Friday, March 20, 2020

Coronavirus Update: Friends' Virus Recovery, But Online School Doesn't Count

First the good news: Our friends who were diagnosed with the Chinese Flu are doing fine. Fevers are gone, no further symptoms they feel good and they're stuck in quarantine for a other week. Aside frrm boredom and three young kids bouncing off the walls, they're all good.

We did some shopping for them at Kroger and did another supply drop on their porch today.

In short, this is not the black plague, for the majority of people it's a flu-like viral infection.

Kroger was very busy as with most other stores and the malls closed, people have nothing to do but shop for groceries. Lots of people in surgical masks and gloves. Very long lines.

Kroger did restock and there's a lot more food there than there was on March 16.

Still, they were out of eggs, very low to no on pasta, and almost out of milk, but there was plenty of proteins and fruits and veggies, even as the shelves are sparser than they were pre-Corona. There was however a lot of Corona beer available and for sale.

In more important news, Michigan's Department of Ed may cause my kids to stop being pro-Democrat:

The Detroit Free Press: Michigan Department of Education won't count online learning toward yearly requirement

In other words or if the linked article is TL/DR, all the online work and assignments they've been doing for the past week won't count for teaching hours. This means extending the school year and summer school.

On the upside, Gov. Whitmer is at least stepping back from the panic abyss and stating she is not going to order a shelter in place. Smart move on her part and glad she's being reasonable and not giving into the panicking crowd. There's no need for SiP at this point, at all, it's the right call and glad she made it, at least so far.

If the case fatality rate based on better data we're now getting, keeps dropping as it is, and likely will be close to or the same as a regular influenza season, we're going to realize this was one heckuva overreaction.

Good practice for a real serious viral outbreak, but the harm to the economy from this panic ove3r what is basically a second round of the annual influenza season albeit with a new virus doing it is going to hurt for a long time.

3 comments:

drjim said...

Our governor (more like emperor...) has just about shutdown Colorado. He didn't tighten the screws down as much as Gruesome Newsome did in Kommiefornia, but it's close.

I agree that this is a good drill for something really bad, and if it makes the "average person" more aware of the necessity to keep some "preps" in stock at home, then maybe some good will have come from it.

Old NFO said...

This IS going to put a stick in the spokes of the education system in more ways than one!

MrGarabaldi said...

Hey Aaron;

I was watching CNN at a restaurant picking up some BBQ and she took every opportunity to make shots at the President....I was thinking..."What a load of B.S." and I said it out loud and several other customers agreed with me. I understand politics, but really???