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Man, what changes dis virus go cause?

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April 15, 2020 by Fensic

Regardless what yuh call where yuh does sleep yuh lil bit antsy by now, ent?

Call it cabin fever.

How about apartment fever eef one is yuh home.

House fever good, even eef yuh own one but de bank own you.

No-fixed-abode fever is fuh who bed in somebody cabin, apartment or house.

Yes, yuh had just about had enough ah dis. Not tuh mention de social media videos gettin stale an de inspirational pieces repetitive. All ah we goin stir crazy. We want dis virus ting tuh go away.

Before we go back outside, it have one ting I curious about: Will de planet be different? It cyar be business as usual. Not when we livin in ah germ an virus-spreadin world an all ah we riskin death doin shit tuh keep it so.

I eh come up wid dis realization just so. Endless time tuh read, listen an observe help. Mih conclusion is tings have tuh be different goin forward else survivin de next pandemic debatable.

COVID expose we tuh just how much experts it have out dey. However, we lucky only one ting de saner ones agree orn: Doh be touchin yuh face eef yuh want tuh avoid de virus.

I find out early how hard dat is. Was after de CDC tell people like me tuh stay inside. Ah did rush back tuh de safety ah mih place after ah quick an paranoid trip tuh de grocery. Feet, more like inches away from virus-killin soap an water in de bathroom ah went an touch mih face. Was mas after dat.

So before we run outside an resume we life, eef we want tuh guarantee no touchin we face, we go have tuh get we hands cut orf. Dat obviously not de best solution. It go leave de larse person wid one hand. De right answer have tuh be what works fuh everybody. No unintended benefit fuh anybody.

As fuh dat grocery store? De difference between how it look in its pre virus days an how it look now is startlin.

Gone is de waitin line each cashier had. One long long line fuh everybody. When yuh reach de front yuh head tuh de next available cashier, just like dem banks.

Up by s/he, no more small tork about eef yuh find everyting okay. Unless yuh accustom tuh jail so yuh know how to handle torkin tuh somebody separated by plexiglass lookin like it could survive ah machine-gun attack.

An I eh even mention markings orn de grong shown yuh where tuh stand when yuh not first in line.

I cyar see dem grocery stores rippin dem features out once word come dat it safe tuh go back out an mingle wid all dem germs an who knows what new unnamed virus seekin ah name fuh itself.

Social distancin. Right dey is one ah de greatest phrases of all time. How we used tuh manage before it? Badly I guess.

Anyway, I fuh one eh ever again want nobody in mih back pocket when ah up an about, especially in crowded places.

Stay tuh Hell back!

Of course dat demand have implications when de crowded place is ah train or bus. I was always uneasy anyway of how some people seemed tuh want tuh squeeze even closer tuh yuh dan necessary. How women does manage?

I cyar be alone wantin dat distance, socially of course, between me an whoever go be de next person tuh sneeze. All dem droplets. Invisible or not dat disgustin.

Torking about sneezes, ah see ah video where ah man sneeze in what look like ah restaurant kitchen. He get dropped one time wid one punch. Who goin back tuh any “bless you” or “Gesundheit”? Nobody ah imagine since dey sayin dis ting could actually reach beyond six feet.

What about people lookin fuh ah mate or tuh mate? I expect dem tuh be involved in shapin any new rules on socializin etiquette. After all, dey pursuits urgent. Don’t look fuh bars an nightclubs tuh become relics doh.

Ah quick digression. Tuh show how far we’ve come or, how tings eh change, I remember mih house parties days. How dem young ladies would cock back dey bottom when yuh try tuh coax dem onto yuh rented tile. None ah dat Mr. Green an he for de good times or Mr. Hayes admittin he guilty moves fuh dem. Dey was busy practicin social distancin.

Here in NYC dey startin tuh tork about de first set ah baby steps tuh normalcy. Before we get too excited remember one ting: It eh have no vaccine fuh de virus yet. Wid out one all ah we courtin danger. Just like in dem house parties.

How extensive de changes in we interactions will depend orn dat vaccine.

When ah look beyond de virus an individuals, one ah de tings ah wonderin is how will dis affect businesses dat survive it. 

De biggest changes go be in places like Triniland mih crystal ball tell mih. More grocery stores go get more into home delivery. Businesses caterin tuh dat go sprout.

Companies go look critically at dey work force an ask, all dese people really have tuh be in de orfice? All dem high utility bills is overhead. We could take how we was managin when dey was wukkin from home an tweak it.

Not only telecommutin go get tweak buh in orfices where dat not ah option, employees’ work-space go get tweaked tuh allow fuh more social distancin.

Dis one ah really like. People who does go tuh work sick, coughin up dey lungs orn co-workers, go get banned. Dey go still get tuh show dey devotion tuh dey jobs. Only dey go be coughin orn dey computer screen durin de increased teleconferencin dat bong tuh come.

In general, de power of computers tuh make life less difficult go get leveraged by businesses. Dat said, ah expect changes tuh be more dramatic in de govahment sector as more leveragin takes place. Curtesy coronavirus.

Any business lackin ah website go be at risk. An de website better be updated as often as de business have new information tuh share.

I seein changes in how education get delivered. Mostly what ah school really need is ah means fuh communicatin between student an teacher an ah way tuh validate students eh tink not being in ah class-room mean time tuh break biche. Every parent go know what distance learnin mean. But, fuh it tuh take orf go require mindset changes among people wid vested interests in de status quo.

Ouch.

I not suggestin eef it didn’t have de virus tings wouldn’t change. Life evolves.

Who ole enough tuh remember pay-phones? Look arong. All eyes now glued tuh cellphones. Landlines? Gorn. Chasin dinosaurs just like horse an buggies, not tuh mention car bumpers.

De one negative side is people havin tuh die fuh dis.

I know one.

Eef ah had tuh choose between she being arong an change, ah would pick she being arong.

Why?

Because change go happen regardless.

Stay in yuh cabin, apartment, house or no-fixed-abode everybody. De fever go break.


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