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Quarantine Diaries: Day 178

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There’s a now-empty commercial space in the town I live in that used to be an Irish pub. It closed before the coronapocalypse, just another failed business. But there are now signs in the window indicating that a new pub will be opening there. Pub rather than bar so hopefully they’ll have Guinness on tap.

I wish them luck. As we head into the fall/winter when there might well be a surge of COVID-19 cases hitting simultaneously with a seasonal flu spike, I could see our governor ordering bars and restaurants closed again. Most are open now, with seating limitations (and a different bar/restaurant in my town has turned out to be a coronavirus hotspot with I believe 87 cases among staff and clientele).

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Chris Martenson’s latest:

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