Coronavirus Pandemic Day 622 - No Justice in the U.S.

Known COVID-19 cases in the U.S. -  47,701,872
Known COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. - 771,013

Despite my best efforts, things have been depressing as hell lately. I'm depending on CBD and melotanin in order to sleep. I barely leave my house. And it's frustrating because most of the situations are simply out of my control.

Once upon a time, I used to be an attorney. There was a time when I really believed in truth, justice, and the American way.

Not anymore.

This pandemic has shown a glaring light on all the iniquities and injustices in our society. And rather than make the effort to fix things, there are people fighting to make things worse. They want things worse because they think it gives them power. They want things worse to protect themselves.

But our society is teetering on the edge because the foundation is so rotten.

Can we as a nation fix this? Do we even want to?

I'm taking baby steps to do the right things, be generous with my time, without burning myself out more than I already am. My name is Suzan, and I have pandemic and social justice fatigue.

But that's nothing compared to the suffering of others.

So I'm asking you all to help where you can and show a little kindness to others.

Thank you.

Coronavirus Day 89 - Lasting Change?

Our county stayed steady at 39 cases of coronavirus for roughly three weeks before the state started phasing in a lifting of restrictions in May. Over the last two weeks, the cases have been creeping up again. When I checked this morning, we're at 56.

I'm sure that's an undercount. Not because Governor DeWine and the county officials are deliberately undercounting like the government officials are in places like Florida. It's because in the milder cases of the diseases, the affected person doesn't realize they have COVID-19, or if they aren't suffering from major symptoms, their doctors are telling them to stay home so they don't spread the disease. In either case, the people are aren't being tested.

Add in two full weeks of protesting across the country because of racial violence by police officers, and we're looking at another spike of the disease occurring around the Fourth of July holiday.

The U.S. already has over 118K dead from this disease. The president and other local officials have ordered teargas and pepper spray used on our citizens. The combination of the chemical irritants and the disease on citizens' lungs is not going to be pretty. In fact, the combination will probably result in increasing the July spike.

Think about it. We're in the middle of a global pandemic, and people are marching in the streets for racial justice.

Maybe this time, things will change, and justice will prevail.