This past week has been a weird one. Some would even say surreal. In all actuality 2020 as a whole has been a little bit over the top. And now we're faced with a pandemic...Covid-19. More commonly referred to as Coronavirus.
We first started hearing the news in early January. An outbreak in WuHan China. People were sick and people were dying. But we don't need to worry about that here...or do we?!?!
By mid-February the United States had its first case. Two weeks later at least a dozen dead, mostly in the Seattle, Washinton area. But then there was a case here and then there was a case there. At this time Italy has declared a state of emergency. People are quarantined and not allowed to leave their homes. Cases begin to spread around the East coast, and then Chicago. I don't know very many people from Chicago. And I certainly dont know many world travelers. But I live in Decatur. A Central hub for both ADM and Caterpillar corporations...with lots of international travel. Maybe we need to pay attention to this?!?!
Right now the reports are that its affecting the elderly and the immunocompromised. You better believe I called Hatties doctor and asked if her Henoch Schonlein purpura means she's immunocompromised...she's not. They said she's immunoactivated. So how concerned do we need to be? Stay tuned...
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