by Mike King
Now -- it has become personal!
Got a text from my cousin yesterday (April 2) indicating that his dad, age 90, was just diagnosed with the big bad Coronavirus / COVID-19 while in a rehab center to strengthen his legs. "Damn cuz! Couldn't youse guys just work with the old man on a treadmill at home?" -- I texted back.
But that wasn't the worst of it. Due to the center's lock-down / no visitation decree (here) issued three weeks ago, Uncle Joe has essentially (in my view) been kidnapped. Widower-ed just 8 months ago, he remains isolated with no end in sight. Repeated phone calls to his room go unanswered and the staff claims that he has been "sleeping a lot" (sleep, or sedation?) Most (actually all) of my family / extended family members are normies. So, as expected, my very plausible theory (not an accusation) that "the fix is in" to slow-kill the old man and then list him as a CV-19 statistic fell on deaf ears and empty heads.
Now, it just so happens that the father of one of my few true friends (because he is awake like me) -- is also interned at the assisted living sector of this same facility. Calling his dad is also out of the question because he has partial dementia. Nonetheless, it has been very painful for my friend and his two sisters to not be able to see him regularly. In his case, there has been no CV diagnosis -- but it wouldn't surprise me if he too becomes "infected" later on.
1 . Christian Health Care Center (prison?) in Wyckoff, NJ -- NO VISITORS! (Except for hospice patients) // 2. Poor old Uncle Joe. All alone -- no children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews allowed to see him and unable to take phone calls as he "sleeps." all day. / 3. That F-