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to do is wash with soap and water. The fat in the soap actually
advisors warning against that.
the house and have to schlep mulch and potted plants. Harbor
the yoke to the axle as-
breaks down the lipid encapsulation, thus destroying the virus.
Freight had one for $79. You used to be able to find Harbor Freight 20% off coupons in the paper every week, but not any-
sembly, which later would
But life must go on. Elke is still working at the HCMA office,
enable me to attach the
more, let alone finding an actual newspaper.
erence, President Trump an-
One of those Senior Moments
If you’re over 50, as I am, you refer
and pushing it out onto the garage floor. I opened the box and
March 19, 2020
the availability of ventilators and hospital beds are in short sup-
Bummer
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David Lubin, MD
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to them as senior moments. If you’re
the wheels, nut, bolts, and other accoutrements were in another
Bummer. This whole thing. Unprec-
ply. I do try to watch the daily coronavirus conference but the
a millennial (25-40), you probably
smaller box. It appeared as if everything was there.
edented in our lifetime. Nothing to
President and Vice President keep saying that tests and supplies areIgestatirntegdouatsstehmerbel,inwgheint,,aindfa,cot,ftchoeuyrasree,nfuomt.bThleedPwreitshidethnet insuttosuatnindgbpolsts,ibhlaedtrteoatrmevenrstse, wthheecroemI obrinigaitnioanllyohf azditphlraocmedycthine awnadsheyrdsr, oaxnydchlaodrotqoucionme, palsewteelyll rseomoevderuthges fprroenvtioauxslelysuspepdotrot tfreoamt AthIDe Sb.oBttuotmagoafint,hDe rw. Faaguocni sdteactkesatfthereIirsenaolizsecdienI thifiacdpitroroe-f avnerdsetdes.tIinbgegmanustot bqeuedsotinoen. hIorweaIdaocntulianlleytmhatdePritesthidreonutghTrgurmosps hanasatoffmerye.dThbeogthuiIdraenwainthdtNheordtihreKctoiroenasawssaistbaanrceelyin(pfirgohntoinugncthede p“baneadrelym,”icn.oEtxa“bcteleyrwlyh”)atuisehfuelg, oaisngevtoendiwveitrht fmroymgtlhaessneeseodns,oIf Acomuledrihcarndsl?y ascertain where everything went. Please check out the diagram of the guide...actual size.
just shrug and move on. Between 40
do about it except sit home and wait.
and 50, you acknowledge that you
Elke has self-quarantined me since I
messed up and you own it. Well, I
fall into the CDC classification of the
had one a few months ago.
“elderly.” I get it; I just don’t like it, but
Elke and I had assisted with some
then no one does.
gardening in our neighborhood,
It’s a month before The Bulletin and one of our neighbors had one of
deadline for article submissions, but I
those carts with large wheels and a
thought I would start early; there’s not
long handle, almost like a Radio Fly-
March 24, 2020
much else to do, or write about for that matter. It’s depressing
er Wagon from our childhood. But it was a mesh flatbed, with
I made it to the 4th dia-
It gets crazier on a daily basis. erating across the country. Gov. flights from the northeast bringin fected and wants them self-quaran President Trump has Tweeted, “W than the problem itself,” and want couple weeks, despite his medical
March 26, 2020
At yesterday’s Task Force conf nounced that he would like to end in place by Easter, April 12, and p the “reopening” of our country. I the doctors on the task force, Dr. F General, Dr. Jeremy Adams, beli Cases are spiking in New York, an to become an epicenter, secondar Mardi Gras. Perhaps it would hav dent Trump to have planned his “r
without a doubt. I want to get out and maybe go shopping, but
Cases and deaths are accel-
optional sides, that you could load bags of mulch on and trans-
gram and could not find
I know it’s best if I don’t. We haven’t been hoarding; we’ve got
DeSantis is concerned about
port without them falling off. It’s unlike my dolly/cart, where
where the lock pin needed
enough toilet paper and paper towels for months, and we still
g in people who might be in-
you have to reposition the handle to get the piece of equipment
to be inserted. Nor could I
have our hurricane stash of edibles from last year.
tined, but I’m not sure where.
best suited for your needs. Either way, it’s impossible to carry more than two bags at a time.
even find the pin anywhere
I bought sanitizing wipes at Publix in March, and BOGO at that. We have small bottles of hand sanitizer but the best thing
e cannot let the cure be worse
So, I thought I’d get one since I do some gardening around
s to “reopen” the country in a
and with only four on staff, social distancing is not difficult. We weresupposedtohaveaplumberherethisweektorepipeourackthechurchestocelebrate
I headed up I-275 and exited at Bearss (which, FYI, is pro-
reason, I thought I was actually making progress.
house but we’re putting off the repiping for now, to avoid traffic
don’t believe that any one of
nounced “beers,” not “bears”), and was making a left turn to
But then, I realized that
in our house.
auci, Dr. Birx, or US Surgeon
get to Harbor Freight at Florida and Bearss. But (and here’s the senior moment--and the first of two), I followed the car in front
the yoke was bent, and
My cardiologist suggested I stop my angiotensin receptor
eves that’s going to happen.
of me, also making that left turn. However, he was not going to
d New Orleans is on schedule
blocker, for hypertension, since it might make me more suscep-
sibly doing anything to fix
Harbor Freight, in fact, he wasn’t even going west on Bearss.
y to public gatherings during
tible to the virus, which attaches to ACE-2 receptors of cells.
it. I took advantage of this
He was making a U-turn to go back south, and, yes, I was right
e been more ironic for Presi-
We were scheduled to cruise around the British Isles in May;
opportunistic moment-
behind him, and unable to veer to the right to obtain the lane I
eopening” for Passover, April 8, in honor of the 10 plagues cast upon the Egyptians.
ng e- eir ch
n, ra en er-
(continued) (continued)
that’s out. I was looking forward to the Stanley Cup playoffs;
needed. So, I headed down to Fletcher, turned right, and headed
in the box. I was almost
ready to somehow attach
handle. For some bizarre
the public health restrictions
damaged beyond me pos-
Our HCMA Executive Director, Debbie Zorian, is closi the HCMALoeffitcte easrosf Mtaorcht3h0. eThiEs isdinitlinoerwith the guid lines, set forth by Mayor Castor and county officials, in th “safer-at-hcomaen”pblane,ssetutobgmoinitotteffeedctttheon:ightofMar 27th.
I did leave the house yesterday, had to make a grocery ru
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after nine days at home. It did feel good to get out; I did wea
mask, wore gloves, used sanitizer, and washed my hands. I ev
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left my shoes in the garage and washed my clothes. Maybe ov
that’s not going to happen anytime soon. Baseball season has
back up Florida Ave. to Harbor Freight at Bearss. But (and here’s
been postponed indefinitely...and, well, you all have had plans
the second senior moment) Harbor Freight is not at Bearss it
cancelled, I’m sure.
is actually at Fletcher and Florida. So, I headed south again, I want to thank all of you who are still actively practicing,
muttering to myself what a waste of time this was, not realizing
for doing everything to care for your patients, especially those
what was yet to come.
of you in ERs and the front line of evaluating and treating CO-
One of the staff found the boxed mesh cart for me. I don’t
VID-19 affected patients.
like to assemble items, but I had no choice. I paid my $86 and
March 22, 2020
change and we loaded it by pushing, tilting, and pulling it into the back seat. When I got home, I got it out by pulling, tilting,
Hospitals and frontline medical personnel are running out of masks and protective gear, and are now sanitizing masks, and
reaction... not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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