I called Stephanie from class and we started up a conversation about The Corona Virus. It's getting worse by the hour. People are walking around with masked faces and in desperate need of hand sanitizer. There is such a high demand but limited supply of items which will help us safe. We are scared just to do every day errands which before seemed simply basic. Although people are divided such as family members of far distances, this country is being united in a away that they weren't before. Schools, restaurants Broadway plays, sport and concert venues, are being shut down until further notice. We can't even go to our classes. Come on now! This is ridiculous!
My mother is a nurse at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. She works in the phsyc. department in the emergency room, not the medical side. So she is not really effected by the Corona outburst. They are sanitizing everything down constantly everyday. They are telling people to call before they try to come into the emergency room. If an adult has a temperature of 101 or lower, or a child has a temperature of 1.4 or lower, they are advised to take care of a cold using Tylenol Liquid or other over the counter medicine, and handle it themselves. This is because that they might just have a minor cold. If someone has other illnesses such as diabetes, or cancer or are of old age, and is experiencing flu likely symptoms, they are seen ahead of others.
The bottom line is that I hope everyone gets through this disaster, the best way that you can. Stay safe, and sanitized.
I agree with you since things are getting worse day after day. People are desperately buying things. I agree that we must protect ourselves, but what I do not agree with is how people start attacking other people in supermarkets for things that are not really so necessary, but it is the dump of all things. I would say that we have to take things more calmly, protect ourselves and stop making problems.
ReplyDelete"This is ridiculous" i know right 🙄
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy how this Corona Virus is shaking the world where people are scared to leave their home, where store are short on supplies. My advice to you all is wash your hands, cover your mouth and nose when sneeze or cough, try to avoid close contact with people. Don't touch your face frequently if your hands are not clean.
"Come on now" 😂 like I'm already bored seating at home I miss the class especially group critic where we all get to share our works, ideas, stories together. hmm what can we say it's a hell 2020 so far🤷🏾♀️
Thanks for the feedback ladies. It's true that the world is up in a rumble. We have to take this seriously but stay level headed at the same time. I just seen on the news that they had grocery store line about almost a block long. How long is this going to last? Who knows?
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of thoughts about what we are about to face here in terms of response to the virus, and what this pandemic reveals about the American psyche (maybe there are some interesting parallels we can draw from Murakami's Underground - recall how we were all examining how the hospital's lax response to people who were in crisis and desperately in need of care or treatment) and I will return later with more about that, but for right now, I just want to say the goal we need to all be striving toward is FLATTENING THE CURVE. Flatten the curve of transmission, this is the reason why we are home from school, from work in some cases (except of course for hourly wage workers who are left with no good choices). Social distancing is going to become our new reality and we have to find new ways to be there for each other as this unprecedented event tests our society. Flatten the curve.
ReplyDeleteHi all: It's great to hear your thoughts about this. Thanks for starting this discussion, Danielle. These are strange times we're living in. And yes, Stephanie, your connections between this crisis and Underground seem very apt. I'm hoping not only that our medical system is up to this pandemic, but that Americans--and people more globally--will react with compassion and collaboration rather than competition and greed. Feel free to continue this conversation here as much as you'd like. Be safe everyone.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't even use the word ridiculous because places for example schools, jobs, store etc are close for our own safety. Yes we all have bills to pay, a family to take of , food supplies to buy and safety tools to keep healthy. I notice a lot of people are complaining about there jobs being close but my question is are you willing to risk it all? you prefer to be at your job where there numerous people around you and you cant get infected. It's not like you would know who is and who is not infected. Another, is Do you thinking everybody will remember to wash their hands a lot or when you sneeze put you hands to your mouth? However, we are all home for a reason its not like they have a cure yet but they are working on it. Hopefully God Spare life that work faster on this cure and start giving it to though who are infected. Apart from this , I can say that this disaster kinda of relate to underground because in underground when they all know the sarin on the train but nobody even bother to move or ask anything. Someone I know told me the was waiting for the train and while it arrived , the doors open as they go to enter a lady sneeze and everyone rushed out the cart very fast and she was the only one left in that cart.This happened last week and that was my reason of thinking it relates to underground but its the opposite. American ran out while she sneeze but the Japanese stayed on the train with the sarin. Now you see where I am coming for. Being indoor doesn't bother me right now because I am use to it and this is for my safety .What bothers is going outside and being around people and you dont know who as the corona virus or not. You can't even let people see or hear you sneeze they all run or look at you with an angry face or ready to say something.Even though you don't have the corona virus. Furthermore, this corona virus as turn the world crazy, you walk into a store and there is no food supply or anything on the shelf. Now that is ridiculous and once again hopefully the cure is ready faster. Lastly, I hope all is well and remember to wash your hand frequently, use hand sanitizer , avoid touching surface, and avoid touching the face , mouth and eyes.
ReplyDeleteI made a mistake in line 4 but this is what i meant to ask "you prefer to be at your job where there are numerous people around you and you can be infected?.
ReplyDeleteToday is the 18 of March and about 6 days ago gathering were limited to 100 people. On the 16 brought down to 50 and now today is limited to 10. We are dealing with something not just bad but unbearable. Supermarket and stores in general like (Walgreen) are completely out of supplies. People are scavenging for anything useful. This is not the end of the world but sure feels like it. This epidemic has started and it has not stopped highly contagious more then 400 in New York alone. I have family in the military and from what they said, Martial law is coming and how soon you may ask. Well a high possibility for it to begin in a few weeks or days even.
ReplyDeleteAndrea, don't get me wrong. Of course the best solution is to stay home for safety. I understand that so many people have lost their jobs and streets are empty. I feel like this method being used is a good thing. However, this is stressful for all of us. Rent has to get paid. What about the parents out there who have infant little babies, or kids who are in elementary school? I don't have kids so I don't have that responsibility. But it's really scary. There have already been up to 302 deaths in the United States. My mother and my younger sister lives in New Jersey, and I haven't been to their house to see them since the first week of January. I'm home but I feel like the only thing I can do right now is pray. May God protect us all, because this is serious.
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