WED 01 APR 2020- Day of the Foolish April? Jour du poisson d'Avril?
WED 01 APR 2020-Today I had a breakfast of oatmeal with yogurt, and hot chai with milk. I bicycled for 25 minutes, went through my notes, then had lunch of macaroni and cheese with peas and carrots. I chatted with a friend, and then went at ~ 16.30 to visit D and M. We had dinner of paksiw na pata, sotanghon noodles, with cookies to finish off the meal. Watched part of the NBC Nightly News, then Jeopardy! Also looked at websites before heading home.
THU 02 APR 2020- A TURNING POINT? Worked on electronic--no--printed correspondence. Stopped at the store in N Oakland to get vitamins and other supplies. Mailed a letter at the post office; picked up some stamps, as well. Parked in front of TJ's, asked the TJ workers:
"May I have one of those baskets?"
"Yes, but there's a line."
I looked, and, lo! the line was growing as he spoke...all the way to the next corner of the building and beyond. It continued to lengthen as I made my way to the end of if it (which, by the way, I never got to...)
I decided to make my way back to the head of the line, then asked a couple of other workers if they had any dried bay leaf inside the store
"Yes," was the answer.
"I'm not going to deal with all of this," I said, waving toward the whole line, "Just for that."
"I don't blame you," came the reply, but not trying to do anything about it.
Stopped by the office supply store in the building complex---and was surprised by the prices. After gathering some information, I headed home to look at my budget for the month...
Had lunch, then made a double batch of Grandpa's favorite banana bread, resulting in 2 loaves. M helped me foil-wrap both of them, and put them in ziplock.
Had dinner of adobong manok at baboy, et al. Watched the 6 o'clock news on the local NBC affiliate, WPXI.
Promising news about a COVID-19 vaccine which is expected to go to human trials within months. The research is out of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and the University of Pittsburgh:
https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/potential-covid-19-vaccine-developed-by-upmc-pitt/XCZNYVI7GVC2JFTWCSQYUM55WU/
Microneedle array delivered recombinant coronavirus vaccines: Immunogenicity and rapid translational development - EBioMedicine
A velcro-like micro needle array composed of sugars and protein delivers vaccine
through the skin, and is absorbed. It will undergo human trials,
likely within a few months. This medical paper was published yesterday:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(20)30118-3/fulltext
As my neighbor, RF would say, "Prayers are answered." In this case, in a step-wise, procedural way.
The NBC Nightly News stated that this week 6,648,000 people were unemployed.
SUN 22 MAR 2020 Afternoon and going forth to TUE 31 MAR 2020
SUN 22 MAR 2020 Afternoon- Received a forwarded email message from our supervisor, PH, the message was originally from my coworker, Pete:
"Hi please inform our gang that on
sunday 3/22 at 6pm on cspan there is a special on our own MEADOWCROFT-titled
american artifacts-thanks-Pete"
I didn't have a chance to see this Meadowcroft special, but I did watch the POTUS, et al. press conference which preempted all 6:30 PM news shows.
I also---earlier---sent an email to Rep. Doyle and Senators Casey and Toomey re: the COVID-19 economic relief legislation for emergency assistance through June 2020. Apparently, the SUN AM version of the legislation did not include assistance to non-profit museums. I have been encouraging citizens to contact their congressperson and senators to insist that assistance to non-profit museums be included.
Also Sunday afternoon and evening, I spent ~4.20 hours on a prop/ask for ~As, both school-year and Summer programs.
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SUN, ~ 4.30
EMail to the Cousins:
Here's my update:
As of March 14th, everywhere I work, play, and pray has
been shuttered closed. That is, the Museum of Natural History, the pool and the whole community center, and the diocese of Pittsburgh masses
are closed until further notice. As of~13 March,
the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events are all canceled, so my Broadway
across America tickets to_The Band's Visit_were canceled.
I am, however, very thankful that my folks live close by. My mom and I spent a good part of Friday evening coming up with a
shopping list, at which my dad and I went shopping to only two places: (groceries and pharmacy)...
is the paper product aisle as empty in your neighborhood as it is here
and in Europe? [re: discussion 15 MAR with CJ]
I am fortunate that my work is providing us with remote opportunities, for the time being.
Have you visited La Brea Tar Pits? What about a science
center? Did you have fun there? Did it help shape you as a person? I
know that for me, some of the most exciting science experiences I had as
a child were at museums!
If you feel so inclined, ask your congressperson and
senators to include non-profit museums on the COVID-19 economic relief
legislation for emergency assistance through June. If you would like a
link (to help draft a letter) through the National
Trust for Historic Preservation, email me separately, and I will be
happy to provide it. Thanks for helping keep our scientific and cultural
museums and centers alive---I love working for one of them, which has
some of the first dinosaur skeletons ever found.
That's all for now.
Signing off with
Love,
me/ G
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MON 23 MAR 2020-
Since then, WA and k responded to the prompt from Derek.
And then, I wrote to my relatives again at ~14.30 MON
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Hey, all,
Here's what living on a planet/ in a city with COVID-19 is like:
SOCIAL DISTANCING- I forgot to mention that W's family
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BREAKING TRADITIONS- I belong to the Pittsburgh Cathedral choir, and I just now received an email update re: most likely no singing for Holy Week.
