We have a governor (no, he doesn't deserve the capital "G," so don't correct me), he's a moron. To be specific, he is a liberal moron, surrounded by two legislative houses full of liberal morons. He's appointed other liberal morons to important State offices, like Attorney General. Javier Baccerra might be a nice guy, but he's a liberal moron, among other liberal morons. It's why people in a number of states are paying under two dollars per-gallon for gas, and it's almost $3.50 in the Golden State. It's where we have one-quarter of the nation's homeless, people defecating on the streets, and a Sanctuary State law that protects, and provides tax-payer funded services to people who are in the country illegally. ILLEGALLY.
Don't give me that BS about their "rights". I get that, but as long as crossing the border without legal and proper authority remains a criminal act, they "undocumented," they are "ILLEGAL" aliens. Don't freaking try to downplay it. That's all I'm going to say on that.
Other than I feel for the kids who were brought here as babies, or born here, but I thought there was a law about profiting from a criminal act... Yeah, it may not have been the kid's criminal act, but why should he/she profit from it? And for those born here, why should they profit from citizenship when their place of birth was determined by a criminal act? OK, now I'm done.
So, Sunday, Solano County went to "shelter at home" orders, closing sit-down restaurants, closing down shopping (except for groceries and essential items), and yesterday, the head-moron declared it statewide. He announces that as many as 56% of Californians could get the COVID-19 virus, so that when the percentage is lower, he can tell us, in his best "Captain Kirk" way of public speaking, what a visionary and decicive leader the is, "saving the citizens of California from the pandemic"... What a joke! The guy's in WAY over his head.
I feel like I've been "sent to my room". "Go home. Stay home. And don't speak to any of the other boys and girls along the way" (I borrowed that last from George Carlin). What he doesn't realize is that, going out to read in the morning, and hanging around the house the rest of the day is pretty much everyday... At first, it was a suggestion for anyone over 60, then it became a "request" from the county, and now an order that effects 40 million Californians.
And speaking of 40 million Californians, as of 11:03 am. (PDT), March 20, 2020, there were a total of 1,063 cases, and 20 deaths. I took Statistics in college, so I understand the math used to figure percentages, and according to my calculations, COVID-19 is effecting 0.00004% of the population, that's 4 in 100,000 population. Going further, if there have been 20 deaths (out of 1063 cases), the virus is only fatal in 7.5% of the reported cases in the state. So far, the fatalities have been among the elderly, people with underlying heath problems, and particularly the elderly with underlying health problems.
I'm not being the "rebellious teen" (that would mean that my Second Childhood is over, and I'm not ready for that, yet), but I live in a community of 100,000 people, or so, and I believe we've had more than 4 cases reported here, and I'm not one of them. I feel my chances are pretty good. I go to a three places, Starbuck's, the Church building, and home. I go to a park, but I don't get out of my car, and social distancing isn't a problem. I have my grandson in my home fairly often, but we are in a "cohort" which includes my daughter's family, so that really doesn't violate any protocols.
Still, there's that "inner teenager" that wants to get out and howl... Except that at 68 (almost 69), I haven't gone out to do much howling. If we go out at all, it's for dinner, or a movie, or a ballgame, but all of that is closed/cancelled until further notice. So even if we could go out, we'd be back in a couple of hours, at most. With everything closed/cancelled, why would anyone go out?
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