What a crazy time to live in.
In Australia, thanks to our prime minister, we are all confused (and after every press conference we are feeling just anger... PURE F**KIN ANGER !!!!).
At the moment we are stuck between we should go to work or should we self isolate? Should I be sending my kids to school or do I lock them in the house along with me ? And while these are questions with no real clear answers as logic seems to escape most in our government, I guess we should feel .... Grateful?
We have been warned by the rest of the world that these questions will very soon turn into, who will live and who will die.
It seems that we had some sort of head start on the world by seeing what was happening and trying to do the right thing and slow the spread....but we didn't. It seems the government is way too late on the uptake leaving millions at risk.
To make matters worse, the younger generation (yes my dumbass age group) have push concerns further by disregarding our already too relaxed restrictions and spreading the virus like wildfire.
But how can we be angry at these young adults who aren't taking the virus seriously when our own government isn't?
I know that most of our younger population in Australia, on average, feel healthy 99 % of the time and may not know the anxiety that we spoonies have of being sick, and it doesn't help that government is harping on with the narrative that it's mostly the old with the chronic conditions.
With Australia's 'she'll be right' mentality, if it is generally assumed that you should a healthy person, staying inside at a time like this can be seen as over dramatic, however we are left with no option because we are otherwise left exposed to a future not so certain.
I am sure that many are in position like mine , I don't know what will happen to me if I was to catch it, I have fibromyalgia and endometriosis ,which yes doesn't always mean you are immunosuppressed but with my body showing me time and time again that it can fail , I am not sure that it would be able to deal with fighting off an infection. However, our little family cant afford to be in complete isolation as without my partner leaving the house and going to work, we cant survive.
I don't know to do, and have found myself at many times feeling so much anguish, not just for my family but for the rest of Australia, for those who will have to face and then deal with consequences of, who will live and who will die. This is a time where not only will many of us be physically alone but also feel emotionally alone.
With not much else we can do , I hope whoever you are reading this , chronically ill or not , you know that as one, we are all there with you.
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