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Call me crazy (or call me meshugganah, as I am writing this on the most solemn Jewish day of the year, Yom Kippur), but the pandemic does have a good side.

Believe me, I am devastated as the numbers of dead and dying all around the globe just keep getting higher. I want this to end sooner than later and I am praying on this holy day for an end to this madness.

That said, I am seeing some positives. My wife arrived on a flight from Los Angeles yesterday and today she taught her third graders, all of whom were at their homes in LA. It worked well – some lighting problems which hopefully...