I’ve heard newborn babies wailin’ like a mournin’ dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
— Bob Dylan
I must preface everything that follows with the fact that even while “sheltering in place” officially for an hour now—and practicing “social distancing” for many days previous—that I still don’t know anyone personally who’s been diagnosed with Covid-19. And so obviously I don’t know anyone who’s died from the virus.
That, of course, doesn’t mean that we don’t know people carrying the virus.