as our premier called it himself,
has deposited all restaurant owners who do not have ‘takeaways’,
they got money back from the government,
but as I heard:
not enough,
hairdressers and all small traders have almost gone bankrupt
not the supermarkets,
just like the markets in our city: no loss, they can stay open, just remember that 1.5 m distance and the plexiglass between cashier and customer,
this is not a problem, but difficult arithmetic to me,
I only know the owners of plexiglass factories: they are the new millionaires,
every cash register in supermarkets needs a large plexiglass if customers want to pay,
I prefer to use the scanner,
is a great happiness,
although there are so few scanners,
I don’t have to wait here,
many customers don’t know how to use,
despite not diminishing,
the vegetables and agricultural products are excellent and constantly fresh,
every day,
week after week
almost two months after March 12th,
indeed, intelligent Lock Down,
we don’t have to go hungry,
Besides
what they don’t say,
since I arrived in the Netherlands,
there are already hundreds of dead,
every winter again every year because of the flu we have every year,
every fall we have to be vaccinated,
against the usual winter flu,
I wonder that alone,
in this country?
all citizens from 50 years of age,
no one will die, only the weakest old people,
that is now also the case,
only with the biggest difference:
the corona virus is most aggressive,
more dead patients now than before,
the dutch virus is only 0.02% aggressive,
the coronavirus is 0.20% aggressive,
more people have become defensive,
next Monday 11 May,
a day after Mother’s Day,
the hairdressing salons can receive their customers again,
most intelligent is this Dutch Lock Down I must say,
our hair is saved in time
the homeless get their meals and at any coldest temperature they can sleep in the house especially for them
Yes! the Dutch government
social awareness is enormous,
these come from our tax payment,
I’m not complaining about this ailment,
the highest taxes on earth,
for this smallest country,
years ago it was 70% from our income, today
if I may say: lesser but still high,
bit high,
but I can tell you
after rains we stay constantly dry,
never forget:
the highest income, gets the highest taxes,
if you have one euro, you pay the tax 70 eurocent, remains 30 eurocent for living eating and enjoying life,
my beloved spouse never complains, me either,
always in gratitude,
you can see our attitude,
since the Lord blesses us with love, life and food,
we are always in gratitude,
©Sylvia Frances Chan – All Rights Reserved
Saturday
the 9th of May
2020