Leaving politics and blame out if this, most of us were aware enough of the great danger of Covid-19 after seeing the on the news the huge number of people dying from it in other parts of the world.
It began in China and we began to hear about it in the last part of 2019, but in the early months it was happening so fast that it was impossible to get figures and facts on the deaths and the awful illnesses clogging hospitals with people unable to breathe and to get oxygen into their systems.
Severe illness began to be noticed in NYC in February. By March, thousands of people began to die in NYC. Not even medical experts knew exactly what to do and how to stop the spread. Many people are now being blamed for not knowing WHAT to do but at the beginning, even the people and agencies that we have always relied on were struggling for understanding.
Following fast on the heels of fear and uncertainty, came conspiracy figures and big mouth politicians.
What a mess. I look at our daughter who lives in London. The figures for the U.K. are much better than ours and their government has been much stricter; fines harsher, and punishments greater.
We will never know. Some people don't care about rules and laws and would ignore them no matter who issued the rules. Some people, too many, do not have even a basic comprehension about communicable disease.
I see people acting to me in a reasonable manner being taunted by others for wearing masks.
What is good is that most people aren't fooled and "get" the science of being careful and respecting this awful virus.
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