#110 - Sunday #25: Friday, apparently

When I first started painting birds...
Sooty Sheawater

Yesterday was good - ran, played piano, forgot to paint, will do that today, completed website once I cracked it, cooked for the boys burgers... burned my pan...

The mornings are the most productive.

Peter is now longer here. He has disappeared for the past three days. No one knows where he is. He left saying he was going to visit the electrician and he has not come back. I have not asked the boys because their standard answer is 'I don't know'.

It is cool in the mornings. Then it warms up. Oh yes, I also wrote yesterday.I have decided that I'm no longer going to read up bout the virus. So the school of thoughts have coalesced in this way. It doesn't matter what your political leanings are. What matters is your sense of fear around the virus. And they fall into two categories. Now, some of these categories are warranted - people who do have underlying conditions. People who are vulnerable. They must be protected as much as possible. But then you have the people who are healthy, and generally will not be affected.

Weirdly you have the non white people who are really having a bad time. So there's something there which needs to be unraveled - it is either genetics or poor basal health due to social issues.

RIGHT.

So there are two categories. The first category and bear in mind, this has NOTHING to do with your politics. This first category who are far and away in the majority - the vast majority - are terrified. They regard the virus as an existential threat and are really worried about it. These people are perfectly happy to surrender whatever personal rights they have and are also happy to do what it takes to 'beat the virus'. This includes being vaccinated and staying indoors and destroying their own basal health. They listen to the death figures and go bananas. They hang on every government announcement. Their ability to think and question has basically gone out the window.

Then there is the other lot. I belong here. Well ok there are three lots - there is another lot I don't belong to which think the virus is no threat at all and why have we made such a big deal of it? I don't think that.

Then the third lot are in between. I belong to this lot. I think that limited herd immunity is probably a good idea. Amongst people who CAN have do this - children, for instance.

I also think that improving your basal health is important. That is the only way we can face the virus down. And I also think that looking after the most vulnerable is a priority. The wholesale lockdown which has taken place is mental. It is irrational. I also think that viruses are going to be part of life if we don't catch ourselves on.

The problem is not the virus, but the society into which it was unleashed. It seems strange that this primeval being would bring us to a standstill.

But there is no point looking into this anymore. Those are where the lines have been drawn.

I am in the middle. I will listen to stuff but I am not posting things about it on FB anymore, especially since people are so terrified and upset.

But I am also not going to bother looking at videos or sending things to people who are trying to seek like me. We are such a small minority there is little point. I think we just try to keep each other sane.

Peter has returned.

I don't know what I'm going to do now. Usually I go for a run, but maybe I'll run later. Just before lunch. Now I must think about starting to put things down for reals for the Main Lesson next week.