Groundhog Day?

The other day I asked Nancy if it was Saturday and she answered “Every day is Saturday.  What difference does it make?  It feels like Groundhog Day over and over…”.

Here in Panamá a few weeks ago we had hopes that things were slowly starting to return to normal, or at least “The New Normal” as people seem to be calling the post virus world.  Since then the cases here have been increasing almost every day, parts of the country have returned to total lockdown, and the situation seems out of control.  Availability of hospital beds are getting low, people seem incapable of social distancing, mask wearing seems to be a problem (for reasons that escape us), what contact tracing is occurring doesn’t seem to be having any impact, and there does not seem to be any solutions in sight, other than maybe a vaccine – whenever that may happen.  There are rumors that the Chiriqui Province where we live may be going back into total quarantine “for fifteen days”.  We can see that fifteen days turning into weeks and then months, just like the first total quarantine.  Nancy is part of a couple of local Facebook Groups and I stay on top of the news and its easy to see people are really getting more and more restless and angry.  We are starting to believe that when this pandemic starts to draw to a close the damage to the Panamanian economy and people’s lives is going to be lasting and brutal.

It is the rainy season here and the weather seem appropriate for the situation.

We are hoping we have some more positive news soon…

Saludos, Craig

One thought on “Groundhog Day?”

  1. Don’t stress yourselves out thinking that Panama is the only place feeling this rebound; it’s all over. I think the Governor here in Texas has mandated face masks. I say “think” because I try my best not to absorb to much information surrounding this pandemic. I just do my part in protecting myself and all those around me.
    At least you guys have good weather even during the wet season. Here in El Paso, it’s 100 and hell all week long. Just hang in there guys because there is light somewhere at the end of the tunnel.
    Stay safe!

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