The world is dealing with a virus it can’t see and we don’t know is there and with the UK now open, without the restrictions, not all of us are back in our lives.
Not everyone is able to mix, or socialise, either because they're high risk, they're vulnerable, they deal with a disability, or because mixing without precautionary measures in place, is a gamble they would rather not take. Since I heard about the pandemic in January 2020, my life has completely changed, as I continue to go through a roller-coaster of emotions.
I am home
I am 'home' waiting to get back into my life. Through my writing and having to deal with autism, I continue to have to normalise situations so that I can 'feel normal,' so that things don’t become bigger than me, and so that I have control.
We all deserve and have a right to live our lives the way we want to live. With autism unless you can articulate and see your world differently, it is easy to remain locked. Through my blog, I continue to unlock my thoughts.
We all have freewill
We all have freewill to change and make good choices. We can ignore our truths, and the universal’s truths, but we may still end up back at the place where we will have to deal with our choices and truths, based on what the universe requires of us.
When truths are ignored
We’re seeing that play out in the wider world, where literally, truths are being ignored. But facts and truths don’t stop being facts and truth because we choose to ignore them, in the same way ignoring the fact that we need to heal, doesn’t mean there is no healing to be done. Turning a blind eye in the pandemic doesn’t help, turning a blind eye simply means we will have to face and deal with the inevitable.
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Your blog tells the simple truth. The pandemic has changed how we live and work, probably forever.
But while the virus is now better managed than it was, it is still out there and its impact is not equal, with the high risk and vulnerable being disadvantaged, especially here in the UK, with no restrictions no in place.
As a news headlines read about a vulnerable family's fears about the removal of all restriction a few weeks ago - "less restrictions means more restrictions."
Ultimately, in the face of realities of the pandemic, we will need to continue to improvise, adapt and hopefully overcome. To shamelessly change a well know phrase about equality, we're in in together, but some are in it together, more than others.
Thank you. Yes, the news headline was right, 'my life is more restricted.' I am four-walled for the most part. I push myself out so that I am able to get out.
But to go out, I have to mask and visor up, whilst everyone wears nothing because the UK Government have told them they don't have to.
As far as people are concerned, the virus has gone and life is back to normal. Not a great scenario considering we have also been told the virus is here to stay, and it's not treatable.
The early vaccines don't work because you can still catch and spread the virus and if you're immunocompromised, with the vaccine, you're less protected anyway. Equality, what equality?
The new vaccine from what I know is better in terms of protection, but it again doesn't go far enough, because it's for 18-50 year olds. In the UK, it's also not available. The government placed an order then cancelled.