Social Distancing Doesn't Feel Right
When you are a sociable person, social distancing is like scorning. I feel like people are scorning me, and also that I'm scorning people. It is for the best, but it doesn't feel right.
We're not made up like this. This is a strange phenomenon to the human race. In fact, it's strange to most species.
Who conceived this? Where did they get the idea? Questions that really need no answers. What we need is the solution. The covid virus to get the hell off the globe. I really doubt this will happen though.
Why? Because all the new diseases and viruses that have emerged over the last century, are still here with us today. The conditions for them has not changed, and they don't seem to be changing in the near future.
Once we hugged, shook hands, made hi fives with our friends, now that's gone. The trend now is the elbows, and for a few friends I know, they knock their feet together. Will this habit change? Well, it should, as most of the others have. But when? Not until the fear of covid is gone.
As I write about the fear of covid, I really see it as a fearful disease. It's even made more fearful because of the media hype. Thirty to fifty years ago, the media was not as widespread as today. Now, there is media all over the place.
Coupled with the media is the fact that most mobile phones are equipped with cameras that make it easy to take pictures or make videos. Most people love to use the smart phones now a days. It makes them feel important, I guess.
When they take pictures and videos they have social networks to showcase their work. Facebook, Instagram, Youtube are just a few of these networks that enable anyone to showcase their pictures or videos. It's a joy for most people to do this. A great deal of the population is now addicted to post on either or all of these networks.
Back to social distancing. I was walking in Monteo Bay a few weeks ago at Fairview Shopping Center when a woman was walking towards me. There was no one else on the sidewalk, but the woman was so scared that she walked off the sidewalk into the road just to avoid walking close to me. I felt offended. But, I understand.
For me, I wouldn't like this type of behavior to become the new norm. The society would grow away from each other instead of closer. For the last ten to twenty years, the society has really grown apart. It's more every man for himself than ever before.
Now, with social distancing, the gap is widening.
How will we meet new friends? How will the youth find and trust partners of the opposing sex? Will all this slow the process of procreation? Will it slow population growth?
What about going to school. How will students partake in social distancing while in the classroom, while at break or lunch, and especially while traveling to and from school?
My guess is it will not continue for long. People love to be close with their friends and partners. Somehow, this desire will resume when covid has slowed or disappeared. Some can't wait. But there are those who love life like this. I wonder how many or how few they are? These are so special in their own estimation of themselves, that they prefer to keep their distance, and that others keep their distance from them.
What a situation. When I go to buy a patty, the servers have stopped taking the receipts. Yet, the cashiers still take the money. What a contrasting situation.
I went to the hospital shortly after covid was announced to have been in Jamaica, and the people dealing with the patients didn't want to take the appointment cards or any other documents from the patients. What a situation. They're scared as a mouse before a cat.
What will the future hold for social distancing? When will it end? How soon after it ends will people return to normal? Is there a chance for covid to re-appear? If there is, are they working to create an anecdote for the virus? Will the cure be in the form of a vaccine, or will it be simple pills, or syrups?
All this will be answered in the future. So stay tuned and see what nature dishes out. I'm hoping for the best. I truly hope you are as well.
We're not made up like this. This is a strange phenomenon to the human race. In fact, it's strange to most species.
Who conceived this? Where did they get the idea? Questions that really need no answers. What we need is the solution. The covid virus to get the hell off the globe. I really doubt this will happen though.
Why? Because all the new diseases and viruses that have emerged over the last century, are still here with us today. The conditions for them has not changed, and they don't seem to be changing in the near future.Once we hugged, shook hands, made hi fives with our friends, now that's gone. The trend now is the elbows, and for a few friends I know, they knock their feet together. Will this habit change? Well, it should, as most of the others have. But when? Not until the fear of covid is gone.
As I write about the fear of covid, I really see it as a fearful disease. It's even made more fearful because of the media hype. Thirty to fifty years ago, the media was not as widespread as today. Now, there is media all over the place.
Coupled with the media is the fact that most mobile phones are equipped with cameras that make it easy to take pictures or make videos. Most people love to use the smart phones now a days. It makes them feel important, I guess.
When they take pictures and videos they have social networks to showcase their work. Facebook, Instagram, Youtube are just a few of these networks that enable anyone to showcase their pictures or videos. It's a joy for most people to do this. A great deal of the population is now addicted to post on either or all of these networks.
Back to social distancing. I was walking in Monteo Bay a few weeks ago at Fairview Shopping Center when a woman was walking towards me. There was no one else on the sidewalk, but the woman was so scared that she walked off the sidewalk into the road just to avoid walking close to me. I felt offended. But, I understand.For me, I wouldn't like this type of behavior to become the new norm. The society would grow away from each other instead of closer. For the last ten to twenty years, the society has really grown apart. It's more every man for himself than ever before.
Now, with social distancing, the gap is widening.
How will we meet new friends? How will the youth find and trust partners of the opposing sex? Will all this slow the process of procreation? Will it slow population growth?
What about going to school. How will students partake in social distancing while in the classroom, while at break or lunch, and especially while traveling to and from school?
My guess is it will not continue for long. People love to be close with their friends and partners. Somehow, this desire will resume when covid has slowed or disappeared. Some can't wait. But there are those who love life like this. I wonder how many or how few they are? These are so special in their own estimation of themselves, that they prefer to keep their distance, and that others keep their distance from them.
What a situation. When I go to buy a patty, the servers have stopped taking the receipts. Yet, the cashiers still take the money. What a contrasting situation.
I went to the hospital shortly after covid was announced to have been in Jamaica, and the people dealing with the patients didn't want to take the appointment cards or any other documents from the patients. What a situation. They're scared as a mouse before a cat.
What will the future hold for social distancing? When will it end? How soon after it ends will people return to normal? Is there a chance for covid to re-appear? If there is, are they working to create an anecdote for the virus? Will the cure be in the form of a vaccine, or will it be simple pills, or syrups?
All this will be answered in the future. So stay tuned and see what nature dishes out. I'm hoping for the best. I truly hope you are as well.
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