The second section of last week’s column, I consider to be extremely important. Why? Because my state, Colorado, as well as most, if not all the rest of the states are shut down, with all businesses, factories, doctors, dentists, restaurants, schools, and any business or entity which requires people to enter doors and eat, work, buy, get treatments, learn, or what have you. They’re all shut down, and as a result of the shut-downs, millions are out of work, bills aren’t being paid, and the entire U.S. economic system has ground to a halt. My idea, if implemented, can allow the economic system of America to resume. This will NOT cure those with the virus, or those undergoing treatments for it. It will allow those WITHOUT infections, which are 99% of America’s populace, to return to their jobs, schools, doctors, restaurants, etc., and allow those of us who need to purchase or use commercial facilities, schools, or work places, to do so.
I’ve tried every method I can think of to get to Fox News, or government officials who might implement the idea, and have had no success. (As I am writing this, a gal named ‘Cathy’ e-mailed me suggesting it should be on facebook, which I’m not on. Do it!) I have no idea of what the e-mail addresses are of the President, Congress, governors, or others who could implement it, so I wish each of you readers would forward to everyone or government official at any level, and maybe someone will take action. If I had heard of this anywhere else so far, I wouldn’t ask it, but as far as I can determine, this idea is a solo, and certainly needed in America. So here goes.
It is well known that a person who has the coronavirus, experiences a rise in body temperature, whether they are a-symptomatic or not. If then, we could take everyone’s temperature, we could sort out those with and those without the virus infection. Where is there a better place to take millions of temperatures, than at any business, place of work, or any place with a door to enter? If you have a temperature, no entrance, if you have no temperature, please do enter, work, eat, get treatments, or even have fun. Old style thermometers require insertion into a body cavity and waiting till the indication takes place. Modern thermometers take someone’s temperature instantly with a mere touch on the forehead. For that matter, I hear that photographs can tell the same, picking out individuals in a group. Maybe even an arch with fixed thermometers could take temperatures even quicker. Those with a temperature would be told no entrance, and I think they should be marked as having a temperature, maybe by dipping a finger into a strong black ink which would be difficult to instantly erase, so a person having been declined entrance at one place, would not be tempted to try another.
My state of Colorado has a lot of infections in Denver and big cities like the rest of the US. My county has a dozen, but all the restaurants, doctor’s offices and schools are closed, and there is no reason for this situation anywhere, if every entrance had a temperature taker. Also, I am well aware that those with diabetes, obese, lung, heart, or other health problems, are highly susceptible to the virus. How about smokers??? I NEVER hear of them being liable to become infected, and I think this is a deliberate avoidance by the media.
Sorry to repeat something, but I want to go out to eat!
Don Stott
don@coloradogold.com
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