To prevent adding negative emotions the world doesn’t need, let me begin with the positive. Thank you to all essential and front line health care workers! We couldn’t do this without you. There may have been past doubt about how much your roles matter within our society, but we have been taught a valuable lesson in the most difficult way.
Could the prime minister of New Zealand be any more awesome? To brighten my mood this week, I’ve spent some time focusing on the impressive manner she has handled the situation. Step aside and take a few notes boys, here is how you get the job done!
In an effort to be fair, I must at the very least give a quick shout out to the premier of my province. Having not necessarily been in my good books before the outbreak of the pandemic, my opinion of him has done a 360. I have to give praise where praise is due and I appreciate the amount of heart he puts into his decision making. I was saddened to hear that his mother in law has tested positive, and I wish him and his family strength to get through this hard time.
A rally to end the lockdown is planned for my city this weekend. Here is the part where I tape my mouth shut to avoid spewing unnecessary anger. Instead, I am requesting an explanation from anyone who feels like they can give me one.
After reading everything I could get my eyeballs on about COVID-19 for the last 4 months, I have to say it has and continues to scare the shit out of me. I’ve never been surrounded by such a remarkable amount of death and people being put on ventilators. The fact that no one knows until they contract the virus how sick they will get and that the scale can go from having no symptoms to being at death’s door.
That is this invisible enemy’s ultimate malicious quality. Since not everyone gets sick it is easy for asymptomatic carriers to go about their day as usual and silently transmit the virus. Possibly infecting someone at risk. Possibly infecting someone who won’t recover.
So please educate me. Educate me on how this is about rights and the crashing economy.
We can’t live without money to survive. To be able to put food on the table and feed our families. But our focus has to be on the preservation of life no matter how hard that pill is to swallow. Not being free won’t kill you, unfortunately this tricky little virus might. Do not underestimate the power of this ruthless beast.
Your job or business won’t matter if you end up in a grave. All the money or freedom in the world won’t bring back a loved one who loses their life because of negligent ignorance.
There is only one enemy here.
We can do better.
United we are stronger!
F.
One great leader said – “We know how to revive our dying economies, we have been doing this from decades. What we don’t know is how to bring back dead”
I’m moved to tears from your response. No we certainly can’t bring back the dead. Thank you for sharing this.
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Very open post. We are being manipulated by a very well oiled machine of dislike. When this begins to affect their lives, all will right itself and be soon forgotten. Stand strong and Believe only in yourself. That is where all the strength is.
Thank you so much for the sweet encouragement John! It is needed. I hope and pray for this to disappear off the face of the earth in a quick and painless manner. Take good care of yourself. Sending love💖
I haven’t actively doing the research myself but Jack at the Survival Podcast is someone who I’ve been pay close attention to for 11 years. Bottom line is that he crunched the numbers ( he’s very number oriented ) and has come to the conclusion that the lockdown has actually made the virus worse.
Thank you Lloyd! That’s interesting. Is he just talking about the numbers in the US? I feel like it’s hard to have an opinion about what made things better or worse while the numbers are still changing. Lockdown has meant something different for every country so the strategy implemented also comes into play when attempting to analyze effectiveness.
He talking about US numbers but, the response has varied from city to city and state to state here so there’s a variety of things being done. He has looked at numbers from other countries and when you adjust for population density the pattern remains the same. A 2% Fatality rate and a 98% recovery rate. Even in Japan where they completely rejected the lockdown. For those who were fatalities it seems they either had underlying health issues or some were in a nursing home and.. well there’s no gentle way to say it… they probably had less than a year to live anyway. It heartbreaking to say that and for those families it’s still a tragedy.
It also seems that the lockdown prolonged the event. Which was done to prevent a surge st the hospitals.
There’s going to be a lot of messy aftermath here but I think in long run it’s going to be okay. For example, I have been able to work from home which allowed me to save $300 per week in fuel expense. That money went to pay off debts which means that when things open up again I’ll be able to have more budget for locally sourced products. I expect that pattern will be mostly the same in Canada.
