"I woke up this morning and none of the news was good"

Steve Earle has a song called "Jerusalem" whose opening line is, "I woke up this morning and none of the news was good". I get that feeling every morning looking at the news on the coronavirus crisis in the US.

David Kessler argues that we're having a kind of mass grieving. I can't say his interview is particularly upbeat. But he does have some worthwile things to say. He makes an interesting point about how people in areas where funerals are not currently allowed may need to find ways to hold "virtual funerals," which he says he would never in a million years have advocated befire this particular crisis.

"We Are Grieving the World We Have Now Lost" Says a Grief Expert Amanpour and Company 03/27/2020