Corona

OK in Australia at present. My state South Australia doing better than the rest of the country.

Here in the east of England things seem relatively ok compared with other parts of the world, but we do have a few confirmed cases locally. Keep safe, we will get through this in the end.

The few cases we have in Kansas are in the big cities. Mostly Kansas City and I think one around Wichita.
You're in a bad situation whiskat by working in the hospital. No doubt you are being exposed to it. I hope you don't get it and if you do I hope it's a very mild case. A friend of mine is stuck in Scotland and he says he could be stuck there for months. One thing we all have going for us is that playing the harmonica strengthens the lungs!

Here in Switzerland we should keep our distance from all people outside our immediate family. Schools are closed until some time in April (so far). Most stores are closed, except grocery stores and pharmacies. They are trying to slow down the rate of contracting the disease, so that the hospitals won't get overwhelmed. My family is doing fine.

I'm in the Knights of Columbus. We have had a Friday night fish fry for decades. It draws a crowd and such things are not allowed so we had to shut it down. We discussed selling take out from the curb, but the local restaurants are trying to do the same and we didn't want to compete with them. They are taking a hugh hit and those folks need their jobs. So we decided to donate all perishable foods and just close the hall for now.
I'm still going to work. I work at a large mail processing facility. People count on their mail for things like medicians. Plus the elections and mail in ballots and the census are happening. Also folks want to conduct business through the mail instead of in person. So work is pretty normal. Traffic is down so I suppose others are not going to work. I'm too busy to follow all the news.
Our bishop removed the obligation to attend Sunday mass. The churches are closed. The priests will still say mass. We can pray along by watching it on TV or internet or listening on the radio. My grandkids are out of school. The local school is still providing school lunches. The cooks make it at the school and the bus drivers go around with volunteers and instead of picking up kids they drop off the meals. That's nice.
The grocery stores around here only let senior citizens in for the first hour each day. That way they can shop and minimize exposure. The stores are cleaning up and sanitizing each night. They are closing earlier to give themselves time to do that and restock.
I hope everybody in this forum stays well. I'm playing a few hymns on the harmonica each night and doing OK so far.

People in the performing arts are sure hurting. The musicians that have performances scheduled are all being cancelled, concerts cancelled, the theaters where live plays are performed, like on Broadway. Movie theaters are also being closed. But, all the young people are still gathering in big crowds at the beaches in Florida for spring break and at the bars and dance halls. The government has asked them to not gather like that, but they aren't listening. Like one official said; we asked your grandparents to go to war, all we're asking you to do it stay home.