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“Only time will tell, If I am right or I am wrong,

Only time will tell, is there a message in this song.

Will it ever make sense, will it ever ring a bell,

Only time will tell.”

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These are the chorus lyrics of Jimmy Buffett’s hit song, “Only Time Will Tell,” included on his 1996 released album Banana Wind. The title may be the only answer we can come up with as to the coronavirus concern facing us these days.

Many have been meeting, discussing, brainstorming, adjusting, 24/7, trying to come up with whatever they feel might diminish the spread of coronavirus. Many have worked extra hours at their jobs, many have stepped forward to volunteer wherever they can. Many are operating on the fly, as new information surfaces and new restrictions are imposed. Will it be enough? Will it make a difference? Only time will tell.

Meanwhile, kudos to the many who are doing something, coming up with something, adjusting to new information that pops up almost daily.

They need to be recognized for making decisions on behalf of all peoples’ safety during this crisis.

Thanks to the CDC, and other government agencies and officials, for endless hours of monitoring, researching, and experimenting, trying to slow the spread of, and contain, coronavirus.

Thanks to medical researchers and scientists looking to develop something to combat this virus and it’s spreading.

Thanks to medical personnel, doctors, PAs, nurses, technicians, lab personnel, hospital aides, office personnel, and all staff for testing, treating, cleaning, sanitizing, helping people, and making medical settings as safe and sanitized as possible.

Thanks to pharmacy workers, from pharmacists to pharmacy assistants, to those getting medications to customers as quickly as they can, and those who stock pharmacy shelves with necessary items like wipes, cleaners, etc.

Thanks to retailers and personnel working within their walls, for stocking shelves at rapid pace, and who’ve changed hours to accommodate senior citizens, allowing them to shop in less hectic settings by giving them special times to shop when the traffic in the stores is not so fast and furious.

And, thanks to those consumers who are shopping for necessities, at this time, and not surpluses.

Thanks to truck drivers and their companies for the intensive deliveries of medicines, food, supplies, any and everything that’s selling fast, leaving empty shelves that need to be replenished quickly.

Thanks to all in education, from administrations, to faculties, to building staffs, to custodial personnel, to food service workers, to bus and truck drivers, to security persons, to all who rapidly created and implemented plans for all students in their charge to continue academic work, and be fed as they would be if they were still attending schools. Also, thanks to those teachers making themselves available online to tutor students who may need the attention and/or assistance from a school educator.

Thanks to local pastors and religious personnel for their spiritual guidance and prayers to those who seek relief from fears, and need spiritual peace of mind.

Thanks to the restaurants who’ve adjusted to their restrictions, and still provide meals and make them available to people who enjoy their food and business, helping people to still experience some normalcy in their lives.

Thanks to all people respecting and adhering to recommendations of the CDC, local, state, and national health organizations, government officials, and all other groups who are making decisions and recommendations on our behalf. Whether we agree with what’s being done or not, whether we think they’ll work or not, whether some think too much is being taken away, or cancelled, or whether agencies are being too cautious, making the adjustments together, and with a united front approach, will make things be as good as can be at this point.

Thanks to EMT personnel, law enforcement agency personnel, fire safety agency personnel, and the like, for going beyond their jobs to serve and protect, and going “extra miles” to serve/ assist individuals and/or groups however they can during this time.

Will what’s being recommended, and being done, diminish, or eliminate, this threat? I wonder that myself, but when it’s all over, I want to be able to say aloud that everyone did everything they could, not having to wonder, what if we could have done more.

Only time will tell, if we were right or we were wrong. Not trying though, would be the greatest wrong. Stay strong, all!