Holy Week is a BIG deal here in the block-long Cathedral---choir and
organ for: Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday (with washing of the feet by the
Bishop), Good Friday, and the late Mass= Easter Vigil Mass on Easter Eve
(with candles being lit individually by people across the whole congregation,
and singing, singing, singing after each new parishioner is baptized , and after each is confirmed). And during Easter Vigil and Easter Day Mass the choir
sings, accompanied by the massive organ and brass and tympani. So, we
have been rehearsing for all of this, and we just
found out: Probably no singin'. Needless to say, we are disappointed.
WORK CHANGES- Just got a message this morning that many of us at
the museum will be "temporarily furloughed." There's another let down.
At least the word furlough means that we are not permanently let go.
à l'Europe--my friend told me mid-month that she was at her
parent's home in SE Belgium for the weekend and must go back to
Luxembourg for work during the week. Her dad and mom are at home, but
are contending with life with COVID -19 after her papa just
spent almost 2 months in the hospital....She seemed sad, b/c the
Benelux countries were contemplating closing the borders then.
So, just keeping you updated.
Everyone be well and be SAFE!
Love,
me/ G
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Yesterday morning and this morning I exercised on a bike. Great fun. Math problem: If I start out exercising 5 minutes a day and double my time bicycling every day, how long will it take before I am bicycling all day and night during one day?
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This morning I chatted with MM. This afternoon, I used my computer to take care of some items.
M and I prepared dinner, which was Delmonico steak and clam and onion omelette, fresh green beans in black bean sauce, rice, and a few leftovers, too. All three of us watched Jeopardy!
TUE 24 MAR 2020- Who would have thought even two weeks ago that we would be living the way we are, here in the USA?
Today I spent 10 minutes bicycling. After lunch went to D and M, helped out, worked on the computer.
Chatted with SNHI about the remote work assignment given to us this afternoon. Helped out with dinner. Watched Jeopardy! with them.
WED 25 MAR 2020- No bicycling today. Headed over, finished first draft of the remote work assignment after chatting this afternoon with S, NHI.
Thanks to MM, watched a video about safe food transfer into your home, by a physician in Michigan. Great and useful.
Grocery shopping safety video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDuwc9KBps&feature=youtu.be
THU 26 MAR 2020- Chatted with two friends at home, one locally and another, K in CT. After I finished a writing piece, I chatted with a coworker, SN, while computing, then sent the piece along its way. Went for a walk to the mailbox, and this 70 Fahrenheit sunny-and-blue-sky day, I walked by the yet-to-bloom flower beds...and marveled at the utter lack of traffic at 16.30, rush hour on a major thoroughfare through the city. Figured out how to have a televisit with my doctor later. Sorted out my bills for the next two weeks. Dark now, after dinner (leftover afritada) and after watching Jeopardy! Did the dishes (as usual lately).
FRI 27 MAR 2020- Woke very early this morning. Chatted briefly with a friend this morning. Lunch at home; reworked my critique from yesterday at the computer then sent it to PH and ML. Went back for the delivered mail, Caught up on email communications. Prepared tuna salad and eggs for egg salad for dinner Hawaiian sliders. Watched NBC Nightly News and Jeopardy! Time to head back.
SAT 28 MAR 2020- I went to BIg BIrd's palenke yesterday to go grocery shopping for my parents and for me. It was somewhat crowded, with taped lines on the floor in front of the registers and plexiglass sneeze guards up at the rolling tables at the registers, all to remind us to keep "social distancing."
I texted DKF regarding the fact that the virus lasts up to 24 hours on cardboard...and to consider the date we will retrieve our Easter fundraising items based on that. He thought it was a good idea to consider.
I also wrote, at ~17.00 to friends and family in Europe:
Dear EU friends and family,
I hope that this email finds you and your loved ones well.
I know Europe has been hard-hit by the novel
Coronavirus. Here, just at the end of this week, COVID-19 cases in the
US surpassed those in any other country (100,000+ cases, as of Friday
night 27 March 2020).
Before there were any detected cases in all but the Easternmost part of Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh mayor
instructed us to shut down and to "shelter in place." This started on
the 14th of March. Businesses
were operating normally until then (I even bought theater tickets on 10
March, which I cancelled on 12th March.) Everywhere I work, volunteer,
play, or pray was closed by the 14th of March. I have been working and
volunteering remotely, exercising and doing
my physical therapy at home, and watching Sunday church Mass services on television. Every afternoon ... we make dinner together.
There is only enough remote paid work for me until tomorrow,
when I will be "temporarily furloughed." Then most of us at the museum group here can receive unemployment compensation
insurance. Congress and the president have approved
legislation: An economic stimulus package that gives most adults in the
USA
$1,200.
Families with children receive an additional $500 per child. Things are okay, for now.
The only people I have been within 2 to 3 meters of
since the 14th are [here]. I go grocery shopping
occasionally, and to the drugstore, too. There are signs by
certain products---"limit of 2," but at least there are
products on the shelf.
There is a possibility that we may have to stay home for another two months.
I have Zoomed with my parents, siblings and their families present/logged in during a session this week.
I am also on Skype. If you would like to communicate, I am open to both Skype or Zoom. Email me!
Feel free to send me an update.
Hunkering down,
G
I received a message late SAT night with a link to the Diocese of Pittsburgh--saying that the Bishop has requested that there not only not be any public Masses, but also that there not be any masses but those televised by the diocese of Pittsburgh. Our parochial vicar had contact with someone who tested positive for the virus on 27 MAR 2020, and is isolating, as he does not feel well now. Clergy teams were self-quarantining, and new directives were issued. For example, no baptisms, no confessions, no Masses, no confirmations, rare anointing of the sick, and no funeral or wedding masses. Wow. Virtually no sacraments.
