I seem to be surrounded by some very pessimistic people at work today. I’m not sure why. They seem convinced that the upturn in virus cases, and the decrease in the level of lockdown easing, means we’re all doomed and Winter will be a five-month long struggle of isolation, death and bankruptcies. I’m not sure where it’s all come from, but then I do my very best to ignore the News channels, so my bet would be that might have something to do with it. There was always going to be an upturn in cases once more people were back at work and visiting shops and socialising. No-one ever said different, did they? The lockdown wasn’t about getting rid of the virus, it was about managing it so the initial slew of cases didn’t overwhelm us. Now that’s done, it’s about allowing some kind of return to an everyday life, balanced against the threat of another National outbreak. This thing hasn’t gone, it’s just less prominent than it was back in April. So of course cases were going to rise again. Everyone I’ve spoken to today seems to have been thinking that it was all over and done with, that Covid 19 had been banished to the history books and that we could all go back to existing how we were back in February.
I don’t remember anyone official ever saying that would be the scenario.
Maybe I misread the whole thing. As I said earlier, I avoid as much of it all as possible, to keep my last few atoms of sanity intact.
Either way, I’ve found myself getting dragged down with them today. There are only so many times you can smile at people and put a positive spin on things before you start feeling yourself plummet into their pit with them.
Thank God I have Philippa and Mathew to go home to…..
RC 4-8-20
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