Coming to grips with a pandemic
For the next while, keeping track of the latest medical mystery is important. At least, I guess so. Locally, our provincial government has opened two COVID-19 clinics. Schools have published a protocol for dealing with any student that gets up in “germ’s way” due to travel during their March break. Universities (plural) are locking classroom doors and telling students to profit from the online courses that once were considered 3rd rate.
Yes, people are worried. I never thought that I’d see explanations of “exponential growth” enter into the vernacular. The WHO has placed the title of Pandemic on the subject. The request to “flatten the curve” has entered the daily news. And so much more. I try to keep up, but I’m also sticking to my personal plan B (remaining sequestered with the dog and some cold pizza). If you want to beat them, don’t join them.
Of course, to keep things interesting, my mother and a sibling have decided to take a short winter break in FL; essentially ground zero. I don’t get it. Wouldn’t a better cable plan be the way to go. Catch up on all those movies from a decade ago, while enjoying the springtime weather here in Canada? I’m not the boss…
Of course, politics is weighing in. In Alberta, oll prices have plummeted, forcing the usually combative premier to put some water in his wine (err, oil) and seek ways to get along with the opposition. Not a normal situation! Is that what it takes to bring common sense into the legislature: a pandemic? Why not.