SUN 29 MARCH 2020- Discussed various concepts with CJ from Nath's old bedroom....
1. 90% of people who test positive exhibit no symptoms/ are asymptomatic.
2. There is an incubation period in which people are asymptomatic yet contagious.
3. The death/ death toll is awful.
CJ's doctor stated that the discase becomes systemic, affecting perhaps the lungs before affecting the blood and vital organs.
Italy, Spain, and France have been hard hit, with thousands of people dying in each country.
We spoke of El Papa/Le Pape/ The Pope saying mass to an empty church in Rome.
She told me a bad joke that is circulating: Usually at Easter, Jesus comes down to us...this year, people are coming up to Him.
We talked about "social distancing"/ "
la distance sociale"
I spoke about how everything was closed---except for the most essential: Grocery stores, pharmacies, banks, (drive-through), etc. Her parents were resting at their home, and she was unable to get to Luxembourg to get to work on the 15rh, so is staying at her parents and helping out, as the nurse and the physical therapist is unable to visit. Her dad's sister, Anne-Marie, is in the hospital now...I am praying for all of them.
We tried watching the 10 AM Mass, and waited until 10.10---no luck, So we looked up the Mass, which is offered at noon from EWTN by the Franciscan missionaries. We enjoyed
paksiw na pata made by mom in the pressure cooker for lunch today, with banana (lily) blossoms.
Afterwards, we heard
Adriano Espaillat,
from the House of Representatives, representing New York's 13th congressional district and the first formerly undocumented immigrant to ever serve in Congress. the Bronx and other areas of NYC, stating to the House:
"New York is your future,"
meaning that what is happening in New York will be happening across the country [unless something is done about COVID-19].
Right after he spoke,
Brian Mast
the representative for the 18th district of Florida, from Port St. Lucie, FL, denigrated the supposed source of the virus, saying it was from a
"disgusting market in China."
I will type a letter from M to her grandchildren soon...
MON 30 MAR 2020- Awoke early, bicycled for 20 minutes, went to the local store to scope out rice. Turns out that they only had mostly big (5 to 15 pound) bags of various non-long-grain rices: brown, sticky, sweet sticky, and sushi. The brown rice was about 1.93 to $2 per pound!
Everyone at that store wore masks. I went home, called M, and we decided against purchasing rice from there.
I had a virtual meeting with about 140-150 other colleagues. Lots of good informatiion. Those of us in the audience had our audio and video muted, to reduce bandwidth. Had a few small snacks, helped D and M around their home, and headed home to get some other work done and to make dinner (macaroni and cheese, with peas and carrots). Chatted on the phone with first DR, then KW, then MVK before calling it a night.
Found out around noon that our parochial vicar has tested positive for COVID-19. The other priests in his community are self-quarantining.
TUE 31 MAR 2020- Awoke early, worked on my To Do List, brought the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (which LS sent me from the R ng P, via NM) to D and M---D is gluing it to the background/ wooden box. Taking care of bills and correspondence.
Had lunch,
sotanghon noodles with chicken and pork, and cabbage and carrot. Took care of administrative stuff and paid some bills. Called the grocery store on C-- Street--- purchased two large bags of rice with some yogurt,
luya, and tomatoes. Called M about the fresh, good okra. D and I drove home, happy, despite the fact that there were only ice cream pops (no tub ice cream).
17.45- Just heard on WPXI TV-11 {the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh} the US president talk about the effects of COVID-19. At the bottom of the television screen was this information: 4843 cases in Pennsylvania, 756 new cases diagnosed today in Pennsylvania. The president decided to listen to his scientific team and decided neither to have business back as usual nor to have crowds of people going to church on Easter Sunday---instead, he did decide to require people across the USA to quarantine in place for an additional 30 days (beyond the initial 2-week-long period). Dr. Birx spoke, with a visual of the current curve in Italy (# of cases vs. time). Dr Fauci then spoke about the importance of mitigation, to prevent a sharp spiking of the curve...and "additional 30 days to slow the spread." They mentioned the 17,000 National Guard troops that have been deployed across the country. Vice President Pence spoke, as well.
A successive story on the NBC Nightly News showed medical personnel across the country, including a nurse who had quit her job in Chicago, over lack of equipment. One of the medical personnel noted the lack of "resources and equipment to do [your] job."
A medical personnel during this broadcast mentioned more screening [is necessary, because] some cases are going undetected.
There are 32/50 states which have stay-at-home orders.
The Pennsylvania Dept of Health noted 4243 cases, with 3769 fatalities. Within Allegheny County there were 325 total cases to date, with 2 deaths.
Cases of COVID-19 confirmed by the World Health Organization to date:
SUN 22 MAR 2020 morning
SUN 22 MAR 2020- Happy Laetare Sunday!
~11.00 Just finished watching the Mass on Christian Associates television from St. Paul Cathedral with D and M. Fr Kris Stubna celebrated the Mass, Christina McC cantored (accompanied by an organist in the loft), and the sole reader was someone I did not recognize, perhaps Peter Bl (scheduled for Mass this morning=2). We celebrated Laetare Sunday, celebrated Spiritual Communion through a prayer, and two announcements were made from the Bishop's office; on TUE 24 MAR 2020- a day of fasting; on WED 25 MAR 2020, we eelebrate the Annunciation of our Lord, as a day of Prayer.
