Re: CDC Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the United States.
I am a member of our our town's Parks & Recreation Board. Today we have reviewed the State of Ohio guidelines for the re-opening of pools. In a town of 4,000 - we simply do not have the financial means to comply. We are reliant on pool passes sales for income. We already needed a new pump for the community pool which is aging. We would have to install 2 new water fountains (touchless) at the combined cost of $1,500. We will probably have to shut down for the year (as it was scheduled to open yesterday). Our 4th of July festivities may have to be canceled (fears & financial issues, as well as the concerns of other communities coming to ours since they have been canceled).
I hate what this has done to us - not just on the level of physical health - but for the communities on a social level. This isn't the same world of 1917 when the Spanish Flu hit us - we're a totally different society now. To be candid, I'm not sure we'll ever recover from this. The world of 2021 and following is going to be vastly different - and we don't even know yet what this next wave of opening states back up will have on the virus being passed along in a new wave of positive cases.
My mom, that I've mentioned here, is not improving. She is 68, and is living in a "memory care" unit of our local nursing home - a 5-star facility. After spending a week in the hospital, she has come back to her facility but she's not the same person. I was told today the fear is this may have finally been the "event" to forever alter her mental state. She doesn't recognize people. She must be fed soft foods. The potential for her to recover is looking slim. My dad, who has not been with her since early March, is in a mental state I've never seen him before. He calls me numerous times per day, and each time I listen - and an hour later, I pull him back from the ledge. And I don't know how much longer I can keep doing that for him (mind you, I'm a minister who does a lot of counseling for people - and 4 1/2 years ago I lost our oldest son to a tragic automobile death). My sister broke down on the phone with me yesterday, not knowing how I even do this anymore. Honestly, I'm just so disconnected that I'm not even sure how much I care. The divisiveness and finger-pointing in our world - I don't know anymore. I told my wife today that a week or so ago I was trying to pull dad back because we thought mom could die. Now...I'm pulling him back because the curse might be that she survived. That's my world...
I am a member of our our town's Parks & Recreation Board. Today we have reviewed the State of Ohio guidelines for the re-opening of pools. In a town of 4,000 - we simply do not have the financial means to comply. We are reliant on pool passes sales for income. We already needed a new pump for the community pool which is aging. We would have to install 2 new water fountains (touchless) at the combined cost of $1,500. We will probably have to shut down for the year (as it was scheduled to open yesterday). Our 4th of July festivities may have to be canceled (fears & financial issues, as well as the concerns of other communities coming to ours since they have been canceled).
I hate what this has done to us - not just on the level of physical health - but for the communities on a social level. This isn't the same world of 1917 when the Spanish Flu hit us - we're a totally different society now. To be candid, I'm not sure we'll ever recover from this. The world of 2021 and following is going to be vastly different - and we don't even know yet what this next wave of opening states back up will have on the virus being passed along in a new wave of positive cases.
My mom, that I've mentioned here, is not improving. She is 68, and is living in a "memory care" unit of our local nursing home - a 5-star facility. After spending a week in the hospital, she has come back to her facility but she's not the same person. I was told today the fear is this may have finally been the "event" to forever alter her mental state. She doesn't recognize people. She must be fed soft foods. The potential for her to recover is looking slim. My dad, who has not been with her since early March, is in a mental state I've never seen him before. He calls me numerous times per day, and each time I listen - and an hour later, I pull him back from the ledge. And I don't know how much longer I can keep doing that for him (mind you, I'm a minister who does a lot of counseling for people - and 4 1/2 years ago I lost our oldest son to a tragic automobile death). My sister broke down on the phone with me yesterday, not knowing how I even do this anymore. Honestly, I'm just so disconnected that I'm not even sure how much I care. The divisiveness and finger-pointing in our world - I don't know anymore. I told my wife today that a week or so ago I was trying to pull dad back because we thought mom could die. Now...I'm pulling him back because the curse might be that she survived. That's my world...
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