After 2020, we learned that there is life After Covid
You may ask, “What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?”
This enquiring mind wanted to know, so I went to my trusted friend Merriam-Webster which defines a pandemic as an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and typically affects a significant proportion of the population. But an epidemic is defined as affecting a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region simultaneously.
Never in my generation have we experienced shutting down the entire world.
During this time, and in the past few months, we gained a new meaning of the word, ‘Science Data.’
Each new day brought us a different statistic about the vaccine, the medical protocol, and whether masks protected from the virus. Some thought the N95 was the only one that gave proper protection, but they were impossible to find.
It was a difficult time not knowing who or what to believe. Even now, years after, we’ve learned that some of the information was misinformation and it has been angering!
Be that as it may, we experienced empty grocery shelves of everything from toilet paper to fresh meat. I have never seen so many empty shelves in my lifetime and hope never to see them again.
Fresh beef, I can see hoarding, but toilet paper? I guess it is necessary since we no longer have a Sears-Roebuck catalog used in the outhouses of our grandparents.
It was also impossible to find Lysol spray and hand sanitizer.
My daughter lived in Manhattan. I was mailing her many items she could not find in the city. For her, it wasn’t safe to venture out into the neighborhood stores because the subways were shut down for a time.
Thank God for His protection, and her church, who donned masks, found Lysol spray and searched to find food and items needed, then delivered to their church members and others in need, weekly.
The City of New York did step forward to provide aid for those in the restaurant and entertainment business which comprise a big percentage of their population.
These are not normally covered by unemployment insurance, but an exception was made to include them.
Now, even many years later, Broadway is still recovering. Restaurants are struggling, and some businesses have closed permanently.
The life we knew before the pandemic is gone, and some will never return.
This brings me to another topic. Who would have ever thought we would be forbidden to gather for worship and fined if we were caught? Churches were under fire if they were caught not abiding by ‘the rules of shutdown.’ That happens in third-world countries, not in America.
Our forefathers created this nation on Godly values, family, and compassion for our neighbors, but we have strayed from those ideals.
During this time, it became easy to sit in your pajamas and watch a service on television or online. But we need that interaction between Christian friends to grow and thrive.
While in lockdown, I learned to rely on a closer relationship with God, reading the Bible daily and listening to numerous devotional plans on the Bible app, YouVersion. It’s a habit I plan to always continue.
I like to call it Scriptural Therapy During And After Covid!
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