Might the Virus Swarm Like Locusts

I am not a doctor but it occurs to me with the new information just out that just breathing can spread the virus and with the way these hotspots occur in whole cites that the virus has the ability to swarm over areas. Take NewYork City. The virus seemed to be everywhere and then it wasn't. People just could not get away from it when the city was red hot but then it seemed to leave and where did it go...Chicago. And now it has left Chicago and gone to Florida, Texas, California, Arizona. Suddenly people are getting it in massive groups...almost like a swarm of locusts descending on an area. 

Yes masks can stop it. But if people are not wearing masks and getting infected and then breathing in concentrated areas of high density then a "swarm" develops where invisible armies of the virus descend on WHOLE AREAS. So if you are in that area and come out of your home then you have the possibility of walking into the swarm generated by hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of infected people just breathing. Now lets take areas with pollution or stagnant air. Then the swarm hovers and is not dissipated and I would expect infections to soar. 

The swarm falls apart when people mask up and there is less virus in the air. Wind comes along and scatters the swarm and it loses potency and falls to earth and basically moves on. Then another state like say Florida or Texas becomes the next incubator for a swarm as people become infected. Once the swarm develops it becomes a hotspot where people are literally walking into a fog of virus. 

So I am not a doctor. But this would explain the way the virus takes hold over an area and everyone seems to be getting it until they arent' and like New York City the virus moves on to greener pastures and descends again. Just like locusts. 

The Great Toilet Paper Run During the Pandemic of 2020

There isn't any! The man is running down the aisle with that look. You know the Covid19 look of panic. The virus could be in the next aisle or in the next checkout line. It is nine AM but he and I have just found out we are too late. The Great Toilet Paper Run of the 2020 pandemic is on. What is it about toilet paper that people feel they must have. The food aisles are full, meat is in abundance, water is flowing. Cleaning products are still to be found. But toilet paper is a great vast space on the shelves next to the paper towels.

It is a primal need. One must have toilet paper. Apparently the colonists settled for corncobs when nothing else was available. The famous Sears Roebuck catalogs of the nineteenth and early twentieth century was to to be found in many outhouses all over America. Just tear a page out and you were set. Before that maybe people didn't use anything. During times of plague maybe it just wasn't a concern. But now we have people who are buying mass quantities. Some are suspected of entering the toilet paper black market with their purchases and getting top dollar for people to have the privilege of being able to still have their necessities.

But I have been given my charge. Do not come back without toilet paper. The man who declared we were too late is frantically going up and down the aisle and is now staring at the last rolls of paper towels. That is a rough alternative but necessity is the mother of invention. I turn around and see a large brown box in the aisle. Some stocking employee had left it there and inside I see an eight roll pack. I grab it and run for the checkout, passing the man who had just settled on the last roll of paper towels. I found the last one, I shout. He stares at me and shakes his head...SHIT!

Exactly.



William Hazelgrove

Giving Speeches During the 2020 Pandemic

No handshaking. Easier than it sounds. Keep your hands clasped behind your back. Sometimes people still come on and there is the hand. Sorry. I cant. Oh. The hand retracts. Spray down the podium. The microphone. You never know. Keep your distance as you work the crowd. Go and wash your hands several times before you go on. Then you are behind your podium. Your barrier. From here on it is a cakewalk as the audience is in the dark and you are up by the screen.

Some questions. And then the lights come up. Some people want to talk. Keep your hands clasped behind your back. You take a few steps back and most people respect the distance. But then comes the woman who has to tell you about her family history. And she does not know the meaning of personal space. She comes on. Did I tell you about my family? No. You take a few steps back and she takes a few forward. So they came over in 1665... Uh huh. She comes closer. You take another step back.

Now you are backed into the wall and still she comes on. So I researched and what I found....Now she has you. You have no where to go as your back hits the wall. You are within the three feet the CDC says to avoid. She is coming in for the kill. You pivot and take refuge behind the book table. It has become your moat. Well thank you for coming you say, grabbing your hand sanitizer. It doesn't matter. If she has the virus you probably have it by now.