The Coronavirus hits Utah

On Wednesday (3/11/2020) evening, the Coronavirus became very real for the state of Utah when one of the Utah Jazz players tested positive for the virus. Rudy Gobert tested positive right before the tip-off of the game against the Oklahoma Thunder and Donovan Mitchell tested positive yesterday. We finally get 2 All-Stars again and then this happens! This sped up the inevitable and resulted in the canceling of the NBA season for now. Other sports have followed suit as well as churches and many other organizations in the state and the country.

There was an actual run on the stores yesterday. A friend texted me the picture in the bottom left of my collage. That’s the toilet paper aisle at Target. The governor banned gatherings of more than 100 people. Universities went to online formats. Some schools closed. The stock market tanked and suffered the greatest single-day fall since the market crash of 1987. It was just a bad day all around.

It’s important to note that this has been going on for a while around the world. I believe it started in January. Countries like China, South Korea, and Italy have been especially hard hit. We are unprepared as a country and many are predicting that things are going to get a lot worse. We will be following the advice of scientists and our local leaders and doing our best to be responsible citizens during this time.

I will also be documenting all of this in our family records. I think it’s so important to give space to world and local events in our stories. I hope we all stay healthy. I hope all of you stay healthy as well. Be wise and be safe. Take some pictures and jot down your thoughts. Someday you will be glad you did that.

Finally, we could all use a little laugh right now so I will sign off with this…

Wishing all of you a healthy and peaceful life right now.❤️