According to a Brookings Institute post, the Covid-19 outbreak began in WuHan China sometime early in November 2019. Since then, it has gone "viral," amply demonstrating why we have and use that phrase. Since then, our lives have all changed remarkably. At that point in time, I was beginning to retrace steps I had taken in our Hitchcock Woods while I was writing environmental articles for an on-line news site. My days typically began leisurely, awakening with my wife and our trusted companion, TobiJuan, watching the morning news programs, and deciding how I might spend a little time doing things I liked to do with my two trusted house-mates. Are things really that different now?
Yes they are. Now, along with me, each and every home on my street has neighbors waking up every morning wondering what might have changed in our world over night that they need to know about. Many of us are not going in to work that we used to report to on a daily basis, and now, after watching our fill of the morning news shows, our neighborhood is awash with dogs, children, moms, and dads on all sorts of vehicles (golf carts, bikes and feet, mostly) getting out and around instead of heading to work and going through the routine found in that environment. Everyone is doing things a bit differently these days, and, hopefully, this will end sooner, rather than later, although it doesn't look like this will be happening.
Wife and I will continue with our daily routines, which for us involves taking care of TobiJuan, fixing lunch, and deciding if a trip to the store might be needed. That's today. Hopefully, this time next year we will all be thankful this episode in our lives is behind us. The only thing I might hope for is that what might be learned from this exercise might result in better preparedness the next time it is needed--which will hopefully recur later rather than sooner. A turn-around needed? Hopefully it will get more than just a little attention by the leadership of our world's nations. Think that will happen? Better stated might be "who thinks that will happen." A question--just not a very good one.
Of course, one thing might alter our routine just a bit--that thing is called our Presidential election. I already know how my vote will go, if not who it will be for. Looking forward to seeing some major changes, in any case, following that vote. Hope enough are in agreement with wife and me and we have an opportunity to see things change for the better (much better) in the new year! Thanks, all.
Ciao.
SVG
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Monday, April 6, 2020
Corona virus issue 1
I am titling this "Corona virus issue 1" since it discusses who just might be "hurting" the most. Good luck to all. This thing is bigger than our politicians' capabilities to even try to respond. The problem I see developing is with politicians closing this and regulating that, the little people are suffering even more than they deserve. They are the ones who have the least ability to react to this dangerous time, and they are the ones who are suffering the most with loss of jobs, loss of the ability to pay their rent, to buy food, to do anything. The lowest rung of our society is the one being hurt the most. They need help to just survive. Who will help!!!! And HOW !!!! PLEASE, EVERYONE, ADDRESS THIS MOST REAL NEED !!!!
That being said, what can be done? Help me with this, if you can, by writing your newspapers, your politicians, your churches, your everyone who might be able to help in the least! Do this, and do this today.
The poor do not deserve to be turned out into the streets, do they? They do not deserve an enforced diet of whatever, perhaps dandelion because it is edible and growing well these days, but dandelion what--root, leaves, with what kind of dressing? Why dandelion? Because they may be found growing at the side of the road, and the price may be all that our lower rung may be able to pay.
And what if someone in this bottom rung actually catches a cold? First thing will be to go to an emergency room for treatment, and hope they do not catch Covid-19 in the process, right?
We all have problems because of this virus but, unless we are in that lowest rung, our problems are minor--until we, ourselves, catch the virus. Then what is for us--whatever we have to look forward to at that point in time, what would be our situation if we were on that lowest rung of our county's financial society.
If the hospitals are full, and we have nowhere to go, what will be our fate? Sick, hungry, out in the weather? Is that what anyone deserves? Am I wrong here? Who will take them in?
That being said, what can be done? Help me with this, if you can, by writing your newspapers, your politicians, your churches, your everyone who might be able to help in the least! Do this, and do this today.
The poor do not deserve to be turned out into the streets, do they? They do not deserve an enforced diet of whatever, perhaps dandelion because it is edible and growing well these days, but dandelion what--root, leaves, with what kind of dressing? Why dandelion? Because they may be found growing at the side of the road, and the price may be all that our lower rung may be able to pay.
And what if someone in this bottom rung actually catches a cold? First thing will be to go to an emergency room for treatment, and hope they do not catch Covid-19 in the process, right?
We all have problems because of this virus but, unless we are in that lowest rung, our problems are minor--until we, ourselves, catch the virus. Then what is for us--whatever we have to look forward to at that point in time, what would be our situation if we were on that lowest rung of our county's financial society.
If the hospitals are full, and we have nowhere to go, what will be our fate? Sick, hungry, out in the weather? Is that what anyone deserves? Am I wrong here? Who will take them in?
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