| The virus is a marathon: New York Times |
I haven’t written much lately. 1. We are working for the U.S. Census 2020 2. We had a mini tornado go down our street and we lost 2 pine trees in our yard and one from the neighbor’s yard fell across our side yard.Wind gusts from 91-102 MPH Interesting, yes? 3. We have sold the home in Pleasant View, Utah and are moving.
As a note, I copied this from the New York Times. It is expressly theirs. I wanted readers to read and evaluate. Comments may be sent to ernienylander@aol.com
| Last week’s newsletter comparing the U.S. coronavirus death toll to the global average helped spark a continuing debate: What’s the fairest expectation of how bad the pandemic should have been in this country? |
| Your answer to that question guides your judgment of the Trump administration’s response. Ross Douthat of The Times has argued that it was merely mediocre, while Vox’s German Lopez and The Atlantic’s David Frum consider it to have been far less effective than other countries’ responses. |
| One of the people who’s weighed in — via email — is Donald McNeil. By now, you may know him as the Times science reporter who has frequently appeared on “The Daily” podcast to talk about the coronavirus. |
| Donald makes a fascinating point: Don’t look only at snapshots, like a country’s per capita death toll. “It’s not fair to pick one point in time and say, ‘How are we doing?’” he writes. “You can only judge how well countries are doing when you add in the time factor” — that is, when the virus first exploded in a given place and what has happened since. |
| The pandemic, he adds, is like a marathon with staggered start times. |
| The virus began spreading widely in Europe earlier than in North America. Much of Europe failed to contain it at first and suffered terrible death tolls. The per capita toll in a few countries, like Britain, Italy and Spain, remains somewhat higher than in the U.S. But those countries managed to get the virus under control by the late spring. Their caseloads plummeted. |
| In the U.S., the virus erupted later — yet caseloads never plummeted. Almost every day for the past six months, at least 20,000 Americans have been diagnosed with the virus. “Europe learned the hard lesson and applied remedies,” as Donald says. “We did not, even though we had more warning.” |
| This chart makes the point: |
 By The New York Times | Sources: Johns Hopkins University and World Bank |
| The population-adjusted death toll in the U.S. surpassed Western Europe’s two months ago. The U.S. toll is far above those of France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and many other countries — and is on pace to overtake Italy’s in the next few days and Britain’s and Spain’s not long after that. |
| Donald does add one important caveat. “We won’t really be able to judge until it’s over,” he says. Cases have recently begun rising again in Spain and some other parts of Europe, raising the possibility that Europe is on the verge of a new surge of deaths. In the U.S., Labor Day gatherings and the reopening of some schools may cause new outbreaks — or may not. |
| For now, the simplest summary seems to be this: Adjusting for time, there is no large, rich country that has suffered as much as the U.S |
Back to our Focus Up Philosophers . We are moving from this house. One day we had 5 people working here and putting things in storage. We have 3 storage units and they’re all about 3/4ths full. Yikes!
We have bought a store to sell Carole’s historical prints and be an office for LeeAnn’s Real Estate career. It’s on historic 25th Street. The one Al Capone said was too angry-mean for him to visit. I hear that one could mail a letter from anywhere in the U.S. and put 25th St. Utah on it and it would get here.
The neighbors offered to help with tree removal when our good friend Jesse James told the LDS ward bishop of our plight. The professionals wanted several thousands to do it. We feel blessed to have such good neighbors.
Here’s a picture and you can get an idea of the size of these old pines.
I think it was 6 or 7 truck & trailer loads of branches and trunk wood that went to the Mormon Church green dump. Some of the larger trunk pieces were taken by a neighbor to heat his cabin in Idaho.
More to come next week Today: (9/13/2020) Remember to focus Up and think for yourself. Question what comes at you this week. Listen to the scientists and medical professionals who do not have personal agendas. Do not accept herd mentality. The intelligent scientists who have, ‘The highest good for the greatest number’ in mind.
Wear a mask in stores, (Please make sure you cover your nose) in groups, in restaurants-except when eating, etc. Have multiple masks. Let masks rest for 2 or more days between wearing. Wash your hands, Count out 20 seconds while washing. I do it and it makes Carole wonder about me. We believe now that 20 seconds of soap hand washing takes care of the Coronavirus. keep hand cleaner, 70% alcohol and/or alcohol wipes near-in cars etc. I get wipes and add 70% alcohol, Listerine for good smell and use them between getting in and out of the car. Stay 2 meters or 6 feet apart. If you see someone coughing, sneezing, etc. get more than 6 meters or 20 feet away. ‘Err on the side of caution.‘ Blessings, ESN
Listing #: 61311281 on KSL.com Antique Krakauer upright piano. Beautiful hardwood vintage early 1900’s. Check it out. Great piano great price.
Call Carole for further info. 801-721-9242
I think?
Life is the time for knowing
Love is the measure for flowing
Like a river coming and going
Peace is the case for stowing
Freedom is the place of blowing
In the wind see freedom blowing
Joy is the passion for glowing
Laughter is the vision showing
Grace is the forest of sowing
Memories forever in slowing
Here is the place for throwing
To here and there we’re throwing
Cattle are known for lowing
Our love is ever always growing
Reckon maybe reason’s towing
Us along the paths length narrowing
Babies siempre always to-ing and fro-ing
Kicking legs waving arms sans woahing
Blessings, Ernest his lifetime too knowing