In a not-unexpected move, my company extended our work-from-home direction into (and reserving for beyond) mid-June. And they’ve noted that they likely won’t make returns to the office compulsory.

This aligns with our expectation, but heretofore not announced, school distance learning for the remainder of this school year. This is our guidance for which we’ll determine our ability to return to the offices full time. If the kids can’t leave the house, at least one of us needs to be here, too.

I’ve been catching many of the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings each evening. I have a hard time listening to our braggart president, but sometimes, if you listen between the hyperbole or the other presenters, there’s good information.

They’ve started talking about the second wave of the virus. Unfortunately, they’re talking about the second wave as what will happen after this round ends. I think they should be really careful to point out that we’re just entering the second wave of this round, too.

Our flatten-the-curve efforts have had much of the desired impact on allowing the healthcare systems time to prepare and have capacity for larger patient loads. The success we’re having in the curve-flattening seems to be touted sometimes as a success in beating the virus.

I don’t have actual numbers, but the conversational 80% of people doing well with their social distancing aren’t currently becoming the patients of concern. That means that all of the numbers we have are on one fifth of the potential pool. Of course, adjust this to half-and-half, or only 20% isolating, as your comfort or understanding allows.

This means, of course, that as people start to go into the out, that more people are going to be exposed. This means that more people are going to become those hospitalized and critical need numbers, too.

We aren’t at a peak. We haven’t progressed past any danger. They haven’t been able to conclusively confirm any degree of immunity after contracting the disease.

We are all still at risk.

I’m thankful that my company, even in its continued operations to support everyone in the country by providing necessary goods, is cautious and supportive in our combined goals to remain healthy.