The board will also include a slate of global health experts, infectious disease researchers and doctors. The one person that will not be on this task...force is Dr Fauci. I wonder why?The first thing I want to get off my chest is, anyone who gets Covid has put themselves in harms way somewhere. Where was their mask? Who were they standing so near to. It didn't take anyone to tell me I have to take precautions to stay well and not bring the virus home to my 97 year old mother or my health. So when she said she was looking for work, I put in a good word for her. She was a skilled technician and manager and we agreed to hide anything else."I'm sorry, Gary," she said, "it has been a very stressful couple of days and I needed..." Shh," I hushed her and held her against me. "I know. It has been tough on all of us." I kissed the top of her head."Now, do you need me for anything else?" I asked gently."Well, I really could use a good fucking, but I suspect you have a backlog of people. “It’s a little sore,” she said, “but satisfied.” The dog – obviously not her idea -- weighed easily 80 pounds and hyper. It took both of us to get him in the van. At the vet I was introduced as a friend from work. We stopped on the way back – her idea – and got takeaway pizza. She was a pregnant lady, and frequently got hungry. We went back to her house, sat in the kitchen eating pizza. Then she served up a slice of cherry pie for me and had two slices herself with ice cream. Even she. I want you to return in twenty-four hours and give me your honest opinion of it. I want to know if it is ready to be published as a book.”“I publish a newspaper, not books,” Ben said.“You know how to read, don’t you?” Magus asked.“Yes, I know how to read,” Ben said rolling his eyes.“Then read it and give me your honest opinion about it,” Magus said.“You were squirrelly when I met you in Chicago and you’ve gotten a thousand times worse since then,” Ben said.“I blame it on the fact that you stole.