Subj : fever! in the morning, fever all through the night
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Apr 01 2020 16:10:29

Hallo Nancy!

 NB> We've had some deaths in our county

As far as I know, which isn't much, there haven't been any in this neck of the 
woods.  At least one of the neighbours has heard otherwise but they have an 
inside source and I certainly am not going out on a limb over it.  Another 
neighbour is in self imposed lockdown but doesn't believe he actually has the 
virus and is just being cautious given that he works with troubled youth.  Also 
there are now restrictions as to visitors being allowed into the area as well 
as closing down schools, public parks, etc.

 NB> I did get that impression of your neighborhood...

:-)  Yes it hasn't been too much of a lifestyle change here ... as long as you 
don't go anywhere.

 NB> I'm hoping that perhaps the pencil-pushers that keep telling the
 NB> hospitals that they had too many beds will have a wake-up call
 NB> with this

I am not sure that will solve this particular problem and perhaps setting up 
temporary hospitals in parks and the such is a better strategy.  Also there has 
been talk of using cruise ships for temporary hospitals if needed.  Things like 
this might be the way to go instead of building more infrastructure that nobody 
can afford given that these types of catastrophes are temporary.  Also there is 
a critcal shortage of trained medical people to staff existing hospitals wo 
building bigger isn't going to make anything better methinks.  Also, also most 
of the deaths I've heard about are in senior's care homes which are also short 
staffed.

 NB> Probably if there was rounding, they'd round up... except that
 NB> that loses the psychological advantage of staying below that next
 NB> dollar.... so maybe it would be rounded down here, too...

I would guess that they would round down especially given the latest economic 
crisis due to covid-19.

Stay well.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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