Were you happy to give up an hour of sleep yesterday? If so, you’re decidedly in the minority.
According to a recent survey, only 28 percent of us are pleased with the status quo, while 31 percent would like to be on Daylight Saving Time (DST) all year long and 40 percent would prefer staying with standard time.
Add health experts to those who want time change to end. They say the annual shift disrupts our circadian rhythms and sleep and leads to a higher immediate risk of heart attacks, strokes, atrial fibrillation, and potentially car accidents as well.
According to these experts, eliminating DST is a practical way we can improve our lives in these chaotic times. What about the issue that is far more troubling today?
Italy quarantines seventeen million people
As the coronavirus epidemic continues to spread, we can take practical measures such as frequent handwashing. Health authorities also advise us to boost our immune system with healthy habits and regular exercise and to follow the CDC website and scientists rather than public opinion and social media.
Those who will or might be working from home can take steps to make their experience as positive as possible. We can be proactive now to prepare our home and family, following preventive advice from the CDC.
But such practical proactivity doesn’t feel like enough, does it?
Yesterday, Italy began quarantining seventeen million people in Milan, Venice, and much of the country’s industrial heartland. American churches advised those attending Sunday services to avoid direct contact with each other. Oregon declared a state of emergency yesterday, joining New York, California, Florida, Maryland, and Washington.
Officials estimate that a thousand people are quarantined at home in New York after attending a bat mitzvah and funeral where one person was already infected. And stocks around the world tumbled early this morning, pointing to a Dow Jones…
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