Everyone, I am not making light of any of this. Who could?
It is possible to get excessively worked up over it to no good purpose. I read and see the same news as everyone else and am having difficulty matching it up with what's going on outside my door. Things are quiet but there are no troops on the streets, no riots, no trucks picking up bodies. I know full well things can change and maybe they will but
@pepe is right - we all need a Time Out. This isn't denial, it's just being practical. Believe me, if I need to go on Red Alert and jettison the pod I will..
What that did and exactly and whatever the hell Finney was doing in there that couldn't be automated always made me wonder ..... but I digress.
We're right in the middle of this s**t and have just hunkered down. In fact, it's almost a vacation. I'm relaxed and have gained weight, finally been getting some decent sleep. Probably drank too much beer and have been painting. We've been walking the dog a lot and, at a distance, have probably had more contact with our neighbors than we have had in years. And are behaving decently - there are elderly folks around here and there's even been toilet paper sharing.
The roads, trains and subways are working. Nobody is being stopped and interrogated. The stores are largely still open with reduced hours and staff; the definition of 'essential' is liberal.
My wife has a phrase I like. "
The world will go around just the same without you pushing"
If getting crazy would have helped the problem would already be fixed.