Coronavirus (COVID 19) PSA

Hello fine people,

With the unprecedented times we’re living in, I Brad Freeman, your resident wheelchair-bound bro on the go and future President of the United States possibly, has this PSA to share with you.

In regards to Coronavirus (COVID 19) I am cautious, but not drinking the panic Kool-Aid yet. My food and toilet paper surplus is at a normal level. All this panic buying is drastically reducing the supply needed for those who really do demand it. And with the advent of cable, and satellite, CNN and Fox News, as well as their local affiliates, are scaring everyone by constantly saturating the airwaves with the worst possible scenarios.

On another related side note, all humans can do as a species is what they should already have been doing for years. Basic hygiene… Wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough, cough and sneeze into your elbow, don’t shake hands for a while, and sanitize and disinfect more than usual. My God, my hands have never smelled more like Aloe and Lysol at any time in life, then now! Lol. If you truly have symptoms go get checked please.

With all the different closures because of this, I feel a bit of irony personally. You see, having cerebral palsy since you were 5 months old, and not being able to walk around under your power, I use my brainpower, and the Internet to compensate for not being able to walk around all the time. I do all the things I do that were written about in my blog via telephone conferences, email, mail, and people driving to me etc, so for me in a weird way, it’s just another day. Everybody else is living how I live to a certain extent. But I do feel bad for the people with the jobs that don’t have any work from home elements to them. People always get on me for not having a traditional job, and having to do things from home. It’s hard for me to find a job because I’m not able to walk under my own power, but I do the best I can with what I got. My point is if there were more lucrative jobs for people to do from home, then we’d all be doing it, but unfortunately there’s not. So in that sense, I can very much relate to everybody right now.

And for all the parents, being that you have to home school most of your kids, try khanacademy.com. It’s a website I use to brush up on my basic subjects, as well as take practice tests at a post college level.

Don’t get discouraged, you’ll make it through. If I can learn to compensate with cerebral palsy my whole life, then I’m sure all of you that take walking under your own power and the freedom you do have for granted, will be fine in the long run! What I do when I wake up, you ask? What can I accomplish today? I have the Internet. Let’s go kick ass, and make sure history remembers you for all eternity! Everyone see, what you have to do is reach deep down inside, and find that relentlessly persistent part of you that will not give in, or give up! What you have to do is make the ultimate assault on life itself. Be the best you can be. And pass the time by finding things to preoccupy your time. I’ve done this my whole life, if you haven’t noticed. If I believe in myself enough to do it, then I certainly believe all of you can accomplish the same greatness!

Brad Freeman