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CHECK THE FORECAST OCTOBER 16, 2020
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Here’s the scenario: it’s almost time for your daily walk. You do this like clockwork every day at the same time. On this particular day it has been raining buckets for hours, and as your start time approaches, the downpour has eased off only a little. You check the forecast and the rain should stop in about a couple of hours, three or four at the most. You are going to walk, and at your regular time. There is no changing that. But here’s the question: are you going to take an umbrella or wear rain gear of some kind? Here and there nearby it isn’t raining as hard as it was earlier, and it’s pouring now, but it’s going to stop in a few hours. So what will you do? Our research says that 99 percent of all Examiner readers will take an umbrella, wear rain gear, or both. What does this have to do with anything? For most of this year so far, the entire world has been grappling with an unprecedented storm known as COVID-19. It has been pouring since at least
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March and April, but lately it seems like the storm is starting to weaken in some places. According to some of the more optimistic forecasts, it could be brought under control soon — but right now it’s still figuratively pouring. A similar question comes up again in this situation: are you going to wear protective gear? That is, are you going to continue to regularly wash your hands? Will you still wear a mask in public places as health experts recommend? Are you still going to keep your distance from others and avoid all unnecessary exposure to large groups of people? Affirmative answers are important because, unfortunately, the virus isn’t really weakening. Just a week ago (Oct. 9) a record for new cases worldwide in a single day (350,766) was set, breaking by almost 12,000 cases the previous record, and that record was only a few days old. Weather and the coronavirus share an important feature: they are unaware of city limits, county borders, state lines, and even international borders. A line on a map offers virtually zero protection, but there is a tendency we
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