At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have more information than we have space to put it. Events have been cancelled, schools are closed. Spain is in quarantine. There was a scuttled vote in Ohio, a super-carrier in Italy, and in New York, a conspiracy-monger was ordered to stop hawking coronavirus-curing toothpaste.
The global sweep of the disease has a way of making all of us, as well as the help we can offer, seem insignificant.
But as community centres bar their doors across the North Shore, it’s incumbent on individuals to band together and maintain our sense of community.
On Twitter – a platform not typically associated with care and kindness – District of North Vancouver resident Greg Robins recently offered to help immunocompromised folks in Lynn Valley. That offer was heartening, but even more inspiring was the kindness it spawned.
Soon enough, similar examples of neighbourly spirit spread to Edgemont, Deep Cove, Delbrook and all over West Vancouver. People offered to pick up groceries, mail letters and check in on isolated seniors.
On Monday, 10 North Shore residents offered to get in the driver’s seat to keep Meals on Wheels rolling through this crisis.
Speaking from his own semi-isolation, Justin Trudeau recently said this crisis could last for weeks or for months, which means our prime minister, like the rest of us, has no idea how long this is going to last.
It may feel like we’re on our own, which is why it’s crucial that we remember this: we’re on our own, together.
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