THE QATSPY® Inside-the-Leather Health, Lifestyle And Sports Page
By: Charles W. Boatright
Don’t pass up THE QATSPY® Shemagh Tactical Desert Scarf that provides an excellent facial covering during this COVID-19 outbreak and when we start to get back to a daily routine of work and attending social events including sporting events.
The Spanish Flu provided the concept on How the A-2 Leather Flight Jacket for WW-2 Pilots can Provide Protection Against COVID-19
THE QATSPY® COVID-19 Bandana & A-2 Leather Flight Jacket Barrier was based on the original concept of the 1932 pilot’s A-2 Leather Jacket. The A-2 Leather Flight Jacket developed out of the Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918.
The United States Health expert has suggested that we now use some type of facial covering when we go out of the house. This also prevents us from putting our hands to our face and from around our eyes, especially if we use some type of safety glasses/sunglasses.
There were over 50 million people that died from the effects of the Spanish Flu in 1918. There was little to no understanding of a virus at the time. One other concept that came out of the Spanish Flu Pandemic was the Plasma Passive Antibodies Vaccine Therapy that have been proven to be very effective over the past 100- years. The other treatment that has been proven effective is Hydroxychloroquine drug, which is a malaria treatment that has existed for over 50 years.
We need to follow the Right-to-Try model to prove the off-label use that has provided general effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine; where people have seen beneficial help from the prescription of this drug. I’m an Engineer and understand having facts in place preferred to make a correct decision. But we don’t need to reinvent the wheel, either. You just have to look toward Africa to where Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat malaria, which is also correlated with the low cases of COVID-19. There might be other factors for the low cases of COVID-19, but there have been early evidence to show the positive effects of Hydroxychloroquine.
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound or Cure
Until a vaccine is developed, we are going to have to maintain personal distancing, wash those hands, don’t touch your face, cover your cough and sneeze, and stay at home if you’re ill. One additional measure you can take is the clothing you could wear, like swapping your wool blend sports jacket to an A-2 Leather Flight Jacket that provides a great barrier and that can be cleaned on a daily basis. Wool and cotton fabric provides an excellent breeding ground for bacteria and viruses.
Another precaution that we can take that has been around since western days when cowboys use to drive cattle across the plains is in wearing a simple bandana that does what exactly Doctor Price was discussing on Watters’ World, about face, eyes, nose, and mouth Protection. The face is the epicenter for contacting COVID-19. Doctor Price is at ground zero and front-lines for treating COVID-19 patients at one of many New York City Hospital. What he discussed with Jesse Watters is an effective way to navigate this pandemic.
Here are some factors that the A-2 Leather Flight Jacket has built-in to it to protect our highly trained pilots who were essential in winning World War II:
- Provide a fire and disease barrier for pilots.
- An elastic band cuff and waist band to prevent disease from getting onto the clothing.
- A zipper flap to cover the zipper as an exposed opening.
- A hook at the collar to protect the neck area as an entry area.
- One-piece back panel to eliminate possible seam breaking, exposing the pilot’s back.
To read more and to purchase your A-2 Leather Flight Jacket select the photo of me with my motorcycle and a P-51 Mustang Fighter.
The Bandana is a great alternative to a N-95 Mask that should be reserved for our Medical Care Warriors, these professionals are just as much a soldier as our Special Forces are.
The 2nd Amendment A-2 Leather Jacket to support our 2nd Amendment to ‘Right to Bear Arms’.
Underlining Factors and Prevention Base on Evidence from Both New York and New Orleans
Your health based on nutrition and fitness are other key factors in reducing the casualty rate of COVID-19. If you look at the statistics based on casualties based on age ranges gathered from New York and contributing factors from New Orleans you’ll see how nutrition and fitness to maintain a healthy lifestyle is an important factor. Now after reading these statistics your understand why health officials emphases health and fitness (Data is as of 02Apr2020 from both New York and New Orleans).
Casualties from COVID-19 in New York based on age range:
- 0-17 1
- 18-44 64
- 45-64 304
- 65-74 304
- 75 or older 472
Casualties from COVID-19 in New Orleans based on underlining health:
- 35% due to Diabetes
- 25% due to obesity
- 20% chronic kidney disease
- 20% cardiac issues
The main contributing factors particularly from New Orleans is that 95% of the deaths from COVID-19 had underlining causes of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The major part of these conditions could be controlled with proper diet and fitness. If COVID-19 highlight one important factor it is our health and fitness is critical to us, and especially as we age.