Coronavirus Pandemic Day 173 - Insanity

Just when I think things can't get worse in 2020, it does.

So far we've had

- COVID-19
- travel bans
- economic chaos
- record unemployment
- murder hornets
- cops gleefully killing black people on camera
- cocaine boars
- protest marches
- a president who is trying to establish a fascist regime
- meth gators
- parents attempting to homeschool/parents refusing to homeschool
- record heat
- record number of hurricanes

Then came the week of August 23-29

- Both Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Marco hit the U.S. coast
- Jacob Blake was shot seven times and paralyzed by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Protests in Kenosha resulted in an alt-right teenage sympathizer killing two people and wounding a third
- Wildfires rage out of control in California
- The number of dead from COVID-19 surged over 180K in the U.S.
- The number of confirmed infections crossed 6M
- BLM supporters and white supremacists clashed in Portland, resulting in one death
- Unmasked white supremacists, many of whom were armed, stormed the Idaho House of Representatives
- The Milwaukee Bucks walked of the court in a wildcat strike over the Jacob Blake shooting
- Other NBA, WNBA, and MLB teams followed
- Sportcaster Kenny Smith walked off the set in solidarity with the NBA players

And last, but hardly least, I got an e-mail late Friday night from my buddy Jo, saying actor Chadwick Boseman died.

That news was a punch in the gut. Mr. Boseman had a heck of career, and I expected to see more from him. He brought a singular gravitas to the role of T'Challa.  When DH and I went to see Black Panther, Mr. Boseman had the entire audience, black and white, standing and cheering at the end.

There are no words, and I'm a middle-aged, middle-class, white woman. I can't imagine how all the little kids who saw themselves in Mr. Boseman on the big screen feel right now.

The chaos seems to be growing exponentially. I've got to find the strength to write Hero In Camera because I want it to reflect an America where everyone has a fair chance, and they don't have to worry about being shot.