We flew from Columbus to Salt Lake City on Saturday.
I think Mrs. SFTE and I did a decent job of evaluating the risks and potential scenarios and making a rational decision to go on Spring Break. We’re prepared to be stranded here in Utah. We didn’t count on all the ski resorts closing. Still waiting on the news that they’re closing all the country clubs and golf courses too.
Ironically, I think we’re safer here for the moment. We’re much more socially isolated than if we were home. Picture snotty nosed neighbor kids knocking on my back door and asking my daughter to play. Good luck stopping that one. And I am not going into work – probably the second riskiest action aside from my daughter going to school (I think the latter won’t be a problem for the rest of the school year).
Side note: Figure out which insurance companies provide private school tuition insurance and short the #$%@ out of them. You know I’m reviewing that contract when I get home.
The fear is palpable. That’s a cliche. But a true one. Don’t cough on the plane. You’ll be treated like someone wearing a turban on a flight back in the early 2000s.
Lots of suspicion behind everyone’s eyes. That’s all you could see on us. We wore surgical masks. We know the experts said you didn’t need to. We figured they just said that because there weren’t any masks to be had (or hoard).
Instead, please hoard toilet paper and water. Rookie preppers. Now the rest of the country knows what it is like to prepare for a hurricane.
I do not mean to marginalize anything here. These are historic times. Another cliche. I commend the public officials taking bold actions. I don’t even mind that you cut my ski season short (I was going to get 30 days in this season).
However, it does demonstrate the downside of deploying a policy of saying whatever you feel like will get the response that you want. It’s called an erosion of trust. Nobody believes a word you say. Or maybe more precisely everyone knows that every word that comes out of your mouth is based on your own personal agenda of getting what you want at that moment. But might not be grounded in any truth or facts. Thank you, Mr. President.
Unfortunately, we need truth and facts right now. Or else the fear is going to escalate.