COVID UPDATES in my area of Missouri. I find some of this very strange. I went to a funeral yesterday in a county that has a mask mandate. My county does not have one so far.

In the funeral home everyone has a mask and does social distancing. Well, almost. People are crying and hugging and one person reportedly has COVID. People hug her too, and she is the mother of my 2 daughters. Too close for comfort in my opinion. What can I say? If you are in a grocery store the masked person close to you might have the virus too and you would never know.

Babies present in this funeral are not covered in any way. It would seem to me that a blanket could be used safely to protect the babies. This flies over the heads of the others, or maybe they just have not thought of it.

The preacher and singers took off their mask to pray and sing. What is that all about?

When it is over I go to a corporate auto store like the one I work for and want them to use the diagnostic tool because my check engine light is on. We are all wearing masks by mandate and I am informed that they cannot touch or enter my car because of COVID. What happens instead is that they give me the diagnostic tool and let me do it. The tool is simply returned to them and nobody wipes it or cleans it.

As I am leaving that county I notice a man driving his car and he is wearing a mask. Maybe his fear is that his car could give him the virus. IDK.

Is it any wonder that Americans are having trouble these days with the virus? Should there even have been a funeral with 50 people present? We have ideas on how to control this but nobody can follow instructions. The only hope I see is when the vaccines are made available free by early February. Until then ignorance will keep killing us. Anyone with any ideas?