THE CORONA

THE CORONA VIRUS SEEMS TO HAVE WRECKED HAVOC ON THE COUNTRY.
So I would like to offer a few thoughts on what is going on.
People are being ask to stay home and that seems to be driving some of them bonkers. Actually, we were told that one young family was in shock. Why? well cause they are home with their children.  My wife, who was always home with our children, wondered why this is so much of a problem.  My suggestion. Most fathers and mothers go to work at jobs out of the home and the kids go to school and day care. But she said, kids are out of school in the summer.  Yes, but they still go to work and the kids still go to day care. They are home with them in the evening for a while and then put them to bed and then in the morning send them to day care for the day etc. 
Now, they are not working and the kids are not going to day care and they are clueless on what to do and they are going bonkers. Or in shock.  
While I am not in favor of the covid-19 virus going around, I have to chuckle at the eye opening that has come down the pike for so many. Maybe they will be more responsible going forward, or will they soon forget and go back to their same old ways and ignore their families.  We will see.
On a more personal note, which I don't usually post here, life for my wife and I hasn't changed all that much. I am on dialysis and so I leave the house every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning to go to the dialysis center for treatment. If we have any shopping to do we do it on those days. Not so different that what we was already doing. 
Oh we did occasional make a run into town that we now don't do, like to go out to eat or run to the store for an item that we now do without until we go on a shopping trip on a necessary day out any way. 
And I do have an opinion on the businesses that are closed.
1. Walmart and Tractor Supply and Ace Hardware store are allowed to stay open in our area, as well as other big box stores in other areas. So many stores closed down.
So here is the opinion. Any item that can be purchased in a Walmart or any other store that is allowed to remain open, that is also sold in a small business owned store that is required to be closed, that small store should be allowed to remain open with the same distancing requirements that apply to the larger stores. Why enrich the bigger stores and devastate the small business owner when they can practice the same principles of just 20% occupancy and 6 foot distancing that the bigger stores can. 
While I believe the virus pandemic is real, I feel that so much that is going on is power plays by the governors of some states, and the one I live in is one of the worst ones for that.'
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK