Ross: When hiding is the best way to avoid coronavirus

Now that public gatherings in the Seattle area are officially banned because of coronavirus, I am living in a boredom zone.

We had plans for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Seattle Rep, dinner out, and church at the Cathedral on Sunday morning.

Now, it’s Solitaire on the computer, shredding any mail from the stockbroker, and I’m practicing finger exercises on the piano for the first time since I was 13.

And you’re saying Dave, you’ve got cable, how can you complain? I’m not complaining! I watched four free movies the other day.

My wife claims I was actually asleep during Topper Returns. But I’m pretty sure I finally saw Kramer vs. Kramer (not a very satisfying ending).

Anyway, I know I should be thinking about which politician to blame for all this, but that assumes politicians can actually control nature.

But they can’t. Nobody can.

We can tinker with it, but those little microbes are always hatching something new, and they don’t care if you’re smart or rich, or who you voted for, or what you have tickets to.

Something like the coronavirus doesn’t see us as an advanced civilization that has tamed the earth — viruses are little biological hackers who see us as a collection of cells just waiting to be infected.

As advanced as we are, the only way we can fight at the moment is to hide.

Dang I wish I’d practiced more. But I have plenty of time to get it right.

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