The new normal.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
May 1, 2020 12:13pm CST
I refuse to accept the new normal. I don't like it at all. I don't like wearing mask and rain gear when I go out to buy food and medicine.
But the coronavirus is real. And it's there when you least think it is. So, the extra care - taking the precautions to heart.
Thus far, I was all right - till I ran out of liquefied petroleum gas for cooking.
So, I ordered a tank and learned that the new protocol does not allow the delivery boy to go inside the house. A dilemma for me. I couldn't carry the tank. Thus I made a special request, and it was granted.
So, I put the mask and the rain gear on, in my own home. I prepared a brown bag where the change will be deposited. Prepared the Lysol spray and the liquid floor disinfectant.
The delivery boy installed the cooking gas quickly and left, and I sprayed the kitchen excessively and mopped the floor with a generous amount of zonrox.
The new normal? I hope not.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 May 20
An AI pronouncement from Singapore tells ours end in July the sixth exactly. That was based from the number of cases tallied. And of course we didn't have massive testing.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
2 May 20
@kanuck1 It seems the West will have a longer dealing with this pandemic. I pray not.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
2 May 20
Slowly we will get use to it. I don't know how long this will be. I miss the old days
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
4 May 20
@averygirl72 Japan didn't impose a lockdown. The virus did spread.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
4 May 20
@eileenleyva There is second wave? What happened there?
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@May2k8 (19788)
• Indonesia
4 May 20
@eileenleyva I understand and don't know when we can return to life before this pandemic.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
3 May 20
That is true.
Sigh. I think it is more difficult for oldies like me.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 May 20
It is just taking so much effort to keep one protected from the virus! Very saddening but it is the best thing to do.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
4 May 20
Prettifying is not my thing. I wear simple clothes each day because I don't like the activity of wearing this and that. Imagine then that I have to put on a mask, properly, and rain pants, rain coat, gloves, hood. Sigh, this tamad is challenged.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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2 May 20
Yes, I agree. Wearing the mask is uncomfortable. It's mandatory in our state. I wonder just how effective wearing one really is in preventing infection? Anyway, looks like your doing the right things with Lysol cleaning and using disinfectant. I have been doing the same.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
4 May 20
Actually, the mask is not just to protect one's self. It is more to protect others. If we talk, or cough, or sneeze, and we are carriers, others could be put in harm's way.
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