Coronabalona

So...I have written maybe 4 or 5 versions of postings this week on this virus and some other commentary I have right now, and I guess it's time I condensed it down because it's been a week people have been really worried about it, but I started getting ready 6 weeks ago. I read about it in the news and some of the longer incubation times and I realized I live in a country ill-prepared to handle a true pandemic--so I got masks for us over a month ago. I had wipes and some sanitizer, but I have been ready to do all the reasonable shit to avoid the virus short of wearing a bubble suit all over the place.

Part of our ill preparation is we have allowed the right to monetize the value of human life in America by literally refusing to raise wages, provide healthcare and deny all efforts to contain those costs. What that means is you have to count on your neighbor's economic viability to survive a true pandemic--if you live among a ton of people or around people who don't have healthcare--it is much more probable it would be spread to you because ...