Another week has gone by during this crazy pandemic time. Unfortunately, Fairhaven has seen two residents die from COVID-19 this week.
The stay-at-home compliance around here is spotty at best. Yes, there’s less traffic, and fewer people out. You can see that because so many businesses are closed. But when you do actually end up in a grocery store or pharmacy, it is amazing how many people are there.
Sconticut Neck Road looks pretty much the same as always. It’s five miles long, has lots of houses all along the way, so I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise. And, yes, I do realize that I had to be out and about just to notice these things. But, I work from home, and I have been seriously limiting my trips out, so I’m not contributing to that traffic the way I used to. News gathering, however, is an essential service, so I am out, and so is Glenn. He’s taking pictures, documenting this time in our lives with his camera, while I document it with words.
It saddens me a great deal that we lost two people to this virus. It saddens me even more that it is inevitable that we will lose more.
And, here’s a hint for people who are trying so desperately to believe that A) they won’t get the virus, or if that fails, then B) they will be okay anyway.
You can get it. No matter who you are, no matter how old, no matter how healthy, and there is no guarantee on how well you will survive it. It’s a beast of a virus.
And, please, please, please stop asking if the person who died was elderly, or had an underlying condition. Please just stop trying to find a reason why it could not be you. It could be you. When we say the virus is especially dangerous to older people and people with underlying conditions, we’re not saying that so those of you who are young and strong and healthy can dismiss those “other” people as disposable. The point is to alert the people who are at risk to be extra careful; to alert the people who love them to look out for them; to make sure the last years of their lives are not stolen by a virus that does not discriminate.
Stay safe, stay away. Keep your kisses and hugs to yourself, or at least until you disinfect. Just do it. Stay home as much as you can. Go to the grocery store, the pharmacy, for a walk. But stay away from other people as you do it.
Just do it, for your sake and the sake of our community, our neighbors, ourselves.
Until next week then…see ya,
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