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| She laid down in a bed of roses. Oops. |
Saturday March 20, 2020
Status report:
WA State Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 1793 (+269)WA State Confirmed COVID-19 deaths: 94 (+11)
US Confirmed COVID-19 cases: 24000 (+4700)
US Confirmed COVI-19 deaths: 300 (+50)
5 states have issued stay at home orders, but not WA yet. (Even though I believe we still have the highest number of deaths in our state). Tax deadlines are postponed until July 15. The government is working on some sort of stimulus package. But, as usual, they are fighting across political lines. I'm not following it to closely. I'll just wait and see what plan they settle upon. The church announced today that they are sending missionaries back to their home nations. Those who can will be reassigned within their country. But many will just have to end their missions early. It's a crazy time.
This article gave me some hope this morning. It's a well researched article that suggests if we were to have a very strict quarantine for a few weeks, that this would buy us time to shore up our medical supplies, facilities, and testing. If we had widespread testing and tracing, we could quarantine just those who are vulnerable, and those who test positive (or come in contact with someone who tests positive). And everyone else could go back to a semi-normal life. This would help prevent millions of deaths until we can get a vaccination distributed in the next 18 months-ish. . I'm convinced. But I'm not in charge of anything but my house. So, we'll see.
This article gave me some hope this morning. It's a well researched article that suggests if we were to have a very strict quarantine for a few weeks, that this would buy us time to shore up our medical supplies, facilities, and testing. If we had widespread testing and tracing, we could quarantine just those who are vulnerable, and those who test positive (or come in contact with someone who tests positive). And everyone else could go back to a semi-normal life. This would help prevent millions of deaths until we can get a vaccination distributed in the next 18 months-ish. . I'm convinced. But I'm not in charge of anything but my house. So, we'll see.
Saturday Service Project
We did our part to stay healthy by sleeping in this morning. It was a sacrifice, but I managed.
We wanted to reach out and help Grandma and Grandpa a bit today, so we went over and did some yard work (and waved to them through the window). It was a beautiful day and we were having a lovely time. Until Betty fell into the rose bush. Oops. It was totally my fault too. I was trying to help push her gloves on, and I accidentally pushed her right into the bush. It was kind of awful.
So the girls and I headed back home to snuggle down and rest.
The boys came home and rode their bikes in the sun (yay!)
And we ended our day with a family game of Colt Express. It's a totally fun (but slightly complicated) game that we got for Christmas from my brother Peter's family. If you are a big gaming family, definitely check this one out!
We wanted to reach out and help Grandma and Grandpa a bit today, so we went over and did some yard work (and waved to them through the window). It was a beautiful day and we were having a lovely time. Until Betty fell into the rose bush. Oops. It was totally my fault too. I was trying to help push her gloves on, and I accidentally pushed her right into the bush. It was kind of awful.
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| Poor thing. 10 minutes later her skin was all puffy and awful looking from the toxins in the thorns. I'll spare you that photo. |
The boys came home and rode their bikes in the sun (yay!)
And we ended our day with a family game of Colt Express. It's a totally fun (but slightly complicated) game that we got for Christmas from my brother Peter's family. If you are a big gaming family, definitely check this one out!
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