This may be OK, maybe, possibly who knows?

If you lived where I live you might be comfortable with the above claim “It's OK etc”. In Niagara where I live we are averaging 1.6 Covid 19 cases per day in our population of almost a half a million. We are nestled in the southern part of a province with 16 million people averaging less than 100 cases per day for the past five days. Contrasted with Florida's 7000 cases a day in a population of 22 million or Texas with more than 7,500 cases in a population 30 million we can possibly be a little more relaxed. This well may be true but only for some of us.

If you are back to work or draw a pension, life can be pretty normal if you are careful and not being driven crazy by questions about schooling for the kids. The fact is however that in Niagara there are 5000 workers in the hospitality industry alone that are not going back to work because their employer has been done in. For countless others there are reduced hours and thus reduced pay cheques. So this is my monthly plea for you to cough up (excuse the tasteless metaphor) a bit more than usual for your favourite helpful charity.

My monthly plea is a bit late because as one of the lucky ones I have been out and about enjoying this wonderful place where we live.