And to pile on, I made her go to the CDC’s web site and read everything there. That was quite calming.
-D > On Feb 27, 2020, at 6:17 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > > Holy mother of pearl. All the media paranoia has got the wife convinced we’ll > all be dying or dead within a month, sort of. She’s not quite that far, but > she wanted me to find masks (no such thing) and she went out and bought like > a month’s worth of food. In fairness, she’s a bit more sensitive to this > stuff as her immune system is somewhat compromised from her cancer > treatments, but... > > We had our public health people in today to talk to the employees and do a > news conference for the public. In a nutshell, they said it’s going to get > worse before it gets better, but as long as people follow protocols much like > they should for avoiding the flu, the risk, if any, should be minimal. > > I got trained by WHO employees years ago in my travels on the proper way to > wash your hands. I’ve done it ever since. I’m pretty healthy, so I have to > think that it helped, even if it was just a little. > > -D > >> On Feb 27, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Markets are down another 4% or so today, so about 10% total from their peak. >> >> Yup. People are morons. The seasonal influenza kills several thousand people >> in this country alone, every year, .... crickets. The media has WAY too much >> control and influence over the way any factual evidence and statistics are >> portrayed. >> >> Rick >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
