ポートランドのホテルで
7月
13日
宿泊客いくらかはいるのですが皆さん他人との接触を避けているためか、どこにも人を見かけません。
おかげでその多目的室は我が家の独占状態。
中学時代に1カ月間卓球部に入部した経験があると私としては上級者のつもりでいたのですが、我が子たちと対戦してほぼ互角。彼らはどこで卓球覚えたのか、ちゃんと球を返してきてラリーが続きます。
その後ホテルの隣にある広大なサッカー場に出て行きました。そこで端から端まで息子と徒競走。4回繰り返して私は降参あうると、その後は彼1人で走ってました。オレゴン州では週末にこのいくつものサッカー場が人で溢れるほど、子供も大人もゲームを楽しんでいます。ところがまだワシントン州では屋内は勿論、どんな屋外スポーツもご法度なんです。
昨年の今頃、彼は毎週すべての試合でヘトヘトになっていたのですが、今はチームでの練習も出来ないままと、残念そうに言っていました。
10代の若い子が感染する確率の低さ。
たとえ感染したとしても重篤化するその確率の低さ。
1日数万人と言う新規感染者が米国で毎日あるとの報道ですが、若い子たちが重篤化した例を聞いたことがありません。
さらに3密状態でもない屋外スポーツでたとえ陽性者がいたとしても感染する確率はさらに低いはず。
米国ってもう少し合理的な判断ができる国かとばかり思っていましたが、このような過剰な制限政策では首をかしげるばかりです。
さて明日は朝の6時に起きてハイキング行こうとの子供らの計画です。夜食も食べたことだし早めに休むこととします。
"主に仕えることが不満なら、あの大河の向こうにいた、あなたがたの先祖が仕えた神々でも、今あなたがたが住んでいる地のアモリ人の神々でも、あなたがたが仕えようと思うものを、今日選ぶがよい。ただし、私と私の家は主に仕える。」"
ヨシュア記 24章15節
私たちの周囲の人々がコロナ禍に対してどのような判断や政策をとることがあったとしても、それはそれとして尊重した上で、自らの可能な範囲内でできるに生きて、楽しみを見つければ良いはずです。
かつてヨシュアは、同胞イスラエル人が自分たちの神を忘れ偶像に走ることがあったとしても、自分と自分の家族のスタンスをはっきりと表明しています。
When my family arrived at the hotel, we went to play table tennis in the multi-purpose room.
There were a few guests in this hotel, but I didn't see anyone anywhere because everyone was avoiding contact with other people.
Thanks to this, that multi-purpose room is a monopoly in our house.
I thought I was an expert when I joined the table tennis club for one months in junior high school, but I played against my children and it was almost an even match. Where did they learn to play table tennis?
They returned the ball properly and the rally continued.
Then we went out to the huge soccer field next to the hotel. I ran with my son from one end of the field to the other, I gave up after 4 times and he ran alone after that.
In Oregon, these several soccer fields are so packed with people on weekends that kids and adults alike are playing the game. However, it's still restricted to play any outdoor sports, of course indoors, in Washington state.
This time last year, my son was exhausted at a few games in every week, and now he's not allowed even to practice with his team. He said ruefully that he was missing playing soccer in his last High school season.
The low probability of a young teenager getting infected with coronavirus.
Even if they are infected, the odds of them becoming seriously ill are low.
There are tens of thousands of new cases a day in the U.S. every day, according to reports, and I have ever heard of that young children becoming seriously ill.
And even if someone were positive virus carrier playing in an outdoor sport that isn't even crowded, the chances of getting infected are even lower. Hmmm.
I always thought the United States was a country that could make a more rational decision, but this overly restrictive policy just makes me shake my head.
Well, the kids plan to get up at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow to go hiking. We've had our evening meal and we're going to rest early.
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15
No matter what decisions or policies the people around us may make regarding the coronation disaster, if you respect that, and live within your ability to do so and find enjoyment in it, that should be good.
Even though Joshua once said that his fellow Israelites had forgotten their God and run to idols, He clearly states his stance on himself and his family.
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