I also post on FaceBook. In early April one of my FB friends who lives in northern California took the time to make a list of all the things that changed or happened as of that time that she wanted to be able to recall. It's an astounding and pretty thorough list so I want to post it here for the same reason. So I can appreciate with amazement what an extraordinary change the corona virus Covid-19 made in out lives. Here is her fantastic list:
“Just so I never forget..... April 4, 2020 -Gas prices in Placerville, CA are... $2.47 at ARCO -School cancelled the middle of March - online/homeschool -My daughter's graduation has been put on hold, and/or cancelled (Not Fair) -Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other. -Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors. -Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed. -Parks, trails, entire cities locked up. -Entire sports seasons cancelled. -Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled. -Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled. -No funerals -No masses, churches are closed. -No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more. -Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home. -Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers. -Shortage of ventilators for the critical ill. -Many of the PPEs and ventilators listed above being received from the National Stockpile are past their expiration date and rotted or broken. -Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer. -Shelves are bare. -Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE. -Government closes the border to all non-essential travel. -Lake Tahoe has been closed to all non-essential travel (in other words, STAY AT HOME) -Fines are established for breaking the rules. -People in KY are being order to wear ankle bracelets if they refuse to stay home. -Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients. -Press conferences daily from the President and the governors. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths. -Government incentives to stay home. -Barely anyone on the roads. -People wearing masks and gloves outside. -Essential service workers are terrified to go to work. -Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families. This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020. Why, you ask, do I share this status? One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted. We have so much! Be thankful. Be grateful. Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone. We are all one! ❤️ Copy and share.”
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