There has been some excitement this week! The place I work is getting ready to open for production again. We are all learning the new protocols for how to behave in our office. There are now dispensers for disposable gloves and masks, and markings on the floors in high traffic areas. Rooms that were designed to be for large gatherings are now only approved for about one sixth the amount of people. We are a very multi-cultural group, and in the past have greeted one another with hugs or with cheek kisses, which will not be in practice at least for the time being. May we please get through this necessary phase of restrictions swiftly, and with the wellness they are designed to protect.

These things are temporary, even the Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, only lasted four to five years... and that was in the middle ages. Surely the state of medicine has advanced to a higher level. But maybe not enough since the most effective way of staying well at that time was quarantine and isolation. As we see, it is still a preferred way to combat the spread disease; masks gloves and social distancing are of that concept. There is also hand washing to stop the spread of germs. This wasn't discovered until sometime between 1844 and 1848 in Austria.

Washing our hands regularly and properly using our disposable masks and gloves, are basics of hygiene that have moved from the arenas where strict cleanliness is necessary, into the general populace. "Keep your body clean. People who do not bathe or wash their hands regularly, can carry germs. They put you at risk." L. Ron Hubbard. www.thewaytohappiness.org @waytohappinesstampa