Michael: Fears

The Santa Anas

Snort like a well muscled bull

Charging right through us.

 Saturday, June 6, 2020

One of the fears I have related to this pandemic doesn’t have to do with dying, but not being given information about the possibility of suffering permanently debilitating conditions.

I’m 62. I’m only surmising because of the lack of information, that my prospects of suffering nonfatal but prolonged or permanent damage would be greater than a younger person. As I’m going back to work in a few weeks I’m going to have to do my due diligence and research this.

I’m sure I’m not alone as a lot of older people near retirement will be struggling with quality of life issues versus health risks as we weigh all the concerns regarding returning to work.

I’m pretty healthy so I’m probably going to roll the dice, particularly as my wife is also out of work and isn’t likely to return in the near future. Right now we have no major bills outside of rent and we’re skimping on health coverage by only buying emergency medical.

The one ray of sunshine in all this mess is that hopefully at least medicare will be revised so that at least I’ll qualify. With so many unemployed and uninsured you would think that revising the healthcare system will be a top priority. But I’m not holding my breath – just always wearing a mask – at the moment.