Gosh, Frances! I so agree. It’s very bizarre here. I couldn’t be more confused. I live in the deep South of the United States and MANY people where I live STILL think this is just the flu. I’d say about half of the people here don’t wear masks or practice social distancing even though everything had been shut down. It’s all open now and has been for over a week…with restrictions in place here and there that by the looks of it aren’t taken that seriously. We live in a tourist town and it was FLOODED with visitors over the weekend. I pray we won’t be paying for this in a couple of weeks. I just don’t get it. Our numbers HAVE stayed very low which only fuels the “it’s just he flu/lets get things rolling again” attitude. And YES! Thank You to all the wonderful people on the front lines and who have continued to work/serve others during all of this. I can’t imagine what it was like to be somewhere like NY during the worst. Good Lord. Hugs to Everyone and may this be in the world’s rear view mirror soon. Sending You Much Love…🤗❤️😊
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts! I absolutely love the idea of this being in the world’s rear view mirror soon. I feel like a lack of available knowledge, misinformation and denial have all been factors in how people have reacted to this crisis. Unfortunately pretending it’s not there will not make this go away. Have your numbers stayed ok after the holiday weekend and things opening up? I hope so💗 It seems difficult to come to terms with the fact that we are in a situation where our actions can deeply affect those around us. Going about our lives without taking extra precautions is only prolonging the misery. There is light at the end of the tunnel and I hope we will be there in the very near future. Hope you have a lovely Strawberry Full Moon night!🌝 🌠 Sending love & lots of hugs🌺 🌈
Ah! Thank You, Frances! Happy Strawberry Full Moon night to You too! 💕🌝🍓It’s been gorgeous, hasn’t it?!! Yeah…light at the end of the tunnel indeed! Thank God! Our number here shot up from 81 cases to 147 since Memorial Day Weekend….but You know, hospitalizations are at the same number for a long while now, which is very low. Sixteen. We’ve held at 2 deaths for many weeks as well. One of my neighbours is a hospital nurse who has been laid off for many weeks now due to the virus and so our hospital is not packed on any level. Fingers crossed and onward. I hope so because people keep pouring in! 😳 I agree with You, “…lack of available knowledge, misinformation and denial have all been factors in how people have reacted…”. That’s it in a nutshell. I was talking with a dear friend who lives in Norway the other day and she was saying that everyone there just listens to the Government and does what they ask so it’s not confusing. I told her that everyone here IS listening to the Government and doing what they ask….it’s just that everyone in our government is saying something different so what people are doing depends upon their political beliefs and who they trust. 😅 I know it’s not funny. But it is. God! ANYWAY! How are things there? I hope You have a WONDERFUL weekend! Hugs and Cheers!!! 🤗❤️🥂🌀😊
Thank you!💖 Hope you enjoyed your weekend too😊 I’m glad to hear that your numbers have stayed low and that the situation in your hospital is positive. Fingers crossed so things continue to move in the right direction. We are doing better than we were but our numbers have sort of plateaued in the last few weeks and have not gone bellow 200 a day. Parts of the province will be moving to stage 2 of reopening but we are not because our numbers are still too high. All we can hope is that decisions being made to get the economy going again are extremely well thought out and that money remains second in importance to everyone’s health and safety. The point about the government not giving out confusing information to your friend in Norway is a good one. Confusion and contradictory facts are a daily occurrence in our part of the world. Trust has been removed and a lot of people have stopped listening. I hope that all the essential and front line workers are blessed with the mental and physical strength they need to keep fighting for all of us. I hope this month brings cases everywhere down to my new favorite number, zero!💓💕Wishing you a fantastic week filled with smiles!🌻
Good Lord, Frances….I’m soooo sorry Y’all are getting hit so hard. Do You mean 200 new cases a day in Your province? Is that like a county? Are You in Canada? I hope You’re talking a large area. I was referring to our small county in our state of Georgia. Gosh. That’s exhausting. I’m so sorry. Yes, praying for the essential and front line workers all-ways. I didn’t realize other countries were getting as many mixed messages as we are. I hope That’s Y’alls reopening goes smoothly and that Your numbers start dropping. And stop. All the way. New favorite number, zero, indeed!!! That’s brilliant! Sending You lots of Love!!! 🤗❤️❤️❤️😊
Your concern and encouraging words are so appreciated!💗 Yes I am in Canada and we are having around 200 cases a day in my province. I think if I’m not mistaken that a province is like a state? Today was actually our first day slightly below 200 since March!🙌 It’s so weird and depressing looking up this number every day. I have a cousin that lived in Savannah for a while. Seems like a beautiful place to be!🌞 A giant toast to big fat zeros all around the 🌎 ! Sending love & light.💜⭐
Ah…cool! Your concern and encouraging words are so appreciated as well, Frances! Ok. I feel better knowing a province is like a state. Not that the numbers are good….but that changes things a lot. We are the same here. Hundreds in GA a day still. Crazy. It IS weird and depressing looking up that number every day, isn’t it? I can’t stop myself. Just wanting to know. My beautiful man is so good about just going on with life and not really thinking/worrying about it. Not that I’m worried…You know what I mean. How fun for Your cousin! Savannah IS beautiful! We’re actually driving there today, I think! It’s about an hour and a half north of us. We’re kind of in the boondocks and my man wants to go to a sporting goods store there. LOVING Your toast to big fat zeros around the world!!! YES, please!!! You gifted my first laugh of the day! Thank You, Frances! And I have always loved the word province. It just sounds so lovely!!! I’ve spent time in Van Couver and could not get over how very lovely it is there! There’s a lot of Canada I’d like to see someday! Lord! There’s a lot more of America I’d like to see someday! And the world for that matter!!! 🤣 Sending Love and Light right back topped off with a big (social distanced of course!) hug! Hope You have a great weekend! 🤗💕🌀🌷😊