Okay, the past few days have been insane for everyone located everywhere, and I don't see it stopping....
We still have a a few deaths per day here in our town. Or is it cases? My mind is a blur. I don't talk about politics on this page in keeping with Camus' narrator in "The Plague". Politics are only mentioned when it effects the characters and how the plague is treated. Camus himself was VERY political, even though his stance for peace in Algeria put him on the wrong side of history. He wanted peace for everyone, it just the side he took in the argument was, errrrr, well, go look it up.
The murder of a man by police in my beloved city of Minneapolis has caused the world to light up. There are protests all across the country and even around the globe. It is inspiring to see how much people care and feel that a change is needed. A dear friend of mine who was involved in the Vietnam war protests in the 1960's told me that this reminded him of that time. Hopefully things will change, but such change is never easy nor swift to get to the roots of the issue.
As of now, there is a general belief that things are going to be getting back to "normal"-ish soon. The protests have made people go outside and be in contact with others, so who knows what will happen to the number of infections a week or two from now? There was some outdoor pool party somewhere last weekend and one person there tested positive. But now, it seems nobody else there got the virus.
As I predicted, the states that relaxed their stay-at-home policies early are spiking. Utah is not doing great. Los Angeles is still a mess. Here in NYC, there have been no deaths today. None. There were only 534 new cases reported today. Rather astounding as this could have been an insane charnel house if things did not go in the direction it did. I am going to assume that this means New Jersey will be hitting the single digits in a week or two. As I type this, my brain cannot really process something like that being a reality.
Summer is just around the corner and it will be odd to be allowed outside in the purifying heat of the sun for the first time in months. Personally, I have hit the point where I just have resigned myself that I will be in my house 99% of the time for a long time to come. I keep busy, don't get me wrong, but I do not believe that I will be within my former rhythm of life for some time.
Judging by what I have been reading on certain social media, this isolation has caused the fire of not being distracted to have some effect. People have had to think once they have not been able to find a sufficient way to avoid that voice inside themselves. We were forced into introspection and that never really sits well. Before, we all longed for free time to get away on vacation, on retreat, to monasteries and meditation isolation. We all were placed into our own isolation and forced to deal with ourselves and our own demons on our home turf armed with no excuses.
Fires had been started on the inside and now, it has poured out into the world...for now.
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