I didn’t need toilet paper, dog food, or hand sanitizer.
It is a positive, because none of those things are available at my local Supermarket.
It simply strikes me as incredible that people are hoarding, even these three things, and there are more.
The hand sanitizer I could almost understand, and for that, I thank local vendors who unintentionally delivered it as part of their goody bags at Christmas time.
The toilet paper thing started as a rumor in China, way back in January, as in manufacture of toilet paper was discontinued. It is stupid, I don’t know why people believe dumb shit, but they do, and then they hoard.
The dog food thing is new; but it has reached the point of holy chit, can you believe it? I guess it goes in line with people standing in line for shopping at Costco, as if suddenly every business will be totally unavailable, without restocking forever.
This isn’t a hurricane, the stores will be restocked. Your water supplies won’t be cut off, your toilet paper, and dog food, as far as I know it, will not be cut off. I saw a local news feature that showed manufacture of disinfecting wipes, going into double time. Awesome, buy your wipes, wipe down everything you can, and do it twice.
Now, do we need to worry about the virus spreading. I worry about it. I am near 60, have copd and hypertension; but here is what I did this weekend. I visited a local restaurant twice, first yesterday and then today, for breakfast. Their business was down by half.
There are 5 people in my county who have the virus, as is known by today. It is scary chit. One of those 5 is in a hospital right in my local community. I have no idea whether I have been exposed, but there are over 1.5 million or so people who live in my county.
If I catch this virus, I realize I am a goner. On the other hand, do I want to suddenly stop living. Certainly, I will take precautions, and I have done so, more than any other time in my life. I have washed my hands and used sanitizers so much,my hands are dry. It makes me want to lick my fingers when I read, so I use lotion.
I have read that there are a number of cases in our Country, in our State, and I am sure the numbers infected where we all live will explode. I have believed for weeks now that there are people walking around who are just spreading the virus, not intentionally, but not knowing they are carriers. It is just the nature of the thing. I refuse to stop living, while I am living; but I will never do anything that endangers anyone.
At the end of it all, I live in Florida. I didn’t early vote. I will be voting for Bernie Sanders again in 2020 on Tuesday the 17th of March, as I did in 2016, in the primary. In November, I will vote for the nominee. This assuming I have made it, didn’t need toilet paper, dog food or hand cleanser to get there!
Please, keep yourself and yours safe, respect boundaries, understand contagions, and know that you cannot isolate enough to survive.