DAY 54

The number of people affected by the corona virus is staggering. I see the numbers rising every day and I get very discouraged. I wonder how this will play out over the next few months and even years. It can be very depressing.

I am decidedly right brained so I am not generally inclined to turn to math for any reassurance. Today, however, I figured out the percentages related to covid-19 confirmed cases and deaths and I did feel an enormous level of comfort. As of yesterday .19% of people in my county have tested positive for the virus.  In the entire state of Michigan .44% have tested positive. Less than half a percent of all of the population of Michigan. I do realize that this does not take into account the number of people who have had the disease but were not sick enough to be tested. Even in Wayne County, the hardest hit in our state, the percentage of the population that has tested positive is only .99%. Somehow this has changed my perspective on the whole situation. I will continue to be cautious. I will wear a mask and wash my hands and try very hard not to touch my face. I will not, however, be paralyzed by fear.