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Coronavirus
Hopalong:
(((((CB))))
I can imagine your fears for your kids.
You are one of the calmest mothers I know, so if it's getting to you, the worry-climate is spreading faster even than the coronavirus.
Everyone I know is trying to balance decisions based on their own tolerance, loved ones' risk factors, etc. And nobody can control it perfectly.
I still believe that communities will care for each other. Near me is a street with a lot of elderly, quite a few living alone. People are on their own setting up phone trees to ensure that they have numbers to call if they need groceries, and other people will be checking on them without being called. People will buy or share groceries and leave meals on porches. People will take walks and talk with each other a yard apart, outdoors. The weather is warming so a lot of small meetings outdoors will allow friends to keep from total isolation.
I'm trying to also spend some time thinking of silver linings. Possibly:
--Going through all this together will trigger more humane and less disconnected behavior in communities
--People will be concerned about each other and less focused on likes/dislikes
--People will turn to nature for comfort, perhaps renewing interest in growing food and flowers, even on a porch
--People will turn inward to whatever spirituality gives them comfort and perspective
--People will get more in touch with gratitude, as others show caring and sacrifice
--Politics will be viewed again as the essential core of democracy, not only for blame
--People will take more seriously the primary need for decent behavior over power
I'm still an optimist.
But I'm also anxiety prone, so I'm even more grateful for the Board, and all of you.
love,
Hops
Hopalong:
Watching this is very helpful:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/health-officials-testify-before-house-committee-on-coronavirus-response/2020/03/12/a8fd8972-75df-4f4b-8a78-2fc5b0cc097e_live.html?itid=hp_no-name_multi-video-bar%3Aposttv%2Fvideo-live-bar-2018
Meh:
Well our government is afraid of uprisings, that's why they called in the militia, they aren't there to help people.
sKePTiKal:
Hops, I'm glad to see you're calm about this. Does me good.
There are some long-term unknowns about this that equal massive uncertainty, so I do understand people who are anxious about it. We just don't know yet. We'll adapt and adjust.
I think we'll all get through this and looking back - we'll wonder what all the excitement was about. But then, I'm able to take the media onboard - while still thinking about the probabilities involved in the content purveyed. I've always been ruthless that way.
It's not a catastrophe; just more waves of life to surf. Turbulent waves... but we'll rise above.
lighter:
CB:
The med shortage is scary and hats off to your kids for being proactive.
Clean away, but watch yourself. It's so hard not to touch our faces...I really think stylish people cones could be big.
Lighter
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