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Editor’s Page
Editor’s Page
It was just a “WOW” moment
Editor’s note: In my last two col-
to salary cap disputes. We had won; we had looked forward to
March 19, 2020
the availability of ventilators and hospital beds are in short sup-
Bummer
David Lubin, MD
David Lubin, MD
dajalu@aol.com
dajalu@aol.com
umns, I was critical of President
defending our right to keep Lord Stanley in the sunshine, but
Bummer. This whole thing. Unprec-
ply. I do try to watch the daily coronavirus conference but the
Trump and his administration’s
it was not to be. I wrote an op-ed in the Tampa Tribune, as the
edented in our lifetime. Nothing to
President and Vice President keep saying that tests and supplies
handling of the pandemic. I was not
2004-05 season was to start; it seemed that “We Wuz Robbed.”
do about it except sit home and wait.
are getting out there, when, in fact, they are not. The President
critical of other policies and tried to be
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Elke has self-quarantined me since I
apolitical. At the end of the last issue,
fall into the CDC classification of the
I asked for opposing comments, but
“elderly.” I get it; I just don’t like it, but
failed to make the disclaimer that the
then no one does.
“thoughts expressed were mine.” They were mine. I received emails from two
It’s a month before The Bulletin members, who were a bit disgruntled
deadline for article submissions, but I
with what I wrote. We exchanged
thought I would start early; there’s not
ed in the Eastern Conference, they lost the Conference Finals
thoughts and I offered the opportunity
March 24, 2020
much else to do, or write about for that matter. It’s depressing
to the Washington Capitals, with Alex Ovechkin, and what’s
for them to respond, in writing, for publication in The Bulletin.
without a doubt. I want to get out and maybe go shopping, but
It gets crazier on a daily basis. Cases and deaths are accel-
The deadline for the Winter Issue was October 20th, before the
worse, it was at Amalie Arena. I, unfortunately, or maybe fortu-
I know it’s best if I don’t. We haven’t been hoarding; we’ve got
erating across the country. Gov. DeSantis is concerned about
election. So, you are reading this after the election, and let’s all
nately, had to miss the game because I had back surgery, which
enough toilet paper and paper towels for months, and we still
flights from the northeast bringing in people who might be in-
hope that things went well.
was more successful than that year’s Stanley Cup bid.
have our hurricane stash of edibles from last year.
fected and wants them self-quarantined, but I’m not sure where.
But on to better times...
President Trump has Tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse
I bought sanitizing wipes at Publix in March, and BOGO at that. We have small bottles of hand sanitizer but the best thing
most points in the league and tied an NHL record with 62 wins.
June 7, 2004. Just over 16 years
than the problem itself,” and wants to “reopen” the country in a
to do is wash with soap and water. The fat in the soap actually
couple weeks, despite his medical advisors warning against that.
2019. The Bolts finished with the Presidents’ Trophy for the
They breezed to the finish. They
ago, many of us remember be-
March 26, 2020
won individual awards. This, ev-
eryone felt, was going to be THE
YEAR. But Columbus, along
breaks down the lipid encapsulation, thus destroying the virus.
ing at what was then the St. Pete Times Forum on Channelside
But life must go on. Elke is still working at the HCMA office,
At yesterday’s Task Force conference, President Trump an-
Drive. The Tampa Bay Lightning
with their coach, John Tortorel-
and with only four on staff, social distancing is not difficult. We
nounced that he would like to end the public health restrictions
had been down three games to
la, ironically our coach in 2004,
were supposed to have a plumber here this week to repipe our
in place by Easter, April 12, and pack the churches to celebrate
two, in the Stanley Cup Final,
had other thoughts. They beat us
house but we’re putting off the repiping for now, to avoid traffic
the “reopening” of our country. I don’t believe that any one of
but won game six in Calgary on a
in four straight. The only good
in our house.
the doctors on the task force, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, or US Surgeon
goal by Marty St. Louis, in double
thing about it was how quickly
My cardiologist suggested I stop my angiotensin receptor
General, Dr. Jeremy Adams, believes that’s going to happen.
overtime, to bring game seven
we were knocked out; it was al-
blocker, for hypertension, since it might make me more suscep-
Cases are spiking in New York, and New Orleans is on schedule
back to The Forum. Ruslan Fedo-
most painless; it left us dumb-
tible to the virus, which attaches to ACE-2 receptors of cells.
to become an epicenter, secondary to public gatherings during
tenko scored both goals, and the
founded and numb.
We were scheduled to cruise around the British Isles in May;
Mardi Gras. Perhaps it would have been more ironic for Presi- dent Trump to have planned his “reopening” for Passover, April
Bulin Wall held off the Flames
2020. The pandemic. All pro-
that’s out. I was looking forward to the Stanley Cup playoffs;
as we won our first Stanley Cup,
8, in honor of the 10 plagues cast upon the Egyptians.
that’s not going to happen anytime soon. Baseball season has
fessional sports came to a halt in March. But in May, the NHL
beating Calgary 2-1. There’s no
Our HCMA Executive Director, Debbie Zorian, is closing
been postponed indefinitely...and, well, you all have had plans
sports trophy that’s harder, or
Commissioner, Gary Bettman,
cancelled, I’m sure.
the HCMA office as of March 30. This is in line with the guide-
more exciting, to win than the Stanley Cup.
proposed playing in two bubbles
I want to thank all of you who are still actively practicing, for doing everything to care for your patients, especially those
lines, set forth by Mayor Castor and county officials, in their
After winning that Cham-
“safer-at-home” plan, set to go into effect the night of March 27th. the west in Edmonton. I had my
of you in ERs and the front line of evaluating and treating CO-
pionship, the Lightning went
doubts. I’m sure I wasn’t the only
VID-19 affected patients.
I did leave the house yesterday, had to make a grocery run,
through some ownership chang- es, as well as a loss of players in
one. Over 500 players, plus staffs,
March 22, 2020
officials, and crews were to all get
what turned out to be a cancel-
mask, wore gloves, used sanitizer, and washed my hands. I even
left my shoes in the garage and washed my clothes. Maybe over- lation of the 2004-05 season, due Dr. Stephen Kreitzer met up with The Cup at Avila Country Club. the familiar confines of their
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.(continued) (continued)
in Canada, the east in Toronto,
after nine days at home. It did feel good to get out; I did wear a
together in “bubbles,” away from
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