Pandemic Diaries

By Sunday Fall

8/28
Unarmed black man was shot seven times in the back in Kenosha, WI.

His name is #Jacobblake

8/29
Saturday night.
Man in my neighborhood was assaulted with milk crate. When I walked by, blood was coming out of his bald head. The story is he took 700$ from someone after falsely advertising an open room for rent.

8/30
Woke up early.
Listening to the ringleaders-baby, what has happened to our love

8/31
Gov Cuomo predicts COVID 19 infections in k-12 if schools reopen.

SUNY Oneonta closed one week into the semester after 100 students tested positive for COVID-19.

9/4
Woke up early. “Coronavirus is real”, I said to myself before grabbing a mask and walking out the door. I see less and less masks worn in public. Some people believe the pandemic is over. Not me.

Coronavirus cases in the United States hits 6 million.

9/5
I’ve been trying to write new poems but no words come out.

9/8
NYC adds four more states to quarantine list: Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia.

There are now 35 ‘high risk’ states on the list.

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been taken off the list.

Gov Cuomo said, “Infections from out of state visitors are a cause for concern.”

New Yorkers who traveled to high risk states must quarantine for 14 days.

9 vaccine makers sign safety pledge in trial for vaccine.

9/9
Woke up early.
Traveled from the Bronx to Brooklyn to visit a friend.
Traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

9/16
Coronavirus deaths at 196650
6 million infected

In NY state , 91504 tests reported

896 were positive
Total hospitalizations are at 486
COVID 19 related deaths 3 eight months after first case

9/20
Summer is officially over. It’s nippy outside this afternoon.
Smoked. Bought a turkey bacon, egg white sandwich on a roll for lunch.
Espresso coffee with milk for breakfast.
At home listening to Carmen McRae.
Since the start of the pandemic in the United States 27 million lost health insurance, 22 million lost jobs, 100, 000 small business closed indefinitely.

9/22
The United States now leads the world in COVID-19 related deaths.
Total number of deaths in the US due to COVID 19 ; 200 000