Covid19 Dateline

   Some great resources from Visual Faith Ministry

 on our website.

Can use them for making cards, notes 

and all things encouragement in these days.

Here is the link :
covid-19-printable-sticker-sheets-
They can be used as stickers
 or printed on copy paper and cut out.

I saw the following in a post on FB 

(trying to find who to give credit to) 

and thought it did a really great job

 of Marking the Moment:

Current Status- April 2, 2020

Gas price near my home $1.76

School cancelled - yes cancelled - for the rest of the year, 

as a teacher I am learning how to conduct “distance learning”
Self-distancing measures on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others 

to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, 

lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or less.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.

Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.

Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper,

 no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.

Shelves are sometimes bare.

Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch

 their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.

Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.

Fines are established for breaking the rules (in some States)

Stadiums and recreation facilities open up

 for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.

Press conferences daily from the President. 

Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.

Government incentives to stay home.

Barely anyone on the roads.

People wearing masks and gloves outside.

Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.

Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

 The Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, 

was declared March 11th, 2020.
As of April 2- we have reached the
one million mark of infected people.