Day 197 And Counting

 Today is day 197 that I have been home from the university.  We were sent home on March 15th to work from home.  There have been some technical issues, but for the most-part I am very happy here at home.  My husband is also working from home.  It is possible, that his stay here could become permanent as his office has absolutely no space for the employees to be socially distanced.  The open concept office is now dead, probably forever.  Thank goodness what a stupid idea that was.  Just like all countries that are ahead of us in the virus progression, our numbers have started to go up drastically once businesses and schools have opened back up.  The opening of  schools was a complete and utter disaster.  The government show a total disregard for the health and safety of all students and teachers.  Many classrooms are over full with no social distancing.  Some students are in class, some are virtual learning.   They are also lacking teachers, bus drivers and office staff as people do not want to be exposed to the virus.  The other day, the number was 700 new cases.  I am expecting us to be going back down to stage 2 or a total lock down should the numbers continue on this upward trend.  It's the same thing that happened in Australia, Japan, China, etc.  The one place that the virus progression is totally out of control is the USA.  Because their President isn't taking it seriously and thereby neither are the citizens.   The only place with higher numbers is India.  But that is because of the slum conditions, and overcrowding.  There is absolutely no excuse for the USA to have so many cases.  The boarder remains closed for the duration of the pandemic.  The only way to get across the boarder seems to be via plane.  Air Canada seems to "think" that passengers are somehow immune to the virus and are saying it's safe to fly.  HA HA how many times have we heard that a flight has arrived in Canada with Covid-19 infected people on it.  OFTEN!!!  People are suppose to be in quarantine.  Who really knows?

The anti-maskers are the biggest problem.  They don't believe that wearing a mask and social distancing is important.  They also believe that wearing a mask is somehow taking away their rights.  I still don't understand that line of thinking.  It seems to me that they are just selfish and self-centered stupid people.  If they carry the virus yet don't exhibit symptoms, but then pass it onto someone who is elderly or infirm and make them sick, they don't seem to care.  They say that everyone should get sick.  They call it herd mentality.  I call it stupid.  When a vaccine is developed they will not get it.