Just so I never forget...Covid-19
Just so I NEVER forget. (I found this somewhere and added a little too it).
Gas prices today as per gasbuddy.com were $60.9. It was 119.9 before the pandemic.
School cancelled indefinitely since March 12th. They are hopeful for May 4th, but more likely September.
Physical distancing measures on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and other stores to help distance shoppers 2m (6ft) from each other, with arrows to show which direction you can walk and only a limited number of shoppers inside the stores, with the same lines marked outside to wait to get in.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 5 or more.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying set in and it is hard to find toilet paper, disinfecting supplies, paper towel laundry soap, and hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and Personal Protective Equipment.
Government closes the border to all non-essential travel, calls Canadians home and makes it mandatory to self isolate for 14 days.
Fines are established for breaking the rules.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from Prime Minister Trudeau.
Chief Medical Officer gives daily updates on new cases, and deaths.
To date we have 19,438 cases in Canada with 427 deaths.
Government incentives to stay home. I don't qualify for many of them but I did qualify for $200 per child for supplies to help home school them.
Barely anyone in the street or on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
1,000,000 applications for Employment Insurance as people go without.
My dad has basically shut down his business laying everyone off and only doing quotes for construction jobs for when he is allowed to go back to work and after he can guarantee that he can get the supplies. Maybe he will just retire???
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.
April 6th, we officially started online e-learning with our kids with assignments posted from their teachers using Google Classroom to submit work for marking. So far there is a bit of a learning curve, but we are getting into the grove of it. April 6th we also celebrated my dads birthday with a conference call to him with my siblings and all the cousins. We made cake. I think it brought a smile to his face.
We have so much! I am especially thankful for country living with space all around to be able to go outside. Both kids are embracing the outdoors like never before. I have only been out twice into civilization for groceries since March 12th. So space is wonderful!
Be thankful. Be grateful. Don't take things for granted.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone. ❤️