It’s a Weird Weird Weird World Right Now

Friday March 20, 2020 | By Hieronymus Hawkes | Blogging | Leave Comments

This is a strange time to be listening to audiobooks about apocalyptic futures. But I was doing just that, juxtaposed against a world outside my car that looked the same, calm and normal, but it all feels quite surreal. A Surreality. It's hard to wrap your head around THE ENTIRE WORLD being under attack from a virus and it is still escalating. It runs through my mind that I need to hold onto this moment, because next week might look entirely different. The CDC put forth the postulation that the number of infected would double every four days. Here in the United States it is now doubling every third day. By the end of the weekend we will be approaching 30,000 infected and by the end of next week 100,000. At what point do we stop doing half-measures? I'll admit that when I first heard of this pandemic I was one of those who thought the hype was overblown. I WAS WRONG. Please take this seriously. It may not kill you, but it might kill someone close to you if you get infected. I worry about my family, some of which have  asthma and might not cope well. I would love to stay home, but I am still being directed to work, and I don't have enough vacation time to stop. I know how lucky I am to still have a paying job, and I don't take it lightly. I'm praying for all of us. Please wash your hands a lot, and stay home if you can. I anticipate all of us being directed to stay home with a national curfew before the end of the month.