The retirement account Melanie left to me as the beneficiary has been doing extremely well since Trump was elected. Monthly returns as high as +17% with a 2019 yearly return of 12.41%. This year began with positive returns, but in the last month, all of the gains for last year have been wiped out, plus some. The stock market is in a Bear Market as they describe it. Practically everyone is feeling this in a financial way. If not in their investments, in loss of work due to isolation and companies and functions closing through an abundance of caution.
There are all kinds of things posted about viruses suddenly appearing every year there is an election. They show every 2 years. That has already been debunked. I guess the underlying insinuation is that this is some kind of conspiracy to affect the elections. If it was a conspiracy to affect our elections, why does it start in another country and affect other countries more severely than our own?
I do think this is serious, but just how serious, I don't know. We are so lackadaisical about hygiene that maybe this is waking some people up. Almost any time I'm in a public restroom with other people, there people who walk out without washing their hands. People in grocery stores that then go out and handle products in the store. They rummage around through the meets and vegetables, inspecting just the size or quality they want. Leaving their germs on the packaging for the next customer to come along and take home with them.
When you have lived with a loved one who's immune system is essentially non-existent, you will wake up. There are lots of people out there without immunity to everyday things. Think of them.
They aren't sure just how long this Covid19 virus lives on various objects, but they just announced a moment ago that they now know it can survive in the air for as long as 3 hours. Coughs or sneezes can travel up to 6 feet but 10 feet is considered to be on the edge. Just assume that the germ can live on anything for a day. When you go to the gas pump, put on a pair of old work gloves or use an old grocery bag to handle the nozzle. Take along some grocery bags to allow you to hold your debit or credit card as you insert it into the reader and press the keys for your PIN number. If you have to sign the digital signature thing as I did a short while ago at the drugstore, I grabbed a squirt of sanitizer, rubbed on my hands and while it was still wet, wiped down the stylus to sanitize it.
When going to the store and using a buggy, we grab a buggy, go over to the sanitizing wipes, grab a few and wipe down the buggy handle. Take along a sandwich baggie. Go get the wipes first, go select your buggy and wipe the handles before ever touching it. I keep my sanitizing wipes fresh in the baggie while I'm shopping. Reason being is that when checking out they often put your items into a different buggy. I use those wipes to wipe the handle before touching it.
If anyone of our group gets infected, consider the grocery delivery services or any business that will deliver. Have them leave the merchandise at the door so the virus isn't spread further. Use the old grocery bags to handle anything if you must sign for it. You might look a little stupid with a grocery bag wrapped around your hand, but I'd rather see you like that than looking up at me from a coffin.
Most of all, if you do become infected, stay in touch with us on this forum. You are all important to all of us.