Spoke with my friend from choir, D, before my exercise bicycle. We spoke about the importance of getting outside and exercising, among other things. A mantra arose from our discussion:
Follow CDC directives / Be Smart and
God will protect you (if you behave smartly),
DR was looking for the website for the Mass...I told her how to find it, and will email it to her now.
http://christianassociatestv.org/events/mass-at-st-pauls/
Emailed early this morning both a friend working in Infectious Diseases, as well as someone affiliated with an Organic Library regarding how a New Coronavirus Protein Reveals Drug Target posting might be of interest.
Will try to get something to eat now.
WED 18 MAR 2020 to
WED 18 MAR 2020- Awoke about 05.00, did some planning, had lunch at home then headed over to D and M. Took care of some such computer work, made and took some calls, finished some apps, dinner chez D and M, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Jeopardy! and more submission of electronic documents. It's raining now, or at least the pavement is wet.
I have very very little data left---only less than 10%. I must preserve what's there.
Mentions of COVID-19 are everywhere.
We were told on FRI 13 MAR that the museum was closing for an initial period of 2 weeks. Let's hope that---even though this is the inital wave of the virus through the USA, that shorter (rather than longer) periods of hunkering down/ self-quarantining will be sufficient.
Ai, nako.
THU 19 MAR 2020- Quiet day. Got rid of some files, cleared most of a whole box of them. Had dinner at D and M. Watched Jeopardy! Received an email for work at home! For now, we will report our telework on Monday electronically to our super. Great weather by the time I went outside---62 Fahrenheit when I left, it would be the low for the whole evening.
FRI 20 MAR 2020-
Governor Wolf has asked all non-life-sustaining business to close by 8PM this evening.
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2020/03/19/Pennsylvania-all-non-life-sustaining-businesses-close-coronavirus-governor-order/stories/202003190151
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As of approximately 05.50 today, according to Johns Hopkins University website, here is the global count:
TOTAL cases 244,601
Deaths 10,032
RECOVERY 86,033
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M sent me the following email:
HIS EMINENCE ANTONIO LUIS CARDINAL TAGLE'S LENTEN RECOLLECTION
Contextualized in the current world crisis on COVID 19. May you be blessed as it has blessed me 🙂
THREE POINTS on our current situation:
1. Wash your hands but let God wash your heart.
2. Avoid Pilate's way of washing hands but imitate Jesus' way
3. This (corona) crown of suffering can become our crown of glory
1. Wash your hands... but let God wash your heart.
Feed your heart with the word of God that purifies the heart. Do not
forget the Lord because if you do, you will.become proud and a proud
heart will not listen to God. Let your heart be purified for only a
purified heart can stop the spread of the viruses of
greed, envy, murder, unchastity, deceit, etc.
Wash your hands but do not forget Jesus' hands. "Wash me, O Lord and I
will be whiter than snow" (Psalm 51:7) Remember that it is the Lord who
will wash us, his blood to wash us.
2. Avoid Pilate's washing of hands but wash your hands like Jesus...
Pilate saw no virus in Jesus. He saw the real virus - envy of those who
want to go against Jesus. Washing his hands, he cleansed himself of all
responsibilities. It was insensitivity and not caring for others. This
is not the washing that Jesus wants. Jesus
had his own version of washing of hands. It is about letting tears of
compassion to wash your vision to see a neighbor. Today is not the time
for blaming institutions or excusing self from responsibility. We need
Jesus to apply spittle or his saliva on our
eyes for us to see a neighbor and be sensitive to their needs. Follow
Jesus' way of washing his hands so that others may live.
3. Corona and crown of thorns
The virus is called corona because of its spikes. This tiny virus
crosses boundaries, kept us home, taught some fundamental lessons amidst
humanity's achievements...
With Jesus the crown of thorns was meant to insult him, mock him. In
Jesus humiliated with the crown of thorns, we see wisdom, glory and the
strength of God. This is our desire at this time of crisis - to see the
wisdom and glory of God. Jesus crowned with
thorns said, "Into your hands, I commend my Spirit".
This crown of suffering can become our crown of glory if accepted like
Jesus did - in faith and in hope with Mary to show us the way.
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UPMC Develops COVID-19 Test
14 MAR 2020
It's currently ~62 Fahrenheit.
https://www.wesa.fm/post/upmc-develops-covid-19-test#stream/0
"UPMC doctors and scientists developed a test for COVID-19 that will
return results in 24 hours. The test, which is conducted using a nasal
swab, was created by a UPMC virology team."
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Everywhere I go during the week has been shuttered shut---where I work, where I play, where I pray---all by early this week. I mentioned to M that it is similar to Anne Frank, what with staying inside, almost ~ curfew; "
Except we can go outside," M replied.
I've spoken with several friends about the experience of visiting "The House Behind," which two families and a dentist occupied in Amsterdam during World War II. These people were shuttered in for the time they lived there, unable to go outside. One enters the House Behind (
Het Achterhuis) of the Anne Frank Museum/House (
Anne Frank Huis) via the stairicase hidden by a bookcase. The wallpaper and the photos she pasted up on her bedroom wall (by now over 75 years old), though faded---some of the movie stars' unrecognizable by the teenagers visiting the museum---tell part of the story of a young teen with her family their companions hiding from a world at war. Yes, it is unimaginable what they went through. Because yes, we can go outside...but I picture outside to be like a deadzone or zombie-scape, with our large city and others barely populated.
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Now time for the BBC News from WQED FM online-- Two German cities are on lockdown....
