Daily Roll 4.17.20 Costco

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Yesterday, I needed to go to COSTCO.  I didn't wanna. I haven't been since March 11th. My best friend were in there together on March 11th and we were surprised that TP and Paper Towels and Bottle Water were sold out.  Oh and I could only find regular peanut butter not chunky. We didn't quite get what this would turn into. We didn't get the magnitude of all this.

Yesterday, I stood in line 6 ft apart from the next person with a mask. I waited about 15 minutes to get in. I did find TP and Paper Towels but no Kleenex . The milk cave had a person monitoring it and was practically bare as they weren't carrying as much milk as the Northern Border is shut down to Canadians. Many many Canadians would shop at our Costco. Milk is one of the things that they buy in bulk. The cashiers stood behind plexiglass and the receipt checkers in plexiglass booths. It is surreal.

Now the world is topsy turvy. A Facebook friend posted something that resonated with me. I am going to re-type here. I consider myself a rule follower or at least work within the rules type of girl so this below is the engima I am feeling where there isn't any real rules or the rules don't mean anything.

Wait What!??

Here are the official Coronavirus guidelines:

1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.

2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.

3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.

4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provide you are not too sick.

5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometime it actually leads to global disaster.

6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help.

7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but its important to GO OUT.

8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing, when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes

9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.

10 Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tiger here and there....

11.You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my...

12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no..

13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don't sit down, except that can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant(but not too old)

14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.

15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.

16. You can get restaurant food delivered to house, which may been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?

17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with "I don't want to trigger panic, but..."

18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.

19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof.

20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can't go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.

21.The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.

22. The virus stays in the air- well no, or yes maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can't travel further, maybe.

23. We count the number of deaths, but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were "almost dead" to find out if that's what they will die of...

24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications).

25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates... but we must no longer be locked up for that?