SO, IT IS now clear and medically proven…that wearing facemasks reduces greatly the risk of contracting COVID-19.
Though it may create some discomfort and hamper normal breathing, ‘tis better than not breathing at all.
Not only that, facemasks redound to savings on makeup; eyebrow, mascara and lipstick; and a decided advantage for the ugly, harelip and those with no front teeth.
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When morning breaks and you are still alive…fill a glass of water and stir one teaspoon of salt in it. Salt has allegedly some anti-viral properties and clears your clogged nostrils. You will have some problem if you have an aquiline or highly elevated nose…but no problem, if you have the national nose…pangos.
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As you boil water in your water heater, sniff the hot steam. This is the heat exhalation method which supposedly kills COVID-19 and dislodges it from your lungs. Again, those with large holes in their nose have the advantage.
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Mix in your cup of hot water, tea or for economy, garlic salabat and squeeze one or two lemons, this will take care of your Vitamin C Deficiency. Conzace and Poten-C 500 or 1000 mg taken once a day have been prescribed.
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It has been bruited that in China the poor afflicted with COVID no longer go to the hospital (because there is none for the poor) but just stay in their homes and drink six cups of hot water and four cups of tea daily and sun themselves outside (that is, if the sun is shining). They claim that after five days, you get well. Ah, but you know the Chinese. Well, we should heed a bit their credibility… because COVID came from them.
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Social distancing comes with wearing facemasks. A distance of about five or six feet from your nearest neighbor is recommended. This is difficult for pickpocketers, holduppers and generally, lawyers whose hands are in someone else’s pocket.
This runs counter to the gregarious nature of man…who wants to keep in touch with his fellow man. Massage parlors and Cebuana massage girls are hit by this health protocol, as well as their male customers who want to keep in touch.
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Prolonged conversation is discouraged. Now, this is an utterly impossible imposition upon women who would rather die than shut their mouths. We really cannot deprive women of the freedom of spit…I mean, speech.
And sometimes, it takes time to get your message understood especially if the person you are talking to is dumb and deaf. So, let us give our women a grace period or extension of time to talk longer, say, 24 hours a day will make them happy.
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The use of alcohol and washing your hands with soap are all deterrents to COVID as COVID dies in contact with detergent soap and 40 percent alcohol. So, these simple and cheap safeguards can give us a fighting preventive edge against the virus.
Laundry women have built-in immunity because of the nature of their work…and regarding alcohol, for the underprivileged, five- year Tanduay Rhum or Siok Tong, 76 percent proof will do. Or Marka Demonyo Gin, which is 96 percent proof…with these, you don’t need COVID to kill you.
Let us be clear, I am prescribing these antidotes without any medical guarantees…and to avoid being charged of practicing medicine without a License.
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Let us live our life, this time, very carefully and cleanly…until they find a vaccine. Take care and go home, once in a while…to assuage the wife…who is agitated by the peace of silence./PN
