Well, hello ladies
Gentlemen and everyone who might be watching
I'm your host the report of the week and here I am you can kind of see in a little bit of a void
Right here
I am you can see the white shirt and then the the black background and then you can see the
line of lights there that maybe those are all the
Those what I don't even know the name those satellites that you know, Elon Musk launched or whatever
I don't know what I'm
People were just saying they were seeing lines of lights in the sky and they don't know what they are
So maybe it's just a string of lights in the background. Who knows but
Anyway on a bit of a serious note. I hope you're doing okay
Hope you're doing alright, and I mean it I really do. I hope you're hanging in there
Tonight, you know, this is one of those videos that I wasn't really sure
You know, should I make it should I not?
You know, how should I go about it when?
Etc. But I said, you know what? I just want to sit down and just talk about something
That's really I think been on my mind and been on all of our minds
for well for the last couple months at least and
That's this virus, you know, whatever you want to call which is the virus
Coronavirus COVID-19 etc. And I know it's one of these subjects that we've heard so much about
Gosh, you know you can't you can't get away from it
And I know that some of us are just so bombarded by it
maybe we don't want to hear about it anymore, but it's one of those things that
Regardless of how much we hear about it
I think it continues to impact each and every one of us in one way or another and
I know that from all of you who are out there tuned in right now
This is something that's of course global. It's something that's impacting everyone everywhere. And yes, it's on different levels
Yes
Some people may sadly be dealing with this personally
Or maybe some of their friends or family members may be dealing with an infection of this and maybe going through this directly
Others may be living with that fear that anxiety
You know will I get it? Well, someone who I know and care about and love get it
I you know how how cautious do need to be
When is this going to end right? Some of us may have frustrations? We just want this to end
We want things to get back to normal
We miss doing some of the activities that we used to enjoy doing and now we can't anymore because of this virus
Some of us might have frustration some of us might have worry and anxiety and others might have those direct impacts
and you know
While it's affecting everyone differently and in different ways
I think that one biggest commonality we can all draws that this is something that in one way or another we're all going through
Yeah, we're all connected. So what I'm trying to say
something we could all well we could all relate to
We're all going through this
And you know for me
One thing that I mean, I sometimes talk about it
But I don't really I try not to like focus on it overly or anything you say yeah, you know
I do the food videos
I do the reviews a lot of the time sometimes I'll make little videos joking around and you know
Just having some hopefully good comedy. Like I say hopefully right there
But one thing that really does interest me greatly are current events and that's something that I follow, you know, quite a bit all different
ongoings in the world and you know
I really started getting into that when I was started listening to shortwave and I'd hear these
international news stations and from there has just got me really into just ongoing current events and
I remember back in January, you know first
Hearing about the virus just when it was in China when it just seemed like it was
just another you know, just something that was really happening and
it just wasn't really gonna be like
Too big of a deal is the best way to put it at least in my mind at the time
I thought well, you know, it's gonna be maybe a little news story over there and that's it and
Granted as it started to you know expand and become more widespread. I
You began having these little what is it was like well
What if it really gets to this point where it you know, it becomes a pandemic
Well, what if it really spreads more and more?
What if and at the time even to me just it seemed like no that just can't happen
you know, it's
It hasn't so far right? How can how can it get to that point? But you know it did it and
It's been surreal
It's been surreal, you know, not in a good way. Of course
Sometimes I think we can use the word surreal in certain contexts, but it's been surreal, you know, just not in a good way
Never did. I think it would ever get to a point where you know, just going outside
I would have to have a face mask and gloves on you have to disinfect everything and
Of course just all the worries right from family that I have up in
you know some of the worst affected areas, you know, they're just concerns that you have about them and
You know about of course your own health your own safety
all of these things
Never did. I think it was going to get to that point I?
think for a lot of us
Whether it be those same types of worries, or maybe it could even be the financial impact of it
You know these frustrations these worries these anxieties. I
Think I could get the best of us sometimes I think I think it could overwhelm us. Really I
think a lot of the time it's like
Maybe we're just up. We're thinking about this. We're thinking about all the what-ifs all the possibilities
You know, maybe the anxieties keep us up. Maybe we're obsessively checking the news and all the
Statistics and all the numbers and trying to see you know, what does this analyst say? What does this doctors say?
What does the scientist say?
