{"id":16999,"date":"2020-05-08T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=16999"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:00:03","slug":"what-do-we-do-when-coronavirus-lockdowns-destroy-our-community-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2020\/05\/what-do-we-do-when-coronavirus-lockdowns-destroy-our-community-life.html","title":{"rendered":"What do we do when coronavirus lockdowns destroy our community life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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By David Fine (This image is from the FEMA Photo Library.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>If I had a nickel for every time I\u2019ve seen a pseudo-inspirational report of someone making face masks or collecting for a food pantry or sending letters of encouragement to first responders . . . well, to be honest, I\u2019m getting rather tired of them; you can keep the nickels.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a tweet, like so many others, that came across my twitter feed just now:<\/p>\n

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the lockdown is the closest most americans now living have come in spirit to the collective sacrifices of \"the greatest generation.\" unsurprisingly, the people who venerate them most hated it<\/p>\n

\u2014 Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n