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Monday 13 April 2020

Four weeks in self-quarantine

Today marks the end of the fourth week where I have been under self-quarantine. Here in Vermont, like much of the rest of the country, we have to keep at least 6 feet from other people when we have to go out, and we have to wear a mask. I have been stuck in the house for 4 weeks with a couple of exceptions. I went shopping in Littleton a couple of times with Liz, although I stayed in the car and she did the shopping. Other than that I have been twice to a bank to pay a bill (most all banks here in the USA have a drive-through, and this means that you get to stay in the car.

At long last, the snow has gone away, hopefully until November. On a couple of the warmer days, I have been in the yard planting bulbs, corms, and seeds. g We also invested in a small greenhouse in which I have been planting my pole-beans in peat growing pots. In a few week's time, I will be able to transplant them outside. I am an avid reader, but have been unable to visit the local library for 4 weeks,

Trump continues to make a fool of himself, treating his daily Coronavirus briefings as a campaign rally. We are at the peak of the outbreak and he wants to open up the economy in three week's time, which he can't do because he has no control over what takes place in individual states. Only the governors of each state can re-open businesses such as banks, restaurants, gymnasiums and retail outlets. At the latest count, some 16 million people were out of work in the USA. He can't get it into his stupid head that if he opens up the economy too soon there will be another surge in the infection and ultimately the death rate. I personally hold him directly responsible for a large proportion of the 22,859 deaths that have occurred from this virus in the USA at the time of writing.