With all the bad news, sure it seems odd to be talking about getting my new coffee maker...my old one died on my first day of Lock Down, and sure every serious coffee drinker can understand waking up to a broken coffee maker. 200 fresh K-Cups and no way to enjoy them. The HORROR of it all, so a big shout out of thanks to Keurig and Fed Ex for saving the day. Now on to far more important things as day four of the Corona Virus self imposed Social Isolation unfolds.
To maintain what little sanity I have left I try to go out for a walk every day...usually down to Main Street here in Nyack, then loop around and down to Memorial Park. With each passing day it feels as if our town is struggling to stay alive, everything in town closed except for a few shops selling grocery items, a few restaurants only handling take out orders, and our small independent Drug Store. Other than people safely barcaded in their cars the part was empty, no children running and playing, all the benches and picnic tables empty. All of this just made my own isolation all the more real and poignant.
Donald J Trump continues to fail miserably in dealing with the crisis while simultaneously patting himself on the back for the great job he is doing while lying with almost every statement. How any one, let alone the President of the United States can continue to lie to the American People is beyond my comprehension when the world is burning. He owns this, all of this but keeps trying to rewrite the script in a way that he is perceived as the hero in our Greek Tragedy.
In New York state they did 7,000 tests yesterday...let's put that in perspective...New York City has over 8 million people, which means at current testing rate it would take THREE YEARS to test everyone in the city. Hospitals are now running out of masks and other supplies needed to keep our nurses, doctors and other hospital staff SAFE, and the nation is running out of toilet paper as people continue to hoard that and other supplies like rubbing alcohol...I gave up trying to find this later item as every drug store in the area is out.
Just in...State Dept has just now issued its highest level travel advisory, recommending no International Travel, and encouraging those out of the country to find a way back to America where they will go into a two week quarantine.
Looking for bright news...at least for today the DOW seems to be holding its own...oh, and my new coffee maker, lets not forget about that!
Be healthy and stay safe!
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