Day 21

April 1st, 2020  The deadly virus called Covid19 is sweeping across the world and hitting America in force as over 5,000 American lives have been lost so far.  The death total was its highest for one day with more than 900 reported.  More states are shutting down and restricting movement as more than 90% of the US population live in areas with shelter-in-home order, but some are saying it is not enough and are calling for stricter shelter-in-place orders.  In either case, the economy will almost surely face a recession it has not seen in years. Overall, the virus continues to spread it's death around and the total of cases and deaths gets bigger each day.  The WHO dashboard looks like this at 10:55 pm

 Today we continued remote teaching. I submitted two new lessons to each of my google classrooms. A fun activity of matching and coloring and aping exercises for K-2 and a imaginative game of shadow sports for the 3-4-5 sector. I checked in with some staff and visited some classroom connection circles.  The kids seem confused and uncertain.  They miss their friends, teachers and the friendly confines of their buildings.  It is the old adage, you don't know what you have until it's gone.

 On our walk today we saw playgrounds roped off.  Many of our typical crowded streets and parking lots are empty as all non-essential businesses are closed. Causing less congested streets, but more crowded sidewalks as people who are quarantined are allowed to go out for exercise and air.  Even though in some cases their usual places are closed off (playgrounds, tennis courts, gyms and recreation centers.