Most of my routine has remained the same during the pandemic. The biggest difference is that The Boy isn't coming over to torture my dolls and kill me 78 times in half an hour (Call of Duty). I don't normally go out. I do most of my socializing on-line.
A lot of my friends are working from home. They're spending the entire day in their jammies and, frankly, I'm jealous. It's not that I want to binge watch my show in my nightshirt, it's that I wish I could trust myself to do so. For me, it could indicate a depressive episode.
My first thought is of a reformed alcoholic at a party, watching the others enjoy something he simply can't trust himself to do. He knows that even stepping foot on that proverbial path is a very bad idea. It's not a perfect analogy, but I think it's pretty close. Addiction is a mental illness, after all.
I'm not sharing this to make y'all feel bad. The thought just struck me when I was in a philosophic mood. How many of my indulgences are something that others can't allow for themselves? Anyway, everyone, stay safe as possible. Make the best of things. We'll get through this and maybe we'll be better for it.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Coronavirus
Even though I totally support closing down the schools and canceling large gatherings, I feel the need to get up on my little soapbox about the levels of stupidity and greed I've seen. I usually have faith in the human race but y'all are really testing me with the pandemic.
1) Educate yourselves. What the food and health care industries call "universal procedures" is usually sufficient to keep any virus at bay. Wash your hands often. Keep surfaces sanitary. Try not to touch your face - which is the hardest part in my opinion! Viruses spread easily in large crowds - thus, the cancellations I mentioned earlier. Learn the specific symptoms of COVID-19 so you don't panic at the sight of me sneezing. (I have a head cold.)
2) The store shelves are looking like something from TWD. By all means, stock up on what you and yours will need for a few weeks if quarantine becomes necessary. No one needs the entire paper products aisle. No one needs enough disinfectant to fill a swimming pool. Quarantine is not required unless you are infected, anyway. Stocking up is a precaution.
3) DON'T BE GREEDY. Taking advantage of others is bad enough when there isn't a crisis! I'm not a violent woman, but if someone offers to sell me a five dollar roll of toilet paper out of their van, I just might end up arrested for assault. They'll be lucky if all they get is the sharp side of my tongue. I have no sympathy for all of those "businessmen" who got "screwed over" when Amazon and eBay blocked the sale of those items.
4) Stop with the conspiracy theories. Nobody created COVID-19 in an attempt to overthrow any goverment. It's a new mutation of a viral strand that's always been around. Viruses mutate - that's why they are so hard to eradicate. Is it possible we're being manipulated into panic mode with malice intent? Of course it is. You know what keeps us from being manipulated? See point 1.
5) The golden rule applies, even more so in a crisis situation, and a pandemic is a crisis situation. Be good to one another. Share. I don't have much to spare, but what I do have is free if you need it. Even when there's not a pandemic on.
1) Educate yourselves. What the food and health care industries call "universal procedures" is usually sufficient to keep any virus at bay. Wash your hands often. Keep surfaces sanitary. Try not to touch your face - which is the hardest part in my opinion! Viruses spread easily in large crowds - thus, the cancellations I mentioned earlier. Learn the specific symptoms of COVID-19 so you don't panic at the sight of me sneezing. (I have a head cold.)
2) The store shelves are looking like something from TWD. By all means, stock up on what you and yours will need for a few weeks if quarantine becomes necessary. No one needs the entire paper products aisle. No one needs enough disinfectant to fill a swimming pool. Quarantine is not required unless you are infected, anyway. Stocking up is a precaution.
3) DON'T BE GREEDY. Taking advantage of others is bad enough when there isn't a crisis! I'm not a violent woman, but if someone offers to sell me a five dollar roll of toilet paper out of their van, I just might end up arrested for assault. They'll be lucky if all they get is the sharp side of my tongue. I have no sympathy for all of those "businessmen" who got "screwed over" when Amazon and eBay blocked the sale of those items.
4) Stop with the conspiracy theories. Nobody created COVID-19 in an attempt to overthrow any goverment. It's a new mutation of a viral strand that's always been around. Viruses mutate - that's why they are so hard to eradicate. Is it possible we're being manipulated into panic mode with malice intent? Of course it is. You know what keeps us from being manipulated? See point 1.
5) The golden rule applies, even more so in a crisis situation, and a pandemic is a crisis situation. Be good to one another. Share. I don't have much to spare, but what I do have is free if you need it. Even when there's not a pandemic on.
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