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soniaIt's a mild, rain-free evening and it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow, so I decided to walk over to the library and return a book that's due tomorrow. I missed my chance by an hour. The libraries are closed again because of rising COVID-19 infection rates. It makes sense, and it's not like I'll be charged a late fee or anything, but couldn't they have warned me??
Multnomah County is on a 30 day "freeze" starting tomorrow. Since I hadn't started socializing or eating in restaurants, I didn't think it would change much for me. I forgot about the library pickup service. But I've been reading the news, and the libraries weren't mentioned anywhere!
At least the Oregon governor and county leadership are admitting we have a problem and are taking steps.
I keep seeing articles about how we shouldn't ... shame? chastise? people whose behavior is spreading COVID-19 because somehow that will make things worse by adding "stigma" so people won't admit they're sick. It reminds me of the "let's all be nice to Trump supporters now" ideas going around. Uh, NO. I like whatgaudior wrote: On Fighting AND Feeding Our Enemies.
I like the ideas about peer pressure and being a good example and speaking up if we see someone we know not wearing a mask. What's upsetting is when I express dismay at someone not wearing a mask with people outside their household (seen on zoom, so not immediately dangerous to me), and someone else says there shouldn't be "public shaming." Like protecting people's right to feel comfortable is more important that protecting everyone's health.
I'm a little mad that I don't get to use my library even to the limited extent of picking up books through their hold service. I'm a lot mad that hundreds of thousands of people are dying in a US humanitarian catastrophe because people can't pull their heads out of their asses and think about the consequences of their actions on others.
Jews already had our major holidays. Christmas will be OK—take it from this Jewish mom. Some of us have had many holidays home alone in years past, and maybe it wasn't fun, but we got through it. All the folks panicking about Thanksgiving and Christmas being different from their traditions will, too.
To me, this is a no brainer: If You Love Your Family, Cancel This Year's Holiday Gathering by Hannah Smothers. Do you love these people? Stay away from them! Exercise some care!
More relevant links fromrydra_wong: COVID holidays linkdump
Multnomah County is on a 30 day "freeze" starting tomorrow. Since I hadn't started socializing or eating in restaurants, I didn't think it would change much for me. I forgot about the library pickup service. But I've been reading the news, and the libraries weren't mentioned anywhere!
At least the Oregon governor and county leadership are admitting we have a problem and are taking steps.
I keep seeing articles about how we shouldn't ... shame? chastise? people whose behavior is spreading COVID-19 because somehow that will make things worse by adding "stigma" so people won't admit they're sick. It reminds me of the "let's all be nice to Trump supporters now" ideas going around. Uh, NO. I like what
gaudior wrote: On Fighting AND Feeding Our Enemies.I like the ideas about peer pressure and being a good example and speaking up if we see someone we know not wearing a mask. What's upsetting is when I express dismay at someone not wearing a mask with people outside their household (seen on zoom, so not immediately dangerous to me), and someone else says there shouldn't be "public shaming." Like protecting people's right to feel comfortable is more important that protecting everyone's health.
I'm a little mad that I don't get to use my library even to the limited extent of picking up books through their hold service. I'm a lot mad that hundreds of thousands of people are dying in a US humanitarian catastrophe because people can't pull their heads out of their asses and think about the consequences of their actions on others.
Jews already had our major holidays. Christmas will be OK—take it from this Jewish mom. Some of us have had many holidays home alone in years past, and maybe it wasn't fun, but we got through it. All the folks panicking about Thanksgiving and Christmas being different from their traditions will, too.
To me, this is a no brainer: If You Love Your Family, Cancel This Year's Holiday Gathering by Hannah Smothers. Do you love these people? Stay away from them! Exercise some care!
More relevant links from
rydra_wong: COVID holidays linkdump
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Date: 2020-11-18 06:29 pm (UTC)