As the day moves on the sun returned and melted the recent snow. Flowers fought through the frost to sun themselves and birds chirped once again. It is clearly the days between winter and spring here in Colorado. The United States is in between two places or moments in time as we are close to the April 30 date of the reopening of the nation. Just what the reopening will look like is unknown, but it will certainly come with anxiety and fear. It is like being stuck between the proverbial "rock and a hard place". We saw this on our walk. It felt truly good to get out after two days inside.
Opening up commerce can help the economy begin it's slow climb back to a thriving nation (this will take some time) and potentially save some businesses from going completely under. However, it comes with people mingling and less social distancing which could lead to an uptick in new cases just as we have started to see a flattening of the curve in many cities. This Covid19 is a tricky virus as it hides undetected in people showing no symptoms. The new cases yesterday still exceeded 77,000 and new deaths reached over 5,000. The next two weeks in this space between rock and hard place will be very interesting and possibly lend a hand in making the decisions on what the new rules will be.
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