At church Sunday the minister quite literally uttered the insane thoughts that COVID-19 is, in his view, just a political ploy to harm the president's chances of being re-elected. He also said that he thought the whole crisis would be over the day after the election. If your department could use another set of hands to help with handling the coronavirus I should be available to come visit after I get past my appointment with the GP on Thursday morning. Staying where I am is increasingly a bad idea.