I know this isn’t technically day 1 but it is the day of the first reported case in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
It feels a little like we are coming out of a hiatus. Covid 19 Corona Virus has not seemed like a major problem. We have watched the events in China, Italy, Korea and Iran with disbelief. It did not seem real. It’s a disease that kills 1% – and they are the old and have underlying problems – not us.
Except that now it feels more real. It kills 1% but it puts 10% in intensive care. That could affect 6 million people in the UK. That’s when the numbers start to ring bells – we don’t have anywhere near enough beds. The Health Service has been underfunded and run down for a decade. That means a lot more people are going to die.
The other point is that we realise, by age and Liz’s asthma, we are in the vulnerable group. It makes it real. One feels one’s mortality. We are not going to live for ever.
The economic hit is going to be enormous. The workforce are going to be knocked out or in isolation.
Certain industries are already being affected – the whole travel industry, sport and entertainment.
We could be on shutdown for three months or longer!
Today they shut down sport and universities. Will it be schools tomorrow? Or concerts, all public events?
We are having a debate on how much we should isolate. Should we see family? Should we see friends? Should we still do our social events – writing group, yoga, fitness classes?
Then there’s post, shopping and neighbours.
Should we cancel family get togethers in May? Or wait?
At this moment, with just one case in the area (though a number undetected) perhaps it is a case of still doing it but taking care! Not too close to people and hand washing.
Or should we isolate completely?
Whatever you do, don’t freak out like folks here in my area. So, okay….we did have the first case of corona virus in States right here, and 31 have died locally. Mostly dead in one nursing home. It’s going to get worse, folks. adjust your visor and tighten seat belt. As to cancelling family stuff, see how it goes, opher. There is fun to be had here. A woman ran my foot over with a shopping cart, cart sagging with frozen food and a couple of dozen loaves of bread. No, “I’m sorry,” no “excuse me,” just a dirty look and “get out of my way”. I said “Let me sneeze on you.” The look on her face was like I’d put a gun to her head, and she literally shrank back in fear. Was worthy of a good laugh from me and a couple of folks nearby.
Lol Jeff – I can just picture it!
Yes there is plenty to laugh about – like Trump’s bungling back-pedalling!
Yeah…got to keep LOLing for the sake of sanity. Orange F**k just keeps it up. After all “his Base” love it. Those clowns still think it’s a media hoax. I suppose, retrospectively, is considering the “family reunion.” If it’s soon, perhaps not and cancel. If in August, wait a bit and see how quickly this goes downhiill. N o matter what, this will be…interesting.
There are some good things coming out of this aren’t there? It blows the fuck out of all those imbeciles who think all experts and scientists are fools, who think everything is a hoax, and who voted for Trump, Brexit and Johnson. As they won’t take precautions perhaps they’ll all fucking die!
Reblogged this on Opher's World and commented:
Neil went back and sorted this out. It is quite interesting to look back on what I was thinking on the first day of lockdown.
I had no clue that it would still be going on 489 days later!!
I was also nowhere near as angry as I am now. The lies, incompetence and stupidity of this government, their sleaze, greed and self-serving nature was not as apparent then!