Coronavirus global pandemic

Excellent post, @lunatic59, thanks.

I guess I was thinking strictly in US terms, plus, frankly...well, I had kind of forgotten how/where it started. My subconscious mind protecting me from the atrocities inflicted on sentient beings in China...I didn't want to go there consciously...

 

Luckily for me, your 'here' isn't my 'here!' In my 'here,' Arcadia, peafowl freely roam certain neighborhoods, including mine. I've noted before that they originated at the world famous LA County Arboretum near my home. No one owns them, they're just here.

Yes, you're absolutely right. If memory serves, they were returning to....California.

Trust me, a mature peacock in full feather, which runs from about January through late summer, measures about 6'-7' long! How that woman thought this would work is beyond me!

Here are a couple of photos of my favorite peacock, taken in a February, so he's in full feather. I hope they give some idea of his length:

 

A physician here in LA is having some success with the much-touted malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine:

"Dr. Anthony Cardillo said he has seen very promising results when prescribing hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc for the most severely-ill COVID-19 patients.

'Every patient I've prescribed it to has been very, very ill and within 8 to 12 hours, they were basically symptom-free,' Cardillo told Eyewitness News. 'So clinically I am seeing a resolution.'"

It's very important to note that it only works when combined with zinc, not alone as certain public figures keep saying:

"He said he has found it only works if combined with zinc. The drug, he said, opens a channel for the zinc to enter the cell and block virus replication."

Looks good!

 

Nah...you just get used to it. It becomes background noise that you rarely notice, like traffic in other neighborhoods.

Keep in mind they're only loud during mating season, and then only the males, and then only mature males, so it's not that bad.

I snapped these photos one February, on my driveway; they're of my favorite peacock. He and I were behind my car, and he was participating in a squawk-off with another adult peacock who was in front of my car:

 

Nope!

They only squawk during mating season, and only when there are other mature peacocks nearby.

Now...if ANOTHER passenger also had a mature peacock...and it was mating season...yep, squawk-fest!

 

True that, but the doctor I quoted was specifically talking about results he'd personally seen, in patients very ill with coronavirus, who showed dramatic improvement within hours. I didn't take it as a broad-stroke statement that it was a cure for all patients.

 

Malaria AND lupus patients.

 

This has NOTHING to do with the topic, but it made me laugh out loud, and I thought it might do the same for you--and we can all use a little laughter right now, you know?

So I was watching Jeopardy! last night like always, only to find that it's one of my least favorite tournaments they do, college. Oh well, I sucked it up and watched anyway, even though I knew I'd know most of the answers...questions.

A category named "What do you stand for?" came up. This clue was revealed:



Now, even if you've never shown and/or owned purebred dogs with "papers," as I used to on both counts, you probably know what AKC stands for. If not, that's okay: it's American Kennel Club. So what do you think this young Einstein from Texas said?



"What is CANINE?"

Bwaaaaaahh! *me ROFLMFAO*

 

This article from KABC helps shed some light on how LA became a hotspot in the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes how thousands of flights arrived at LAX from December through March--flights direct from China, Italy and Spain.

It also includes a cool map you can play for a visual of the flights arriving.

I can't say what I'd like to say without turning this political...so I'll just shut up now!

 

"Californians may have developed some herd immunity to coronavirus last year, Stanford team theorizes."

Interesting read.

 

There's a fascinating article in today's LA Times [which I haven't finished reading yet],
Impeachment. Primaries. Kobe. Coronavirus rushed in while our focus was elsewhere.

Check it out if you're interested. It helps give some perspective to this whole thing.

(If you're unable to access it, I'll try to summarize it if anyone asks.)

 

Gotta love being an Angeleno! (I do.) During LA Mayor Garcetti's daily news conference today, he not only had a doctor speak, but also Sean Penn.

Turns out that Penn is the founder of CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), which has provided help around the globe after earthquakes and other disasters. They're now staffing several of our coronavirus testing centers, freeing up the LAFD paramedics who were staffing them. Nice!