General Update / Not a Hoax
How is it that the smartest country in the world with the most resources and innovation has people who still believe the coronavirus is a hoax? More to come after the latest news ...
General Update
Numbers are rising again in the US after a Thanksgiving reporting lag. It may take another week for the numbers to stabilize, but it seems clear that we're on the rise again. Deaths are now happening at their highest rate ever -- even more than in April, our last peak. And there is no sign that it's slowing down.
Cases per capita -- last 7 days:
- Worst states: Minnesota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, Indiana.
- Best states: Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, Virginia, Washington
Deaths per capita -- last 7 days:
- Worst states: South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Nebraska
- Best states: Hawaii, Virginia, Vermont, California, Delaware
Not a Hoax
Now, back to my rant.
There's no nice way to put this, but how dumb can people be? How clueless can they be as to what's happening around the world? How many of their friends have to die before they accept that this is a 1 in 100 year event?
Actually, I can answer that last question. People who are actually experiencing this virus know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this virus is real, it kills, and it delivers a lot of pain and grief. Even the most stubborn of us will change our tune when faced with enough reality. How many times have you heard people who said, "It's a hoax," only to catch the virus and then tell all their friends that it's NOT a hoax?
So, for today, I thought I'd present a few videos to help you glimpse what it looks like at the end. Some of these are sad, but I want you to realize, this could happen to you, or it could happen to your friend or family member.
I'll start with this video from a mom in her final stages before dying talking about what it's like and why we need to avoid the virus.
Or perhaps you'd like to see it from a doctor's perspective. This is the somewhat famous Dr. Joseph Varon in Texas -- a frontline worker.
That was back in July, but here's an update from a couple of days ago ... he's been working nonstop over 250 days straight. His main frustration is that as soon as he helps one batch of people, there's another waiting, many of whom are doing the exact opposite of what the scientists and doctors have been asking us to do.
As he says in both videos: I'm fighting two wars ... one against the virus, and one against stupidity.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-55190012
It's one thing to praise our hospitals for saving lives with incredible procedures, but it's another to indicate that it's fine for people to get sick because the hospitals can handle them (flattening the curve). As I hope you learn from these videos, that no ... they're really not handling it. They're getting exhausted, and the worst is yet to come the next few weeks.
And finally one more ... an interview of funeral directors ... an interesting perspective:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-54244012
At the end of that video, a director says: After this, my job has become easy -- nothing will ever be that difficult again. And this is a similar theme I keep hearing from hospitals and morgues: nothing like this has ever happened in their experience, and they can't wait till it's over to get back to the easy stuff.
And finally ... one last thing to consider. If you've been posting for months about how this virus is a hoax, keep in mind that those posts on Facebook and Twitter are forever. People are going to remember you as the crazy person who believed it was a hoax when there was so much evidence to the contrary. I only tell you this now because you get one more chance ... because after a few weeks from now, it's going to be too late. After the darkest winter anyone will have witnessed in their lifetime here in the US, we're going to remember the people who helped to spread the virus, and I don't think you would want to be remembered that way.
It's not to late to join the majority who are increasingly doing more to work together in fighting the virus. Together we can stop the death, so I invite you to join now ... drop the hoax act and fulfill your patriotic duty, and do your part.
... Or not. You're free to choose your own path, but you don't get to choose the consequences.
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