Subj : covid, here we go again..
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sun Nov 15 2020 06:51 am

Hello, Richard Menedetter.
On 11/15/20 12:15 PM you wrote:

AA>> How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?
RM> Austria has one of the worst second waves. We managed the first
RM> one really well, but now deaths are sharply rising.

I have no idea about how many cases there are around me, and honestly it doesn't really matter.

It's been about a year since this strain of coronavirus has been identified in humans.  There has been a lot of information, both correct and incorrect circulating about it,

It basically boils down to scientists and medical people are working on treatment, please stand by.

A person is either going to get the virus or not.  There are things you can do to lessen your chances of contracting the virus.

My wife and daughter both work in healthcare, as caregivers for elderly or ill people at home.  When this started, my wife's patient was an elderly gentleman with pretty much every underlying health condition you could think of to make him more suseptible.
One of our grandaughters has severe asthma.

We took whatever precautions we felt were necessary to limit exposure.

My wife and daughter basically lived as shut ins. Go take care of their patients, then go home.  Another grandaughter quit her job at the airport to not potentially bring it home to her mom or sister.

I basically did all the shopping for 2 households for months. I have respiratory issues myself, but I also have an aversion to crowds, so keeping away from people isn't a problem for me.

What all of that means is that yes, there is a virus out there that we didn't know about much longer than a year ago.  Yes, it's contagious. Yes, it affects some people worse than others. No, there isn't a vaccine or cure yet. But YES, it is being worked on, and there are things that people can do to lessen their chance of catching or spreading it, without mass panic.


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