Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

COVID-19 cases going up in much of the nation.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints Utah area presidency counseled all church members to wear masks.  The Utah state governor has stated that if schools open in the fall, all students and staff should wear masks (I wonder how they are going to keep masks on the kindergarteners...)  It is amazing to listen to people complain about wearing masks.  They are complaining that it is a health hazard, which makes me wonder (with tongue in cheek) how surgeons and other medical personnel have survived so long since they were masks every day?  Many people are totally ignoring the counsel and are refusing to wear masks or wearing them incorrectly so their nose and sometimes mouth are uncovered.  Many people are refusing to social distance and acting as if there is no virus at all.  My family has chosen to follow the advice of our church leaders, so we wear masks anytime we are out of the house.  The...

This month has been crazy!  It seems as though the whole nation has gone wacko!  After the killing of George Floyd, riots have continued to pop up everywhere.  Many people have demanded the defunding of the police.  Signs and chants of "Black Lives Matter" are present in all of the media.  Political allegations are being thrown out everywhere.   Governments started opening up places that had previously been closed due to COVID-19.  Many people were excited to be able to socialize again.  Reports of huge gatherings for Labor Day and other gatherings, most without masks, made me a little worried.  Needless to say, the number of infected people has risen exponentially!   In April and May Utah was averaging less than 200 new cases diagnosed each day, by mid-June there were over 500 new cases diagnosed daily.  It seems that the population is split on how to deal with it, many people want the state to shut down all non-essential...