By Kevin Gooden
Salmon Arm, BC
Mystery illness in China confounds doctors.
Weird.
“Flight 86 from Wuhan has now arrived.”
New coronavirus. Water droplet stowaway, spreading globally via metal wings, regionally via choir sings and sneezy things.
New York staggers, Quebec and Ontario reel.
Omigosh, this thing is real.
Everything must close, and so it goes. When will it end? No one knows.
“No, you don’t need a mask.” And sorry, heh-heh, we don’t have enough anyway. “Only people with a fever and cough are contagious.”
Whoops can’t close everything, Timmy’s and others are essential, including groceries. Here’s an extra two bucks an hour, thanks for coming out heroes, hope you survive.
PM’s daily talk is on, he urges all to stay home, stay calm.
Look, Justin’s hair is long.
Society’s cracks start to spread; seniors’ homes fill with dead. Workers move from place to place, because part-time jobs don’t win the race.
All these years I’ve been washing wrong. Need to scrub my hands for really long. Squirt, squirt, lather, rub. Make sure to get between those fingers, never know where COVID virus lingers. Scrub, scrub, rinse and dry. Do it right or folks may die.
PM’s daily talk is on. Got no money? Hey, don’t worry, the cheques are coming in a hurry.
Some people in the Shuswap initially were skeptical. Shutting down society? Almost heretical. But most chose to follow Dr Henry’s advice, and so far the local outcome has been nice.
Thankfully our health care and other essential workers are doing their best to keep us safe. A second wave is coming. But in the States the first wave isn’t over and it’s getting berserk. Weird when they say ‘give me liberty or give me death’, how they equate temporary health precautions to loss of freedom.
“Yes, you do need a mask now. And plexiglass barriers. Stay 2 meters apart – the actual safe distance might be more, but that’s what we’re going with for now. Please don’t horde toilet paper. We were wrong before; asymptomatic people can spread the virus. Stay calm. We know what we’re doing.”
…and around we go again…
Riding the Covid-go-round,
Copyright © Kevin Gooden, 2020