by A short one tonight as the late March snow comes down. Seasons are messed up. Everything is messed up. The US president is seriously messed up and is singlehandedly killing thousands with his crassness and ignorance.
We, as humans, were shockingly unprepared for this. To be honest, I think I did OK. I mentioned the possibility of my parents’ travel plans being put in jeopardy on my blog post of 4th February (which could even have been the 3rd; this blog is still set to New Zealand time). I started using coronavirus articles in my lessons on 31st January. But last night my student told me his multinational company did nothing noticeable in preparation until two weeks ago, when they finally figured it wasn’t going away. No wonder we’re dealing so badly with climate change.
Almost 800 cases in Romania now – another big jump – and eleven deaths. We now have the army out in force as well as the police – cars are being flagged down as I write this – and from tomorrow we’re basically only allowed out for food and medicine, while over-65s will only be permitted to do even that between 11am and 1pm.
A common symptom of the virus, and for some people the first symptom, is loss of smell. So that’s another one to put on my list.
