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Questions that blow through my mind

chinavirus.jpgChina is reporting that the coronavirus may have an incubation period of as long as 14 days. It may also be transmissible during that time.

That means that people wouldn’t know they were infected until it was too late.

So I have to ask… Has the genie already escaped the bottle?

Global travel, tourism, etc. may already have spread the virus beyond the confines of China. Indeed there are now cases reported in Orange, and Los Angeles counties, and other countries around the world. How many people do you bump into in an airport?

The 1918-1919 influenza killed 1/5 of the global population. Not to sound all doom and gloom, but with a population of approximately 7.8 billion people of the planet. If this virus were to do something similar, the death toll would be staggering.

I’m sure the CDC in this country is scrambling to learn everything they can as fast as they can. On the bright side, thus far the deaths have been relatively few versus the number of infections (at least as reported by Chinese media.) That may not be as great as it sounds. The 1918 Influenza initially has a small death toll, then it apparently mutated and in its second wave was far more lethal.

We’re not looking at a Walking Dead scenario. But we might be looking at a 12 Monkeys, or 28 Days scenario. 

China has more or less Isolated Wuhan. The question with a notoriously closed government like China’s is; What aren’t they telling the rest of the world?

Medical folks have been telling us for years that another pandemic isn’t a question of if, but when. 100 years ago, the so-called “Spanish Flu” burned across the planet.

Nature tends to work in cycles, it’s neither good or evil, Nature simply is. Who knows? Maybe the clock has ticked down to zero on a cycle and this is nature’s way of resetting the balance between resources and demand.

If this kind of thing interests you, look up the 1918 flu. It’s interesting reading, not just the death toll, but the global economic, and political, effects.

I found that it refocused my perspective. 

I’m not too worried, my apocalypse pager hasn’t gone off.

I don’t think I’ll be making any purchases other than local food for a while… Ever think about that?

When you open that box of “new shiny stuff” ever wondered what else might be lurking in the packaging? 

Just asking, and you’ll never open a box the same way again.

My gift to you…

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Pretty good morning job searching…

Dollar signOf course it’s only sending out applications. But at least there were companies requesting the applications.

The proof will be if any of these applications generate follow-ups.

I’ve also taken a look at creating a personal web site to augment the job search. Many companies seem obsessed with their employees having a social media presence. I’m not into social media, so I’m thinking that perhaps a website would be a way to split the difference. 

I’ve noticed that most recruiting sites have places to link your personal web page. So I figured I’d give it a try.

I don’t really like social media because it’s a time suck. In order to have a robust social media you have to have been at it for a while or send updates at minimum daily. I don’t have that much interest or time. Generally speaking, I’d rather be actually living keeping my phone in my back pocket instead of fiddling with it all day long.

It’s interesting that many people with my same model phone often complain about the battery life, while I have no trouble at all with the battery in my phone lasting almost 2 solid days. The only difference is that my phone is usually in my pocket instead of lit up all the time.

I like technology and I use it, but I don’t live on it.

I don’t think it’s an age thing. I think of it as a values thing.

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I slept like a baby last night

I guess the message was received and my unquiet mind decided to let me rest.

I’m in Big Bear for a couple of days. Lat night  I was warm and the town was pretty quiet traffic noise aside. 

Having a lovely cup of coffee after sleeping for 9 hours, then lounging under the covers for an hour.

All is good with the world regardless of what the news says.

Will be cleaning the B&B unit later today and hopefully there will not be any hiccups.

I haven’t bothered with a shower since I’m only going to be working up a sweat with the cleaning. 

Once I’m done with that and the new folks are in place, I’ll have a shower then take a walk into the village. It’s cold but that’s Winter. 31F last night as a low, that’s a lot warmer than it was the first weekend I was here.

I’m planning the week ahead and I’ve got to get the car washed. I should’ve done that last week but honestly it was too damn cold to be playing in the water even in the small desert town I usually do the car was in.

Still looking for a job and still trying to write. It’s been tough sitting down and actually just writing lately. I’ve been too easily distracted and the internet is a large part of that distraction.

Hopefully after I’ve finished the cleaning, I’ll hap time to just re-read and continue writing. That’s going to depend a lot on how tired I am but I’ve got hope.

I hope your Sunday is as peaceful.