COVID19 aka, the Coronavirus has changed our lives globally. Working from home, social distancing, and wearing rubber gloves and masks before going outside is the new normal. Initially, it wasn’t so bad, but once schools were closed, our kids were home with us. There is a difference between staying home and being forced to stay home.
Spending the past two weeks working from home on a laptop while keeping an eye on a hyperactive five-year-old is NOT a snow day. Did I mention that Cristian is autistic and ADHD? I’ve spent two weeks watching my little guy bounce off the walls like the Tazmanian Devil in a Looney Tunes cartoon. Don’t you wish you were me?
Here’s what I observed watching COVID19 go from a health emergency to a global pandemic from the comfort of my living room.
People Are Stupid – We were given one task — stay home. Mayors, Governors, and the President, for maybe a week, told us two things: Stay Home, and employ social distancing. It’s not rocket science. We’re a country of fat, lazy, people, who have been waiting for this kind of national emergency, but we didn’t follow orders. Let’s add stupid to the list.
Don’t believe me? I have four words for you, Starbucks and cruise ships. Before shutting them down, both were jammed with people like filthy Petri dishes in high-school lab experiments, yet we couldn’t stay away.
Pandemics are Different than Blizzards – Stocking our homes with supplies has forced us to become hunter/gatherers. It’s the pandemic equivalent of going out with a crossbow and taking down a deer. I live in the Northeast and am no stranger to blizzards and nor’easters. During a blizzard, milk, eggs, and bread are the first things to disappear from supermarket shelves. Why does an intense snowstorm makes people crave french toast?
My mom and dad grew up poor and knew what it was like to go to bed hungry. It prepared them for this type of situation. Their home was always stocked with enough supplies to survive any natural disaster. This was my guide while foraging for toilet paper, bleach, and paper towels. My 90-year old mother beamed with pride every time I can home with a new haul of supplies as if I dragged home a 300-pound deer.
COVID19 Has Kept Conspiracy Theorists Busy – The geniuses spotting UFOs outside their trailers are busy indulging a new hobby—conspiracy theories. I’ve heard everything from COVID19 is a Democrat Hoax started to bring down the Trump Administration, it was engineered in lab in China, or is the actual version of Captain Tripps, the virus in Steven King’s The Stand. The nutcases are having a field day aligning their specific theory to match their ideology. Listen to it long enough and you’ll want to rush out and lick a few doorknobs.
Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo Replaced March Madness – If you follow me, you know I’m not a fan of March Madness.. In recent weeks, the NBA, the NHL, March Madness, and Major League Baseball all suspended operations. Sports fans and degenerate gamblers were never able to fill out their brackets. Instead, we’ve watched Governor Andrew Cuomo and President Trump hold daily briefings. I’d gladly fill out a bracket every year for the rest of my life to never hear either of them again.
Maybe It’s Time to Thin the Herd – Darwin believed humans and animals in the wild were subject to the same laws of natural selection. Throughout human existence, wars, plagues, and famines prevented overpopulation. I’ve seen college students enjoying Spring Break in Florida, while others who are treating this pandemic like it’s a joke. Maybe Darwin was right.
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