Seventeenth Entry click to enlarge Friday, April 3rd, 2020 Today, the Mayor said everyone should cover their faces in public. By afternoon, the President said everyone should use a mask. He stated that he did not think he would be “doing it.” It is the eve of...
Sixteenth Entry click to enlarge Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 The morning news reported that hospitals updated their ethical guidelines to “maximize life.” I recently heard the word “lottery” referencing access to limited hospital equipment and related care, often the...
Fifteenth Entry Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 This place has been radically changed—quickly and without any physical devastation. At about 12:30 AM, I rode more than 25 blocks south on Seventh Avenue. Only two vehicles passed me during the moderately paced trip, one car...
Fourteenth Entry click to enlarge Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 The virus is spreading to more vulnerable places than NYC, and suddenly everyone is expecting and demanding government action. What happened to the great hatred and distrust of the government? New York’s...
Thirteenth Entry Monday, March 30th, 2020 The BBC reported that things have changed “utterly” — another term I’ve never heard a news anchor use. The Netherlands and other European countries reported they received defective masks from China. France ordered one billion...
Twelfth Entry Sunday, March 29th, 2020 A lone New York Times perched on a ledge in what could generously be called the lobby of my building. An oversized photograph of the interior of Calatrava’s Oculus was “above the fold,” as people used to say. Apparently, I am not...
