Covid-19. Part 1.

Today was my last day of work.  The coronavirus has caused my place of employment to lock its doors...for now? forever?   No one really knows.  No one can really know the true and total implications that this virus will have on our world and on the future of our world.  

We all live through events that are truly life-changing.  I remember how much the world changed on September 11th, 2001.  I remember how everything stopped, I remember the fear and anger, I remember the desperation and despair.  Looking back on the events that occurred in 2001, now 19 years later, it is unimaginable to think where we are today verses where we were 19 years ago.  But I think that is the same with all tragedies...we unify as a people, we dig deep and we find the resolve to move forward and grow from those experiences.  

This has been a common theme throughout history...how people find the resilience and the determination to come together and carry the human race to new places, new ideas, new technologies, a new plane of existence.  It only make sense that when someone goes through something tragic, they are changed from what they experienced.  

As of today there are 250 deaths in the United States from Covid-19 and 19,000+ cases...experts believe that by the time this is all done and said we could be looking at 1.5 million to 2 million deaths in the United States.  Calls for social distancing has been heard all over the country as states are closing down gatherings of 10 or more people, closing bars, restaurants and other venues where people meet and gather.  In order to keep people save...government officials are having to literally stop the engines of one of the biggest economies on earth to keep people safe. 

It is pretty interesting how fragile the human condition really is.  With just the slightest agitation...the entire world could be turned upside down and on its head.  

So today I enter quarantine, not knowing what the future has in store.  I guess this is how the people must have felt in Season 1 of The Walking Dead...seeing something so globally-massive happening and feeling completely helpless to fix the situation or stop the situation.  The silver-lining luckily is that humans have been around for a long time and they have a unique talent for finding ways to survive and come out stronger.