Two Bridges, One Bypass

My old buddy from Gloucester, Va., Peter Teagle hooked me up with Bucky.  We sat down in Bucky's house to record this podcast.

 Bucky, an Emory and Henry College graduate, enlisted in the Army in 1965 and attended the Infantry Officer Candidate School, where he was a distinguished graduate. He was commissioned to the rank of second lieutenant in 1966. He volunteered for the Special Forces and served in the force until late 1970, by which time he had attained the rank of captain and served two combat tours in Vietnam, where he was assigned to the Special Forces’ Mobile Strike Force. During this time he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, four Bronze Star Medals, the Air Medal and three Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. After attending the Infantry Officers Advanced Course, Burruss served in Germany for three years, commanding airborne and mechanized infantry companies. He then returned to the Special Forces at Fort Bragg, N.C., as an instructor and faculty adviser in the Special Forces School, teaching in the Special Forces Officers Course, the Operations & Intelligence Course and the Military Freefall Course. In 1977, he completed the rigorous British Special Air Service Selection Course and was selected by the late Colonel Charlie A. Beckwith to help form and train the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, where he served his remaining time in the Army. He commanded the unit’s first operational element and later served as the commander of Delta’s Selection and Training Detachment, as the operations officer and as the deputy commanding officer. During this time, he participated in the ill-fated Iran raid, the invasion of Grenada and a number of classified operations in the Middle East, South and Central America and elsewhere. He was commended by the British armed forces for his assistance to the Special Air Service in the Falkland Islands campaign. Burruss retired from the Army on Jan. 1, 1987 to pursue a career in writing. His published works include Mike Force, a personal account of his 22 months in Vietnam, four novels, and has written numerous pieces for the Philadelphia Inquirer 

I am joined on this podcast with an old friend, Eddie Jackson, during our sit down with our high school football coach, Turnley Todd.  Coach Todd grew up in Orange County, Va.  His college football was played at The University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was drafted into the National Football League by the Green Bay Packers in the era of Paul Horning and Bart Starr and played under Coach Vince Lombardi.  A knee injury and subsequent surgery sidelined him for a bit until the Philadelphia Eagles called.  However, he could not honor his contract with the Eagles because he was already a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army through UVA's ROTC program.  The 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army needed him to serve as a lieutenant leading a platoon in Viet Nam...and the rest is history.  As a student and player of his and friend of his son's,  I was fortunate to be exposed to a tough, but fair, leadership style that helped hundreds of boys that played for him grow into young men.

North Carolina
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/public-health/covid19/covid-19-nc-case-count#by-age
Age of Infected:
0-17:2%
18-24:7%
25-49:40%
50-64:28%50-infinity: 52%
65+:24%

Deaths:
 Deaths by Age Group
 0-24    0%
 25-29  4%
 50-64  11%
 65+     85%

•Remember U.K. statistics: 2 or more co-morbidities is HIGH risk.
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Dr. John Campbell recap: 24 April 2020

N.Y. state antibody testing and Data out of Italy

N.Y state antibody testing
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cd1628cau09288a/SARS-CoV-2_Serology_Manuscript.pdf

•Randomized, 3000 people tested for antibodies to COVID-19
•Grocery stores/ Shopping areas.
•19 counties, 40 localities.
•13.9% of tested were positive for the antibody.
•21% in N.Y. city, single digits in other areas.
•Use this as an initial test to compare to upcoming data, need trends=more confidence.
•CFR: 0.72%     Deaths/ population NY state x 13.9%

Italy
https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-decessi-italia

From a sample of 23188 lost souls to SARS_Cov2 (PCR tested)
Mean age: 79 y/o
Men: 63%  Women: 37%
Co-morbidities: 61% had 3+ co-morbidities, 21% had 2. (82% 2+)
Most common co-morbidities: 
•HTN: 69%
•CAD, Afib, Hx CA last 5y, Kidney issues: 20% range
•DM2: 30%
•Obesity: 12%
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Re_Opening Plans:

•Got to happen sometime
•We know the high-risk demographic
•The older with more co-morbidities
•Hand washing, masks to protect high risk, distancing
•Donning/Doffing