I went our for a walk with an Insomina coffee cup full of wine yesterday evening and “accidentally bumped” into a dear friend who also had a beverage and we had a lovely socially distant walk and chat until the rain made us go our separate ways.
I tell you one thing though, I’ll do it again. This week in fact.
The population seems to be split between people who this crisis hasn’t impacted too badly economically and those who have been partially or completely destroyed economically. Someone still getting paid their full wage and working from home is going to have a very different perspective than someone who owns or who works for a small business.
That’s what’s somewhat driving the protests in some US states. People who have lost their business or their jobs think the shutdown was too draconian, given that many areas are fairly rural and social distancing may have been enough. We’ll see how things unfold.
Anybody not affected economically yet would have to be very naive to think this can go on indefinitely without affecting them. Even a public servant must know their wages depend on there being an economy.
From what I’ve learned the last few days half of Wexford’s population is Eastern European’s in strawberry gulags and the other half is Dubs on holidays. #freewexford#wexfordforwexicans