Pandemic

The Pandemic here locally has been picking up slightly.

We only 8 cases of COVID in the first go around,
And the all got the disease in Seattle!
Of all the people I know,
Only Swede has had the disease,
And he caught in his Bible study!
That study had 26 people go down with it!
Luckily, no deaths we know of.
Locally, we have had nothing.
So my medical friends have told me.

And it appears we are set for round two!
Yeah, all those whom were so certain there was no danger.
So, here in my little town:
Four engineers at Gaelic Girls work have succomed
Two at Youngest Daughter's store are ill

But with so few,
Most of the hospitals are closing their special units.
My local hospil was prepared for 180,
Per government prediction.
Of course, six is hard to call a pandemic.

Of course business is at the mercy oy our over-reacting leaders.
Whom are jerking around bisiness as much as they can!
So by and large everyone does what they want to -
Let the courts figure it out later!

Unfortunately, you as a customer are on the buble.
You never know which businesses are open which days,
Much Much less which times,
Nor how many they will let in at a time!
Sigh, how does one even shop for food when your store:
Might be open from 10 to 4 only,
Has a maximum of 35 peop[le allowed in at a time,
And you are only allowed 20 minutes before you have to go requeue!
And that is another 3+ hour wait for your turn again!!!!!

So, pretty much it is off to grocery stores at 6 am.
Be at restaurants when doors open.
And good luck ever going to a hobby store!
But at least bookstores are open and not popular!

As for church,
It is going to open ..... But:
Only allowed a 25% occupancy - or - no more than 200 people at a time
And must be deep cleaned after each service!
So, I am just not going to attend any services for at least this year.

But if we look at our last pandemic,
It lasted for 3 years,
Before it finally died out in the arctic areas!
So, will COVID run the same course?

Scientists are banking on a yearly flu model,
One year - then a mutation to deal with later.
Unlike the swine flu aka Spanish Flu model of:
You got forever!
Until it dies off!

Of course, it was not a threat to everyone,
Nor is COVID!
Spanish Flu, like the Plague,
Was limited only to people whom do not carry the D-34 gene.
Yeah, unlike popular victim based science,
Not everyone is going to get it!

If your ancestors survived the Black Plaque,
So will you survive!
Of course it is the foolish man whom gambles!