A sunny day in Denver, Colorado. A spring chill hit the U.S this past weekend with snow falling in eastern parts and temperatures dropping in many others. Today is going to be 78 degrees. Remote teaching continues for us although Maren had her end-of-year checkout today and mine is tomorrow.
We are closing in on the end of the school year. We are both feeling relieved. The summer will come with its usual time off, but nothing to look forward to. No baseball games, outdoor events, concerts, travel etc. Simply the waiting. The waiting for things to change. And waiting for news that tells us it is once again safe to journey beyond our state lines or even our neighborhood.
The virus continues to wreak havoc upon the us and we are over 4 million cases worldwide and closing in on 300,000 deaths. With spikes in infections for regions of Germany, Italy and Korea it does not feel promising. Especially since these regions recently lifted restrictions in attempts to reopen the economy. The world sits in the middle of a conundrum where opening up businesses is essential to help boost economy and slow the rising unemployment rate, yet each reopening of any sort comes with the risk of continuing the spread of this virus. The virus is demoralizing us in addition to ravaging our physical bodies. It is also turning us against each other as we see a clear divide of camps where one wants to start up again no matter the loss of life while the other is safe-at-home and/or fearful of the increased deaths the reopening will cost.A recent model predicts the US to have 137,000 deaths by August. Add in how governors are continuing to lift restrictions in efforts to reopen and the U.S. announced $738 billion dollar budget deficit in April and you can see why there is frustration, confusion and grief.
In positive news, Hundreds of cities have handed over their streets to pedestrians and cyclists during the pandemic. Some that to keep it that way!
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