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Just made a trip to Menard’s in Rolla, MO to get an 8 foot countertop. Rolla, MO is home of Missouri Science & Technical University which of course has some oriental students though I have no idea if any aren’t US citizens. I saw one guy looking at the cleaning products. There were plenty of big jugs of Lysol disinfecting cleaner. No big empty spots on the shelves there. Another guy behind me in line kept a good 6 foot away from me. Other than that, everyone seemed completely oblivious and care free. Stopped by a gas station/convenient store in a small town on the way back. The town my wife works in. There was a mother with her child using the crane machine where you try to grab a toy. People standing very close together in line at the checkout. Normal amount of people out and about for a Sunday morning. Churches were all open but the number of cars in the parking lots seemed a little low. The DJ on the radio station I was listening to did mention coronavirus and gave a list of things people might want to think about buying to stock up for a couple of weeks and said don’t be insane when shopping.

I’m in hill country 100 miles away from St Louis so I can’t pick up the local St Louis evening news on an antenna, at least not until I buy a $200.00 antenna and stick it way up in the air and even then no guarantee. So I have no idea what they’re reporting. Some covid stats websites say zero cases here, John Hopkins says four but doesn’t give a location. Seems I remember hearing about one case in St Louis but I don’t know where.

In general, life goes on here as usual. Haven’t heard of any school closings. I think people see NY, CA and WA and figure, not much to worry about here. I’ll have a better idea when I go out tomorrow, being a weekday. Need to go get chicken feed, dog food and galvanized trash cans to put them in.