The Guadalajara Reporter
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It’s perfectly understandable that lakesiders have become increasingly stressed out since the spread of the Covid-19 virus in this area has been officially acknowledged by health officials.
My life has changed a lot by obediently staying in lockdown at home for the better part of the last three months.
Folks with too much time on their hands these days seem to have a tendency to fill in blank hours exchanging opinions on social media. It’s a catalyst for heated arguments and fruitless debates that in some cases have been aired time and again for years.
It seems odd that the lifting of some restrictions on local business happens to have coincided with the very moment that the Corona Virus pandemic is surging here.
As the threat of catching the Corona virus seems to be mushrooming on the local front, so too a pandemic of opinionated people spouting off about what everyone else should or should not be doing.
This week I ventured out to cover a Chapala government news happening. It was not exactly an earth-shaking event, but there was a sense of urgency to be on hand afterwards for a press gaggle with the mayor to get clarifications on how City Hall will handle the shift to the Covid-19 new normal scheme of things.
Anybody else out there feeling confused and overwhelmed by all the uproar about the Corona virus?
