What You Need To Know About Covid 19
For the love of God and neighbor, stop listening to people saying this pandemic is “no big deal”.
This is the “biggest deal” of our lifetimes…we are living through something that is historical.
This virus has no political affiliation, nor does it care about your theories of how and why it’s here.
It’s going to take all of us acting together as one despite our differences to defeat it.
I will rejoice in being wrong…we saved some lives in the process.
If the naysayers are wrong, people will die.
Here is a Christian view of the crisis…though this virus isn’t interested in your faith tradition either.
Understand the damage one person can do…don’t be that person.
This isn’t “the flu”…
“Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu?
Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand… It has to do with RNA sequencing…. I.e. genetics. Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by the human immune system. This means that your body has some immunity to it before it comes around each year… you get immunity two ways…through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot. Novel viruses, come from animals…. the WHO tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years watching for mutations). Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu). But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from animals to humans… then it’s a problem, Why? Because we have no natural or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it off.
Now…. sometimes, the mutation only allows transfer from animal to human, for years it’s only transmission is from an infected animal to a human before it finally mutates so that it can now transfer human to human… once that happens..we have a new contagion phase. And depending on the fashion of this new mutation, thats what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s gonna be.. H1N1 was deadly….but it did not mutate in a way that was as deadly as the Spanish flu. It’s RNA was slower to mutate and it attacked its host differently, too. Fast forward. Now, here comes this Coronavirus… it existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long…but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people. At first, only animals could give it to a person… But here is the scary part…. in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to human. Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery” This Coronavirus, not being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or acquired immunity). Took off like a rocket. And this was because, Humans have no known immunity…doctors have no known medicines for it. And it just so happens that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way that it causes great damage to human lungs.. That’s why Coronavirus is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or any other type of influenza…. this one is slippery AF. And it’s a lung eater…And, it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to deal with, strain s, and strain L….which makes it twice as hard to develop a vaccine. We really have no tools in our shed, with this.
History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu. Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the Black Plague passed…(honestly…I understand him so much better now). Just like us, he had no tools in his shed, except social isolation… And let me end by saying….right now it’s hitting older folks harder… but this genome is so slippery…if it mutates again (and it will). Who is to say, what it will do next. Be smart folks… acting like you’re unafraid is so not sexy right now. #flattenthecurve. Stay home folks… and share this to those that just are not catching on.”
Finally, if, like me, you woke up this morning feeling overwhelmed and helpless…a word from God.
““My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
(2 Corinthians 12:9–10 ESV)
Thanks for disseminating factual information, based on science. So many religious people are somehow under the assumption that God and science are mutually exclusive. Untrue. God created everything. Science just studies the creation. Also, people need to stop with the dissemination of non-factual information. So many on Facebook and Twitter spreading misinformation. It’s very dangerous to others. Even govt. officials are doing it. Please stop it, folks. This isn’t about politics anymore. And stop with the blame game, please. Calling this virus the “Chinese virus” is just hateful and very unchristian. (POTUS!..not a political shot..just a human response and request). May God bless you all.
Thank you!
Indeed, this is serious and very strange situation. Orwellian, IMO….
Yes, His Grace IS sufficient for all circumstances, come what may.
Grace and peace be multiplied to you!
Sacramento just enacted shelter in place. I talked to my buddy in Folsom (a richer community east of Sac) and he said that his Wal-Mart has been sold out of milk for 3 days, and canned good shelves are bare. Local Safeway here in East San Jose is sold out of milk and eggs, getting a shipment tomorrow. I picked up a gallon at my local Wal-Mart two days ago, we only use about 1 gallon per week. 7-11 still has it and I have 2 within a mile of me.
Our school district is handing out free meals. I had the kids go in today and they gave them each a breakfast and lunch. D7 didn’t want her corn dog and S10 didn’t want his cereal so that was my breakfast/lunch. The baby carrots just went into pasta sauce I made. The kids ate their fruit. We don’t “need” the food, but I didn’t see any crowds or lines and they likely throw food away so ill take advatage of it for the kids and eat their leftovers.
Amador County (in the foothills east of Sacramento, The Gold Country) just issued shelter in place though they have no cases yet about 100 people in that small county are being tested.
I’m making an early morning run to Wal-Mart to see…