I am in the USA at the moment and the Corona virus has caused a panic in like many parts of the world. While they claim that they are doing a lot about the virus, on the ground very little is evident and rumours and fake cures predominate the air waves.
This pandemic is having an untold economic damage to various parts of the world. USA lacks an universal health care system and the care is so uneven that it may differ from streeet to street, from one provider to the next since the basic minimum (as in legal concepts such as an average man) does not exist.
The draconian measures of the other countries are paying off, as seen by the tail off in the incidence and prevalence in China and some of the European countries. In the USA it is just beginning.
You are demanding that I follow a certain instructions and give up my freedom, that is quite un-American, an educated friend of mine said, showing the spirit of failure of a lock down in USA. Parents who are low income earners would be hard put to baby sit and feed them, they rely upon the schools to do that, in case the schools are shut.
The incredible sense of individuality that dominates the American way of thinking would actually be a hindrance to the prevention and treatment of a pandemic such as Corona.
It was niche to see a poster, Japanese in origin which empasizes what could be done: there are two things Many Americans are loathe to do
Washing hands
Eating well
Washing Hands
The 10th annual survey queried 1,264 American adults online Jan. 3-9, 2019, about their hand washing habits in public restrooms and concerns about germs, colds and the flu. Participants were from around the country, were 18 years and older, and were fairly evenly split between men and women (49 and 51 percent).
It is acknowledged that half the adult users of restrooms do NOT wash their hands.
Eating Well
This does not need much of an explanation. 7 out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese and there is a direct correlation with the FOOD or the Lack of Good/Nutritious Food.
While the media and propaganda has been hammering in the need for hand-washing there , there has not been much clamouring about GOOD FOOD.. how do you expect your body with your clean hands expect to fight of an infection if the immunity is not being provided by adequate balanced Nutrition?
Exercise and Eat Well also are not stressed in the current propaganda in the USA. The medical advice usually reflect the culture of the people who are giving it and not only dependent on the scientific evidence.
As an Endocrinologist and counsellor in these matters to the tribal people that I work with, I have to be a visible example of my advice
Here is my Nutrition for the day:
Lunch at work, prepared by the Dietitian Colleague
and my dinner (which was delicious) prepared by my British-Jamaican sister in Miami
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Cuba has woken up to find that three Italian tourists imported the virus (may not be true, the virus may have reached there before). A person who came from Miami may also be infected. People are kept informed of what is happening.
Because of the American Blockade, life in Cuba entails struggle for commodities, such as Vitamin C for example. No one is starving but there are perennial shortage of goods, one thing or another.
But the Government has put the Public Health as priority and in that they exceed the USA and many other countries. Factories are manufacturing nasobucos/facial masks and the radio and television are keeping people informed.
In my little apartment in La Habana, I keep a selection of medications, simple medications as well as Vitamins. My Cuban sister called yesterday to ask permission to distribute them to the needy people. She called my driver who was worried about vitamins for his children as well as Vitamin C for himself and his wife. She drove to his place and gave these things to him, in addition to a chicken and some other food, I had also recharged his phone (about 30 Euro). This is one small example of solidarity and she went around doing this for many other people, especially people who need help for social or economic reasons. She has been calling me periodically (Luckily Cuba has had Internet on the phone for the past two years). Good Public Health surveillance and this incredible solidarity among the people would see Cuba through.
Example of Cuban Solidarity in the Island: My cuban sister drove to the area where my driver lives (his photo above) to deliver baby vitamins and also Vitamin C for himself and his wife as well as some food supplies. This solidarity is the virtue as the result of the Cuban Revolution which overthrew the selfish interest of the ruling class 61 years ago..
This pandemic is having an untold economic damage to various parts of the world. USA lacks an universal health care system and the care is so uneven that it may differ from streeet to street, from one provider to the next since the basic minimum (as in legal concepts such as an average man) does not exist.
The draconian measures of the other countries are paying off, as seen by the tail off in the incidence and prevalence in China and some of the European countries. In the USA it is just beginning.
You are demanding that I follow a certain instructions and give up my freedom, that is quite un-American, an educated friend of mine said, showing the spirit of failure of a lock down in USA. Parents who are low income earners would be hard put to baby sit and feed them, they rely upon the schools to do that, in case the schools are shut.
The incredible sense of individuality that dominates the American way of thinking would actually be a hindrance to the prevention and treatment of a pandemic such as Corona.
It was niche to see a poster, Japanese in origin which empasizes what could be done: there are two things Many Americans are loathe to do
Washing hands
Eating well
Washing Hands
The 10th annual survey queried 1,264 American adults online Jan. 3-9, 2019, about their hand washing habits in public restrooms and concerns about germs, colds and the flu. Participants were from around the country, were 18 years and older, and were fairly evenly split between men and women (49 and 51 percent).
It is acknowledged that half the adult users of restrooms do NOT wash their hands.
Eating Well
This does not need much of an explanation. 7 out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese and there is a direct correlation with the FOOD or the Lack of Good/Nutritious Food.
While the media and propaganda has been hammering in the need for hand-washing there , there has not been much clamouring about GOOD FOOD.. how do you expect your body with your clean hands expect to fight of an infection if the immunity is not being provided by adequate balanced Nutrition?
As an Endocrinologist and counsellor in these matters to the tribal people that I work with, I have to be a visible example of my advice
Here is my Nutrition for the day:
Lunch at work, prepared by the Dietitian Colleague
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Cuba has woken up to find that three Italian tourists imported the virus (may not be true, the virus may have reached there before). A person who came from Miami may also be infected. People are kept informed of what is happening.
Because of the American Blockade, life in Cuba entails struggle for commodities, such as Vitamin C for example. No one is starving but there are perennial shortage of goods, one thing or another.
But the Government has put the Public Health as priority and in that they exceed the USA and many other countries. Factories are manufacturing nasobucos/facial masks and the radio and television are keeping people informed.
In my little apartment in La Habana, I keep a selection of medications, simple medications as well as Vitamins. My Cuban sister called yesterday to ask permission to distribute them to the needy people. She called my driver who was worried about vitamins for his children as well as Vitamin C for himself and his wife. She drove to his place and gave these things to him, in addition to a chicken and some other food, I had also recharged his phone (about 30 Euro). This is one small example of solidarity and she went around doing this for many other people, especially people who need help for social or economic reasons. She has been calling me periodically (Luckily Cuba has had Internet on the phone for the past two years). Good Public Health surveillance and this incredible solidarity among the people would see Cuba through.
