Greetings from Kentucky!

Hello from the United States – remote western Kentucky to be exact. I live on the shores of Kentucky Lake and I’m thankful that the dreaded Coronavirus has not hit our area too badly yet. Our entire county has about 32,000 residents and so far we only have 12 documented cases here.  I consider us lucky. That is not to say we haven’t been cautious – we wear masks and gloves any time we go out in public. My mom lives in Chicago and she happened to be here visiting me when the virus hit, so we decided it would be better for her to stay with me and ride this out.  So far her 2 week visit has turned into 8 weeks. I think we made a wise decision.

My son is a dietitian and his wife is a nurse, and they both work in major hospitals in the Chicago area. Both of their units have been turned into Coronavirus units and they are dealing with it on the front lines so to speak, on a daily basis. The population of Cook County where they are located is just over 5 million and so far there have been almost 19,000 confirmed cases there. My son’s daily work commute normally takes him over half an hour on a major expressway in bumper to bumper traffic. Last week he told me that there was only one other car driving down the road at the same time for as far as he could see. That is unheard of for Chicago!