Fear, Panic, Chaos...The New Pandemic...

For my readers who know me and know that I am a rational person, I have the following to offer as a solution, or at best a suggestion for the current insanity that has taken over the world.

There is a new strain of a Virus circling the globe, called  The Coronavirus.  Technically, it is called Cobi-d19.  The Media has hyped it up to be "the worst virus ever!"  And it has folks scared out of their wits.  Schools have closed, churches have ceased services, businesses have closed their doors and people have put themselves in voluntary quarantine all across the country.  Some places in Europe have made the quarantines mandatory for a period of 2-4 weeks.

Fear has caused people to start hoarding items such as toilet paper, water, hand sanitizer, masks and gloves.  Soup cans are flying off the shelves, and the low supply has caused people to panic.  And with that panic, has come a chaos seen only when there is a national disaster.

Rational people have become irrational, believing the worst.  Some are predicting a Dooms Day of sorts.  I can only shake my head and look at what is going on around me as insane.  Calm down, people!  Get a grip on reality.  I have lived through probably 8 or 9 so called "Pandemics" in my lifetime...LIVED THROUGH THEM, FOLKS!  And I have never seen anything like this.

Common sense tells me that if you take care of yourselves and avoid large crowds, wash your hands after using the bathroom or working in the yard  (something my mother taught me to do as a little child) or even cleaning house, you are protecting yourself.  We don't need to walk around wearing masks, unless you have a fever or cough and your loved ones don't want to catch your germs.  Cough or sneeze into a tissue and throw it in the garbage immediately, or cough in the crook of your arm.  COMMON SENSE, PEOPLE!

Eat a healthy diet and hydrate yourself.  Good nutrition and water are essential to staying well.  Take your medications and vitamins and even add a little extra Vitamin C.

If you feel you have symptoms, consult your Doctor.  He/She will advise you what to do.  Our Emergency Rooms and Hospitals are overrun by people who think they might have the virus and are demanding the testing  and they are panicking.  And for goodness sake, DO NOT CALL 911!  It is not an emergency...unless, of course, you have severe respiratory (breathing) problems.

All of the articles that I have read, written by Doctors, give this advice and they have done studies that show, for the most part, the majority of people will survive many and all viruses that come along...using common sense.  Don't listen to the media who want you to believe that this epidemic is the equivalent to the Black Death or the Plague that killed thousands in England and Europe a couple of centuries ago.  It was a horrible plague, but keep in mind that they didn't;t have the technological advances that we have today, nor did they have the proper medicines to fight it.

These things come in cycles and we have survived them before without all the hype we hear today.  Fear, panic, and chaos are the only Pandemic that we should eradicate.  So, don't let fear of the unknown blind you to the realities and don't let your fears lead to panic,  because panic eventually leads to chaos...and we certainly don't need anymore chaos in this country.  Replace your fear with faith in God and prayer and you will come to a calm place, just as I have.  God's not done with this country yet.  He has much work yet to be done and he needs good, calm, rational people to carry it out.

Just saying!