COVID 19 Journal 6

March 22, 2020

We went to Dupont Falls today. The weather looked so good out the window I cooked up the plan at 11 a.m. but by 12 p.m. was so grumpy and frazzled I almost backed out. We ended up going anyway, all three of us.

Everyone else had the same idea. There were so many cars there, more than we'd ever seen. It was easy to look at every single person as a virus-infected asshole. Atticus was scared of all the dogs.

It was so nice to be out in the sun and the wind, the spray of waterfalls, that at the end of the walk I'd almost forgotten about the Corona Virus. It seemed like an ordinary day out of a time that doesn't exist anymore.

What Changed:

• California residents ordered to stay at home
• 793 additional deaths in Italy today, the largest so far. They announced they are closing factories and all nonessential production.
• In Asheville Mission Hospital and Buncombe report first positive Corona cases (3 cases from Cherokee). Total NC cases 184.
• Department of Justice secretly asked Congress for the ability to detain arrested people indefinitely (suspend Habeus Corpus rights) and other powers, during Corona Virus and other emergencies. Democrats in the House of Representatives said no.