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Reflections - 2020 - A list of what happened.

4/11/2020

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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! ❤️
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    • Non-Fiction >
      • Shift: The Beginning of War, The Ending of War
      • War, Sex and Human Destiny >
        • Table of Contents
        • C1 Background
        • C2 Our Dilemma, ​Our Challenge ​War Defined
        • C3 War - Nature or Nurture?
        • C4 Sexual Dimorphism
        • C5 Humans & Sexual Dimorphism
        • C6 Equality for Women & Progress
        • C7 Sex, Individuality, Leadership
        • C8 Summary Conclusion
        • C9 D. Fry - Life W/O War
        • C10 AFWW 9 Cornerstones
        • C11 Global Peace System Accomplishments
        • Acknowledgments
      • A Future Without War >
        • Table of Contents
        • C1 - Introduction
        • C 2 - The Single Most Important Idea
        • C3 - How Far We've Already Come
        • C 4 - Embrace The Goal
        • C 5 - Empower Women
        • C 6 - Enlist Young Men
        • C7 - Ensure Essential Resources
        • C8 - Foster Connectedness
        • C9 - Promote Nonviolent Conflct Resolution
        • C 10 - Provide Security & Order
        • C 11 - Shift Our Economies
        • C 12 - Spread Liberal Democracy
        • C 13 - Differences Between Men & Woman About Aggression
        • C14 - Women, Pivotal Catalyst for Positive Change
        • C 15 - How Long It Would Take to Abolish War
        • C 16 - Summary of AFWW 9 Cornerstones
        • C 17 - What Makes People Happy
        • Acknowledgments
      • Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace
    • Fiction >
      • Peace Seeker >
        • Table of Contents
        • Peace Seeker C1
        • Peace Seeker C2
        • Peace Seeker C3
        • Peace Seeker C4
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      • The Amazon and the Warrior
      • Code Name: Dove
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