More than Adrift

Yesterday, Dane County issued a new order that prohibits gatherings in people’s homes- private property, of any size, regardless of precautions taken. Meanwhile, NFL teams, college football teams, the UW Madison, childcare, gyms, restaurants, businesses… all able to continue operating.Twenty miles from my house, the UW has contracted more positive Covid cases than any other single entity in the state- and yet they are still operational, hosting and playing football games on national television, and no one is shutting that down. There is no social distancing on the field, the players are not wearing masks, but Dane County residents would not be allowed to invite their parents, who are quarantining, over to their own private property without facing a $2,000 fine.  I KNOW this virus is real. My sister is a front line nurse, who is putting her family and own health at risk, working 12 hour shifts, facing uncertainties every day, just to do her job. She sees first hand the devastation that