14 Million people have been asked to stay home in California.
Japan is preparing for the Summer 2020 Olympics.
Malaysia closed its schools and non-essential places. Kuala Lumpur had a large religious gathering earlier, which was surmised to have caused the spread of the virus in that country.
Mumbai has closed, except for essential businesses.
That's the BBC News at 07.00.
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Today there are 268 confirmed cases of COVID-19 AKA Coronavirus. There were less than ten.
I had a chance to chat with some friends from Pittsburgh and further afield in NM today. I guess a lot of this is wait and see. China, what with its lockdown, has no new cases from within the country today. Italy now has the highest number of deaths in a day today. It is sad.
After a fish-based dinner, M and I watched Jeopardy! and I worked on instructional skills for work, by doing some exercises with online links to the museum, the California Academy of Sciences, and the BEETLES out of the Lawrence Hall of Science. Last night I worked on 2 very short videos from CAS; tonight I spent ~2 hours on videos from CMNH and BEETLES. Great fun. Time to call it an evening.
SAT 21 MAR 2020- Went grocery shopping with D with a long list from M. Went grocery shoppingin Friendship/ Shadyside. We got supplies at 2 stores, and after putting items away, I had a chance to chat with JD in the Boston area. CW stays in touch with friends through a new Minecraft account. Many remote workers are using Zoom.com accounts to conference. JD described how everyone in the Boston area is waiting to hear about the rest of the school year (1 week out of a 3 week period has been completed by staying in place). JD also said that there were crowds at the grocery store in Cambridge (vs. ~<20 about="" ail.="" all="" and="" arrived="" by="" carnegie="" classes="" considering="" delivered.="" earlier="" fared:="" food="" gave="" groceries="" had="" having="" how="" in="" learning="" local="" making="" mellon="" morning="" now="" of="" option="" p="" pass="" pittsburgh="" postponed="" remotely="" scholarships="" students="" talked="" the="" their="" they="" this="" travel="" universities="" university="" we="" week="" were="" when="" who="">I said that everywhere I work, play, or pray has been closed by last SAT, 14 MAR 2020: The museum, the pool at the community center, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for Broadway Across America, and the Diocese of Pittsburgh Masses have all been shuttered close, at least until the 28th of March 2020.
Took a nap. Had a snack.
Checked out the updating Buzzfeed website with Johns Hopkins information:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/coronavirus-updating-charts-maps
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Time to sleep soon...but after I pass this along:
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Saint Padraig--Happy St. Patrick's Day 2020
Spent the rest of St. Padraig's Day at my home, playing Irish dance party music, sending texts, cooking farfalle pasta with various sauces (olive oil with funghi, another batch with pesto, and boiling primed beets for ~ 30 minutes for green lettuce/ chevre/ beet salad (dressed, of course). I enjoyed a little bit of these for lunch and dinner.
Saint Padraig--Happy St. Patrick's Morning 2020
Happy Saint Padraig's Day:
L|:n)O<8 nbsp="" p="">( Here's the Leprechaun of Good Fortune to wish you good thoughts and good things!
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Why we must hunker down in place, and not go to church or buffets / restaurants:
https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html
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~~ Apparently, self-isolation, cocooning/ social distancing is not enough:
Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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As US fumbles COVID-19 testing, WHO warns social distancing is not enough – Ars Technica
And, thus, testing is necessary, too. Read the comments for this article, also:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/test-test-test-who-says-as-us-flounders-with-covid-19-response
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WHO considers 'airborne precautions' for medical staff after study shows coronavirus can survive in air
Isolate & Test--- see how this virus travels!!
We can control that we isolate, isolate, isolate. Stay away from places like church and restaurants.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/who-considers-airborne-precautions-for-medical-staff-after-study-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-in-air.html
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As virus spreads, a public university becomes less so | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
and only about a week ago I was in Heinz Chapel!! Now Heinz Chapel is closed to the public!
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/03/16/University-of-Pittsburgh-Duquesne-IUP-COVID19-health-pandemic-CCAC-State-System-Cathedral-pennsylvania/stories/202003160075
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You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
A quote from this article:
The
Harvard epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch
is exacting in his diction, even for an epidemiologist. Twice in our
conversation he started to say something, then paused and said,
“Actually, let me start again.” So it’s striking when one of the points
he wanted to get exactly right was this:
“I think the likely outcome is
that it will ultimately not be containable.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/
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08.51- D's visitor and neighbor, LW, just departed from chez M and D. I chastised D for inviting people "to spread the virus: For all the reasons above!"
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Top O' the Mornin' to you!
MON 16 MAR 2020 - Corona Virus Hunkering Down in Pittsburgh--Day 3/28
MON 16 MAR 2020- So, with Bishop Zubik's announcement yesterday for no public Masses throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh, there are only televised private Masses. The first one was at 8.15AM this morning, with Fr Kris Stubna celebrating, Ken D providing music ministry on the portative organ, and the television ministry person providing responses.
I observed the Mass, and M saw part of it.
Before Mass I took care of some medical issues, including rescheduling an appointment during this 2-week period until the end of the month----the COVID-19 social distancing; "hunkering down;" the "trial;" or, as I like to put it, the "trial period."
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Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of Corona virus more than we realized
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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The history of pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) event, ranked by their impact on human life.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/
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NYC Metropolitan Opera to Offer Free Performance Streams Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
Carmen tonight, anyone?
