COVID-19 Elderly deaths – Page 2 – Rural Tompkins County

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “If you blame the rain . . .” Bumper sticker

There is no one like a politician or bureaucrat for sidestepping the obvious. If every lake that is surrounded by agricultural activity is impaired; they will find an impaired lake without agriculture; and use that to claim, “We don’t know what’s causing the impairment of our water bodies.”

Cause and effect cease to have any meaning in the political decision making process — and not by accident.

The elderly in New York aren’t dying because of equitable paddy cake and bureaucratic indifference — they’re dying from “COVID-19”; and they’re not categorized as “elderly” — but as “New Yorkers” — thereby removing both the identity of the victims, and the reason for their deaths. . . and not by accident.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Cover-up the Cover-up” Bumper Sticker

When New York’s elderly caused Cuomo trouble; they ceased to exist.

The suppression of Nursing Home deaths has progressively led to a non-reporting status of all Pandemic age-related demographics. Since only Race and Ethnicity are important; they are the sole determiner in State vaccination statistics.

Not only are the elderly doing the overwhelming majority of the dying; the pro forma “Sadly, we lost [today’s number] New Yorkers to the virus” announcement hasn’t changed one word — only the number of dead has changed. Since January 13^th; more than 7,000 human beings have been added to the total — up a thousand since March.

Sadly, we still have the same Governor.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Who’s Your Grandad” Bumper Sticker

Maybe it’s time to change up the societal role of our elderly citizens. The mild, smiling, grandkid doting role got us no respect, compassion, or vaccine availability when the Pandemic hit.

With the current sense of entitlement; and with the easy and available COVID solution: it’s certain that many inheritances were hastened with human intervention — murder — but this media plum is nowhere to be found.

It’s not smart to play us. They did the lying; we did the dying. This last election taught the lesson that if you’re not confrontational: you’re nothing. It’s time to step out of your AARP boxes and shake up things again.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “COVID-19 Elderly Deaths” Bumper Sticker

With the undercurrent “cull the herd” attitude towards our dying elderly citizens; it would be a good time to look for a really practical solution for a healthy society.

All our world’s problems have one source: overpopulation. Even the pollution and global warming that are racing us to extinction are tied to this single fact.

Sterilize the young and it’s “problem solved” — simple, direct, and measurable results. A plan that would pay back every year; until we reach a stable, clean, healthy world with enough for everyone.

Stop this selfish reproduction; and pass a law for its reduction.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “It’s not the experience you can see . . .” Bumper Sticker

Today, in a word, is dull. The endless flashy parade of entitlement is no more than a freight train that holds you up at the crossing.

It’s time for old people to shrug off the soporific talk, talk, talk, advocacy that led to so many pandemic deaths; and get confrontational.

When you’ve done so much; it’s annoying to be treated as so little.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “C-O-R-R-U-P-T” Bumper Sticker

The rhythm of the sticker message brings back a song from the 60s; and like the song; all we’re getting is “disrespect.”

State and County vaccination data is only displayed in terms of “race” and “ethnicity” — and yet New York’s elderly is a minority group that comprises 85% of state’s COVID deaths —— why won’t they show age related data for deaths and vaccinations? Because they’re not supposed to.

Corruption doesn’t have to be about money; it can be about power — New York State’s corrupt power brokering relies on control of the people; and that requires a program of omission, revision, or suppression of all conflicting information. Wouldn’t you like to see the memos that instruct public employees to do this?

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “COVID CUOMO” Bumper Sticker

This series of bumper stickers will tie into a number of themes in the book. I use COVID-19 pandemic as a social tool; an acid test that can reveal more by what it doesn’t affect then what it does. It reveals a glaring lack of compassion in a state whose governor places political doctrine and self-serving policy making above human worth.

In his daily executive updates; Cuomo always has a phrase — never featured; just a tag-line to a bunch of statistics.

“Sadly, we lost 57 New Yorkers to the virus.” “Sadly, we lost 61 New Yorkers to the virus.” “Sadly, we lost 49 New Yorkers to the virus.” New York’s unidentified elderly.

No more important than dripping faucet. An annoying background noise to the political agenda that eventually gets shut out by the brain.

I started to add them up. 6,047 since January 13^th — 6,047 Human Beings. Maybe 6,100 by tomorrow. Drip . . . drip . . . drip . . .

New Word – “Equitabullshit”

“Equitable” is actually a denial of human worth, and a proclamation that those in authority have the sole right to divide and decide the rights of others — even the right to live.

To the people who claim that there is a “greater justice”: if this justice can be apportioned by the dictates of the rich and powerful; how can you claim there is any justice at all?

“Rise of the Evil Ones” – The “No Appointments Available” Mobile

Even though 84% of New York’s COVID deaths were aged 65 years and older, and its administration is being investigated for its handling of Nursing Homes during the pandemic; State and County governments still treat these vulnerable elderly residents as a demographic not worth bothering about, or even bothering to mention.

New York’s only “Vaccine Demographic Data” is displayed on their website by the percentage of “Race & Ethnicity” and categorized by “region”: without any population data to distinguish between New York City [42% of the state’s population], and the Southern Tier [2%] — there is no age related information disclosed for any of those vaccinated.

I searched 28 of Cuomo’s “NYS Coronavirus Updates” from 1/13 to 2/23 for “elderly” and “senior”: and the only found the mention of “senior residents” receiving vaccine; as part of a NYCHA vaccination program.

On February 20^th; we received a mailing from the County’s Health Department telling the “over 65” population to get vaccinations; but stressing that they do not block or make appointments, they won’t put you on a waiting list, or give advance notice of clinic locations, and advising that you should “ask a trusted family member or friend to assist.”

The motto on the envelope read “Aging Better, Together”

“Rise of the Evil Ones” – “BLOG BOG”

The vaccine is being distributed by New York State authorities with the same dismissive attitude that is a hallmark of their policy making toward the elderly and the unborn.

Age may be the demographic that defined the state’s COVID-19 fatalities; but it’s politics that defines who gets the vaccine.

A teacher who has already received the vaccine told me that he had been networked with the time vaccine appointments would be available, and on the dot used his smart phone and laptop together to grab a slot before they were gone in minutes. How can the county’s rural elderly; without prior notification, many without computers, good vision, and even the ability to move their fingers without pain, compete with that?

I have been unable to schedule a vaccine appointment for my mother, and called the County hot-line: I told them she was 97 years old, with heart disease, high blood-pressure and a pacemaker — they replied: “Everyone thinks they’re at risk.”

The sum-total of their help was to say: “Just keep trying.”

Now you know what happened with the Nursing Homes.