Sent by a friend in California...

I heard on the news today that 40 Italian doctors have died. I suppose even more nurses have died, too. Unimaginable, tragic! There is a real possibility that the US will be the next Italy.

We struggle here to keep an ignorant man with cruel tendencies from throwing us all into the volcano. Each state is making it's own rules, because there is very little leadership from the federal government. Every day is tense while he speaks his daily gibberish into the microphone. We also struggle to keep young people from ignoring the stay-at-home rule. Well, the world is just like this, and we'll get through it!

In a way you can be thankful that your states can decide independently because the one on top is absolutely useless...
Italy has been overwhelmed and the fact that the shutdown was leaked before it came has led to many fleeing the north so that the south is now suffering- with much worse medical facilities than the affluent north.
Other countries have had more time to prepare than Italy so there's no excuse at all for not reacting in time!
Stay safe!

I was walking back from the shop the other day along deserted streets, when suddenlyI heard this “Hello! Hello!Hello!” in the distance: a little girl was at the bottom of her drive waving and waving at me. I had to wave back and call out my “Hello!” It cheers me up every time I think about it now.

Oh, that's adorable, and really kind of sad. Poor little thing, it's such a puzzling world, now. Even the grown-ups are at a loss.