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COVID - the saga continues

2020 has been a long year, and just about a quarter of it has passed.  So much has happened this year.  We are blessed that we are still able to connect and find our new normal, as there are many who don't or can't. It was surreal.  I, like many others, didn't think much of the news of the virus in China.  A friend of ours was supposed to go to China early in February, and they did call off their trip.  That, I thought would be the extent to which we would be affected.  I don't remember a panic during the previous epidemics like SARs, MERs, and H1N1 but I do remember being aware.  I do remember washing hands with more frequency (especially during the H1N1 epidemic).  But that was it.  My son did contract the H1N1 virus, but a prescribed round of TamiFlu was all it took to recover.  Within 2 days of starting on his prescription he was back to normal, and just had to finish his dosage.  It was February.  Wuhan was on the other side of the world.  There were just a ha