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9335187/metropolitan-opera-to-offer-free-performance-streams-amid-coronavirus-shutdown
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Had dinner chez D and M, watched NBC Nightly News and Jeopardy! after dinner.
Watched Searching for Bobby Fischer on Xfinity with D and M after Jeopardy!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
It seems that children with balanced lives--who play and are kids who have active, healthy relationships with their families and friends---bear competition well.
The Oratory will not have public Masses for the foreseeable future, due to COVID-19 virus, and (important to us) the secular Oratory events will not meet.
It is sad. My work, my exercise center/pool, Church, Bible Study, cultural and sports events are closed for at least for the next 2 weeks...At least I can visit D and M in the neighborhood. It is like wartime. We must hunker down, conserve food and energy, and socially isolate...and almost self-quarantine and almost honor a curfew. *Sigh.*.
SAT 07 MAR 2020 to SUN 15 MAR 2020
SAT 07 MAR 2020- Spent this morning sorting papers to keep, scan, shred, and dispose/recycle. Watched bits of the Penguins' game against the visitors, the Capitals. We lagged behind for most of the game and finished with their trouncing us, 5 to 2. Just was one of those days.
We could be happy for someone---Jane M, who is a Capitals fan---and their winning would make for a bright spot in her day, bringing her joy.
D and M and I went to the Oratory for the late afternoon Mass, which was celebrated by Fr David Abernethy, and served by Br Joel Hammer. Stopped to say hi to Fr David, Kristin (formerly of choir), Dr Debbie, and the Miranda sisters. We all went to the local drugstore for supplies---I didn't think it possible to have even fewer eye care supplies, but there it was! Had dinner chez D and M. Helped them with their future pharmacy order.
Time to head home soon, for it is the first day of Daylight Savings time coming up. Good Night!
SUN 08 MAR 2020- Awoke early, chatted with MVK (some about COVID-19 = Coronavirus...I stressed that it isn't where people are from (noun, e.g., China or Italy), it's about the fact that they have been travelling (past tense verb) about interesting issues.
Finished sorting and weeding one dairy-size box at home of old materials/paper/realia. Had arroz caldo and took photos of D preparing biko. Drove to Heinz Chapel to get to RDK's organ concert, which was an hour of organ music by women composers, from the 1500s to the present day. Don and I chatted afterwards, and I thanked RDK for her performance.
Drove to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main branch and claimed 3 library books: One biography of Sally Ride, and two books to prepare for the event at the end of the week at work. Headed back and am enjoying preparing for the end-of-week work event and typing now.
MON 09 MAR 2020- Changed my retirement levels to double from when I enrolled at first. No go for water exercises classes.
CDC recommends that one avoid crowded places, long plane trips, and cruise ships.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/covid-19-cruise-ship
TUE 10 MAR 2020- As of this morning:
There are still no confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in western Pennsylvania. Up to 10 cases have been confirmed in the eastern part
of the state.
Ordered 2 musical tickets for this weekend....
WED 11 MAR 2020- Early this morning:
HS junior - life on cruise ship w/ 21 people test positive for coronavirus
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-video/mmvo80279621758
Bible Study with Fr Mike, 11 secular Oratorians, and Br. Mark Littlefield.
No visitors, POTUS announces no flights from the European Union (except the United Kingdom) on a late news-breaking program.
THU 12 MAR 2020- Before sunrise today--
Pittsburgh Public Schools Employee Self-Quarantined Because Family Member May Have Been Exposed To Coronavirus – CBS Pittsburgh:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/03/11/pittsburgh-public-schools-employee-quarantined/
Coronavirus Cancellations: Local Universities Cancel Classes, Move Online Amid Outbreak – CBS Pittsburgh:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/03/11/coronavirus-cancellations-local-universities-cancel-classes-move-online-amid-outbreak/
Tom Hanks says he and Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2020/03/11/Tom-Hanks-says-he-and-Rita-Wilson-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/stories/202003110175
From MM:
FlattenTheCurve | COVID19 Update & Guidance to Limit Spread
Flattenthecurve.com
Owner
of Steelers bar in Rome on coronavirus: 'Prepare for the worst and
don’t underestimate this thing' | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/corona2020/2020/03/11/Dispatch-from-Rome-Time-stops-in-the-Eternal-City-over-COVID-19-fears/stories/202003110145
American on coronavirus lockdown in Italy: 'It's surreal. It's dystopian.'
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/american-coronavirus-lockdown-italy-it-s-surreal-it-s-dystopian-n1155576
At ~10:30 AM our choir director indicated that there
would be choir rehearsal tonight...
Paula Johnson, the President of Wellesley College, wrote in a letter to the greater WC Community:
"To protect the health and safety of our students and community, spring
break will begin on March 16, a week earlier than planned, and we will
move to remote instruction starting on March 30, for the remainder of
the semester. You can read more about the steps
we are taking in
my letter to the campus community, or visit Wellesley’s
COVID-19 webpage for the latest policy decisions the College is making in response to this emerging situation.,,,
"These are remarkable circumstances for Wellesley and for the world.
While my public health training tells me the decisions we are making are
correct, that does not mean they are easy. As always, we will face this
challenge as we have any other: with care, concern,
and respect for each other, and with a commitment to the safety and
well-being of our community.
