Running With Perseverance

Things are still changing quickly, but unlike last week, now the direction they’re heading is more clear. We’ve gone from limiting socializing to groups of 50 or less, to groups of 10 or less, to social distancing, and even to sheltering in place. While shelter-in-place orders are scary, with everyone interpreting the other guidelines differently, extreme measures seem to be required to get people to really minimize exposure to/contact with others. At times like these, our virtual social networks help us cope by giving us opportunities for distance socializing.

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I haven’t been actively involved in my law firm’s Coronavirus Task Force, but I do skim the flurry of emails on the latest legal developments (from relief packages to FDA guidance to shut-down orders) before they get posted to our Coronavirus  Resource Center. It’s a stressful distraction from my other work, but also interesting to see how federal, state, and local governments are reacting, and how we are trying to help clients identify and address ripple effects and unintended consequences. With my team members working at home, we’re having daily conference calls to “touch base,” spending most of the time on chit-chat because checking in on how they’re doing is as important as knowing what they’re doing.

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Things are changing so quickly, I wonder if anything I write today will be relevant tomorrow. Earlier this week, I thought it might be interesting that my church was closed because a visiting organist from another church was diagnosed with COVID-19 a few days after she used our organ during a special service, but by mid-week the Bishop canceled all church services across the Diocese of Virginia for two weeks, and now all public schools in Virginia (and other states) are closed for three weeks or longer.

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As for the case of coronavirus at my church, for many reasons including that I don’t use the part of the church building where the organist played and my priest wasn’t involved in the special service, I was never at risk, but the whole situation hit close enough to home to make the fear of contagion real.

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