[Rotary] Sherwood Oaks Update

[John Cottle]

Thank Roo,

It was sad that it had to build to such disastrous proportions to shake
everyone into action, but the combination of our hospital taking ALL of our
Covid positive residents, and our county supplying plenty of protective
gear seems to be working.  We still do not have access to adequate rapid
testing, but that is a state and national problem not likely to be solved
soon, certainly not soon enough to stop another national surge when kids go
back to school, and we all start keeping our windows closed.

Ventilation has been known to be of paramount importance since at least the
mid 1800's, even before we knew of germs.  It was incorporated into most
buildings designed prior to the 1950's.  Observant persons like Ben
Franklin insisted on keeping windows open even in winter, much to the
irritation of his travelling companions like John Adams.  Franklin
surmised correctly that we get illness not by exposure to cold, but by
exposure to ill individuals.  Wool sweaters, warm hats and scarves, and
topcoats need to come back into fashion, along with better ventilation of
our buildings.  This will not be our last pandemic, ongoing population
growth, increasing urbanization, and love of travel will see to that.

John

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 6:21 AM Roo Harris <rooharris1946 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is great news!  Keep up the good work.
> Best,
> Roo and MK
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> Keep your sense of humor, my friend;
> if you don't have a sense of humor
> it just isn't funny anymore!
> Wavy Gravy
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:57 PM John Cottle <jcottledo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Press Release for Thursday Aug 6, 2020
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>> Wednesday was a good day at Sherwood Oaks.  No new cases were identified,
>> and two of our residents who recovered at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
>> returned to the facility they know as home.  The last resident in our Covid
>> area, a block of 8 rooms which have been sealed off from the rest of the
>> facility, completed recovery and moved to the main facility.  The Covid
>> area was professionally cleaned Wednesday, and will be opened to accept the
>> remaining 7 residents in the hospital as they complete recovery.  The 3
>> heroic nurses who worked in the Covid zone will be in voluntary quarantine
>> for 7 more days, and be tested again before returning to work.
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>> The 5 staff and 7 residents not fully recovered from Covid continue to
>> slowly improve.
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>> John Cottle DO
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>> *Frodo:  I wish none of this had happened.*
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>> *Gandalf:  So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them
>> to decide.  All that we have to decide is what to do with the time that is
>> given to us.*
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