Showing posts with label confusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label confusion. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2020

Of Illnesses and Panics

The situation into which we have been thrust both by this new coronavirus AND the responses of our government and our fellow citizens is unique. 

Each of us must choose whom to believe, how much to read, and how to respond. We must weigh logic and emotion, time and trust. Everything is in motion.


I saw a joke calling it "Schrodinger's virus"--you have to act both as if you have it (isolate and wear a mask) and as if you don't (go shopping for yourself and others, stay home because you are not immune) . If you might have it, you also might not be able to get treatment nor a test, but you are supposed to go home rather than to the doctor or emergency room. What's not to love? You can easily feel confused, anxious, and threatened.