The surge begins

I keep saying I am going to write about this daily. It's so overwhelming, and I have health issues and it's hard not to think OMG i have it, every damn time. Anyway, I will eventually write more about this. I want to update stats daily. It is now the beginning of the surge of cases, and of deaths. This next three weeks is going to be devastating. Heartbreaking. Horrifying. Hard to bear for everyone. If it happens in the way that it does in the pandemic history books this is the beginning of the worst part of this experience. It will keep ramping up and up and up, and we will be overwhelmed with the grief, and uncertainty, and horror of it all. We will need every single person to step up and help each other (from afar) emotionally and physically. We will need to band together in whatever way that we can. We have to hold each other up through this awfulness. We have to remember our own humanity and fear and Love. We have to realize that nearly every single person on this planet is going to lose someone they love, and that the people around them are in that same state of loss and grief and fear. Reach out. To your family, your friends, your neighbors. To the baristas that greeted you with a smile, and the cashiers that checked you out, to the people who made and brought your food, and the drivers who got you safely home. To the people in your life that you don't notice that often, or the person who is vulnerable and alone and afraid by themselves. Check in (in whatever way is feasible without exposure) on those people who know who live alone, who are vulnerable because of disease, or poverty, or mental illness. Check on the people in the periphery. The homeless. Those with addiction issues. With social anxiety issues. People who will have trouble surviving this without help. Right now we can't leave anyone out. This is going to be hard for everyone, and we are all in this together. Ask for help if you need it. Give help if you can. Be kind. Hold those you love close, even if it's only from afar. Tell everyone how much they mean to you. Put as much love and kindness out into the world that you can. We all need it. Be safe everyone.