Coronavirus Update #7 - Cautiously Positive

Am I self isolating enough?

It's actually been 61 days since the Coronavirus first hit Canada.

There are 4757 cases in Canada. And 792 cases in BC.  Sadly, 16 people have died in BC.

The US is turning into a, pardon my French, real shitshow as they now have the most number of cases in the world - over 100,000.

And Trump wants to station American troops along the Canada-US border.

Among all this negativity, there was a breath of fresh air today from Dr. Henry, our Provincial Health Officer. It appears that BC (at least) may actually be flattening the curve and be closer to South Korea in the rate of infection rather than Italy or Spain.

That is excellent news.

Mind you, my anecdotal experience has seen much better social distancing in the past several days. When we went for today's walk, there were lots of other people walking but we all gave each other a 2 meter buffer. More importantly, there were no groups on the beach, hanging out.

That's right - not one group of people hanging out together.

That is great to see. If people continue to be vigilante in social distancing, staying at home, and washing hands, we just might have this over with in a couple of months.

But what is happing in the US is scary. It looks like there is a patchwork of responses, depending on the state. Louisiana is a 'stay at home' state but neighbouring Arkansas has few restrictions. Same differences between Kansas and Nebraska. Not really happy with what is going on there - especially with the somewhat nonchalant attitude of Trump.

This cartoon about the Americans patrolling the Canada - US border more or less summed it up for me:

So, despite what's happening in the US, I am feeling, at least, a little better and just a teensy bit hopeful about the future.

Here's hoping that tomorrow's news continues being cautiously optimistic.

Stay healthy!