It's been six weeks since a state of emergency was declared here in Michigan. We've been ordered to cower in our homes. We wear masks when we go somewhere that is permitted. When will it end? First we were told in order to save lives, we'd only have to give up our freedom till the curve flattened. It has. Now the bar has been moved.
Yesterday Gov Whitmer said we're still safer at home. As long as the numbers meet with her approval, manufacturing will be permitted to reopen May 11 provided they take everybody's temperature at the door, don't allow nonessential persons to enter, do social distancing, wear masks, etc etc. The automotive industry may be permitted to resume operations May 18th. For those still considered nonessential, the stay at home order has been extended to May 28.
Meanwhile, businesses such as restaurants and hair salons and veterinarians remain either closed or very restricted. How many of these businesses will be lost?
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What of the new normal? Will we don masks everywhere we go from now on?
Will we retreat to our homes and shut down the economy every flu season?
And what of the nonessentials? Are they forever second class citizens rendered hopeless in their insignificance?
Have we traded our liberty for an illusion of safety?
Have you been able to get to the market? I went this past week and everyone was so nice and friendly. The shelves were well-stocked and it was fun to get out and, I even scored a few new ingredients. Haven't tried them yet. Excited to. Happy Weekend.
ReplyDeleteI am delighted that your shopping experience was exciting and rewarding.
ReplyDeleteSure, people are still nice and friendly here- though it's harder to read expressions when they are under a mask. Furthermore, I can't help but notice that more people don't make eye contact than before Covid conditions. Maybe it's because they are straining to stay six feet away from each other. My impression is that many people are afraid of each other now. I find that sad.
My grocery store has a lot of empty shelves. Here's a few things that I happened to notice have not been available: toilet paper, flour, dried milk, canned hominy. That has been so for six weeks.
I lead a very shelter life and before this lockdown I was pretty much living like this.
ReplyDeleteSon moved in earlier to help me and now Daughter come over at least twice a week to help around the house and yard. Both of them are afraid to bring home any virus.
We always wash hands after coming home, take off shoes and wash all fruit. I have not gone out in big crowds or around small children who have runny noses or coughing for years no major shopping .. It is a pain but used to it now.
We need to do the best we can.
Take care and be safe. parsnip
Parsnip, you have a medical condition that forces you to be extra careful. Taking extreme precautions makes sense for you. What I cannot accept is the government locking down healthy people. Kids won't finish out their school year, weddings planned a year ago are cancelled, medical procedures cancelled, people are being kept from making a living over what would ordinarily be described as a tough flu season.
DeleteWhile we're laser focused on Covid, how many people have died of treatable conditions because they couldn't get into see a doctor or were afraid to go to a hospital? We were told hospitals would be overwhelmed and we wouldn't have enough equipment to deal with the sick. What's really happening is that nurses are so bored they are making TikTok dance videos. And how are young people's immune systems supposed to grow stronger if they stay in a bubble?
Let's keep safe with sensible measures like hand washing etc- but let's stop hiding in our homes as though the black plague is lurking outside the door. We have been manipulated to become fearful and to acquiesce to relinquishing our freedoms. I find that more frightening than any virus.
Your right an yet I think the majority of people are really dumb.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the world will ever be the same ? I think people have become so self centered and assume they are so special that they never give any thought to someone else. Safe means everyone following the rules and guide lines. It is a mess.
Take care, parsnip