SHRAPNEL OFF THE WALL

Q – Tip 9 Remdesivir

This drug is said to shorten the recovery

of Covid-19 patients from 15 days to 11,

IF they are on the recovery path.

Well, no bad news is good news.

This drug may not be known much to the physicians,

maybe to the veterinarians,

since it was made to cure peritonitis on cats.

And even so, peritonitis is not specifically

on the lungs.

But this does show

that they are throwing everything in the fight

including the kitchen sink

which may be that good at least for me

since I use much of the kitchen sink

to wash my hands

including the pots and the pans.

But for all my readers,

who happen to be world leaders,

tarry much on the hyperbole

just start carrying the ball

and see if you can get it across

without your people being crossed.

George Floyd

The picture and videos of the demise of George Floyd

are too gruesome and so moving that I am unable to get myself

to post anything related to the incident.

Even the protest images don’t help any.

This is the worst chapter in my life’s experience on earth.

Gad! I can’t find anything related to good news that

I can put up nor talk about.

This is America in the dumps.

The blacks in America actually need

a breathing space

away from the police.

(Sheez! I can still feel what George Floyd felt when under the knee!)

Trump’s Disinfectant

It seems that they have misinterpreted,

and took out of context, 

what Trump is saying.

He was merely musing,

giving his opinion on what may help

in formulating a cure for Covid-19.

His mistake was—-he forgot to turn off the microphone

so that everybody thought he was giving the order to

make the cure using disinfectants.

The disinfectant is based on chlorine which kills the virus.

Chlorine kills any virus,

It also kills people.

Chlorine has to be modified and combined with other

chemicals to make it safe for people to take.

Sodium is the best chemical to combine with chlorine

because the product becomes salt, the common table salt.

But chlorine has to be modified further

to put into a person’s body to  kill viruses.

He was on the right track, though,

but he still has to make more tracks on this matter.

Now Trump is embattled,

fighting two fronts at one time.

One front is against the Covid-19,

a virtually unknown and uncontrollable virus.

The other front is against his own people,

who uses the Constitution as an excuse to be disobedient.

He is facing overwhelming numbers from all counts.

Q – Tip 8 Fungi

This post of mine has me stumped,

mainly because the main difference between virus and fungus

is that the latter have spores.

Spores are like seeds.

Fungi grow from these spores.

If the spores are dense enough,

it can be carried by the air

and thus can be transmitted to another host by air.

The Covid-19 is considered a virus

and is given this title

by none other than the World Health Organization,

the W H O.

And WHO am I to contradict an organization

with a full panoply of very learned doctors. 

Which is why I am calling this post of mine

a shot in the dark.

If by any chance I hit the basket with this shot,

I should deserve more than three points.

After all I did make the shot

in the dark.

But what is fungus, anyway?

Mushrooms are fungi. Some are edible. I prefer them cooked with my roast beef. Some like, fairy rings on your lawn, are irritants. Molds are also irritants and they can start on old bread, breaded chicken and leftover dumplings. Molds may also appear on your bathroom walls and sinks. Mushrooms are commonly found in forests under dried leaves and grass. What is common to all of these is that they thrive on and over dead and decaying matter, And not only do they grow over their hosts, they transform the hosts to make replicas of its kind. It can thus be said that fungi is nature’s perfect scavengers, in that they convert decomposing matter into another kind of matter.

It is to be noted that the fungi on this fly started its work when they sensed that the fly was very inactive, or that it is dying, but not before. These fungi are also known to secrete juices on their intended hosts preparatory to its ingestion, probably to make it easier to absorb.
Now the covid-19 works similarly like a fungus, in that it starts work on inactive and human cells that are about to expire and have no chance to be replenished. Old people have these kind of dying, inactive, and hard to replace cells. Also, the coronavirus may have sensed lung cells which are tar-covered and dead. and started to work on them.

But why are these airborne spores not found on old human skin? Probably because they are rubbed off by the clothes the old people wear. Or they are washed off. Or they are even scratched off because they produce skin itch. The best way, therefore, to get rid of them is to take away the factors that make them grow, or have them subjected to an environment which prevents their growth. Remember that even roasted bread and breaded chicken can start molds.

In a nutshell,

there is not much to prove that the covid-19 is a fungus,

but there are much to say that it acts like a fungus.

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Q -Tip No. 3 Of Masks And Men

The rise of the Covid-19 pandemic

compelled the world to consider masks

and thereafter debate on whether to wear them

or not.

Well, there is a mask which is the Lone-Ranger type.

This type will not be effective for this purpose

as it covers only the cheeks

and makes poor work of it.

It does not filter anything,

not even the identity of the wearer.

This is for sure

because even Tonto refuses to use it.

Another mask is the Jesse James type.

This one is a simple bandanna wrapped

around the face.

This is both colorful and washable

and is available in every household.

A larger handkerchief would do.

Just make sure to take them off  before

you enter a bank.

You would know that the teller has mistaken your intentions

when she starts giving you all the cash in the drawers

without even asking for your signature.

But all kidding aside,

I am referring to the surgical masks

which undoubtedly filters the coronavirus.

If you are not sure whether to wear them or not,

just ask yourself the question at that moment,

“who better needs it now, you or the health care worker?”