Etc. And I think a lot of us were just spending so much time thinking about this
It really can get overwhelming
Sometimes I think it gets to this point where it's like will it ever end? Right what would ever go away?
will things ever get back to normal and
What I really wanted to say is I kind of you know set up here and like an impromptu manner
But one thing that I really wanted to say as cliched as it is, there's a so much truth to it
Things will get better
And then trust me they will
they most certainly will I
know that
Look, this might be a duration event
And I know that you know, there's there's so many things that are variable
That are subject to change that. We just can't predict. No
yes, you can look around and you can see various forecasts and various charts and models and
predictions
Some of which might come true some of which might not be
Of course, there are so many twists and turns with this this pandemic that I think a lot of us never saw coming
But if there's one thing that's a guarantee
One thing that is most certain
It's that this will end
This will end
This will eventually die down
things will get better and
things will get back to normal and
They will
Now when it comes down to timetables and when it comes down to well, you know
How long is it gonna take how you know, how soon is it gonna be?
There's a lot of things that we don't know
there's a lot of things right that we all just have to shrug because we really don't know the answer to it, but
There is that certainty
That while it may be a little while it will get better and it will get back to normal
One thing that I always tell myself too is that of course while things really do seem like maybe they are out of control
The resources right now that are being put into trying to develop a vaccine a cure
Treatment something that can work and really of course will happen. Will rapidly make things better
That amount of work being done right now as we speak as I'm doing this video is unprecedented
And just know that there's people out there number one in the labs and research centers just working tirelessly
to try to put all this to an end and
Then of course
We have all the all the first responders out there all the nurses all the doctors all the first responders people
Just keeping logistics going
Right that are there for us if in the unfortunate event, let's say I get sick we get sicker, you know
There's people out there that are there to help us and that are also working tirelessly
to ensure that look if something happens we get that treatment that we need so we can get back to strength and
Get better
So one thing that I think we have to remember also that through these crazy times. There's lots of people out there working right now
Around the clock even in the middle of the night
to help any way that they can
Things will get better
things will improve and one thing that I also tell myself and I've even said on my radio show a couple times every
day
that passes is one day closer to all of this finally coming to an end and that
sense of normalcy one day will return and you know, there will be a time where we'll be able to look back at this and
We'll have a lot of stories to tell
But things will get back to normal and things will get better. They most certainly well
Please hang in there and just remember you're not alone in this
Everyone else is going through this too. We're all gonna make it we will
on one final note
Another little just a little thing that I wanted to bring up. I
Know that we do have our frustrations and yeah
there are a lot of problems going on right now and a lot of things that
You know can can make our blood boil
Maybe it's seeing just the situation. Maybe it's those frustrations about things getting back to normal
Maybe it's seeing the reactions of some or from others
people whose viewpoints say we may or may not agree with and
That might just make us very frustrated
It might make us very angry and you know, we just we might want to take it out on other people
Let's face it a lot of us can be stressed
A lot of us can be anxious we could be upset we could be frustrated and we just got a blow off steam
But one thing that I just urge everyone who's watching
Just remember we still have to keep our civility
three things that I try to
You know III try to live by and I know I'm not perfect. None of us are perfect. Just we do have our lapses
We do have those times where we try our best to do something and we mess up
And I know that happens to every one of us myself included, of course
But one thing that I always try to live by is to to treat others with kindness
Respect and dignity and through these trying times. I think those three principles
We can still, we can still maintain those things
We could come together even by social distancing we could still come together
online through social media
right
please
Be kind to one another
Treat others as you would like to be treated and we could still have our disagreements our frustrations ways
We can vent things out, but we can still be respectful to one another
With kindness respect and dignity
Please remember those three things and let's just retain our civility even through these trying times
But everyone out there watching please stay strong
There's gonna be a time when this will finally be over. But hang in there. Hang in there
Stay strong because we're gonna get through this we all will I'm still gonna be here. I'm still hanging in there
I've had some more dental issues that I got to get worked out and I'm just you know taking things day by day
But I know it could be hard to stay positive through this but we will we're gonna get through it
Please be healthy to you know, take care of yourself
You could still get some fresh air, but do so responsibly, you know, see if you could maintain the social distancing
Remember be hygienic try to sanitize things wash your hands, you know, make sure your shower wash regularly
To go out. Maybe just wear a mask or a face covering. That's what I do now and
I've gotten used to it and I even kind of like the way some of the masks look to tell you the truth
But we're gonna make it through this and there's many things that we could do that are very simple
But just make a world of difference
Hang in there everyone. I'm still gonna be here
I'm still gonna be uploading these videos and well, I I have more reviews that are going to be coming
I just wanted to take a little bit of a break from that and just make a little bit of a hopefully down-to-earth
Serious video, hang in there everyone. We're all going to get through this. Take care. I'm your host the report of the week