In Virginia the number of daily cases are rising, but I believe it's because we're finally doing more testing. Virginia has been tied for the second-lowest rate of testing in the country.
On Monday, Gov. Northam is supposed to address Phase 1 of reopening the state. I pray he's really smart about it.
FYI, LabCorp and Quest are now offering antibody tests. The test is intended for use as an aid in identifying individuals with an adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2, indicating recent or prior infection. Results are for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. I believe that if the test is ordered by your doctor, most of the test would be covered by your insurance company. Otherwise, you can get one yourself for approx. $120. I haven't read anything about their accuracy.
@jeanne-mayell . Regarding your Fool reading, maybe you see the Fool too dark. The Fool for me ( Also using Crowley Tarot) is more dare to face the challenge. The virus will stay with us a long time , like any other virus, but it is an opportunity to change.
When I see your cards in your reading , maybe the question has one word too many. You write Will the pandemic subside "soon" . If you leave soon out, it maybe makes more sense ( just an idea) . Yes is obviously not happing ( my experience is that, especially, Crowley tarot can have different meanings, very much depending on how you feel when you look at it)
Fool/Fortune would be ( only for me, and as said might be different for each of Crowley users) Dare to take fortune in our hands. Meaning it is up to us ( each one) how soon. If we stick to the new normal, yes it will be soon.
Change/Ruin = No change will leads to a bad outcome. My first feeling when I saw it.
What I found interesting, if you look at the picture you posted, the Fool/Fortune is the brightest set, and when you open the post you will see these two as first cards.
Gr
( P.S. I like your site, I was looking for years to find a site which allows a group of people to post feelings/readings about the future)
(P.S.S. One small feeling from my self, if I think about USA I see only SA , the united will go away , and I always need to think about the fall of the Roman Empire, sorry. Forgot to introduce me, first post, I am a German living in the Netherlands)
Tbs means The Beautiful South, that is where I live in NL.
@tbs Thanks for your insightful reading! I didn't leave out the word "soon" because I believe the pandemic will eventually subside so I wanted to know when.
I like your interpretation of lightening up this fool, but it depends on who the fool is here. For sure, there will be many people who will be thrilled and grateful to get outside and back to work and into the stores when authorities declare it safe to do so. Also, the renewal of ending the pandemic is a good thing - people feeling new again about their lives. All good.
But when I saw that Fool, I also saw Donald Trump and others of wishful thinking gleefully declaring the pandemic over because some of them are fools and not the wise kind of fool. I saw the darker parts of the spread and wondered if the fool was truly naive, and I feel in this instance that he is naive. It's just my reading of it at the time I revisited it yesterday.
I believe we have become a quick fix society that prioritizes profit at the expense of most. I feel this pandemic is here to show us how we have to reset, become mindful of the earth, and if we do not change our ways, we will face worse outcomes. So that Fool looked foolish and naive to me, not at all wise. I stick to that interpretation.
P.S. Welcome! Glad to have you with us!
@coyote - read your post about learning to be comfortable with uncertainty. It rings very true for me. Daily , we chat about so many what if scenarios. My husband and I hash and rehash the what if’s - exhausting.
but today we decided to start an project outside. Planning it - I should say. Garden boxes and putting in pavers along my back yard. Hoping it will help us embrace the uncertainty.
But when I saw that Fool, I also saw Donald Trump and others of wishful thinking gleefully declaring the pandemic over because some of them are fools and not the wise kind of fool. I saw the darker parts of the spread and wondered if the fool was truly naive, and I feel in this instance that he is naive. It's just my reading of it at the time I revisited it yesterday.
@jeanne-mayell. Yes , Trump is very much the Fool, and he is naive. He can not bully the virus, that is his problem. It was interesting to see that you use Crowley, not very much used in the world , I thought. Thanks for the reply...
@tbs After watching people out and about today I felt I was witnessing the best part of that fool energy that was predicting people enjoying the subsiding of the pandemic. In NYC people are all over the place in the parks and strolling down the avenues. It was beautiful and they were also social distancing. It was a beautiful thing to watch.
You may have already read this NYT opinion column by Frank Bruni about the journalist who predicted this pandemic, but I'm posting it here:
Garrett is an expert on virus pandemics and has been writing about them since H.I.V. outbreak in the 90's. This is a sobering article about what to expect, but there is also hope. She talks about adaptation and how we have adapted in the past. So, of course, we will see adaptation in the future as we figure out how to deal and live with this virus in our midst.
Personally, I'm not at all comfortable with resuming normal life. Here in Washington, we have our stay at home order extended through the month of May and we are okay with that. Even when restaurants open again, I can't see going to sit inside. Our lives are changing, but we can adapt as we go. We will have a new normal.
So, while I watch the reopening of Southern states, I am just completely appalled. My brother and sister in law live in SC and drove to Georgia Friday with friends to go out to dinner where the restaurants were opening first. In the spirit of loving kindness, I did not scream or comment.
My neighbor just drove his son cross country last week and reported that people were observing social distancing by and large. When they crossed into Texas, they were stopped at a roadblock and the police were questioning people about where they were coming from and taking people's temperatures. If drivers were coming from Atlanta or New Orleans, the police were directing them to go home. This does not appear to be reported in the media, but there is so much insanity to report daily, actions like this are barely a blip on the news radar.
@tbs, welcome to the site. So glad you have found us!
This site allows you to daily track the Covid19 outbreak on a county basis and you can keep track of the counties where your family and friends live. It's updated with Johns Hopkins data daily.
https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-by-your-locations/
@jeanne-mayell When you say "fool energy," are we going to see another wave, albeit small?