Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for June 09, 2020

That is what is called new normality.

I do have a new routine: I keep my keys, wallet, flash drive, dental floss, spare change, etc. In a cup in a drawer in a small “nightstand” near the door. Now also coralled there is the hand sanitizer. Each of our cars has his and hers masks.

Master Card don’t leave home without it.

Extra arm, check.

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Helter-skelter.

Wuss

Those healthy young people who believe that the Trump plague is no match for their immune system need to remember several things.

1. You are infecting people when you have no symptoms at all. This includes your family and people who actually matter to other people even if they don’t to you.

2. When you overestimate your immune system, or underestimate the plague, you wind up competing for a respirator and other materials needed by those who developed the disease because they were essential workers.

3. You are endangering the medical workers who have to care for you and the people that you infect. They are already risking their lives. What right have you to add to their jeopardy because you need a haircut?

4. Many viruses remain within the cells of your body. We don’t know that this is one of them, but it’s not unlikely. They wait there until your body’s immune system is no longer strong enough to keep them in check. That could happen when you are older, or in the car wreck you have next week. Then, with their new assistance, they come back in full force.

My son is an RN. He treats Trump plague patients, and has watched them suffer greatly, then often die. He has assured me that there is no possibility of taking this thing too seriously. If you think a mask is a problem, you are not thinking this thing through clearly.

Jeff live in my neighborhood does he?

Amen, brother, I feel your pain and anxiety, every time I head out to my “hotspot” town for groceries and meds…and hoards of maskless maroons.

Anxiety. I hear that. With more people ditching their masks, mine is off the charts.

All the mask does is give you the illusion of safety. If there is anything airborne in your immediate vicinity, you’re screwed. Them things got more leaks than the Titanic. Air is like anything else, it follows the path of least resistance, and around is easier than thru.

That’s all part of the new reality check.

Three arms?

♪ Paranoia strikes deep

Into your lives it will creep

It starts when you’re always afraid

♪ Step outta line, the man come, and make you stand six feet away and wear a stupid mask.