She was born in 1942 and went through all of that and other childhood diseases of the time. Her perception is that what we're seeing now is far worse.

I'll admit that I've seen absolutely no news coverage regarding covid19. I haven't listened to a press conference from local or national news. I get most of my news regarding it from CB and a few articles that have been linked here. With no sports, I don't watch TV. Well, I watched the Amazon series that covered the Eagles recently.

Anyway, my mom reports that my dad watches CNN all day.

I asked my mom if she knew anyone who had polio who came through it unscathed. Well, no, they were all left crippled in one way or another.

What's going on here?