Grounded by a Virus

What Matters During the Corona Crisis

I never thought that going to the store to pick up some bananas would have me re-examine my decision, weighing up whether my taste for the super tasty fruit is worth the risk of bumping into someone who just happened to have the Coronvirus.

And it’s not the fear that makes me have these thoughts, it’s the fact that this thing is out there, and that such a simple act like going to the store may result in putting others in my home at risk, because I dared to pick up some groceries.

So going to the store has moved up the ladder of dangerous activities to the likes of travelling to war zones. This reminds of stories in wartime Bosnia, where people in Sarajevo, in order to get two gallons of water, risked to be killed by a sniper.

Together on TV

What a change in just over a month. A month ago, I did notice what was going on in China, and I did know that it was just a matter of time when the rest of the world would be hit by the storm, but now where it’s here, and we’re having this global lockdown, it feels like we stepped out of a video game into reality. The news are not “somewhere there” anymore, now we ALL have become the news.

Say what you want, but financial crisis, housing bubbles, or wealth inequality all…