How to end the coronavirus epidemic in two weeks

As you know, our economy is in shambles as people are afraid of going back to work, spend money on stuff that supports our economy and, of course, getting infected and dying a painful death!

And as you know, our politicians are too busy squabbling over who gets the credit (read reelected) and the back-end money to be of any use. Our politicians are only interested in being reelected and making as much money as they can. At the same time they, of course, rave about how good they are at protecting the public by giving away money by “throwing it out of helicopters.”

You know better.

This is what our politicians have “accomplished” so far using an illustration.

Just imagine that the Dim-Wit family is driving down the road in their car. Inside, the front seats are occupied by three Republicans – the President, the Senate majority and House minority Dim-Wits. In the rear seats, naturally, are the two other Democrat members of the Dim-Wit family, the House majority leader and the Senate minority leader.

I use the term “leader” loosely.

Suddenly, a low oil light illuminates on the dashboard, so President Dim-Wit pulls into a nearby WalMart. They discuss what the problem is, and decide that they need new tires! And the most expensive ones they can buy, as it’s not their money they are spending.

So they get four, really expensive tires installed and start to leave. For some reason they find that the low oil light is still on! How can that be? So they discuss the next step… and realize that they didn’t spend enough money to solve the problem.

So President Dim-Wit circles back to the automotive shop and they buy a new, very expensive spare tire!

Then they pat themselves on the back for a job well done, and put some black tape over the low oil light. Problem solved.

That’s our politicians in a nutshell and all the while the national debt is exploding. Do they care? You decide.

So here is the simple solution, similar to adding a quart of oil to the engine, – everyone (and I mean everyone) wears a face mask in public until the epidemic is over.

The problem is that some people do and some don’t. The typical face mask, shown in the cover photo is a one-way mask. It stops an infected person from spraying virus particles all over. What it doesn’t do, is stop a person from infecting a person with a face mask, if that person isn’t wearing one, sneezes and the mask wearer walks through the cloud.

Testing will not work, as once tested negative today a person could become infected tomorrow. It’s just a feel good “solution.”

The more effective mask, N9x masks stop the particles in both directions.

So here is what our stupid politicians should be doing, instead of dramatically increasing the national debt by throwing money out of helicopters –

1   Use the postal service to deliver 16 inexpensive masks to each household once a week until the epidemic is over. This is how much they cost… next to nothing.

2   Insist that EVERYONE, over a few years old, wears a mask outside of their residence or vehicle… or else.

3   Issue citations if a person is caught without one. No fine, but community service picking up roadside trash. That will level the wealth playing field. Wealthy people don’t want to pick up roadside trash any more than people at the other end of the economic spectrum.

4   Keep telling people to wash their hands. So much for the KFC slogan.

Yes, touching things and then putting your fingers in your mouth, up your nose or rubbing your eyes may lead to your early, painful death… something most people want to avoid.

The complete public participation of wearing masks in public will solve the problem. Giving away trillions of dollars will not.

There is, of course, one problem. A family doesn’t wear masks indoors at home. If one family member sees a friend who isn’t wearing a mask, that could be the source of a family being infected. Of course, everyone wearing masks and taking simple hygiene precautions will stop the pandemic and it will eventually fade into a nuisance problem, something like seasonal flu.