What Are The Right Answers?

Right now, especially in the middle of this COVID19 Pandemic, we are looking for answers. Answers to questions that we have.  Answers to questions that other people have put forth....

• When will this COVID pandemic be over?
• How many people will die from COVID?
• Are there enough ventilators?
• What did some dope reporter say about this crisis?

Answers To Pressing Questions

These all seem like great questions.  They are things that are immediate and seemingly important questions. And the answers that you get can tell you a bit about some small factoids about COVID.  Factoids that only provide a bit of information that you have no control over.  Even if you learn or know the answers to these questions, it's likely you have no ability to impact the answers.  It's simple curiosity that you are satisfying. 

Did YOU Ask The Right Questions For YOU?

You only have so much energy.  You only have so much time.  So use it wisely.  What is better use of that time and energy...to ask questions that you have no control over?  Or questions like these...

• How can I use this time at home effectively to better myself?
• How can I change my life now, to provide for a better one once COVID is passed?
• What can I do for myself and my family to protect us from COVID?
• What are the best ways for me to use this...

What have you been doing during this pandemic?

Binge-watching?

That COULD be good...or that COULD be bad...

It's not about if you are watching...but what you are watching...

Are you binge-watching Bay Watch?  NetFlix? Breaking Bad?  Jerry Springer? I Love Lucy?  Or non-stop COVID19 news?

That's BAD.

 Are you Binge-watching ... Online courses?  YouTube videos on self-improvement?  Other resources on expanding your expertise?  Learning new skills?

That's GOOD.

What are you watching?

So it's not a question of WHAT you are doing, but WHAT you are WATCHING.

What are YOU learning?

Will you be BETTER when the pandemic is over?  Or just older?

The choice is entirely up to you...and no one else. 

I think there is a real problem with semantics in the "distancing" program that has been put into place across the globe.  I don't know what terminology they are using in countries with different languages, but in the US, the favored term is social distancing. 

Social Distancing...

I understand the need to keep people apart to reduce the potential for the spread of the COVID 19 virus.  That's an important role for mitigation and "control" over the virus. (I use "control" in parentheses because there is only so much you can do to "control" a virus. My favorite control for a virus is bleach water or 70% alcohol.  Take that you virus!) 

My question is this:  Are we trying to distance people physically? Or socially?  If it's the former, then we have been using the wrong terminology.  We have been sending the wrong message, even if subconsciously.  

Physical Distancing...

The mere act of moving people away from each other does create an element of social distancing.  There is the trepidation of people coming in close contact with each other. In our neighborhood, we have noticed some households that seem to have shut up completely.  Blinds drawn.  Windows closed.  They look like abandoned houses.  On our walks (yes, we still take our dogs for daily walks, but stay the recommended six feet (or...