Just returned from the weekly visit to Costco. Place wasn't real busy at all. Saw none of the regular Costco brand bottled water. Still out of some things, item limits on others. Got what little I wanted. No shortage of produce. Meat supply good, as was milk and eggs. Now a small plexiglass shield between the customer and the cashier at the checkout stand. Will be interested to see how the commissary looks Saturday.
Looked at our weekly "alternative" newspaper this morning. Usually good for some laughs.
This newspaper keeps stressing that "we are all in it together."
Bullshit.
Have seen crowds of fear-deranged people descend upon grocery stores and Costco like a bunch of locusts, loading up their carts with no regard for those who cannot push their way through to get a package of toilet paper, some milk, or a dozen eggs. Worst of all, was recently treated to the sight of such behavior at our commissary (military grocery store). I was ashamed to see the sight of fellow military people/families acting like a bunch of scared sheep. To be sure, there are now hours for older shoppers to shop at many grocery stores, and the commissary no longer allows guests. Also item limits for some things.
Also read about our local (VERY expensive) hospital denying ChiCom Flu testing to a man with a 99.9 degree fever. "Sorry, the fever doesn't meet the 100-degree threshold for testing." There are 24 cases of the ChiCom flu in this county of nearly 450,000 people.
No, I am not in anything together with such people. Want nothing to do with them.
Guess when this thing is over the newspaper will tout how everyone pulled together. The reality is far different.
And as a side note, have noticed all the "authorities" from the governor on down imposing all their various rules on us never miss a paycheck. In the spirit of solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of laid-off hourly workers, I believe all these "authorities" should accept no more pay than the average hourly worker gets in unemployment compensation. Perhaps these people wouldn't be so quick to impose one-size-fits-all solutions.
Well, the screen tells me the USA has almost 80,000 cases, with 1, 140 dead and 619 recovered.
Hmmm...and this month over 50,000 people in the USA will die of heart problems and another 50,000 of cancer, not to mention the 65,000 dying of other causes, plus the 4,000 dying of the "regular" flu.
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