Posted on 08/06/2020 4:15:46 PM PDT by ransomnote
Well said.
How is that, Cletus? FUO is rather common among the elderly and the usual procedure is to assume sepsis - which can be deadly - and proceed in that manner. After I was moved from the quarantine unit, they finally did buco tests but only came up with pathologies that I already knew about. Two days of antibiotic IV drip eliminated the fever symptom.
When they put me in quarantine I assured them that I did not have coronavirus - but I understand their insistence that that diagnosis be eliminated. I was asymptomatic of any pulmonary involvement - or GI involvement, where one would expect coronavirus to manifest.
Your disconnect is entirely yours. When the elderly get a FUO they need not delay in getting medical help.
***And, I would expect a hospital to test for it prior to surgery. That’s just good medicine.***
So where is the disconnect? I stated that I had not requested either coronavirus test but was forced to take both if I wished to proceed.
You and I appear to be on different pages, Cletus.
excellent email:
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10 Things for Which I’ll Never Apologize
A Memo to the Legion of the Chronically Aggrieved.
There are people who live to be offended. They’re called Progressives. They are offended by Confederate statues, by monuments that they say celebrate white supremacy and colonialism, by Trump supporters, by Trump himself, and by those who refuse to get on their knees and grovel before Black Lives Matter.
Well, I’ve Got News for Them.
An Open Letter to the Legion of Lamentation:
I don’t give a rodent’s rear end if you’re offended by the following:
1. I’m white – I don’t feel guilty about slavery, segregation, the Trail of Tears or the treatment of Chinese railroad workers – because (now get this) I didn’t have anything to do with any of this. I’m no more responsible for these injustices than the Indian of today is responsible for the Black Hole of Calcutta. The idea of racial guilt is absurd. White privilege is a myth. Where is the White Miss America Contest, White History Month and White Entertainment Television? Where are the quotas and set-asides for Caucasians?
2. I love America – I believe in American exceptionalism. America pioneered representative government guided by a written constitution. We fought a war with 620,000 dead to end slavery. We defeated Nazi Germany and liberated the death camps. Our arms kept communism from conquering the world. Our factories and workshops produced a flood of inventions and products that benefited humanity. What country has done as much – especially in 244 years, a relative hiccup in time?
3. I’m a Zionist – I would be even if I weren’t a Jew. (Today, there are more Christian Zionists than Jewish Zionists.) Modern Israel is a miracle and a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. Israel is a beleaguered outpost of civilization in a savage region and a bulwark against the forces of darkness.
4. My heroes include George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt – Washington and Lincoln were indispensable men. Washington defeated the greatest army on earth and led our country for the first quarter-century of its existence. Lincoln saved the Union and inspired generations with his rhetoric. Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, represented the pioneer spirit. Teddy Roosevelt led the charge into the 20th century, the American Century. Together, they gave us a country so free that malcontents like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib can dump on it without fear of reprisal.
5. I think police officers are generally decent/honorable men and women who are doing a difficult, dangerous, often thankless job – You couldn’t pay me enough to do it. Besides risking their lives every time they go to work, there are the daily insults to bear. They are the punching bag for the nation. And, like our military, they are all that stands between us and the abyss.
6. I sleep better knowing that 37% of U.S. households have one or more guns – That’s why we’ll never have a Holocaust here. Europe has had the divine right of kings, religious persecution, Communism and Nazism. We have the Second Amendment. The anarchy in our streets, coupled with calls to defund the police, underscore the need for civilian gun ownership.
7. Reparations is racial plunder. The idea of racial guilt is an obscenity from the dark recesses of 19th century European history – There’s no group in the world that hasn’t been oppressed at some point in time. Will Denmark pay reparations to the English for the Danelaw? Will Mongols and Manchus compensate the Chinese? How about the English and the Irish, the Mongols and the Russians, the Cossacks and Jews? Will bi-racial Barack Obama take money out of one pocket and put it in another?
8. Believing that you’re a member of the opposite sex doesn’t make you one – Gender is determined at birth by your DNA. Just as you can’t change your DNA, you can’t change your sex. You should not be able to force others to participate in your fantasy. Reality isn’t hateful.
9. At this perilous juncture in our history, I’m glad Donald Trump is president – The president loves this country. He really does have Israel’s back. Who else is strong enough to stand up to China and Iran? Unlike almost everyone else in Washington, as a businessman, he understands the market economy. He’s giving us judges who deliberate instead of legislating. And he has the guts not to be liked.
10. You have a right to disagree with me. You do not have a right to try to silence me – Being offended doesn’t trump the First Amendment. Attacking statues and assaulting those with different values is Brownshirt behavior. Generations of Americans died for freedom of speech, not freedom to suppress speech.
To say you’re offended exalts your feelings above everything else. It’s not an argument, but a call to end discussion – an admission of intellectual impotence. Being offended isn’t a mark of virtue; it’s a sign that you’re a big, blubbering baby who will throw a tantrum if you can’t get your way. [Being Offended In No Way Makes You Right!!!]
If you are offended by this post delete it and go cry in a corner of your fantasy world!!!! Please understand; BLM stands for Burn, Loot, Mayhem/Murder
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Especially when in the local newspaper they had a story of a woman who got tested and then got a $3,000 bill in the mail.
Perhaps you can help me out {what 'word'}... or perhaps this explanation can help clear the air.
I MIGHT BUY ONE!!!
People don't eat feed corn....livestock do. And what the Midwest produces for ethanol production is feed corn.
Sweetcorn is grown by farmers that supply that market. "Roasting ears" usually have a low enough price, like 5 for a buck.
The fermentation process not only produces alcohol, it also releases nutrients in the remaining mash, a better animal feed than the original corn.
The mash is then dried and sold as a premium feed....giving at least two products from the very same corn crop.
Lowering animal feed prices = lower beef, pork prices at the market
Pork and chicken are typically cheap. Currently beef is expensive due to alleged the Dempanic fear in slaughter houses, and supply chain issues.
“You are the enemy of my enemy and that makes you. . . a necessary evil” ~ British TV show Sharpe.
Thanks, Steven W; the medical people understood me perfectly. I suppose I expected more understanding of my posting here: I had a fever of unknown origin but had no causative symptoms. The ER understood immediately, but did not proceed with sepsis in mind but instead headed towards eliminating a diagnosis of coronavirus infection.
Everything worked out, and I had complete confidence in the medical staff. I even asked the hospitalist / infectious disease specialist if he prescribed HCQ for CoViD-19 and he said 'Yes'.
8.7.20: UNMASKING the UNMASKERS! It's ON!!! Time to STAND for FREEDOM.
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Twitter took down Sun Q Tzu, but he had another account ready
Tripping up Joe Biden would be about as difficult as beating Stephen Hawking in hopscotch.
The interviewer was selected to make Biden look good, and that's why he got that "deer in the headlights" look when Biden went off on him. He was trying to figure out how to bring the interview back to reality.
Whenever Joe Biden says, "Come on, man," comedy gold is sure to follow.
Scowcroft, national security adviser to 2 presidents, dies
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@realDonaldTrump RT'd this.
More than likely @Potus is drawing attn to the tweets @blu_flag just posted.
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