It is not a war.

It is a health care crisis.

A nationally mismanaged healthcare crisis.

How do we deal with the uncertainty of it all?

We are lucky to be in a state that follows the scientific consensus of how to fight this virus, lucky to be in La Conner where there is enough physical elbow room to walk about, lucky to connect with our friends and neighbors for human warmth.

The difficult part is accepting those new rules while we seem to be doing all right. Massive loss of freedom. Businesses closed. Keeping distance in the grocery store. Not hugging our grandchildren. Kids stuck home. No...