Thursday, April 23, 2020
As the kids say, it’s day 30270509 of quarantine and I’m doing the same thing I was doing yesterday (“What’s that Brain?” “Planning to take over the world, Pinky!”) Went down to Walmart this morning and most people were wearing masks. I may not understand how masks work well, but I do think they are more effective in protecting you if they actually cover your nose and mouth. Many people were “wearing” their masks pulled down to their chins. Minimally effective, I would say. I wore one of the home-made ones I sewed up from a plan on the internet. I tried to cite one just now, but the one I used won’t cite. They are easy to find if you just search “make your own mask”.
Last night I talked to my parents, who are elderly and thus at high risk. My mother (a diabetic, obsese and in poor health anyway) has Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (or ITP), which is an immune disease where her body attacks her platelets and makes her bruise and bleed easily (Immune). It is treated with steroids, and sometimes an IV infusion. Her sister has it as well and when I called her last night she said her platelet count was 17 (it should be 70 or so).
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