Friday, April 3, 2020

Just so I Never Forget

Just so I never forget...
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020...
Gas price near my home is $2.19.
School cancelled March 14, 2020 - it's continuing online and regular school is scheduled to open again May 1st.
Church shifted from meeting at the church building to in-home worship starting March 14, 2020.
No public will be allowed to attend General Conference, which will now be broadcast from a small auditorium on Temple Square (Apr 4 & 5, 2020).
Temples have all closed.
U.S. missionaries serving in other countries are returning home. (Most are home by now.)*Self-distancing measures on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.*Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Playgrounds are off limits, city buildings have locked their doors.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Dance classes are online. Dance competitions are being postponed to the summer at this point. A few have been cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, baptisms, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No gatherings of 100 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.
Don't physically socialize with anyone outside of your home. We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and most people can't find toilet paper, disinfecting supplies, paper towel, laundry soap, and hand sanitizer. Store shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines so they can help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.
Fines are established for breaking the rules in nearby cities.
In large cities, stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the President and Governor. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
Barely anyone on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside and to the grocery stores.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
5.4 Earthquake hit Utah (Magna) March 18, 2020.
6.5 Earthquake hit 78 miles from Boise, Idaho, March 31, 2020.
One day, during a better time, this will show up in my memory feed, and it will be an annual reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

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