April 21, 2020

I hope y’all survived 420 yesterday. I checked on Willie today and it looks like he made it through okay. How about this morning’s early tweet (note the time),

Excuse me while I go vomit. Can you friggin’ believe it? This narcissism would be funny if it were coming from a co-worker or neighbor or friend, but this is the POTUS for God’s sake. And not to burst Dr. Don’s bubble, but that medicine he has been prescribing, hydroxychloroquine, has shown no benefit in an analysis of its use in U.S. veteran’s hospitals, as reported by the Associated Press this afternoon. In fact, there were more deaths among those given the drug than those who just received standard care. In the study of 368 patients. 28% who were given the drug along with the standard care died, versus 11% of those getting just the routine care. Many doctors have been saying that they are leery of the drug, as it has been known to have serious side effects, including altering the heartbeat in a way that could lead to sudden death. Dr. Don and that dimwit governor of South Dakota think they know better than the real medical community because y’all know that Dr. Don is a stable genius and the gov is best bud’s with Jared K.

And then we have the Lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, who now feels “vindicated” for his comments he made last month on Faux News, saying it was worth risking lives to return to work if that meant saving the economy. “When you start shutting down society and people start losing their paychecks and businesses can’t open and governments aren’t getting revenues…I’m sorry to say that I was right on this,” he said. Texas is one of the states now starting to lift some of the restrictions that were in place, with 517 coronavirus deaths there as I write this. I think he would proud if his family puts on his tombstone “There are more important things than living.”

The missus and I got in a nice 2 mile walk today before the rains start coming in tomorrow. I guess we are going to get a bunch of the wet stuff over the next four or five days. After the fire across the road last week, I don’t mind getting some moisture on the trees and vegetation. Here’s a view from yesterday’s walk.

As we remain “on hold” and history is being made, we must remember that we will get through this by supporting each other and doing whatever we can to help our neighbor. The friends that I have communicated with seem to be adapting pretty well to the current situation. What will be more important, I think, is how we will respond in the coming months as we begin to move back out into the “world.” Life as we have known it will be different. Men of my generation shake hands when greeting someone. That will probably be past history. Hugging has become the primary social greeting over the past few years. That will probably be past history. Social distancing to a degree will probably continue when we come out of this. Gatherings of more than 50 people may be prohibited. Travel by airplane, bus, commuter trains, etc. may be restricted. And on and on — but we will be resilient and adapt to the new normal. For Dan Patrick, I bet that Yogi Berra would tell you that living is more fun than dying, you moron.

I hope you are finding some enjoyment with my ramblings. Talk to ya’ tomorrow. Ziggyman

And with that, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the President of the United States,