To celebrate my dad’s birthday, I acted as a bridge, the connector plank, so friends can continue their kindness to others.

So to sew more masks, I sent a friend ube pancake mix. To a professional whose acupuncture clinic is deemed non-essential, I sent gifts for my two children in advance to help him connect and to feed the needy. To enable a digital artist to assist others, I bought her dinner for her family so she doesn’t have to cook. To help a friend launch her app and website, I ordered through her, breakfasts for priests. To my cleaning lady, I asked her not to come, enjoy her days with family but, still paid her. To help another artist feeding his community by cooking adobo, I made a small contribution of 3 pounds out of 75 pounds he has done on his own since shutdown.

Little good things can bring so much good. Discern the good things, the little seeds that produce so much fruit. Those are the little things we can multiply in our lives.

Fr. John Cordero

Whenever Pope Francis does a homily, it pierces deep into my heart: “Faith is not a social habit. Our faith must go out, beyond ourselves. Faith is transmitted. How? People see how you live. Christians must show their faith, it brings you to give it, part is to reveal God in social practice. It is a mission. It is a social faith. If I say I am a Christian and I live as a Christian-that attracts – no need to proselytize. Instead, faith is a treasure, you offer it in humility in your dealings with others.”

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, they ceased to be free.

Edith Hamilton

Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist in a Ted Talk gave an A rating to Iceland with 10 deaths, New Zealand with 18 deaths and Taiwan with 6 deaths, in the absence of a vaccine and timely response to #CoronaVirus.

US and UK were rated F, failures, Dr. Brilliant said, while Germany and South Korea got B ratings.

I am not sure why he gave F to UK since Italy has 192, 994 cases and 25, 969 deaths, far more than UK.

UK has 144,640 cases and 19, 567. As part of Europe, folks traditionally looked up to UK.

UK’s F rating from Dr. Brilliant is an expectation that UK can do more in recovery rates of its patients, much like Germany. After all, UK prominently helped in stopping prior pandemics. Germany has over 100,000 patients recovered. I hope Germany shares their treatment protocol with F- rated US and UK.

Worldwide:

2, 811. 891 cases

197, 162 deaths in 185 regions

US has 905, 333 cases and 51, 949 deaths. US has more Americans who died in 9 weeks than soldiers who died in Vietnam over 12 years.

Staying home changes what could be a Mount Fuji – like peak into a pulse.

Dr. Larry Brilliant