This is what I am calling day five for me and my reaction to COVID-19 the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
On Thursday March 12, while at Montview Elementary School in Aurora CO. I attended a stand-up meeting with the staff. Our principal, Heather Stewart, announced that the district would be issuing us an extended spring break (one week in addition to our regular week off)
This was the day I began to keep track of Covid-19. At first glance at the WHO site I remember there being around 100,000 confirmed cases worldwide and about 1,800 deaths.
Today the World Health Organization dashboard looks like this...
The situation in Colorado is Colorado COVID-19 Case Summary
Positive*: 131 Total number of people tested at the state lab**: 758
I began getting more concerned about the virus as I saw the dashboard numbers increase by the thousands and the data coming in from around the world getting increasingly morbid as Italy had a death count of 368 people in a twenty-four hour period. As Italy and other countries begin quarantine restrictions and all major sports leagues began suspension of play. In Colorado, the current crowd restriction is 50 or less. All public schools and libraries are closed and many independent businesses are closing. The shelves in supermarkets are staring to empty and there is no toilet paper or tissue paper to be found. It is 10:10 AM as I sit in my living room
I began getting more concerned about the virus as I saw the dashboard numbers increase by the thousands and the data coming in from around the world getting increasingly morbid as Italy had a death count of 368 people in a twenty-four hour period. As Italy and other countries begin quarantine restrictions and all major sports leagues began suspension of play. In Colorado, the current crowd restriction is 50 or less. All public schools and libraries are closed and many independent businesses are closing. The shelves in supermarkets are staring to empty and there is no toilet paper or tissue paper to be found. It is 10:10 AM as I sit in my living room
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