"One of the most inspiring lessons I take from my many conversations with
Wellesley students and alumnae from across the decades and around the
globe is that the ties forged at Wellesley are strong, and endure. We
will get through this, because we will do so
together." (PAJ)
current, up-to-date: COVID-19 information for Travelers | CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html
From work: " If you have contact with a loved one or someone you may care for with compromised health, please stay home. "
Pitt’s response to COVID-19:
One action I especially want to highlight is that Pitt has canceled or
postponed all gatherings—including alumni events—of more than 25 people
through the end of the semester in late April. It is disappointing to
cancel the events
that help bring us together and strengthen the Pitt network, but this
is a crucial element in preventing the transmission of the virus.
At about 13.00, from my supervisor:
If you are not well, STAY HOME! If you have contact with a loved one
or someone you may care for with compromised health, please stay home.
If you have any doubts, please let us know.
I responded with my personal situation. Everyone has been super-understanding.
BTW, we have postponed the work event scheduled for FRI 13 MAR 2020.
At ~ 15.40 I sent an email to my boss explaining my family situation re: COVID-19 virus exposure.
At ~ 16.20, our choir director emailed us:
Here's the update from the Diocese - We are cancelled
indefinitely......for the time being......nearly all church events,
including the obligation to attend Mass has been dropped.
At ~ 18.30, there was this email announcement from PITT:
Pitt Day in Harrisburg Canceled
20.10 from Steve Knapp, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, from his email:
"We
are actively monitoring the rapidly changing situation regarding
COVID-19, and any
actions we take will be done with guidance from experts at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Allegheny County Health
Department.
:Although the situation may change, the four Carnegie Museums currently remain open during regular business hours.
We are evaluating museum events on a case-by-case basis and in some
instances
have decided to postpone or cancel an event when circumstances have
warranted our doing so. Please check the museum websites for the most
up-to-date event information."
Dinner of macaroni chicken salad, watched Jeopardy! with M.
MVK called, and we chatted and compared notes about COVID-19.
J O called, and chatted with M, D, and me.
FRI 13th MAR 2020-
Watch the ebony kittie walk past!! A corona virus is still out and about.
Very very early this morning (well before the crack of dawn) M wrote an email to TTina re: our not attending the St. Patty's Day party this Saturday. She was quite understanding.
The morning edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had the following headline:
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/03/12/Colfax-K-8-closed-coronavirus-pittsburgh-PPS-carlow-university/stories/202003120106
BF and SC's schools are still open.
Throughout the day I received several email missives from my supervisor, P, and our fearless scheduler/coordinator, M.
I listened with D and M to POTUS make the announcement that COVID-19 has brought about a National Emergency [televised newscast[. He made the announcement with scientists and members of the business community behind him at the podium (literally backing up his statements).
Soon after, I took a trip to the local drugstore for supplies, and to the local Dollar store for cleaning supplies. The cleaning supply aisles and shelves were sparse, but not as sparse as the empty shelves that DR depicted in her photos of yesterday afternoon.
At 18.40...and this, from the alert system:
Our museums will be closed for 14 days, effective March 14.
~18.50 from Steve Knapp, President and CEO, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, from his email:
"Yesterday
I wrote to let you know that all four Carnegie Museums were remaining
open but that we were continuing to monitor the unfolding COVID-19
situation in light of advice we were receiving
from public health officials and experts.
"In
addition to safeguarding the health and well-being of our staff and
visitors, we share with all institutions a responsibility to help slow
the spread of the disease in the interest of protecting
everyone in our extended communities. Today I am announcing our
decision, in response to accumulating information regarding the best
ways to slow the rate of COVID-19 infections, that our museums will be
closed to the public, effective Saturday morning, March
14. We will close for an initial period of 14 days and will continue to
evaluate that timeframe as new information becomes available."
Had a tasty dinner of sardines and mussels on rice, followed by
leche flan nuggets, chez D and M.
Met up with S and her twin G for chats about the virus.
Thankful that we have such great supers (P and M, and L), and such a great coordinator (M).
My boss P sent us in my subdepartment a message from Stephen J Tonsor, Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Interim Director of the Carnegie Natural History Museum. He recounted that we may be offered remote work during the 2 weeks away from our [closed] museum.
Mayor Bill Peduto declared this evening at ~18.00 that the city of Pittsburgh to be in a state of emergency, immediately and banned gatherings of 250+ starting Monday morning at 9.00. This does not include companies of 250+ individuals, and he mentioned briefly that workers may bring their children to work, and as for those who cannot, the city plans to provide childcare. Please see the news clip, below:
'https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/mayor-bill-peduto-declaring-state-of-emergency/
Communicated with M and her spouse M re: how we're coping with/handling the "social distancing," and recent research published in Nature and possible impacts on museum educators.
Now for something lighter, on this night:
Agnes Scott vs. Princeton, ‘GE College Bowl,’ 1966.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-greatest-upset-in-quiz-show-history?utm_source=emailsynd&utm_medium=social
…Be certain to watch
All 3 segments of this episode.
The commercial about visiting college/university campuses,
And see against whom the winner of this episode is competing!!
SAT 14 MAR 2020- Happy pi Day!
9 coronavirus pandemic charts everyone should see - Vox
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/12/21172040/coronavirus-covid-19-virus-chartsp
From MM:
Social isolation-
Two fascinating news pieces on how Italians are staying at home to stop the spread of coronavirus:
and
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/opinion/coronavirus-cautionary-tale-italy-dont-do-what-we-did/?outputType=amp
The Twitter.com interview (above) of an American in Italy by a CNN reporter
"It's very, very difficult," says Christine Higgins, an American living on lockdown in Italy.
