Is the world learning to live with Covid-19? Countries are easing restrictions and opening up their borders again, yet this new disease is still with us. It is still active, still lurking in places, still decimating some communities.
We had protests here yesterday (in sympathy with those in the United States) and there were no signs of social distancing or even a lot of folk wearing masks. In other countries fine weather has resulted in masses of people flocking to local watering spots, again with little or no social distancing evident.
Does this mean we are getting used to having Covid-19 around us?
The economic impacts of lock-down have been horrendous and there are many many people who are suffering because of it.
In some countries, I hear that people are sometimes forced to make a decision between risking death from the virus or dying of starvation because they cannot go to work. Which is the greater evil?
Whether we like it or not, Covid-19 is here to stay. The world has never had a disease that it has been able to totally eradicate.
The only
thing we can do is learn to live with it.
And, yes, people will continue to die from it just like they continue to
die from influenza and starvation and road accidents and warfare and wild
animal attacks. Preventable deaths seem
to be a part of life.
For myself, I intend to take reasonable precautions for my safety just like I always have in the past. I cannot control all situations but I cannot allow fear to dictate to me either.
On a brighter note, I am getting used to living with the new Blogger format! It has taken a few days to adjust but now I am starting to enjoy it. It is irritating when you get used to something and then it changes, but that seems to be the way with all these technical thingies.
Love your life and enjoy what you do J
Margaret.
Very striking post Margaret. I can really see how people are starting to neglect whatever was started in preserving the lives of many and its sad to see it. But you are right, as long as we do our own part for ourselves and our family now (since we can;t control others anymore if they don;t care) we'll be good. LOVE THESE MUSHROOMS! The first ones look like the mushrooms we know as kids which i have never seen yet ever.
ReplyDeleteI would call these more toadstools than mushrooms as I wouldn't eat any of them! The very first one, the red with white spots, is the deadly-poisonous Fly Agaric toadstool, but I don't know anything about the others.
DeleteKeep caring for yourself and your family :) xx
Pretty toadstools. We are keeping our distance where possible. I see there is talk of going to level 1 shortly.
ReplyDeleteOh I hope we do go down. The thought of waiting another three weeks or more just seems ridiculous.
DeleteIt seems like it was meant to be, that I find your blog! A post on toadstools and I also live in Hamilton (but in country Victoria, Australia!)
ReplyDeleteWelcome Tiny Toadstool Cottage! What a coincidence - toadstools and Hamilton LOL
DeleteSome Fabulous Fungi there!
ReplyDeleteThe one expected thing will always be change on Blogger, just as you are comfortable with it, I can promise they will change the format, it's happened many times in the past 10 years I have been blogging. It's the same here, people flock together, beauty spots are busy in the sunshine, people want a normal life. We have family who are shielded, my SIL and youngest grandson, so we are still staying at home, but now visiting 2 daughters in their own gardens, normal life is a long way off for us.
ReplyDeleteThose bracket fungi as sort of like seashells. Beautiful - all of them.
ReplyDeleteWe live with danger all around and learn through life to make risk assessments and take precautions (at lot of it subconsciously) - those red 'fairytale' fungi being a prime example. Covid-19 is going to join the endlessly long list of things we daily make risk assessments about from the moment we wake and decide whether it's safe to sit up and put our feet on the floor.
Very true, Tigger, we are making risk assessments every time we do something.
DeleteYour photos are stunning Margaret and those toadstools are just beautiful. You have a very keen eye.
ReplyDeleteMy little town is a coastal town and we're used to 'out of towners' from the nearby cities flocking in at the weekends. These past few weeks, with the hot weather, they've been flocking in daily. They are creating havoc. With no traffic wardens they are parking wherever they like, even on the pavements and in the bus lanes!! They leave rubbish all over and there are reports of people weeing in the flower beds! Our local volunteer litter pickers are out at dawn cleaning up before they come again. We locals keep abreast of the news and stay home, well away from them. Our town has had very few incidences of Covid19 and we worry what these day trippers are bringing in :( Take care. Best, Jane x
Sometimes one wonders about the crassness of human nature :(
DeleteStrong, true post. And I agree with it all.
ReplyDeleteI have a little parcel here, for a friend who´s country bans post from Germany. I started a little "diary" on it and hope it makes him smile.
Yes.
We have to live with that new virus, many more might come, also, globalization has side-effects.
And we will adapt.
Some might be deadly, some might be yummy. With this I refer to your funghi, of course. We have to keep humour! :-)
:)) we do need to keep our humour!
DeleteHello, the fungi images are wonderful. I think we will always have to take some precautions around public areas. Stay safe! Have a happy day and great week ahead.
ReplyDeleteYou are quite correct. Covid-19 is not going away, and there will be other Corona viruses too. I suspect that some of the measures we have become accustomed to will become normal behaviour, but I am looking forward to the day when my good friend's little boy can curl up on my lap again and I can read him a story.
ReplyDeleteI hope that day comes soon!
DeleteI cannot believe I have not seen this...I know I was a bit off kilter Sunday and got granddaughter yesterday, but I thought I visited all my usual blogs!
ReplyDeleteI think we will learn to live with it...I have been weird with it the entire time. Not really afraid of it for me, but trying to keep Roger from being exposed to it. Luckily, the county I live in and the other county I shop in has not had many cases...our county has had 10 positive cases, and the other one I shop in just had its first positive case last week. Like you, I try to think and take reasonable precautions...but every now and then I forget my mask..specially if it is just to run in and grab one or two items. And it doesn't bother me to pass by someone..
Just now realized that I was looking at May 2nd and not June second...so not as crazy as I thought I was...just crazy in a different way!
ReplyDeleteNo problems Rose. I think we are all a bit crazy at times! :)
DeleteThe only one I could name was the Fly Argaric. I suspect most people can.
ReplyDeletePeople are getting very 'lax' here now after being told in England that they can relax more than all the UK's Chief Medical Officer's agree is safe to do. We shall see what happens.
I think I'm correct in saying that we have wiped out smallpox and are on the way to wiping out polio although I know it is endemic in a few countries. When you think that it was endemic in the UK when I was a child (I went to school with a victim who was in leg braces as a result) but I was one of the early people to be immunised.
I knew a guy who had suffered from polio (left him with a limp). I am glad they now have means to control these diseases, even if they cannot eradicate them completely.
DeleteI wonder about Covid amid the protests. The spike in cases following the protests will be alarming I imagine.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son's adult stepson had a co-worker who tested positive for Covid last week. Stepson was tested and just yesterday got the results and he does not have it. We are so relieved. We continue living our lives using more caution that 'before' and as you say, this will be the new normal.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of the different fungi.
It is still a relief to have a negative result. I know I was happy when one of my sisters-in-law came back negative.
DeleteWe hope that Covid-19 will over soon, then, we can back normal life.
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing beautiful photos of mushrooms.
I think we are learning to co-exist with the virus, but, I am afraid we will experience a huge spike with the protests. Some people are wearing masks, but, a lot of them aren't and even those who are wearing them aren't wearing them properly. Too many are wearing them covering only the mouth, not the noses. That really doesn't provide a lot of protection.
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