I have been in self-isolation for more than a week. I’ve never smoked. Yet, a little over a year ago, I lost my voice and I was then diagnosed with advanced emphysema. If I can remain in self-isolation, I may be safe, but how long can one be in self-isolation?
In theory, I should not see anyone, but tomorrow, a plumber will come to my apartment and replace the kitchen faucet. It burst apart. I spoke with the manager who told me it had to be replaced immediately, while there was still time.
Sherbrooke has testing facilities and treatment facilities. But distancing is the rule. In fact, authorities have asked people to refrain from going to testing facilities. One must phone and make an appointment. Symptoms must be very clear.
President Trump
Mr Trump tells us that he knew about the impending pandemic. Did he? As you know, with Mr Trump, first, the news is “fake news.” Second, he is not accountable. Yet, Americans will get paid sick leave, etc. They will be helped and they will have an income.
Ironically, on 16 March, Canadian Prime Ministre Justin Trudeau addressed Canadians. However, he did not close the border separating Canada from the United States. He may have feared a negative reaction from our neighbours to the South. But Mr Trump did not hesitate. The border is closed to non-essential traffic. In the days of novel coronavirus, distancing is necessary, but it is a form of togetherness. We need one another perhaps more than ever before.
Canada may have a small advantage. Most Canadians do what their experts tell them to do. Not that they are blinded by what authorities advise, but that they dare not be foolhardy. However, we lack supplies.
We are now returning to Molière…
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The Alcan Quartet performs Sir Ernest MacMillan‘s “Notre Seigneur en pauvre”
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18 March 2020
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What a beautiful piece of music, Micheline. Thanks for introducing me to the work of your fellow Canadian, whose work I’ve been raiding YouTube for ever since. Stay ‘sanitized’ lol. Cheers
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Thank you Wesley,
I’ve been indoors for at least 10 days. If I go near others and get infected I haven’t a chance. I’ll stay sanitized. I was a tenant and then a close friend of Sir Ernest’s niece. She died of cancer last year. Sir Ernest did not compose very much, which is a shame. To my knowledge he also set to much Blanche comme neige, French-Canadian folklore. He befriended Marius Barbeau a truly great folklorist. Quebec says it is prepared for the outbreak. But how prepared can we be? Thank you for writing and best wishes. Micheline
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To you too and thanks again for my newest fave composer. Cheers
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Given that I know the MacMillans, I can get you what music Sir Ernest composed. I could phone Betsy. She’s married with harpsichordist Hank Knox. Some of my neighbours ressemble Donald Trump: fake news and I’m not accountable. Many had assembled in a hallway standing next to one another, so suddenly from five feet tall and 90 pounds, I grew into a giant. The law is to stay indoors and at a distance. All businesses are closed. The police, the RCMP (authorities) are monitoring grocery stores and pharmacies, and the mailman will soon be wearing special gloves. We no longer sign if a package arrives. That would be contact. In short, the building is in quarantine and I’m the new, but unofficial, manager.
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