[AGL] covid-19 question

[Byron Allen Black]

I suspect we are in for a number of surprises, some sinister and others
bewildering or even a relief, regarding this whole business. I live on the
far side of a volcano (Mt. Salak) in a hilly community. Primarily
agricultural, a number of inhabitants (mostly the young) exit to work in
Greater Jakarta on weekdays, returning home to service the wife and play
with the children on weekends. There is also a brisk trade in local
produce. It is the cucumber harvest at the moment and for the life of me I
cannot come up with a cucumber joke.

The point is that not only are there zero cases up in this area (no village
more than a couple of thousand people) but the locals are going about their
business, blase and unconcerned, but you don't see any masks up here. Once
in a while the authorities show up and scold people, forcing them to wear
them until they leave. But it is though the megapolis of 18 million on
lockdown forty miles to the north had no connection to this area.

I can't figure. Naturally I'm awaiting a horrid eruption of cases but it's
already a year and there are no signs yet. Very peculiar.

Jakarta meanwhile has its woes. This from a news article I just edited a
few days ago:

The number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Indonesia increased to an
all-time high of 11,984 on Wednesday (03/02/2021), making the total of
positive cases so far 1,111,671 cases. 9,135 patients recovered today,
making the total so far 905,665 recoveries, and 189 patients died today,
making the total so far 30,770 deaths. Also today, 75,533 COVID-19 suspects
are being monitored, while 175,236 patients are still being treated for the
disease.

So where are the cases in this rural area? Is it because that with the
exception of the Islamic powwows at the mosque and the weekly gathering at
the wet market people pretty much keep their distance? I can't figure.

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 23:29, Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I personally know 2 individuals who have had Covid-19 in both cases with
> light symptoms.
>
> Question: who knows individuals who died of Covid or were hospitalized
> because of it?
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> It seems that the experts in virology are in the dark about it, its
> treatment, its shift-shaping abilities and its future. It may become
> epidemic like the flue and the common cold. The flu kills quite a number
> of people year after year. Covid-19 may become epidemic like the flu
> only more lethal.
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