Coronavirus

The United States hit a sad milestone in the past 24 hour, with more than 100 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus and more than 10,000 new cases. As of this morning, the New York Times Coronavirus Map showed 537 deaths, which is up 109 or 25 percent, and 43,499 cases, an increase of 10,481 or 32 percent.

After 10 days, we have adjusted to our life in quarantine and settled into a routine. We’ve adapted to being home full time and are getting along well. We’ve determined that it is important to have goals and to schedule at least one activity or chore per day.

This morning saw 33,018 COVID-19 cases reported in the United States, which is up 36 percent or 8,638 in the past 24 hours and ten times as many as it had a week ago. Deaths attributed to the coronavirus jumped 79 percent to 428.

The question of whether to bug out and when to do so is one preppers face every time there’s an emergency. Sometimes it’s pretty clear. This is not one of those times.

The novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, continues to rapidly spread, both globally and in the U.S. As of this morning, the New York Times was reporting at least 24,380 cases in the U.S., an increase of 6,418, or 36 percent, in the last 24 hours. Deaths in U.S. due to COVID-19 jumped by 101, to 240.

We left the house again today, but we stayed as far away from people as possible. Our first stop was a plant sale.  My wife,...

I suggested to my wife that we consider buying more meat from one of the local farmers we deal with, but she thinks we...

I awoke this morning to the news that 17,962 people in the U.S. were known to have COVID-19, an increase of 5,570 or 45 percent in 24 hours. There have been 44 new deaths, bringing to total to at least 239. Globally, there are more than 284,000 cases and close to 12,000 deaths.

We are on day 7 of our self-imposed Quarantine. After a week, it’s safe to say our lives have changed a bit. Here’s what I’ve observed:

I woke up this morning to learn that the authorities have now confirmed 12,392 cases of COVID-19 in the country, an increase since yesterday of 4,075, an increase of 49 percent. Today is March 20 and that number is closing in on three times the number of known cases we reported on the 17th. There are 195 known deaths, up from 147 yesterday.