Becoming South Korea?

Odd that less than two weeks ago I was writing about "Sweet Normalcy." Now, each day becomes less normal than its predecessor as we hunker down with new work and home routines — and absolutely no idea how this will turn out.

The U.S. surgeon general has just said that the country is at a "critical inflection point," a statement I learned after looking at the Washington Post online (there being no hard copy paper yet at the end of the driveway).

"Do we want to go the direction of South Korea and be really aggressive and lower our mortality rates, or do we want to go the direction of Italy?" Surgeon General Jerome Adams said.

I think there's no question how most of us would answer this. The question is, are we willing — or do we have the capability — to be South Korea?

(Photo taken at Incheon Airport, Seoul, South Korea)