Sunday, April 5, 2020

April 3, 2020

Someone posted this on facebook. I have no idea who wrote it but I decided to save it on here. It's something to remember.



There are now 10,000 Confirmed Cases in Canada on this day.
Gas prices are at a record low 65 cents
School cancelled since March 13th until May 1st...but kids aren’t likely going back until September
Self-distancing measures on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and other stores to help distance shoppers 2metres from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore lineups outside the store doors.
Hand washing stations in the store entrances and plexi-glass barriers installed around the cashiers and check-out
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 5 or more.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
We are to distance from each other.


In Canada:
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare at times and most are being re-stocked nightly.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non-essential travel, calls Canadians home and makes it mandatory to self isolate for 14 days.
Stiff fines and jail time for price gouging on essential items.
Fines are established for breaking the rules.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from Prime Minister Trudeau.
In Ontario: Premier Doug Ford gives daily updates on Ontario's new cases, recoveries of Covid 19 and any new bylaws/rules 
Government incentives to stay home.
Barely anyone in the street or on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
1,000,000 applications for Employment Insurance as people go without.
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020
One day this will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious. To not take the things we dearly love for granted.
We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.
We are all one! ❤️