"Our motto going forward might be 'we are our brother's keepers'. Now is the time for all of us to lean on each other. Some will be hit harder than others. Stress will become the mood of the day. We need grace in dealing with other, and compassion for other's struggles."
Seems that every day, we get more and more isolated. Less freedoms. Less places to go. Less things to do. For some, less opportunities to make money. Not to plagiarize history, but these are the times which will try men's (and women's) souls. As bad as things are now, they might get a whole lot worse. How worse? Total lock down worse, like in Italy, Ireland and Spain. Or, shelter in place worse, like what is happening in San Francisco.
Grocery stores are struggling not to present bare shelves. Restaurants will struggle to say open, since they will just be allowed to serve take out, or delivery. Bars will be shut down, most attractions in town will be shuttered, and of course, school will be out of session. In a period of just a few weeks, we have gone from normal to anything but normal. And the changes to our normal have come faster than a Nolan Ryan fastball.
The docs that are on the virus task force are pretty hard over on one major point. The faster we "flatten the curve", the faster we will all be able to return to some semblance of normalcy. However, to play footsie with this virus, to not take it seriously, could mean many more fatalities, and abnormal living going out into 2021. Italy waited too long before taking this thing head on, and now they are counting the daily dead by the hundreds.
Even after things start to return to normal, they will not be. Our society will have changed due to this virus. How we live, how we interact, how we everything. If we are smart, we will have learned a lesson. If we are like the spring break kids on Florida's beaches right now, we will all be on a fool's errand.
Our motto going forward might be "we are our brother's keepers". Now is the time for all of us to lean on each other. Some will be hit harder than others. Stress will become the mood of the day. We need grace in dealing with other, and compassion for other's struggles. If you are a person of faith, prayers will certainly be encouraged.
Love it or hate it folks, the full force of the federal government is going to get behind the American people and the businesses they work for. The price tag for beating this thing might run into the trillions. But we will make it. If we use our heads, listen to the medical experts, there is no doubt we will make it through to the other side.
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