CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Are the Older Vulnerable, CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: Fast Vaccine Risk, Possible Trolling, CV22. Longue Duree: Ignoring Medical Advice, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Okinawa, Infected Marines, 23.1. Russia, Syria, Pandemic to Annihilate Enemy, CV24. Norms: Wearing a Mask Makes the Front Page, CV30. Methodology: Sometimes Square Pegs Should be in Round Holes.
PDN Introduction.
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: On Vulnerability, Resilience, and Age: Older Americans Reflect on the Pandemic. Every morning, Americans wake up to fresh news of the heavy toll the coronavirus pandemic is exerting upon vulnerable older people – from the likelihood of developing a more severe form of Covid-19. Zoom CV30 research among older Americans has a few striking themes. One is a common sense that the pandemic is less hard on older people than on many younger folk, and that many older people are able to maintain social connections, meaningful activity, and some control over their own health, even amidst lockdown. These older Americans’ optimistic stories of resilience help recast the overgeneralized narrative of the vulnerable and isolated older person.
-A. Compared to the young, the quarantine is less disruptive to their daily routines, incomes, and aspirations. Unquestionably the quarantine is harder for the younger people, because a lot of the older people already have a home routine. It’s easier for them to do the distancing. Older people have it a little easier, because they don’t have to worry about stopping school; they don’t worry about going out on dates. We feel lucky that we’re not working – we didn’t lose our jobs like a lot of younger people did, so nothing changes with the income stream.
-B. Several describe a resilience that comes with age, giving them strength and insight to brave the pandemic. The tension is much worse for younger people. It’s unprecedented for everybody, but when you haven't had any difficult life challenges before, while older people, have coped with crises. As one ages, you have great experiences, good experiences, horrible experiences, and everything. We all have overcome a lot. The message about aging is that resiliency is really important.
-C. If discourse on aging in the time of Covid-19 focuses only on vulnerability, we perpetuate implicit ageist assumptions With Covid-19, Older People Endure Seclusion, Foresee More Challenges in Future – such as that older people cannot employ new virtual technologies, that they are not creative and resourceful in times of dramatic change, and that being old is bad. We’ve found alternatives to these stereotypes, ones that shed light on more complex realities and highlight strength rather than weakness.
CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: A Covid-19 Vaccine May Come Soon. Will the Blistering Pace Backfire. In the rush to bring vaccines to market, any misstep could erode the public’s trust. We need to think about the post pandemic world in the midst of all of this. We need to start building that public trust now. Tackling issues of vaccine hesitancy shouldn’t be left until a vaccine is available. 200709-CV11.
-A. In the near future CV31 we should start to see a trolling campaign claiming adverse side effects, possibly supported by real reports but that information may be suppressed. In the US these credible fictions will likely to be about Chinese military personnel 200707-CV28 who were experimented on. Another theme could be the tests of vaccines in countries that have high CV rates where the statistics can be manipulated to make it appear there was an acceleration of CV with the testing. In any case its wishful thinking that a counter propaganda that can fund, gather the expertise, developed a campaign and communicate in just a few months. World's First Covid-19 Vaccine. Russia Successfully Completes Clinical Trials. ADDED Russia Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Distributed next Month.
CV22. Longue Duree: The Long, Ignoble History of Presidents Snubbing Medical Advice. The most obvious instance of a president bucking medical wisdom resulted in that president's untimely death. When 68 year old William Henry Harrison refused to wear either a coat or a hat while delivering his nearly two hour long inaugural address (the longest in history) during wet and freezing weather, he contracted what his doctor described as pneumonia of the lower lobe of the right lung, complicated by congestion of the liver. Harrison eventually died, after having served as president for only one month, making him both the shortest served president and a cautionary tale about the dangers of not listening to your doctors.
-A. This is a terrible example. The medical practices of the time probably made his condition worse and eventually killed him. In Harrison’s case he should have used common sense and worn a coat (vanity kills), and then should have not listened to the doctors.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Okinawa Governor Wants Tougher Action as 61 Marines Infected, demanding tougher prevention measures and more transparency =2=.
CV23.1. At the U.N., Russia Forces Reduced Access for Aid to Syrians. More Covid-19 Cases in Syria’s Overcrowded Rebel Enclave.
CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: What Trump Finally Wearing A Mask Really Says About His Leadership. As the country attempts to reopen safely, here’s advice for leaders. The advice points to the importance of collaboration, not showmanship. 1) Stick to the facts. 2) Stay unified. 3) Thank employees for their hard work. 4) Make sure managers are part of the solution. 5) Look to young global leaders. 6) Instill a healthy dose of skepticism. 7) Put yourself in neutral. 8) Get the opinions of diverse and creative thinkers. Donald Trump Ignores Miami’s Mandatory Mask Rule After Landing in COVID-19 Hotspot. Coronavirus Spikes in Battleground States Force Trump to Act like He Cares. [Meme =2= =3=]
CV30. Methodology: When I started PDN I wanted to simplify the information flow, no longer giving a firehose of a biocalamity. Part of this was to be daily, losing some of the forming patterns but less information to process. I also used categories, hoping that I could select about 30 that all information could be fit in, recognizing that this could be misleading. If I was providing information for decision making a policy, I would use more specific categories to better reflect the evolving bioevent and parademic. After this many months the categories still work and I expect that they will still be useable until the end of the year, with the understanding that though the categories still encompass information, meaning has either been lost or changed, and the interaction between the systems is becoming less and less informative.
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