Meltdown!

As many of you know, I have to deal with COVID in my day job ad an ER doctor. Without going into the weeds, I had a big jump on COVID going back to December. Luckily I have a few close friends that have been involved in my evolution of understanding and predicting this pandemic. That is not what this post is really going to be about, but the point we are at now was predictable, even back as far as February and our current position was discussed in our inner circle. I won’t go into what personal price we paid but it has been significant for us. 

Now I will tell you what my observations are at this current juncture of COVID meets Dick and Jane. We are now in a full nosedive. The stock market is virtually meaningless in its significance to our current predicament. Our society in in collapse. Its not hyperbole. Its real and this blog reflects some of that confusion and divisiveness. Don’t misunderstand me. I like the fact we get to come here and throw mud and don’t stop ripping. It blows off steam and we actually can learn something…..sometimes.

In the real world, however, mom and pop are starting to crack up. Psychologically, humans cannot be herded like animals into closed spaces and told they will be released to be free then herded right back into their little cells and told they still aren’t safe. They’re alone and isolated. Young people are being told they can’t physically interact and find their biological “love mate”. That chemistry cannot be disrupted indefinitely without society exploding. People need to interact socially and they’re told its dangerous. It is dangerous, but its not going to be possible to prevent the contact indefinitely. Its going to be explosive unless we get relief and we are most like not going to get relief for at least a year.

So if you’re feeling sad at times, and hope seems to be leaving you drip by drip, its natural and shared right now by millions of us. I’ll keep doing my part to keep you going, and millions of others in essential services will do theirs. Its going to be a long road and when you feel alone and sad, stop and realize there’s going to be an end to this one day. Buttfox can drive his Tesla in the trailer park and have dinner with his friends again. For now, its still going to be a tough time ahead for us all. gl