Is It Over Yet?

Pardon my french, but the world has gone Bat Shit Crazy!!!

At the time I am writing this there are 318,662 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide in 169 countries. 13,672 deaths and 94,704 recoveries. Last Sunday it was 169,385 in 146 countries with 6,512 deaths and 77,257 recoveries. Basically doubled in just a week. (My numbers are derived from a dashboard site that was shared with us at work from our corporate office.)
Things really started to escalate Friday before last with the closing of all schools that cascaded into all non-essential business closing and all restaurants turned delivery or carry-out only. Those that can are working from home (an option I am thankfully afforded by the nature of my type of work, not everyone in my workplace and others have that option).
I'm going to sound selfish here for a moment by saying my planned vacation did not go as planned. With my children home from school and my husband flying back two weeks early because the school he was attending for work was canceled as well, my week all to myself didn't even see one day before it was altered.
Since I can't control any of it...on another more selfish and somewhat optimistic note I get to play stay at home mom for the next two or more weeks and still work!
Even with changed plans, things were still going well though. We were all healthy, my husband went to work on Tuesday, the morning after he flew back into town, and I was able to recruit my oldest daughter to help me with my largest project: Painting the living room.
We are well stocked on freezer and non-perishable foods and we won't run out of any of the essential perishable foods for a while. And since I buy in "bulk" we also shouldn't have to worry about the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. For some odd reason, even though none of the symptoms of COVID-19 include extra stops to the bathroom and it certainly isn't edible or a protectant, it flew off the shelves like it was going to be a TP Apocalypse. Non panic buyers haven't even been able to find just their regular supply because they need it, though there have been some people that have stepped up and shared anything they can afford to spare to help those in need.
It hasn't just been TP though. I guess there is no meat (other than vegetarian), no eggs, in some cases no milk, non-perishables are shopped out, like rice. I have a feeling people are planning on being home for more than two weeks.
Yesterday my husband stayed home from work because he started to show signs of a couple of the symptoms. I am really hoping it is a false alarm because his idea of social distancing is washing his hands then sneezing all over the living room and coughing AT his elbow... well, that and I don't want him to be sick of course.
On another negative note, my dad, who is in his 80's, is sitting in his car at the hospital right now while my mom is at the emergency room for possibly appendicitis. He can't be inside with her because he might get put in quarantine for two weeks if he does and I can't offer for him to come here or go be with my mom because we might already have been exposed to COVID-19 and they are both at risk.
The world may feel like it's on pause, holding it's breath, but people still get ill with other things, there are still births, funerals and maybe even weddings if they haven't been canceled. People are still going to work because people still need the essentials.
It's not being house-bound that concerns me (I'm house-bound by choice as much as I can be already), it's not being able to be there for my parents. It's the possibility that we could become ill even if statistically we'll be fine. It's feeling pressure to feel panicked even if you just want to believe everything will work out. It's the uncertainty of how long it will last, what things will look when it's over and how many people will be irreversibly effected.


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