Diary 82
Diary 82
Monday, June 8th
Today in Massachusetts was the first day of easing the lockdown. Things seemed fairly much as before, but more stores were supposed to be open. I didn’t go out to search for them, so I’ll have to assume that it was hardly a Black Friday type scramble. The Guardian (US edition) reports that the lockdown did reduce the infection total by an estimated 81%.
People are still getting infected, though, so don’t do anything rash.
In my neighborhood I keep seeing signs that say ‘Hope’. Yes, there is plenty to be hopeful about. I think many things will change from here on. Wearing masks during flu season will now be acceptable. Hand washing will be a habit we all know to continue. I suspect there will be a whole lot less wasteful travel to meetings and conferences now that we can use Skype and Zoom.
Better yet, we know we have work to do on equality, and on saving the planet (us, that is. You and me). We can’t pretend it’s all done and dusted.
