April 1, 2020
So, I braved Wal-Mart yesterday and it was a bit better than the first time. Still plenty of empty shelves, but I actually found toilet paper and everything else on my list--so I consider it a win. I purposely did not watch the news this morning because I didn’t want to be depressed first thing. It hasn’t really been good news for a while--since December, I guess. However, on Facebook, I found John Krasinski and the “Good News Network” (France). If you are a fan of The Office, or like Krasinski’s work directing and acting in the movie A Quiet Place, you know who he is. I also watch lots of baby animal videos to stay upbeat.
Yesterday, I got out in the garden and pulled weeds, which is also very therapeutic. Even though I hurt all over by dinner time, it was nice to be outside in the fresh air. One upside to this whole pandemic is that with fewer people driving and generally polluting the air, the earth is having a chance to clean and renew itself. Both nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide levels have decreased slightly, according to NASA (Patel, 2020). Very slightly--like 1%-- but at least SOMETHING good is coming from all this. That, and we get to spend time with our families.
The Johns Hopkins site today shows world-wide confirmed COVID cases at 883,225 and US at 189,753. Here’s the good news. So far, of all those confirmed cases, worldwide, 185,377 have recovered. Here’s the question--once those people have recovered, what now? Can they still spread it? Can they get it again? Are they immune? Can we create a vaccine from the immune people? So many questions, so few answers! I know scientists are working as fast as they can, but it’s not fast enough for those who have the virus.
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