Questions, Questions Living with COVID 19

I ran into a line of argument concerning hype and loss of freedom is part of this outbreak? The impact of being confined for part of March and April some states like Illinois possibly going on into May will have many unintended negative consequences of loss of work, school, suicide, abuse. A strong argument for our mitigation actions is the millions of lives saved. The president and team projected 2,200,000 which I believe is a conservative estimate. My estimate was 1% of 350,000,000 or 3.5 million. The actual numbers so far are lower, thank God.
Decisions to save lives will be noble but as we move forward may not be appreciated as we recover to normal. Doctors will soon find lawyers pushing back in the weeks and months ahead. Hype and loss of freedom is part of this discussion. We rarely call the media into account as they move for ratings.  The media will sway with no moral base to wherever the wind may blow.
I want to see ballparks filled again and freedom restored. I am concerned we will lose freedom.
Will steps taken this time to restrict public gatherings be used next time to restrict gatherings those in power oppose? I believe the government acted in goodwill this time but we have to raise 1st amendment rights each time this takes place.  Martial law sometimes comes into place. Here we see it because of medical concerns. Will actions from this point further move in the direction COVID 19 reveals with solid data and knowledge or will it be used to broaden elitist control left or right? Hold to your political beliefs but I encourage thought concerning our basic rights. Mitigation seems most reasonable in regard to lives lost to fight this unseen enemy. It can not sustain us but it seemed wise to apply it. It is my hope we ask a lot of questions and maybe next time we can target our mitigation better.
Was this a created virus by humans? Will terrorists change weapons to bio-weapons after seeing how we reacted and worldwide? I ran into a line of argument concerning hype and loss of freedom is part of this outbreak? The impact of being confined for part of March and April some states like Illinois possibly going on into May will have many unintended negative consequences of loss of work, school, suicide, abuse. A strong argument for our mitigation actions is the millions of lives saved. The president and team projected 2,200,000 which I believe is a conservative estimate. My estimate was 1% of 350,000,000 or 3.5 million. The actual numbers so far are lower, thank God. Decisions to save lives will be noble but as we move forward may not be appreciated as we recover to normal. Doctors will soon find lawyers pushing back in the weeks and months ahead. Hype and loss of freedom is part of this discussion. We rarely call the media into account as they move for ratings.  The media will sway with no moral base to wherever the wind may blow.
I want to see ballparks filled again and freedom restored. I am concerned we will lose freedom. Will steps taken this time to restrict public gatherings be used next time to restrict gatherings those in power oppose? I believe the government acted in goodwill this time but we have to raise 1st amendment rights each time this takes place.  Martial law sometimes comes into place. Here we see it because of medical concerns. Will actions from this point further move in the direction COVID 19 reveals with solid data and knowledge or will it be used to broaden elitist control left or right? Hold to your political beliefs but I encourage thought concerning our basic rights. Mitigation seems most reasonable in regard to lives lost to fight this unseen enemy. It can not sustain us but it seemed wise to apply it. It is my hope we ask a lot of questions and maybe next time we can target our mitigation better.
Was this a created virus by humans? Will terrorists change weapons to bio-weapons after seeing how we reacted worldwide response? If we have the ability to create viruses what will be done in the name of science or defense in the future? Science can be used for good or bad. We have learned that right?
Did we do well regarding the most vulnerable, the aged and those whose health has been compromised?  Did we improve therapy for the people in the nursing home that could help some of these people survive? Were they so weak and aged that this fast-spreading and powerful virus overcome them? Are there times when we are helpless against death? This taps into our greatest fear. We may be so afraid we attack each other and follow unreasonable behavior.
My wife and I have been living with COVID 19. She contacted it helping disabled adults as an RN. After she came down with the virus she was tested with drive-in testing that wasn't even in our county. She tested positive. I came down with flu-like symptoms several days later. When her health improved, I called my doctor had a virtual check-up with him and he agreed I needed to be tested. Because I am not in health-care I was tested at a local hospital drive-in which sends a test to the lab. I am still waiting for the results. As soon as I hear, I will share the results. Questions. The delay in this disease is not good. That is a good question, Can we create lab connections that are faster?
In my next blog, I would like to explore improving elderly care? What are our limits? In a local nursing home, there have been 24 deaths out of 120 people in the home. That is 17% of those in the home. Scary, keep walking