October...
It is October 1st...
As Joe Biden would say "Here's the Deal..."
My County (Putnam)
601 infected
9 Dead
My State (Indiana)
121,176 infected
3,645 Dead
My Country (USA)
7,485,128 Infected (yes, million)
212,409 Dead
Worldwide
34,401,911 (million)
1, 022, 531 Dead (also million)
Remember when I first starting tracking this:
February
and here we are, 8 months later
It is sobering.
And almost no abatement here in the States.
Worldwide, where they even looked like they might have had a grip on it...and NY...where they did manage to get the cases slowed, are now building up with a Second Wave.
(...hell...here in The States we are still having difficulties making people believe it is REAL...and getting them to wear masks and socially distance...)
I get why the Second Wave is so much more devastating...why so many more die.
We want it to be over.
We're tired of masks and distancing and not being able to see family or friends.
We WANT it to be over.
Damn it.
Want life to be normal.
Want to go to a concert or a restaurant, bar or mall...
And then there is a Second Wave.
(...historically...there always is...)
And I'm starting to see the laxness...the reopenings...
"We can't stay closed...or home...or whatever..."
And the transit is reopening the city route next week.
Even though there are many times more cases than there were when it even closed down...
It doesn't make sense.
But that is what we do.
And even I am taking more risks...a few more people over...brunches...overnights and an occasional restaurant.
It is madness.
But that is what we do.
After every risk there is a period of holding my breath.
The anxiety.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
And relief when it doesn't.
This time.
October plans...then going to quarantine for Nov-Whenever.
Got to be smarter than this. I know what lies ahead...why the hell jump off a cliff now?
I miss my grandchildren...
I miss normal.
Breathe.
