Covid -19 -#1

One day, we will look back at this time and wonder what we were feeling. I am going to start putting stuff down. It won't be beautiful. It's just going to be jots and thoughts 

This is what was going on April 2, 2020

• Gas prices 66.9
• School cancelled since March 23 until May 1st at least
• Self-distancing measures on the rise.
• Tape on the floors at grocery stores and other stores to help distance shoppers 2m (6ft) from each other.
• Limited number of people inside stores, therefore lineups outside the store doors.
• Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed. But they are allowed to deliver and do curb pick up. 
• Parks are closed. 
• Major league sports have been put on hold. Movies have delayed releases. 
• Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
• Family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
• People are getting married in the middle of the week (I know of 2) or moving their dates up before more restrictions come.
• 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 may come.
• Some people are panic buying and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer. Although, it's getting better. 
• Shelves are bare, but being re-stocked with lots of limits. 
• 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.
• Fines are established for breaking the rules.
• Press conferences daily from Prime Minister Trudeau and Doug Ford. 
• Barely anyone in the street or on the roads.
• People wearing masks and gloves outside.
• Essential service workers are struggle to go to work.
• Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families and are living apart in some cases.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.