As if the Covid-19 virus wasn’t bad enough, last week the dams were breached which caused floods in Michigan. And now there are riots because a black man was killed by a policeman in Minnesota. (Hope they through the book at the cop if he wrongly killed the guy.) The riots first hit Minneapolis/St. Paul, but have spread across the country. Tampa was hard hit so they’ve established a curfew for tonight.

What more can this nation cope with?

The whole attitude of the nation is messed up. Hopefully after the elections, things will improve.

Of course the virus and weather won’t be improved by the elections, but maybe people would have a better attitude. Right now, it feels like the nation is falling apart. It scares me.

For a while it seemed we were coming together over the virus but now there are conflicting views about how “shut down” we should be. I take a moderate stance. I feel we can gradually open activities, but please, not too fast!!! I approve of limited use of the pools. I can definitely see pickleball, lawn bowling, and other outdoor activities resuming, but I can’t envision a dance. I would be willing to space ourselves out at a Kentucky Derby party, but lining up to get our food from a buffet wouldn’t work.

I doubt that things will ever go back to the way they were. (Not in what remains of my lifetime anyway.) The changes will remain. We stand further apart. We wear masks in places where contamination might occur. We wash our hands more and hand sanitizers are used a lot.