{"id":7906,"date":"2020-04-13T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T18:48:38","slug":"apr-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/04\/13\/apr-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Apr 13 Covid Maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The reports of my death\u00a0are\u00a0greatly exaggerated.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six days ago I went to town. Two days ago I started minor sneezing. Yesterday dry cough. Today chest feels tight and I can hear and feel a problem with my breathing. Is it COVID, a flue, a cold?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows a few days will tell. I will stay in the house for the next few days. Maybe for ten maybe for fourteen.<\/p>\n<p>If I live that long, I am in a high-risk bracket a few times. If I have COVID I probably won&#8217;t survive it.<\/p>\n<p>If I don&#8217;t I will keep writing.<br \/>\nI just decided I don&#8217;t feel much like dying.<\/p>\n<p>I have responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_145237-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7918\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/04\/13\/apr-13\/20200413_145237\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_145237-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7907\" data-attachment-id=\"7907\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/04\/13\/apr-13\/20200413_065938\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_065938-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-T720&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1586761178&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.08&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20200413_065938\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G870W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1586776048&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00042808219178082&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20200413_110728\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-7910 size-full\" style=\"border: 6px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/20200413_110728-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melting fast. A week ago the snow here was on average three feet deep.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8OHybVhQwc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The reports of my death\u00a0are\u00a0greatly exaggerated.&#8221; Mark Twain Six days ago I went to town. Two days ago I started minor sneezing. Yesterday dry cough. Today chest feels tight and I can hear and feel a problem with my breathing. Is it COVID, a flue, a cold? Who knows a few days will tell. 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