Goines On: Health!

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The checkout lines at Costco were several times longer than the Goineses had ever seen them, extending from a wraparound at the very back of the store down both aisles to the registers.
    Many shopping carts contained a huge bale of rolls of toilet paper. One woman said, “Workers in the paper industries are worried about the virus affecting their jobs.” She had two bales in her cart.
    Another shopper grinned and announced, “I think the main problem might be Trump’s decree last night that American stores can only accept Russian rubles now. The currency exchanges take extra time.” Costco shoppers being the discreet shoppers they are, no one said yay or nay to this. But Goines noticed a couple of other grins, which he interpreted as knowing.

    A huge display of Irish Cream reminded Goines of the toast a friend had given him two days earlier: “Sláinte!” Goines had had to look it up, never having heard the Gaelic term before. But what was really amazing was that he and Mrs. Goines had watched a movie last night, set in Boston, with an Irish pub named “Sláinte!”

    To our health indeed, in these viral times! But Goines thought some relief might be on the way: A Brazilian official very recently tested positive for coronavirus days after meeting with Trump and Pence. And Jared and Ivanka were at the meeting, although sources are unable to say how close they sat. Nor is it known whether Trump and the official touched each other much, or whether Trump used his hand sanitizer.

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