It's been a while now hasn't it? Don't go looking for a post The Virus Day 1 because there isn't one. This is my first comment on the subject.
Well, here I am, day 7 of our self-imposed isolation. Actually cannot recall much
about the past week, except that the news has become more and more
gloomy and the choices more and more difficult.
Living,
as I do, with 3/5 of my lungs, and two other vulnerable people, we've
decided to batten down the hatches and live with the support of the
younger folk who have mobilised marvellously in just a few days. It
seems strange not to be at the centre of things, doing the organising.
There's
part of me that think "just let's get this over with" and wanting to
contract the virus so that I can either die or survive, at which point I
guess I'd be immune. But that is clearly a daft thought, though I'd
wager that tens of thousands have thought the same thing.
The
daughter of a friend of ours had already had it and we've heard a
description. She got very frightened, but then she's probably never been
faced with something that she feared might kill her before. It is
undoubtedly the fear that is the worst; the fear of the unknown I guess.
So
what am I doing? Well actually I've been incredibly busy in the last
week - not, before you ask, stocking up with toilet rolls. We already
buy those in bulk, as I do hand wash. No, I've been setting up various
accounts to enable me to take place in virtual meetings. There's also
been work to do with organisations that I'm involved with making
decisions on whether or not to hold various meetings or continue with
plans for things in the summer.
This week will be a
consolidation of actions that I need to take, much sitting in the sun as
it looks as if it's going to shine in order boost my Vitamin D and
perhaps some much needed excercise, again with a view to fending of The
Virus.
So for those reading this in years to come, where
are we now? Well the past seven days have seen various actions on the
part of the government: closure of schools, closure of all leisure
venues, arrangements for the care of key workers' children, guarantees
of salarly payments and today, takeover of the railways which it is
reported have had a 70% downturn in use. Unnecessary travel frowned
upon. Lack of social distancing condemned, but so far no draconian
measures. Pubs were full on the last night of their opening on Friday
and that tells you something about the stupidity of some people.
The
sun is out again today, it's warm. Yesterday two of us played some
music in the garden to entertain the neighbours. So far so good.
