I really do not know what to say here. The world is facing a crisis due to this COVID-19 coronavirus, and everything is pretty scary. People have been ordered to stay at home, and businesses have been shut. There's no vaccine or medication proven to work, and there's a limit on the number of tests to determine if you have it. There's a lack of hospital beds and respiratory equipment, and a lot of people are dying. This is why we have been ordered to stay at home and practice "physical distancing" ("social distancing") from everyone else.
No one knows what is going to happen, and some people are panic-buying. My life is in limbo again; everyone's life is in limbo. People have lost jobs. Everyone is feeling anxious. But, I am confident that together - if we all just listen to the professionals and obey the physical-distancing and hygiene - most of us will be ok.
I was hoping to put some of this in another post, a happier one, but that's not the situation at the moment. I started a new job at the beginning of February, and I am really enjoying it. When the virus news broke out, we were still being asked to go into work (I felt that I couldn't ask to work from home as I have only been there a short time). On Monday evening, we were told to work from home until "further notice". So, I am lucky that I have a job and have been working from home. However, I am still anxious about the virus and the economy. So far, I am not showing any symptoms although I did have a cold and sickness about a week ago. However, there is a chance of getting it from comuting on Monday and then it not showing up until fourteen days. I know people who have the symtpoms but who cannot get tested because of a lack of tests available.
Right now, I just want to cancel 2020. This weekend is the first time for weeks that we have had nice weather, and it would be lovely to go out and explore, but I don't want to pass it (if I have it) or risk getting it, so I have been indoors since Monday evening after I got home from work. I had better hopes for 2020, as you may remember from my review of 2019 and the past several years. I am sure everyone did. After years of hard work and no time off, I have a normal job and free time and had planned on going on at least four holidays this year. Maybe things will change in the summer. But, I think we will be self-isolating until the end of June.
This also means that when it's all said and done, a re-scheduled birthday and other events will be taking place. I think that everyone in the country will be spending time going out, having parties, and returning to the cinema/pubs/restaurants/etc. I just hope they hurry with new testing kits, respiratory equipment, hospital and staff numbers, and research into vaccines, medicines, and other technology in order to defeat this virus. I also hope that government protect people. Maybe put delays in place to "pause" the world. I know rents and mortgages must be paid, and we have to buy essentials. Some are still having to go to work, and the health care was already under strain without this virus happening (no thanks to government spending cuts), so the system is even more stretched.
As I am not leaving my accommodation, I will be posting the posts that I have written before the lockdown. I'll also be posting photographs that I've taken for posts that I have not written. It will help to keep me sane.
Keep safe, everyone.
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