I tell ya, this virus is driving me bonkers. So many reactions so quickly without any real thought put into them. In Indiana, we will start "shelter in place" tonight at midnight. Grocery stores, gas stations, and doctors' offices only until April 7th. People around here went crazy and bought up all the toilet paper and bottled water. As if the water supply is suddenly tainted. Folks hear the word "lockdown" and assume they'll be held at gunpoint at their front doors. For about a week and a half, food was hard to come by unless you were lucky because people were overbuying. It actually felt like the old days of action figure hunting, just trying to find some chicken.
At the fire department, we all must check out temperatures before we start the shift. If it's over 100.4 degrees, we go home, paid, until we're under that. The City itself is backing all of the employees, by sending anyone with symptoms home, paid, until they get tested and get the results back. So that's a relief for many. We're taking extra precautions to limit potential exposure, but no matter how you crack it, the odds aren't in any of our favor. It's nuts on a level I never would have imagined. All I can say and do is take care of your neighbors and yourselves and STOP HOARDING THINGS! Best wishes to you all!
