It’s easy to almost become addicted to looking at the numbers: the relatively rapid spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the respiratory illness COVID – 19 (COronaVIrus Disease – 2019). Johns Hopkins has probably the best website that keeps up the spread in real time. There is the total number of confirmed cases, the deaths, and the cases per country. Two days ago, Sunday, March 8, the map showed a total of 110,041 cases, with 554 cases confirmed in the U.S. By Monday, the numbers had jumped to 111,317 with 564 present in the U.S. By Tuesday afternoon, the total ...