Face it: Coronavirus is about to shut down your daily lives

Published March 11, 2020 8:44pm ET



My children have been home this week after their schools shut down amid coronavirus worries. I was going to cover Joe Biden’s rally in Cleveland on Tuesday, and that got canceled. I was supposed to speak tonight at a university in Ohio, but they have shut down all campus events effective today.

The National Cathedral has shut down its schools. Fairfax County, Va., and Washington, D.C., have closed school for this coming Monday. I bet you $100 they’re not going to open on Tuesday. If you live in the D.C. area, your kids will be home next week. It will only be so long before your workplace tells you to work remotely. Large events of over 1,000 people should also be canceled, according to the D.C. government. Soon that number will be 100. Or even a dozen people.

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