"A woman [in Italy] today, who was supposed to be in quarantine, which means she has the virus, was out walking around with people... that is very nerve-racking [sic]... it's like living with dread."
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First
presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Western Pa. in Washington County
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COVID-19 - Carnegie Museum of Natural History [CMNH] Official statement on our website.
https://carnegiemnh.org/visitor/covid-19/
China And South Korea Models Seem Like Only Way To Contain COVID-19
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/03/12/china-and-south-korea-models-seem-like-only-way-to-contain-covid-19/
Pennsylvania, Delaware Close All Schools Due to Outbreak – NBC10 Philadelphia:
Trying to keep more people safe, especially kids, thus flattening the Curve.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/pennsylvania-schools-closed-coronavirus/2325564/
What to Stock Up on for the Coronavirus - What to Buy for COVID-19 Preparation:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a31261097/what-to-stock-up-on-for-coronavirus/
Gunnison, Colorado: The Town That Dodged the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - The Guardian - Pocket
A century on, what can we learn from how a US mountain community dealt with viral outbreak.
(I found this an
interesting read about how simple---yet primitive---measures fully
spared this little community from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.)
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/gunnison-colorado-the-town-that-dodged-the-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic?utm_source=emailsynd&utm_medium=social
COVID-19 Social Distancing--interpreted by Public Health Experts:
---And now for something lighter, from Mom: What is a second cousin? Family trees, decoded:
NB- I had to get more data for the phones because I have been using mine more than I usually do, for I have been at home more.
Came over
chez D and M mid-afternoon. Had the tail end of the macaroni chicken pineapple salad M and I made. D had the last mussels, sardines we had last night whilst M and I had some lasagna from the store. I polished off the last bit of the
leche flan nuggets, and M put D's
biko into the "tanning booth" AKA, the broiler. M and I watched Jeopardy!, in which Vincent Valenzuela returned for a second chance at becoming the champion...
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Today, shortly after lunch hour ended, I received a message from the president of the facility where I go for water exercises:
"We are aware of reports of a first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Allegheny County.
"With this information in hand and in anticipation of a mandated closure
of recreation and child care facilities as occurred in the eastern
portion of the state earlier this week, the [exercise facility] is
SUSPENDING regular operations of all programs and
services effective 6 pm this evening for a minimum of 14 days until at
least March 30th."
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~20.00 I received a long email that read, in part:
"UPMC Develops New COVID-19 Test, Offers Testing to Select Patients
UPMC has developed a test for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes
COVID-19 — and will use this test to diagnose select, symptomatic cases....
"
Read
More
Anyone
whose sample is taken should self-isolate until results come back. If
it is positive, UPMC will refer the patient to public health authorities
and ensure ongoing care. All positive UPMC test results will be
“presumed” positive until confirmed by the
CDC or state public health laboratories.
People who suspect they have COVID-19 but do not have a high fever or
breathing problems should call their primary care physician or use
UPMC AnywhereCare, an online tool to get advice. Anyone with a high
fever and breathing trouble should go to his or her local emergency
department for evaluation and care.
UPMC’s clinical experts and staff continue to work rapidly and
diligently to keep our communities safe and are here to support you.
For
more information, visit the UPMC COVID-19 hub."
15 MAR 2020-
"Beware the Ides of March, Pompey."
~9.15- I completed my census survey in one of the 13 languages in which it was offered (English). I did this on the WIFI connection on the computer. Already took care of D, M's earlier this weekend.
Earlier this morning I got a reply email back from CJ, ma soeur Belge. Ton Papa est malade. Je prie pour ton Papa.
~9.45 In a quarter hour we will watch and celebrate the televised Mass from the Cathedral. Life goes on in a [sort of truncated] way...
as I wrote to C,"Everywhere I go to, other than stores, are now closed:
the museums, the swimming pool, and now the bishop says that [Mass attendance] is
not mandatory on Sunday. I canceled my check-up appointment with my
doctor tomorrow...[to avoid exposure to the virus]."
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10.00- Watched Sunday Mass from the Cathedral with M, with D. Wrote an email missive re: COVID-19.
~ 12.15 Spoke via Skype with CJ. We compared notes on the Corona Virus's effect on our lives, our lives separated by the ocean.
After lunch, I took a nice nap, worked on the computer, scanned a number of items, and then had dinner with D and M.
Watched the NBC Nightly News, and then watched The Imitation Game on Xfinity On Demand.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
After the movie ended after 21.00, I opened my email to this message from Kimo:
...
Masses
at the Cathedral will continue to be celebrated privately (with the
Priest alone) and televised (on-line and on cable television) with the
Presiding Priest replacing the Lector....
for further explanation, see the letter from Bishop Zubik, below:
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All Masses in the Diocese of Pittsburgh Cancelled
In light of
increasing updates on and concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19),
Bishop David Zubik has made the decision to cancel all weekday and
Sunday Masses in the Diocese of Pittsburgh effective Monday,
March 16, 2020, until further notice.
“Although in many
ways it saddens me to make this decision, given the best advice from
health experts on federal, state, and local levels, I feel it is a
necessary one at this time.” I’m relying on the understanding
and cooperation of all in the Diocese of Pittsburgh as we pray for each
other at this difficult time,” Bishop Zubik said.
~~~~~
I end these Ides of March with these links:
WHO- Advice for the public
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
CDC- If You Are at Higher Risk
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/high-risk-complications.html#take-everyday-precautions
Hey, we survived the IDES of MARCH!
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