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Thursday, February 11, 2021

Valentines Day And The COVID-19 Pandemic

Every year people express their love for that special someone on Valentines day. There would be a special date between two people with dinner and excitement. A big tradition is when valentine cards are given to each other. An individual would give a box of chocolate to their love. This annual event doesn't really cost a lot compared to December Holidays. Valentine's day is celebrated even if you don't have a romantic partner.

In 2021, Valentine's day will be impacted by COVID-19 for the first time. There are stay at home order around the world forcing people to stay home. Countries that currently don't have stay at home orders don't have any recreational places open for dates to limit the spread of the coronavirus. You can't even go near anyone because you never know if someone is COVID-19 positive. This is going to be a very rough Valentine's day for people who want to do something romantic.

Despite COVID-19, there are ways that your Valentine's day could still be romantic and awesome. If you want to date someone who is not in your household, then you must self-isolate for 14 days, if you begin to have any symptoms then you shouldn't meet with the other person. You can give people Valentine cards by mail or email. If you are on a date with someone and you both passed 14 days of self-isolation, then you could get delivery food and watch a movie from home. If you didn't self isolate for 14 days and still want to have a date, then the only option would be a virtual video date.

Let's hope that this is going to be the only Valentine's day impacted by COVID-19.

Happy Valentine's Day




Thursday, February 4, 2021

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Stepping Down As CEO

 In 1994, Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos as a company that sells books. As years went by, Amazon started to sell other items and created a faster delivery system. Amazon became one of the biggest retailers, it makes it very close to Walmart. After almost 30 years, Jeff Bezos, 57, is stepping down as CEO but will remain on the executive chair of the Amazon board. In 2018, he said that is most important work is going to be Blue Origin, which is an aerospace company. He is also one of the richest people in the world. The new CEO of Amazon will be Andy Jassy who is currently the chief executive of Amazon Web Services. It's common for business people to step down as CEO of companies they founded. Microsoft founder Bill Gates stepped down as CEO in 2000 and stepped down from Microsoft's board in 2020. Jeff Bezos won't be CEO anymore but he is not actually stepping away from Amazon, despite having other projects.