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Page A—4'— Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, April 9, 2020 r i TIMES ecause they’ve been practicing for centuries, people of Scandinavian heritage have no trouble maintaining a social distance. Cabin fever is better than COVID-19 fever. Imagine being 15 years old and having school canceled in— definitely. Imagine the joy. Now imagine being 15 years old and having to spend every second of that school cancellation inside the same house as your parents. It’s an effective, early lesson in the perils of getting what you wish for. - Two post-pandemic predictions: This will be the first pandemic in which millions of people will weigh more at the end of the pan- demic than they weighed at the start. The weight gain will be called “pandemic belly.” And: Those who have developed immunity to the novel coronavirus will have a huge- gi’uCSON advantage when people date and hire again. A state licensing agency will be assigned _— . the duty of testing for antibodies and giving people ID tags that confirm their immunity. If we widen our scale of time beyond our own lifetimes, this pandemic isn’t unprecedented. Since the days of ancient . Greece, pandemics have periodically swept this planet. A pan- demic is not even_unprecedented for people alive today. HIV/ AIDS has been widespread since the early 19805 and has killed 32 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Thinking the coronavirus pandemic is unprec- edented outside of our lifetimes further encourages not know- ing history. I went six straight days last week without touching a key. April is going to be a horrible, but at least it only has 30 days. People seem to be driving faster since the virus emerged. Maybe it’s the sensation of speed. Speed is something that can be controlled and is just a little dangerous, unlike the novel coronavirus. ’ I’m in favor of allowing people to go to church services —— as long as they aren’t allowed to leave until the pandemic ends. We’ll call it the Hotel California rule: “You can check out any- time you like, but you can never leave.” If some church-goers want to spread the virus among themselves, that’s their right. Have at it. However, their right to worship in a crowd shouldn’t trump other people’s right to not be killed by their selfishness. When this pandemic is declared over, I’m going to touch my face. It’s now clear when the previous decade ended: March 2020. Many movies are made out-of-date by behaviors that are no longer common, such as people smoking indoors, talking on a 'rotary-dial phone or dressing up to fly on an airplane. Here’s something new that might make movies out-of—date: Depictions of people in crowds. When I’m watching a movie now and I see a crowd, my instinct is to think “Wow. Don’t they know that’s dangerous?” see TIMES, page A-7 SHELTON-MASON COUNTY- I Journa USPS 492-800 Association. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason County Journal, PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584. Published weekly by the Shelton—Mason County Journal at 227 W. Cota St, Shelton, Washington. Mailing address: PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584 Telephone: 360-426—4412 Website: www.masoncounty.com Periodicals postage paid in Shelton, Washington. Wm The Shelton-Mason County Jour- nal is a member of the Wash- ington Newspaper Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $52 per year ($43 for six months) for Mason County addresses and $75 per year ($55 for six months) outside of Mason County. Owned and published by Shelton-Mason County Journal, Inc. Entran's e don’t need to tell parents that the next five months are going to be tough. Now that Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that Wash- ington schools will remain closed through the end of the school year, moms, dads and guardians can at least make definitive plans for their children. Until Monday’s an- nouncement, most families were -— using a sports injury cliché ~— taking it one day at a time. I spoke with a friend Who told me that his wife and he take turns watching their 2-year-old son between videoconference calls. My friend, a teacher at a small school district in Thurston County, has been juggling a lot, especially since Mon- day’s news about school closures through June. His Wife, a physical therapist, spends her days talking with clients over video. As I wrote about last week, my wife and I are juggling caring for our 18-month-old — because she’s temporar- ily not working, she does the bulk of the work during the week, and I do my best in the evenings and weekends. We are very lucky — others have much more to deal with. So that’s why we’ve changed our focus at the Shelton- Mason County Jour- nal. You’ve probably noticed some big changes in your By ADAM Life as We kn°W it "0‘" Remember to have fun LUcy, 3, and Macy Masteller, 6, of Matlock fill in the Shelton-Mason County Journal's two-page maze. Photo courtesy of Kristin Mastellerv included guitar lessons, na- ture activities and crossword puzzles. We know you read this newspaper for many reasons. You want , to stay up-to-date about what’s going on in your communi- ty. You want to learn‘ about sales and of- fers from our local businesses. But, let’s be real you also weekly paper. want some time to Last month we RUDNICK yourself. started to include a So, grab some pull-out activities section for your children called Fun Pages. The sec- tion includes coloring pages, puzzles, Word games and more. But it’s not just for youngsters — we’ve also crayons we don’t care how old you are —— and turn to page A517. If you have children, round them up. . Now, grab those color- ing tools and get to work. If you’want to keep reading in 'peace and silence, just pull out the section and hand it over to your young friends. We hope that you enjoy the quiet time alone or with your family. Your friends at the Shelton-Mason County Journal hope that we pro- vide a little bit of fun in your weekly routine to go along with the news you need to know. ' Snap a photo of your fam- ily’s coloring creations and send them to adam@ masoncounty.com. Who knows your work of art may appear in a future issue. I Adam Rudnick is editor in chiefof the Shelton- Mason CountyJournal. He can be reached at adam@ masoncounty.com. Publisher: Tom Mullen Advertising: John Lester, general manager Theresa Murray, ad representative Newsroom: Adam Rudnick, editor in chief Gordon Weeks, reporter Justin Johnson, sports/widows editor Kirk Ericson, columnist/ proofreader Lloyd Mullen, photo editor Front ottlce: Dave Pierik, circulation and classifieds manager Delivery: Jon Garza David Olson Niel Challstrom Composing room: William Adams, advertising and technical support All regular editorial, advertising and legal deadlines are 5 pm. the Monday prior to publication. To submit ‘a letter to the editor, email adam@masoncounty.com. l