The Young Witch Has Nothing to Talk About

I have no clue what's happening or what's going on. I really don't. Nothing is happening in my life. I mean, my roommate went to visit her aunt, one of my less than pleasant roommates came and grabbed her clothes from the apartment, but nothing's happening to me.

Nothing. Not a thing. This honestly feels like a phone conversation with any of my family members right now, with the awkward silence, the sounds of screams in the background, the "Are you watching 'Barry' still?" and the "No, the was a new episode of "Prodigal Son."

Yep. My life is boring. I do my work, I cross stitch, I receive random spam calls, I plot world domination, I apply to jobs, I watch "Darkwing Duck" and "Ducktales," I stare into the abyss that is my life....

But I'm fine. I'm healthy. My family calls me. My roommate sends pictures of her aunt's cats. All is good, despite being trapped inside my apartment.

For some people, however, that feeling of boredom is soon ending for the simple reason that their "Shelter-in-Place" order is ending. This sounds really freeing? Doesn't it?

Only if you enjoy the Plague ravaging through your households.

Am I being dramatic? A little. However, I do have a right to be concerned. With all of these places reopening, and so quickly with COVID-19 cases neither declining nor increasing according to Forbes (I cite my sources), the next moves made by states will have a huge impact on what happens next.

In my home state of Missouri, the "Shelter-in-Place" order was just lifted for most of the state (my home city of St. Louis continues to have a little more common sense). The governor of the state has started his phase one of his "Show Me Strong" recovery plans, which does thankfully have the caveat that it can be revised at the end of the month depending on what happens.

While I would love for it to be successful, I have concerns it won't be. Many articles have come out recently, including one from NPR about when states should be able to start letting up on their restrictions. The article talked to University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (thankfully they have the much shorter IHME to go by), which was attempting to come up with a standard for when states could be able to handle the virus and being to reopen and they came up with an answer.

One per million (Thanks NPR!)

Forbes mentioned in their article that the current average over the past month has been 90 per million at week. So...we're not even sorta close.

NPR included a neat little graphic from IHME the projected when states would truly be able to relax on social distancing and "Shelter-in-Place." My current state California, could potentially start to relax by May 20 (Governor Newsom has us on lockdown till the end of May...small price to pay), while Missouri shouldn't even consider it until June 17. Yes, that's a month, but honestly? What is time anymore?

Now this article was written on April 28, and with the virus somethings change quick and science can change it's mind even quicker, but having things like this can really help to actually determine when it's safe for people who are older or have preexisting conditions (and you probably know a lot of people like this. You're on one's article right now).

So maybe things might liven up a bit if your state finally removes their "Shelter-in-Place" order, but should you really take the chance if you or someone you love could possibly contract COVID-19.

Now I don't know about you, but honestly, I'd rather take my boring, nothing to talk about, than risk putting myself or anyone in the hospital or worse.