No End In Sight...Now It Begins

There was just a press conference with the governor and he said, "Social distancing shall remain in place until further notice."

As I expected, this is now going into the next phase, the place where there is no definitive way out. Even NYC has CANCELLED its Democratic Primary in June. This is new territory. If New Jersey is locked down then NYC is going to be locked down. And NYC locked down in the Summer does not bode well on many levels. Not to mention the economy is going to get wrecked. And, fun fact, Autumn follows Summer, so, when the temperature dips, we are all going to go through this again.

It is hard to be upbeat right now. I wasn't planning on leaving the house tomorrow to go to the gym again, but I was hoping for some time where I could hang my hopes. But perhaps that is the case, no date was given so no implosion could happen when the date hit and had to be cancelled. Regardless, it is still rough.

The more we go through this, the more it will seem like the norm to some and others will rise up and rebel. I get it, I really do. This is just not a life we have ever had to try to live before. Digital technology has made us able to communicate with each other so I guess that is one win for technology. But, in the end, there is going to be a longing and need for flesh upon flesh, and I don't just mean that in a sexual way. The hugging of close friends, the seating across from each other at restaurants and sports events, hell, even just food shopping!!!!! It has bee said that dogs are having the time of their life with their owners being home all the time, but there will be severe separation anxiety when this is over.

And that is the question: when will this be over? There is talk about calling this thing "a War" and that we will come out of it better, like London after The Blitz in WW2 or America after the same war. But doesn't all that hinge on the victors writing the history? Or having another part of humanity be the loser in the battle? The Spanish Flu of 1918 lasted from the Spring of 1918 till the Spring/Summer of 1919 in waves with WW1 ending in November of 1918. The Roaring 20's came along right after that double barreled horror, so maybe it will work out?

But, there were debt bubbles brewing in the personal and corporate world since the crash of 2008 due to all the free money that was out there. To put it simply, corporations and businesses went into debt thinking that the good times would continue, while the regular populace was struggling and racking up major credit card, car loans, and buying houses at a large rate....AGAIN. So, with the economy having not hit the STOP button and people not getting income (and states not getting nearly the amount of tax revenue that they had expected), this all looks to get messy.

While there is no end in sight, that doesn't mean that time doesn't keep going and we are going to have to deal with it, like it or not.