Another day in the 2020 pandemic in the US and it feels strangely normal. Not the so-called new normal some are touting. Just normal in the sense where people around me have adapted. At my work as one deemed essential worker we were all walking around in a slight daze trying to understand why are we all in a daze. Everybody I talked to said something was off but they just couldn't put their finger on what that was. This week so far we all seemed to have shaken that daze.
I figured out this morning it may have largely been like being in Japan near the end of WW2 and all the doom and gloom reporting was like the allies dropping leaflets across Japan warning of an incoming bombing campaign. Yeah, the bombs they dropped, and dropped, and dropped. But not on our little slice of the planet. Wounded are still die-ing, fall out is still making people sick, sure. But it's where the bombs dropped day after day for 3 weeks. Is the war over? Probably not. Actually far from it is more likely. But we're not scared anymore.
The routines are becoming normal for now. No baseball, no Formula 1, no soccer. For now. There's talk of school again this fall, and football too. There's talk of things in the not so distant future. Many no longer feel guilty for wearing a dust mask now that the hospitals where the most bombs are still falling have a bunch. Same with latex gloves. The frozen pizza section in the grocery stores are still empty. Toilet paper too. But the trash pickup continues like normal and the morning paper is still being delivered.
Looking at the numbers this morning there are positive trends all across the spectrum. Yet for whatever reason yesterday was a bad day all over the world. Spain, Italy, US, Germany, you name it. New cases spiked. Just like the models predicted. The blitzkrieg called covid-19 had a great day yesterday. But many of us feel a lot more at ease knowing it's days of winning are near the end. It isn't time to become complacent, nor a time to panic. It's a time to keep washing your hands, stay as far away from strangers as practical and keep enjoying this life on planet earth.
I figured out this morning it may have largely been like being in Japan near the end of WW2 and all the doom and gloom reporting was like the allies dropping leaflets across Japan warning of an incoming bombing campaign. Yeah, the bombs they dropped, and dropped, and dropped. But not on our little slice of the planet. Wounded are still die-ing, fall out is still making people sick, sure. But it's where the bombs dropped day after day for 3 weeks. Is the war over? Probably not. Actually far from it is more likely. But we're not scared anymore.
The routines are becoming normal for now. No baseball, no Formula 1, no soccer. For now. There's talk of school again this fall, and football too. There's talk of things in the not so distant future. Many no longer feel guilty for wearing a dust mask now that the hospitals where the most bombs are still falling have a bunch. Same with latex gloves. The frozen pizza section in the grocery stores are still empty. Toilet paper too. But the trash pickup continues like normal and the morning paper is still being delivered.
Looking at the numbers this morning there are positive trends all across the spectrum. Yet for whatever reason yesterday was a bad day all over the world. Spain, Italy, US, Germany, you name it. New cases spiked. Just like the models predicted. The blitzkrieg called covid-19 had a great day yesterday. But many of us feel a lot more at ease knowing it's days of winning are near the end. It isn't time to become complacent, nor a time to panic. It's a time to keep washing your hands, stay as far away from strangers as practical and keep enjoying this life on planet earth.
