited a friend temporarily in
> a care home very near Seattle (NOT the one that made the news over the
> last 2-3 days, connected to 5 of the 6 deaths.)  This friend has
> numerous ailments, but generally dating from long before COVID existed.  
>
> More bad news is that 5 days after I left, he got very ill with
> vomiting, and had to go to a hospital.  He thinks it's conceivable he
> got this COVID-19, although I don't think he has been tested for
> that.   Yet.  He is also fairly close to the Chinese community in
> Seattle, which is about 4.5% of the population there.  
>
> More bad news is that I hear that especially hard-hit are old men. 
>  In little more than 1 month, I turn 62.
>
> More bad news is that people with diabetes are hit harder.  I have
> diabetes.
>
> So, anyone want to take bets on whether I fall ill in the next 2-3 weeks?
>
>                Jim Bell
>
>

I'm older than you by half-a-decade. Had the flu for Xmas (Just like the
CSN&Y song). Smoke. Live houseless, on a thousand dollars a month,
therefore not getting the best nutrition or a place to bed down and
rest/recuperate all day, and yet after four days of mid-grade fever and
chills, and a few more with a phlemy cough, I'm very much alive.

Don't let your own fears snuff you.

Rr
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