Day Six: Connect To Reliable Information

I’ll admit it, I am an information addict. Whenever something interesting is happening, I’ll read article after article trying to get my mind around what really going on, what life is really like for the people experiencing it. And when something’s happening to me, I want all the details about what to expect, what to watch out for and what other peoples’ experiences with the same thing have been like. So, needless to say, this whole quarantine has been challenging for me. It’s just me, a houseful of people, my phone, and the whole wide internet to scare the crap out of us all.

I’ve seen and heard a lot of things on social media that I later learned weren’t true. Those things were often the ones that scared me the most and it’s probably their sensational nature that caught my attention in the first place. And it’s scary. I want to know how long I need to be locked down. I want to know what life will look like when this is all over. I want to know how to keep my family safe.

We’re not getting a whole lot of accurate information from the official sources and what they do say keeps changing. From spending January thinking it was a far-away problem to February believing the threat was contained, waking up to March when our lives would change so dramatically and so quickly has me searching for answers.

So, I need to connect to reliable information. Our local public health blog has been wonderful at telling us what’s happening and when. The Seattle Times has been doing some amazing coverage on what it’s like to live under quarantine and what the hospitals are going through. And if you want the straight facts, this website is aggregating data from local sources and confirming them with public health records: https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en?fbclid=IwAR3Y6QSE74FJpCOA0i7rUppvY6loY9ri4rIqqOgY-tQjrAL7CWcDB6ERtII

What reliable sources of information are you using?