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Raoul’s Two Cents:<\/strong> January 7, 2022
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Covid Scare<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

(Disclaimer: What I am about to say is just one opinion. I do not represent any organization. I\u2019ll be out on a limb with this one and It may be controversial. And I don\u2019t claim to know it all. Take it with a grain of salt.)\u00a0
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After arriving from a Monday night meeting, I was informed that my daughter (who lives with us) might have Covid. Apparently, one of her friends she had celebrated New Year with had tested positive.

You hear about these things all the time but reality doesn’t really sink in unless you live with someone who has Covid. My first responsibility was to inform everyone I had contact with since New Year. Of course that started a chain of concern among my friends. Then I worried about confinement. Wondered if I needed to wear a facemask even inside the house … even while I slept. Wondered about touching the door handles, the dishes, the refrigerator, etc. I thought about setting up a fan directed out the window to blow out any Covid particles in her room.

This was the last thought before I went to bed. No surprise, I had a nightmare about alien lifeforms that replaced its host after contact. It was like the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” It chased me and my family around. I asked myself “why fight it? What was the worst that could happen? Die? And then what? I’d go to heaven.” (My faith was strong even in my dream). So I stopped running. It caught me. But I didn’t really die. In fact. I just became untouchable. That’s when I woke up.

I figured Covid is like the alien trying to take over our bodies … take over our lifestyle. I also thought about the conspiracy theories about the news media, the so-called scientists, big pharma and the politicians. Some people are cashing in on our dilemma and continue to instill fear to keep their money flowing. Of course there are many other theories out there. One thing’s for sure: whoever told the lies (or backed the lies) will not admit their mistakes. For me that’s what is really frustrating. Where is justice? Can\u2019t blame them \u2014- \u00a0why stop the lying when there are no consequences?

I learned about Omicron (being more contagious but less deadly) a week or so after it was identified. The spread was rapid but there were zero deaths (today there are only maybe 10 deaths related to Omicron out of the millions who contracted it in the whole world). Most didn\u2019t even need hospitalization.

Many thought I was absurd. Many thought I was irresponsible to spread that lie. It’s been maybe 2 months now and the data seems to back my belief. (Let me know if your data proves otherwise). Many now\u00a0say this is actually a blessing in disguise because people who contract it develop an immunity. (Immunity and not vaccine is the real solution). This immunity will spread and this could end this Covid pandemic. Good news for us. Bad news for the profiteers.

May I suggest, we listen to who<\/strong> and what<\/strong> people in the news are saying. Keep our lie detectors on and we will easily spot the money and power-hungry profiteers. Then ask ourselves why we \u00a0still listen to them. How many times have they been proven wrong? Fool us once, shame on them. Fool us twice … well, you know.

My daughter seems to be back to normal. I had a slight headache but I shook it off. Everyone at home seems to be normal. I have a Covid test tomorrow. I going not for myself but for others … to make sure I am safe for them.\u00a0 I still wear a mask when I am out in public. I’m still careful. But I’m not scared. Are you still scared?

TGIF people!

Raoul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J<\/strong>oke of the Week
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Thanks to Meg of Whittier, CA. for this joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Art by Raoul Pascual<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Video of the week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Not so fast. Are you really safe wearing that facemask? Thanks to Mike of New York for this disturbing video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parting Shots
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Thanks to Peter Paul of S Pasadena, CA for these cartoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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