Almost everyone wants to go back to normality. It seems even the Taliban don’t want to disturb too much as they take over all of Afghanistan – as they put the women back in their places and reinstitute extreme religion.

Back here in Israel, we’re ignoring the plague as much as we can. Masks maybe, but no quarantine as much as possible. Schools will probably open in two weeks and then we’ll really be in trouble, but we’re trying to ignore this, The fact that Corona appears to be less fatal than before, that we have found all kinds of ameliorating treatments may be part of the reasons for our actions, but financial considerations are clearly involved as well. And we really want to do everything possible to feel normal. Even if it is all self-deception.