Month: May 2020

Sunday

Good Morning Sunday,  The birds have been singing gladly and I wonder how I could be here for so long and not know their song. So much to discover in my own backyard. I’m seeing paranoia rear it’s ugly head in pandemic posts and news. The latest is that the Democrats are manipulating the Covid-19 virus deaths to defeat Trump. The hospitals are lying about virus deaths to get Federal funds by including heart attack victims. That herd immunity works, look at Sweden. I guess we believe what we want to believe and I believe in community and transparency in government and that taking a long walk everyday is good for you. Have a peaceful Sunday

 

1,000 human beings have died of Covid-19 in Washington  state  5/17/20

I am on the radio @ KPTZ.org.

Covid Fatigue

It’s been six weeks since we went into lockdown and some people are getting antsy to return to normal. I don’t see how that is possible. One side effect of this pandemic is I now seem to have chronic fatigue. It’s not so bad on the days I stay home but whenever I go out which right now is 3 times a week I find it exhausting. I blame it on having to be hyper aware of my surrounding, trying to remember to not touch my face or if I just touched something and forgot to wash my hands. I’ve been cleaning our local radio station where I work as a volunteer and a holistic doctors office. Both are officially closed but are still being used. I am never out longer then around 4 hours but when I come home I wash my hands remove my clothes and when I finally sit down I almost always immediately fall asleep even if I don’t want too. I might sleep for a couple of hours get up and a few hours later go to bed. It’s true I would rather sleep then have insomnia but it just feels a bit extreme.  Maybe it is just old age.

As of 5/11/20    931 human beings have died of Covid-19 in Washington State

I’m Exhausted

We are now in Phase 1 of the Washington plan for handling the pandemic. It’s pretty much the same as the “Stay at Home” request from the state that was issued in March. We are one of the 10 counties in Washington that because of our low contamination numbers (hardly any testing)  could request going into Phase 2 earlier then the rest of the state. This makes many of us “red zone” citizens nervous. We are a tourist town with some lovely parks and beachs that could easily draw large numbers of city folk looking to escape. I am glad I do not have to make some of the difficult choices  our town faces, like many towns across the nation. It seems to boil down to economy vs lives, and capitalism will not be denied.

Covid 19 deaths today 841 5/4/20