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.
Ramblings of a 60 Year Old Man - My thoughts on just about anything, in no particular order; Robert Thomas - author.
I tend to agree with the majority of what you said. Quite frankly I dont think I disagree with you on really anything with the exception of your point about it not being new. I mean technically coronavirus is not new and has been around but this covid-19 version is new. Splitting hairs I guess. :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's absolutely ridiculous the hoarding that is happening with toilet paper and other items. To me it just shows a sad state of greed that apparently that the majority of us seem to have. I was running low on TP when that panic took off and I just couldn't believe how hard it was to just find one package....
However I personally am taking a little extra caution based on my mom who has a history of bad respiratory issues (never smoked in her life). 2018 and 2019 both were hospital visits with the former being really severe as it turned into sepsis. This year she got a mild form of pneumonia end of January, which strangly enough, had all the symptoms of this covid-19.....I personally believe it was here sooner than we all thought but I digress.
I consider myself very lucky that I too still have a paycheck and I am also able to work at home full time. I don't take that for granted. But I am doing as much as I can to protect my mom more than anything, but not out of panic:)
Excuse any grammar mistakes..typed all of this on my cell phone.