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2020 B.C. Before Covid

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Covid 19 And The Stiff Upper Lip Back in The U.K. after a visit to Ireland.  Not talking about The Pandemic is like denying gravity exists. That ostrich approach of sticking our collective  head in the sand will not delay or deny the medical catastrophe, the logistics nightmare and the financial Armageddon that each of us experience in our own idiosyncratic ways. Call it malignant optimism, but the shared hallucination that  it is "just the flu" is junk science. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger but make no mistake  about it:This virus can kill. It doesn't have a brain, but we do. Careers are on hold, people are in limbo, and there are only two ways this epidemic will end: Medically, probably never. Socially, whenever we personally decide to take risks. Knowledge on these two fronts is always going to be provisional and incomplete. As we tire of the Panic Mode, socially, we want to get on with our lives, and with the right simple precautions, we can...

The GR8 American Road Trip: Solitude at Its Purest Setting WY and MT

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The Great American Road Trip of 2020 πŸ›£️ The Great American Road Trip of 2020 When cruise ships stopped, the highways called πŸ”️ From seven seas to the Grand Tetons - 2020's greatest pivot March 2020 🚒 Don't Give Up The Ship It was the best of vibes. It was the worst of vibes. We waited for 2020 to have that perfect vision. Nobody could predict what they'd be seeing and doing this year - washing their hands, wearing a mask and social distancing because of the global pandemic. Normally, we would be sailing in the Norwegian Fjords, The Baltics or through Alaska's wildlife super highway, Glacier Bay. Tis the season...

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