Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Just checked in with the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus page and our total numbers are up to 803, 313, with US cases at 164, 719. We’re still in the thick of things, at least according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is America’s expert, a member of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 (Anthony S. Fauci). This is the man who advises our president, so I think we should listen to him! One of the bad things about modern times (which is also a good thing) is that we have access to so much information, it’s hard to know who to trust!
In our morning staff meeting, we talked about the term “pivot and turn” as well as “be gracious”. That is, acknowledging that we must be flexible with each other and to be kind to each other--teachers and students--as we go through something that is new to everyone. It’s not a lie to say that this is a scary time for everyone. It’s also boring, frustrating, irritating, and at times freeing. You can go to a meeting in your pajamas, but you can’t go over to visit a friend unless you both agree to stay 6 feet away from each other. No one knows what the news will bring each day, but we all want to know what is going on in the world. It’s a very hard time for everyone, so being gracious and flexible is just good advice.
One thing that has been especially scary for me, personally, has been grocery shopping. I went for the first time since Corona started in the US a few weeks ago and I was sincerely shocked. Whole aisles contained empty shelves--eggs, milk, bread, toilet paper, hand sanitizer--just empty. More than any other piece of news or phone call or anything made me terrified. This sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen in America! We are literally the land of plenty, we have established supply chains, equal access to stores and transportation. Except when we don’t. I have to go back to Wal-Mart today because we are running out of some stuff and I’m really nervous about it. I’ll go anyway.
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