Simply Observations

1.  Are all these people who were making $50,000 a year and living pay-check to pay-check in trouble?

They were in trouble last year, and simply have fallen to the final step.  There were people making $150,000 a year, and living under the same umbrella.  You can pray for them, and offer them some burgers off your grill, but otherwise, they shouldn't be on your 'gotta-save-them-souls' list.

2.  Should the President have done something earlier?

Oh absolutely.  There should have been some Army-run camp in New Mexico and once you were tested 'positive'.....they should have trucked you there and waited for you to pass to 'negative' or passed-on.  See if that reaction makes your CNN journalist guy happy.

3.  This World Health Organization budget chatter....is it worth discussing?

Basically, they get 2-billion dollars worth of money per year.  Out of this....8-percent is for travel expenses.  Four-percent goes to actual medical 'stuff'. 

Unless you broke this down and showed the type of travel, the type of hotels, the type of per-diem.....then you don't know the rest of the story.

However, if the top 100 employees all travel in luxury (business-tickets, five-star hotels, nice limo-rides).....then I'd say they need some restructure and general supervision.  But you don't know the rest of this story.

4.  Does money and funding matter that much in an election?

No.  Smart people spend less, wisely and still win.  Stupid people still spend unwisely and lose (Hillary Clinton out-spent Trump in 2016, probably around 3 dollars to 2 dollars). 

5.  Does social distancing really matter?

Some Swedes will tell you that they've been social distancing for their entire life.  Some New Yorkers will tell you that it's physically impossible to social distance from people.

Here's the thing....if someone seems ill (cough, fever, etc).....you ought to keep a minimum of ten feet away from the person (that's Alabama-social-distancing).  We also have a stance called bull-distancing, where you estimate how fast this bull can react and stomp you in the ground, and generally it's 300 feet in a fairly open field.  If you are crippled-up....double that to 600 feet.

6.  Does a 'at-home-virus-test-kit' make things any different?

If it's 100-percent reliable.....good.  If it's less than 70-percent accurate and reliable....why bother?

7.  No one in North Korea has seen Mr Kim in the last couple of days....big-deal?

Generally, he's a traveling circus and all North Koreans beg for a chance to view him.  So, yeah, it's a big deal.

8.  Can Trump be a comedian?

He's a lot of things.  He might even be capable of doing a Shakespeare play, if you asked him.

9.  Best movies to watch while in isolation?

1936 My Man Godfrey, and 1934 Judge Priest (directed by John Ford)

10.  Can virus-isolation make you into a nut-case?

Well, if you just sit glued to the TV, consuming CNN hour-by-hour....yeah.  But if you have a list of forty odd-jobs to accomplish.....you won't even notice the isolation.