This is not Spanish Flu and it's not 1918!!
I keep reading articles comparing this pandemic with past pandemics like Spanish Flu of 1918, death rates by say Malaria, Natural disasters like Tsunamis or Floods or Wars and Famine and then pronounce the Coronavirus as not so bad!
To me this is a meaningless exercise! This is the 21st century!
The world as we knew it, on say January 1 2020, is the world we have as our context for dealing with this pandemic. There may have been a great deal wrong with that world, in your or my opinion but of course it has informed our response.
-Over 7 billion people in the world.
-Great inequality between rich and poor.
-Weak political leadership and populist governments.
-Limited Natural resources.
-World economy based on consumption.
-Global Trade.
-Global travel and tourism.
-Unlimited and instant access to information, news and social media.
Life on the road has prepared us for Life in Lockdown
It's an irony but in many ways a life on the road, living out if a suitcase and being "homeless" for the last 12 years has prepared us well for lockdown...
1. We are comfortable living in close quarters together 24/7.
2. We have a way of being that allows us to be in the same space but have our own space.
3. We have survived each others annoying habits for the last 12 years.
4.We can shop in advance and are quite good at planning meals and we have lots of recipes that don't call for outlandish ingredients.
5. We can improvise in the kitchen if we are missing ingredients.
6. Neil's tendancy to overshop and my tendancy to overplan, means we've got enough wine to outlast this.
7. We have survived not getting to the hairdresser or the beautician even when you can all see it's necessary.
8. We don't have gel nails that need regular attention and we only get pedicures, facials and massages when it's convenient. ( Phuket )
9. Being seen and being fancy or moving in "those" circles doesn't count for much.
8. We have consulted our doctor and our doctor friends via what's app or email before and survived.
9. Our international medical insurance doesn't limit us to a month by month supply of chronic medicines so we have everything we need.
10. We can entertain ourselves for hours on end with music, podcasts, TV series and reading.
11. When you've spent as many hours as we have on planes or on road trips, you know you CAN sit it out without being restless.
11. We are used to keeping in touch with family and friends whom we don't see regularily.
12. Who cares what you drive?
13. We don't miss routines like gym or book club because we haven't had those routines for years now.
14. We don't miss work or the office.
15. Exercise is optional.
16. We do things remotely and we're highly adaptable.
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