Today's Tids Issue 4,608
It just seems awful:
Patient:
Doc, I think I’m addicted to coins.
Psychologist: Hmmm, I can’t make heads or tails of That.
What’s wrong
with being silly
In a world gone willy-nilly.?
There’s really nothing left to do
But laugh while Pun-ishing you.
How can an entire world
collapse in just over three weeks, from robust to lethargic? It’s like gigantic
space bus came roaring through from out of the heavens, and none of us were in the
crosswalk. The driver must have been texting.
Now that there
is no longer sports for the sports pages, I suggest that newspapers add more comics.
We definitely need more comics
The Question:
You’ve heard of Typhoid Mary (Mallon) who helped
spread typhoid around 1903. And maybe the 1858 Scarlet Fever Wave, the 1832-1866
Cholera Epidemics and the 1793 Yellow Fever from the Caribbean (Racist?). In
the 20th century have had the very serious 1918 Spanish Flu, Diphtheria, Polio
and Whooping Cough epidemics, to name a couple. But now we have a new one where
the main problem is the absence of inoculation and treatment solutions. (i.e.
The Spanish Flu of 1918 came back in 1957 as the Asian flu, and at that time we
brought forth a vaccine, (After 70,000 Deaths). The flu mutates and the
scientists react. And they have been reacting to threats pretty much annually. What
are the five most important flu/epidemic scares of the late 20th and
21st century prior to Covid?
The Headlines:
--Markets Expected To Open Higher; Wall Street Mavens
Dazed; Asian Central Banks Add Funds To Calm Concerns.
--China Traders Sensing Victory Over Markets And
Virus.
--US Retaliates With Airstrikes Targeting Iraq Following
Attacks On Coalition Troops.
--Test Kits Now Promised To Be Available In About A
Week.
--White House And House Close To Deal On Virus Aid
Package.
--Most Entertainment In America Shut Down.
--Sofie Trudeau, Wife Of Canada PM, Tests Positive
For CV.
--Restaurants Scrubbing Down To Assure Safety for Diner’s
Out.
Scarier than
the prospects of sickness from a virus, is how quickly politicians could close
down a society.
Patient:
Doc, I’d like to get a second opinion.
Doctor: Ok, come back tomorrow.
I was having lunch
at a local longtime popular eatery yesterday and next to me were a couple of
Irish guys. One said I just spent a couple of hours cancelling bagpipers. you
don’t normally hear conversations like that, but these are not normal days.
That one above probably
sounded like the beginning of a joke, but it was true. People are doing things
they have never done before, and it all happened in the twinkling of an eye.
Intis case it was dealing with the cancelation of the St. Pat’s Parade, for the
first time ever.
Now that I’m thinking,
it could have been a joke. Like -- The Governor kilt the Saint Pat’s parade and
I could no longer skirt the issue. Even though I still think she’s a bit of a
windbag.
A pharmacy that
doesn’t exists is called a hypothecary.
From Biden and Sanders
down, politicians are saying , this is no time to be political, and then they proceed
to be entirely political.
Although I just heard
an outwardly apolitical person say that the White House and Nancy sure look like
they are trying to set politics aside to achieve something good for all who need Something good to happen.
The ripple effect of closing down
entertainment and sports opportunities is wide and looking painful to the little
guys before it narrows again. But has anybody thought about sports gamblers? Probably
not. There could be serious depression there, even as family budgets become more
secure. I wouldn’t be surprised if they started offering odds related to the development
of Covid infections. Today, nothing would surprise me.
Deliver:
Hepatectomy.
Golfers play alone
on green fields of battle all of the time. I don’t see why a televised golf tournament
needs to be cancelled.
“Rotten Tomatoes”
seems to be pushing movies available at streaming sites. This may become a
trend in the next couple of weeks.
I think that if they tried,
nightly newscasts could go a long way towards making people feel less miserable.
For starters, wouldn’t
it be fun to see the Nightly News Follies, where anchors would deliver the
nightly news singing and dancing. to lively or uplifting music.
A lot of women
liked the new eye doctor. He had specs appeal.
Personally,
I don’t see cutting all college spring sports.
The truth is that the
Virus originated in Asia. But to tell the truth is to be a racist, according to
the intolerant left. It is just plain laughable, and actually harms the potential
for fighting the diseases by taking the focus away from the facts of origination.
Basically,
I’m worried about the stock market.
Optometry jokes
just keep getting cornea.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--The story of “The Hunt” is an old one. Remember the
1924 short story – “The Most Dangerous Game”, which I enjoyed. It has been done
before. In this one we suffer the rants of eth globally rich, liberal elite who
devise a game hunting “the deplorables”, who they despise, for sport. It’s not a
very good movie over all but is probably entertaining for a mindless deplorables
like me.
--“Bloodshot” is another critics hate, audiences
love films. It’s a Vin Diesel explosive thriller with Diesel as a soldier brought
back to life as the super comic book hero Bloodshot. He’s out there chasing bad
people but realizes the company that put him back together also controls his
mind. He doesn’t know what is or isn’t real, and sets out to find out.
The Answer:
(Please excuse the Tids editor for Bigotry in the use
of some of the names for these diseases.) H1N1, Swine Flu, of 2009 was one of
the deadliest. Bird or Avian Flu was scary for a while but not deadly with 7
deaths. Next is Sars, which had us running, but deaths again were not catastrophic
at 774. West Nile Virus had 44 deaths in 2008. Mad Cow had us avoiding steak
for short time. Ebola had us fearful. And then there was Mers (Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome, and Zika which hurt the cruise companies and put scare into the last
summer Olympics (But nothing of note occurred.)
So, here I sit, forlorn,
looking out my window at a city, and I’m wondering where have all the people
had gone. It is sad. Then I realized… it’s
raining!
Walk on
the sunny side of the street.
Have a great,
calming weekend, E -v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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