The Pandemic Blues

Here’s a little quiz for my fellow New Yorkers

Besides the horrific deaths that have struck the old and young, weak and the strong, the rich and the poor, what do you consider the hardest to bear?

A)LOSS OF INCOME. B )PRICE-GOUGING ON EVERYTHING FROM EGGS TO TOILET PAPER. C) THE CLOSING OF BARBER SHOPS, HAIR SALONS, NAIL SALONS. D) PEOPJE WHO DO NOT ADHERE TO WEARING MASKS AND GLOVES, AND REFUSE TO ADHERE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING. E) THE CLOSURE OF ALL BARS, EATERIIES, THEATERS, MOVIE HOUSES HOUSES OF WORSHIP. F) THE LONELINESS OF ISOLATION.

For me, it’s a lot of things, but tthe isolation.m is the worst. Yes there’s Video Chat, and Facebook and a host other platforms available to us, but nothing compares to the warmth of a comfoting hug from a loved one.