It’s not mine, but I copied because I want to remember it, too.
Today is Sunday, April 26, 2020.
- We are at 44 days of social isolation.
- Libraries have been closed since Mar
16 - some libraries (including mine) are doing curbside pickup only
- Schools have been closed since March 16 and are teaching remotely on-line. This will continue for the rest of the school year.
- colleges and universities are closed and online also. Summer classes will all be online. No one knows if there will be fall classes.
- There are lines / tapes inside the stores on the floors to keep people 6 feet apart.
- Bars and restaurants are open only for takeout, home delivery & pick-up.
- Playgrounds, beaches, hiking trails and walk-in places are not accessible to the public.
- All major and minor league sports competitions have been cancelled as well as kid's sports.
- All festivals and entertainment events have been banned. Most have been canceled for the summer.
- Weddings, family celebrations and birthdays have been cancelled. Funerals limited to 10-20 people.
- People are doing drive-by parades to celebrate birthdays!
- Young kids can’t understand why they can only see grandparents & other extended family and friends on a screen or thru a window
- Hugs and kisses are not exchanged.
- The churches are closed or online.
- We have to stay away from each other more than six feet.
- Shortage of disposable masks and gloves in hospitals. People are sewing homemade masks for themselves...sewing machines, fabric, and elastic are in short supply. People are also sewing masks for sale or donation to medical facilities.
- There are fewer ventilators than there should and need to be.
- People are wearing masks, some places even require that you wear them to enter.
- Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, hand soap, bleach, antibacterial wipes and anything Lysol or Clorox is in short supply and limited per person.... IF you can even find them!
- Stores are closing early to disinfect everything. (24 hour stores are even closing by 9pm)
- Store check outs, pharmacies, and even fast food drive thru windows have added plexiglass between the employee and the customer. Have to reach around or under to pay!
- You can't find isopropyl alcohol easily. .. the supply per person is limited.
- Australia, USA, Canada and Europe have closed their borders.
- No one is traveling for leisure. Airports empty. Tourism has the worst crisis in history.
Why do I post this?
Next year & then every year after, this status will appear in my Facebook memories feed. It will be an annual reminder that life is precious & that nothing should be taken for granted. We are where we are with what we have. Let's be grateful.
- Libraries have been closed since Mar
16 - some libraries (including mine) are doing curbside pickup only
- Schools have been closed since March 16 and are teaching remotely on-line. This will continue for the rest of the school year.
- colleges and universities are closed and online also. Summer classes will all be online. No one knows if there will be fall classes.
- There are lines / tapes inside the stores on the floors to keep people 6 feet apart.
- Bars and restaurants are open only for takeout, home delivery & pick-up.
- Playgrounds, beaches, hiking trails and walk-in places are not accessible to the public.
- All major and minor league sports competitions have been cancelled as well as kid's sports.
- All festivals and entertainment events have been banned. Most have been canceled for the summer.
- Weddings, family celebrations and birthdays have been cancelled. Funerals limited to 10-20 people.
- People are doing drive-by parades to celebrate birthdays!
- Young kids can’t understand why they can only see grandparents & other extended family and friends on a screen or thru a window
- Hugs and kisses are not exchanged.
- The churches are closed or online.
- We have to stay away from each other more than six feet.
- Shortage of disposable masks and gloves in hospitals. People are sewing homemade masks for themselves...sewing machines, fabric, and elastic are in short supply. People are also sewing masks for sale or donation to medical facilities.
- There are fewer ventilators than there should and need to be.
- People are wearing masks, some places even require that you wear them to enter.
- Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, hand soap, bleach, antibacterial wipes and anything Lysol or Clorox is in short supply and limited per person.... IF you can even find them!
- Stores are closing early to disinfect everything. (24 hour stores are even closing by 9pm)
- Store check outs, pharmacies, and even fast food drive thru windows have added plexiglass between the employee and the customer. Have to reach around or under to pay!
- You can't find isopropyl alcohol easily. .. the supply per person is limited.
- Australia, USA, Canada and Europe have closed their borders.
- No one is traveling for leisure. Airports empty. Tourism has the worst crisis in history.
Why do I post this?
Next year & then every year after, this status will appear in my Facebook memories feed. It will be an annual reminder that life is precious & that nothing should be taken for granted. We are where we are with what we have. Let's be grateful.
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