The governor ordered everyone to stay at home only a few days ago, and yet it seems like much longer. I started working from home three weeks ago, initially because my entire team were traveling, and then for safety. My company turned off all our badges yesterday so I couldn't go back even if I wanted to. And I find myself planning meals a week out because I find it nearly impossible to cook small amounts of food. (Sample entries: Monday dinner, shrimp in garlic, butter, and wine sauce with wild rice; Tuesday lunch, leftover grilled chicken with wild rice. The shrimp were delicious, by the way.)
It doesn't help that the President and Senate Republicans are trying to turn this whole thing into a corporate giveaway. Some other lowlights:
- About 50 people had a birthday party in Westport, Conn., on March 5th, and then spread COVID-19 all over the world.
- The International Olympic Committee and Japan have postponed the 2020 Tokyo games for a year.
- India has ordered its 1.3 billion residents to stay home.
- Michelle Goldberg says "death panels" are coming for real this time.
- David Remnick thinks the virus has "shattered Trump's serene confidence."
- Do we need another article about how "Trump doesn't care about you?" TNR and Matt Ford think so.
- Data aggregator UnaCast has a "social distancing scoreboard" showing county-level information from mobile phone data about who's keeping socially distant and who's not.
But in one bit of good news, China announced an end to the two-month lockdown of Hubei province a few hours from now. Could we also start getting back to normal mid-May?
And finally, enjoy some scampi:
