But what does quarantine mean?!
The Sternal Journal
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Hello, my dear Sternal Journalists.
I hope this finds you as well as it is late. For the record, I know that next to nobody but myself is chomping at the bit for a new Sternal Journal every Monday, but if I pretend you are, I keep at it. If I keep at it, I learn new things about myself and the world.
For instance: we're all talking about quarantine these days, but what does it really mean? I am pleased to inform that it's ITALIAN!
When the Bubonic Plague was ravaging the world last millennium, there was a Venetian policy that ships from plague-addled countries had to wait forty days, or quarantine giorni.
So next time you're feeling cabin fever, toss some dough in the air and yell, "Che palle! Questa quarantena è fastidiosa!" [What balls! This quarantine is annoying!]
And, of course, for some people, the quarantine is way, way, way more than annoying. For instance in the 1500s, a quarantine referred to the forty days a widow was allowed to stay in her dead husband's house! One word, so many great uses.
But what I'm actually talking about is medical professionals and the socially vulnerable. There are thousands of ways to help people and businesses and the like who need it right now, so I'll share a couple I've found.
MaskMatch: If you're like, "I've got three medical-ish masks. Am I supposed to do anything with these?" Yup! MaskMatch will match you with a medical professional who needs them. Kristen and I sent our unused 2018 Coachella masks. Lady Gaga was amazing. Mask Match is too.
Sign a Petition to Protect Incarcerated and Court-involved Youths and Adults in LA County: This is very easy.
Anyway, that's all for now. Next week (hopefully on Monday), I'll have my review of the first ever of 98 Notable Moments in Sports, Jesse Owens' showing at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. It's a true doozy and I was originally going to talk about it today, but there's too much!
Okay! Stay well!
Julian