Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic (Number 6)

Numbers Continue to Grow!

Both in the U.S. and worldwide the number of cases of the coronavirus continue to grow. Following these statistics is both fascinating and scary as hell.


Worldwide coronavirus cases
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According to the Pew Research Center, most American lives are being affected. It doesn't take much to notice and it is surprising how many seem to feel that it isn't necessary to take any extraordinary precautions. Of course, there are daily reports of folks realizing that they do need more respect for the situation. As these numbers increase just about everywhere, it does not require an advanced intellect to feel the impact. 

We feel very lucky that we have not heard of any personal connection to anyone having the COVID-19 virus. But the way the numbers are increasing daily, none of us will escape being connected to it.


While We Are Waiting

Some of the interesting things that people seem to be doing while hunkered down is to relive past travels. Having had the good fortune to have visited a number of places around the world the exercise is fun and wonderfully distracting. 


Cities Visited

Today I made a couple of lists of places that I have visited (probably I've left some out):

Amsterdam
Anchorage
Agra
Athens
Atlanta
Baltimore
Barcelona
Barranquilla
Boston
Brussels
Budapest
Calgary
Cartagena
Chicago
Cologne
Colon
Copenhagen
Cuzco
Delhi
Detroit
Donegal
Dublin
Florence
Havana
Kathmandu
Lima
Lisbon
London
Marseille
Miami
Montreal
Naples
Nassau
New York
Nice
Nuremberg
Panama City
Paris
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Quebec
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Juan
Toronto
Valletta
Vancouver
Venice
Vienna
Washington


Countries Visited

Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Mexico
Nepal
Netherlands
Panama
Peru
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Spain


Parting Shot

While reliving past travels was fun, here are some more numbers.

coronavirus cases in U.S. cities
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