Really,
people? Hoarding toilet paper? I was at my local Sam’s club this morning, there
was a waiting line to get in-limiting the number of people in the store. Ok,
that I can understand-distance is a way to contain the spread of viruses. Toilet
paper in 36 roll packages was limited to 2 per person. I saw families lined up, mom, dad, 5 kids;
each person had a basket to put their 2 packages of toilet paper in. How much
toilet paper do they normally buy in a shopping trip?
No
diapers or feminine protection products available. No baby
formula, no milk. No
coffee, no bottled water; plenty of soda pop and snack crackers.
Where
I work, a store that sells sporting goods, hardware, clothes,
toys-we are out
of 55-gallon water barrels, toilet paper-including RV toilet paper, any type of
face mask, Kleenex, gas cans, any form of sanitizing cleaner, even bleach.
It’s
a virus that affects the respiratory system, not your intestinal
tract. It’s an
air-borne virus, not a water-spread virus. It can’t live in our treated tap
water.
It
does spread though social contact, I understand that. I applaud
the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for cancelling the General Conference and suspending
all local worship services for the time being. They probably did the best thing
possible to avert the spread of the virus!
Our
State government has closed all K-12 schools for two weeks,
again a very
positive move in my opinion. Classes have been moved to on-line wherever possible.
There will be sack breakfasts and lunches available for children who need them.
Again, a good response.
Gun
and ammunition sales at our store are up, way up over a year
ago. Some types of ammunition
are out of stock. I spoke to one of my regular customers, he told me he was
stocking up on ammo because of the riots. I changed the subject.
Hysteria
runs rampant in our population. In many ways, it is
probably worse than the
virus.
Why?
One can only surmise. Our government has been kind of
slow on the response; in
my opinion, they should have let the CDC handle the information, get the facts
out rather than the speculation.
At
this time, during this crisis, we need a leader who will calm the
people, who
will work to make sure the proper tests and treatments are available to all who
need them. We need a leader that will help people understand what they need to
do, and what they don’t need to do. We need a leader who will unite us and bring
Americas great resources to bear on the problem at hand. We need a leader that
doesn’t cut funding to the CDC and other health organizations, a leader who
supports community hospitals, doctors and nurses. We need a President of the
People, for the People, and by the People.
We
need a Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy. Our reality
TV star is not getting the job done.
Thanks
for reading. Of course, these are only my opinions. I’d like
to hear yours,
agree or disagree with me.
R.M.
“Bob” Hartman
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