Day 7 – Total confirmed cases in US: 26,747 The numbers have septupled in less than a week. The opportunity to “flatten the curve” has passed and we won’t know for a while how successful our social distancing has been. Welcome to the first weekend without restaurants, bars, theaters, and zoos. In keeping with ourContinue reading “Day 7”
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Day 5
Day 5 – Total confirmed cases in US: 14,250 Some of us are not coming back from this. I’m not talking about physical health, although some of us are not coming back that way either. Some of us are not coming back financially, even to the place we were a few weeks ago. Some willContinue reading “Day 5”
Day 3
Day 3 – Total confirmed cases in US: 6,510 Today was supposed to be my first day on vacation in Aruba. I had been pushing myself to finish up a few things, like a job, so I could relax and enjoy a few days away from everything. Then I was reminded that there are someContinue reading “Day 3”
Plague Diary – Day 2
Day 2 – Total confirmed cases in US: 4,661 In 1762, when a map of our collection of colonies looked like this: the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was marched in New York City. From then until now, through wars and blizzards, the parade was never canceled. Until this year. I have lived in thisContinue reading “Plague Diary – Day 2”
Plague Diary – Day 1
Day 1 – Total confirmed cases in US 3,774 I won’t be going to work today, or any day soon as far as I can tell. Unsanitary conditions, in one market, in one town in China, has shut down life across the world. It’s like waiting for an earthquake, only instead of being buried aliveContinue reading “Plague Diary – Day 1”