Mondays are just young Fridays
What happens when you step away
from the everyday, for a while
(or longer)?
A new locale, an unfamiliar bed, an
alternative view overhead
there is always another way instead;
at least there will be this week.
Even a wristwatch looks different today
for deadlines have no purpose or place
this week.
A well-deserved break, to say the least.
11/04/2024 j.g.l.
cloud songs
What of today, tomorrow
or next week?
What about the weary,
the impoverished, and the meek?
What becomes the answer or
the validation that you seek?
11/01/2024 j.g.l.
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Tipping Point
Posted on March 1, 2020 by j.g.lewis
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Each day we are bombarded with news of CONVID-19; two more cases were reported in Ontario overnight, and in the past week we’ve heard more about the elevated spread of the coronavirus in Korea, Italy and Iran.
China remains the most infected country, and the source, of the worldwide epidemic, but each time another country posts another case our fear increases.
Globally, more than 80,000 people have been infected. Last Friday the World Health Organization upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment.
It becomes less likely, daily, that the virus can be contained. So, when will this virus move from an epidemic to a pandemic?
In his 2000 debut book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell used the premise of how an idea spreads like a virus. The book, considered a “must-read” for businesses and marketers (and a thoughtful read for anybody else) explains the elements required for an idea to hit critical mass, and then go viral when it hits the tipping point.
You cannot help but think of the virus Gladwell originally wrote about in his book. You cannot help think about CONVID-19.
When will this outbreak reach the tipping point, or has it already?
03/01/2020 j.g.l.
