This past week has seen the entire country go completely off the rails Before we get to the adorable animals, I want to pass on a couple of messages.
1) It's ok to be upset. We're all affected by the shutdown created by the spread of novel coronavirus. Sure, some of us are inconvenienced, working at home, perhaps with little ones adding to our local stress, while others are completely out of work with everyone locked in their homes. This is nominally a sports blog, and there are no sports. There really isn't much for diversion anywhere. So no matter what level of pain this is causing you, whether you are annoyed by the 58th consecutive episode of Daniel Tiger, or you have a loved one in the hospital, it's ok to feel pain. Everyone's life is different now than it was before, and we all need to adjust, even if the changes are relatively minor, and forced changes stink.
2) It will be ok. This is not the first pandemic in that's ever occurred, and it will likely not be as deadly as many of the worst through history. The world bounced back every time, and this time, we have the advantage of forewarning and advanced medicine. Despite many failings of leadership, most of these suspensions of society are the results of local action, based on good communication from medical professionals. This networking will only be a benefit going forward. More lessons will be learned, and society will emerge better from the lessons learned. It won't be the last pandemic, probably, but we will withstand the next one even better thanks to the lessons we will learn from Covid-19.
For most of us, we will be able to bounce back quickly, and we need to be ready to do so, because we will have a lot of work to do.
Now, the rhinos.
