BEATING DOWN COVID

MAJOR NEWS STATIONS ACROSS THE NATION announced "lock down," ...mandatory announcement in March of 2020... THIS IS NBC NEWS...The White House and all prominent public health officials have urged people across the country to stay at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, governors of five states have yet to issue lock down orders for their residents, and three states have issued only partial measures..." This was the President's orders. A stressed overtaxed president being brow beaten for the usual national safety measures, NASA concerns for "being the first" out there and other governmental departments resettling for the ongoing monthly eruptions by resigning or fired staff members. His trusty VP at his side, he and Federal Emergency Management Agency operatives for Emergency Management projects inherited from the prior administration meant to guarantee our status of security and response to every possible form and source of terrorism, were confronted with an assault on the health of the American population. A national terrorism concerning population health is the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services CENTERS for DISEASE CONTROL supported by the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. It was a potential health crisis, our ability to respond, react and recover on a national basis. No president dealt with such a scare since the 2015 -2016 ZIKA VIRUS PANDEMIC. There was the 2014 EBOLA outbreak that did not last, and the 2002-2004 SARS... Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called SARS-associated coronavirus. We had fallen short for response but recovery was quick, it didn't last and did not progress throughout out millions. COVID came on the tail end of beefing up security levels for terrorism of war. After the drug raid at Manuel Noriega's Nicaragua to diminish and deplete drugs being brought into the United States, a short end abandonment of mission brought military home and some military units of Nicaragua in pursuit for vengeance at the destruction of that nation's economy which relied heavily on production of those drug substances. That mission cut short, focus was turned to defending Kuwait in 1990. Forces were shipped over seas to battle Iraq. Concerns for national security were set high in regard to terrorism strikes via the health of American population. The ability of government entities to respond on short notice with precision defense and recovery among the common folk would be a project worth effecting. The shut down of the nation to provide ample time for medical resolve was mandatory. The president held the population still; he was the only one who could.

We got bored, depressed, stressed and in some cases violent. We suffered heart attacks at the thought of losing a job where no one was in attendance. We feared falling behind in our children's education. We feared catching whatever our neighbor had... "why was he coughing ... so much?!" We feared going to the doctor... the hospital because everyone there was dying. We stayed home and suffered fears.

To compensate for a lot of that frustration of breaking our great american past times, we created simple activities like ROCK PAINTING, GARDENING, and SHE or HE SHED BUILDING... in case we lost our home. The She Shed and Tiny home communities rampant across the nation now can be credited to that doubt that social existence in America (and abroad) would return to normal in our lifetimes... before we succumbed to COVID anyway. They were bought or constructed in a flurry with great satisfaction in the outcome.

TINY HOMES bought or built by empty nesters or persons downsizing from family homes. The benefit of an actual house on wheels that can be towed by an SUV or pick up truck as inhabitants travel; or set temporarily on leased lots or set to land purchased in rural areas provide that vacation home some of us rarely get to see.

SHE SHEDS were the solution to home bound depression or stress of family members stuck out of traditional social circles and forced to remain inside the walls of home with no solution to household shortage of comfort items. Preconstructed yard sheds of every size were purchased from dealers, do-it-yourself stores or built from scrap by homeowners to be enjoyed in their own back yard or as a cabin in a land space away from home.

HOMELESS FAMILIES, displaced from the typical minimal comfort provided by a homeless shelter or warming center came out of cardboard boxes and many found solace for rebuilding family dignity in the comfort of a she shed insulated and with sections provided for pseudo-normalized living while in crisis.

HOMELESS VETERANS set out from military duties by termination of enlistment contract found themselves in an environment already overcrowded with families seeking shelter. Despite promises of a VETERAN HOME LOAN BENEFIT many are and were unqualified due to stringent qualifiers in regard to income, credit status, prior records of payment on a home. Without the support of some community groups creating veteran tiny home communities that allow assimilation of address and most other requirements for re establishing life as a civilian, veterans would die in the street. "Thank them for their service." Many states are now are funding programs for building these communities for homeless veterans.

PROGRAMS USING SHED SPACES as a solution born out of the stress to house populations since the onset of the pandemic are not yet noted but affordability is one positive note for the interested party. Shed loan companies provide a low cost low interest opportunity for purchasing a prefab structure, new or preowned, which is delivered to the purchaser's land and set for them. The structure... a single story or two level, can be purchased finished or can be finished interior by the purchaser. The options are many and prices variable. There is something out there to fit every one's need.