Thursday, April 02, 2020

COVID-19 Madness



Just so I never forget...April 2, 2020.

  • Gas prices in Heath, are $1.24/gallon.
  • School cancelled - yes, cancelled.
  • Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6 ft.) from each other.
  • Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
  • Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
  • Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
  • Entire sports seasons cancelled.
  • Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
  • Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
  • No funerals.
  • Only online Lake Pointe services as all churches are closed.
  • No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.
  • Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
  • Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
  • Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
  • Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.
  • Shelves are bare.
  • Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
  • Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.
  • Fines are established for breaking the rules.
  • Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of COVID-19 patients.
  • Press conferences daily from the President and the governors. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
  • Barely anyone on the roads.
  • People wearing masks and gloves outside.
  • Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
  • Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.

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