Day: December 19, 2020

President Donald Trump Ignores

President Donald Trump Ignores

By George Smith — 12/19/2020

1)  The sharply rising numbers of pandemic cases and deaths.

2) The disconcerting news about Russian hackers burrowing into various agencies’ computer systems and undermining the security of the nation.

3) The more than 50 courtroom losses on his claims that fraud cost him his re-election bid.

4) The outcry on his pardons and commutations of convictions and sentences of key allies, all of whom were convicted or pled guilty to federal crimes.

5) The directives of his own Center for Disease Control for minimizing  COVID 19 effects and holding events that resulted in virus outbreaks.

6) Traditional preparations that signify the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy.

7) Shows no emotion in regard to the federal government acknowledging it still has more than 500 undocumented children separated from parents and has no idea where the parents are or how to reconnect family members.

8 ) How inappropriate his last-days-in-office actions are in regard to firing certain officials and replacing them with loyalists… to what end?

9) How history will view his erratic and toxic presidency, basking instead in the crazed loyalty of his base, a hodgepodge of white supremacy, neo-Nazi, militia and short-sighted fervent evangelistic conservative groups.

10) The basic reality of his situation: At noon, Jen. 20, 2020, Trump is no longer president. That is a reality he cannot seem to grasp.

See the pattern? If a situation does not fit into his picture-perfect mental image of what he WANTS his world to be, the “truth” does not exist.

Trump, and many of his Trumpuppets, are suffering from “delusional disorder”. It is a type of serious mental illness — called a “psychosis”— in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. The main feature of this disorder is the presence of delusions, which are unshakable beliefs in something untrue.

This is Donald Trump, the 2020 version. Those that pledge allegiance to him, to his delusional view of the state of the union and the world, are complicit in the actions which undermine the safety and security of this nation and the health of its citizens.

Step back. Take a breath. Look to the future. And kick the hurtful delusions of this president to the gutter where they belong.

It’s a new beginning. Embrace it and smile about future possibilities to return to the light provided by a free, empathetic and loving nation that promises freedom and opportunities for all who reside here.

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CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 12/19/2020

CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 12/19/2020

12/19/2020

USE OF IODINE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT COVID INFECTIONS

Nasal solution may stop spread of COVID-19, study finds

This news article is based on a scientific article:

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.3053 Published online September 17, 2020 and entitled “In Vitro Efficacy of a Povidone-Iodine Nasal Antiseptic for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2. “In Vitro Efficacy of a Povidone-Iodine Nasal Antiseptic for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Povidone-iodine nasal antiseptic solutions at concentrations as low as 0.5% rapidly inactivate SARS-CoV-2 at contact times as short as 15 seconds. Intranasal use of PVP-I has demonstrated safety at concentrations of 1.25% and below and may play an adjunctive role in mitigating viral transmission beyond personal protective equipment. 

J. Harris: After reading this JAMA article, I made a 0.5% solution and my wife and I use it if we stray out of our nest.When we used to go inside the grocery, we sprayed our noses before going in and on coming out.  The base chemical discussed in 10% Betadine, which is readily available and inexpensive, but not for internal use or nasal inhalation — I do not know how much this helps prevent Covid.  I boiled some water and carefully mixed the Betadine with it and put it in a small nasal spray bottle. (My wife had to do the math.) I think it might work. I think it is  safe. Use it at your own risk. You can buy it as above: The commercial solution discussed above is a 1.25 % solution and is manufactured for nasal use. 

Coronavirus Is Coming……JANUARY 30, 2020

By Ronald Klain

Former White House Ebola response coordinator

(J. Harris: I don’t remember reading this article in The Atlantic last January, and I didn’t know who Ronald Klain was. I wish I’d paid some attention to it. I bring it back now, despite my usual effort to avoid politics, because Ronald Klain is likely to be best Covid Czar that the Biden administration could have found — and he is the incoming Chief of Staff for President Elect Biden.) 

Yep, he’s a Yankee, a political lawyer married to an activist lawyer, but he was a law clerk for much admired and respected former Supreme Court Justice Byron White.  To be sure, he has also been a lobbyist, and a bureaucrat and is  a card carrying member of the Democratic Party. He has worked for Clinton, Gore, Bidden, and he was the successful Ebola Czar for President Obama.  Potential political and scientific problems due to Covid that he predicted in the above article have, to our great misfortune,  come true. I think he will be an experienced and focused Covid  leader and manager  for the American population (and the world?) in the next few years. God, I hope so. I’m going to bet on it. I’ve very encouraged. Have a nice weekend. 

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