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Bad sign. That's a bad sign. I use that phrase sometimes. Ooh, that's a bad sign. I'm trying to think of any specific moment when I've actually used that phrase. I think I'm more likely to say, ooh, that's not a good sign. I don't know. It's hard to think and do a freewrite at the same time. I don't feel like I can type my way through my thoughts. My mind wants me to pause physical activity in order to take stock of thoughts and memories. When I'm typing, it's just what's coming out directly from my brain at this present moment, no room to to reminisce. Did I spell that right? But let's see if I can type my way through thinking back. Okay. Have you ever said "that's a bad sign," Stina? That's a bad sign. I think...maybe when covid was first out, first spreading through the US. I think, maybe when I read about that first patient in Washington state who was diagnosed. Maybe I had the thought...no...I was going to say, maybe I had the thought that it was a bad sign when schools closed down in Washington state, but I think what I actually thought at that moment of hearing that, was that it was only a matter of time before schools closed in California, too. And indeed it was, like less than a week, I think. Man oh man. Can you believe we've lived through a global pandemic where schools across the country shut down to try and stop the spread? And places that really did close down DID stop the spread, or at least slow it significantly. I'm astounded by the folks who think it did more harm than good. I remember, early on, comparing the death tolls in the United States and China and being so fucking pissed at the United States for not doing more to save lives.