Quarantine

It's been a while since I've rambled. Life has been very busy as most of us now know. The world situation concerning the Coronavirus has exploded and the globe has almost shut itself down. It's very strange how things happen.

As I sit here My Beloved and I are watching Live PD. All the hosts of the show are doing their parts from their homes. Strange indeed. The rest of the world is following suite. I however work at a business that is deemed essential and is excluded from the lockdown so many  businesses face. The good part for me is I still receive a paycheck. I suppose the bad part is I am exposed daily to whomever decides to come into the business whether they are sick or not. I guess I am possibly sacrificing my health for the greater good. I don't really feel that way.

Mine is not a popular opinion on this situation. I firmly believe it is completely overblown. Yeah, I hear the numbers and see the reports on a daily basis just like everyone else. Is it a new pathogen that has leaked into the world? If so, why is it imprinted on the back of a Lysol spray can? It's not new.

What is new is how this is portrayed in the media. Many people get extremely mad when someone compares it to the flu. Okay, I won't do that. What I can compare it to is how the flu effects people. The contagion is higher for the flu. The death rate is higher for the flu. The range of ages it adversely affects is higher for the flu. You can be mad all you want about that but those are the numbers.

Am I concerned that anyone is dying from this? Sure. I'm not a fan of anyone dying from anything. I am of the belief this has been whipped to a frenzy due to how we communicate every tidbit of information in this world. If this were the 1970's or the 1980's the reporting on this would be virtually nonexistent. Because of that there would be no panic and most would simply have gone about their day with no change. People are panicking because they are driven to panic. They see every symptom possible and now are convinced they are infected and run to the hospital. If the concern for life were as true as we are now led to believe many countries should shut down every flu season. But you know what? That doesn't happen. Ask yourself, why is that? Why is this different?

I for one am simply not going to panic. That's my take on all of this, like it or not. You're welcome to leave comments telling me I'm a horrible person. That's your right. I don't block comments other than spam. I may make an exception for hate. To comment, use logic and reason. Those won't be removed, I promise.