COVID-19 thoughts

My school has been hovering on the brink of closing for the last 2 weeks (next week is going to be "professional development" days, probably followed by going remote.) Also, Chinese School has been remote for the last 6 weeks. Toddler Rutabaga's preschool still remains open. My parents have gone into self-quarantine to keep themselves from getting the virus. Meanwhile, life in the city an hour drive away seems pretty unaffected. It's been interesting to move between these spaces -- the overseas Chinese community, which has been panicking on WeChat for the last 6 weeks, my work community, which has been wiffling about closing for the last 2 weeks, and some of my social groups across the Bay, who are kind of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

At least my local and work community seems to be catching up with panicked parents on WeChat.

Anyway, here's some thoughts:
( I lay out some basic principles and think through possible scenarios for the next few weeks )