It took me a few days to become accustomed to this social distancing and to broadcasting my show, Live Mic, from the guest bedroom in my house.
I gathered up some equipment from the office, an engineer followed me home, and we set up a little studio. And I’ve been here for most of the past two weeks. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be here, and neither do you.
Some people are missing out on milestones: weddings, graduations, birthdays, school championship games and matches, and family reunions, etc. And they should happen just as you imagined.
But during this unprecedented time, a time of war, unprecedented actions are needed from all.
America was on the brink of another global war, World War II, when schoolchildren in Kenilworth, Utah, wrote the editors of The Salt Lake Telegram in March 1941 to ask: “How can I protect America.”
The editorial made three points that seem to me to be especially relevant now:
We need to have that same attitude in our veins today. We don’t have a foreign enemy bombing ships and killing sailors at Pearl Harbor today.
What we do have is an invisible enemy. Our weapons to fight this enemy are patience, social distancing, hand washing and following the orders and guidelines of experts.
So you do that, and we stop this enemy from spreading, and you join Americans back in the 1940s who united to conquer a very visible enemy and won World War II.
Live Mic with Lee Lonsberry can be heard weekdays from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on KSL NewsRadio. Users can find the show on the KSL NewsRadio website and app.
COVID-19 coronavirus is transmitted from person to person. It is a virus that is similar to the common cold and the flu. So, to prevent it from spreading:
State of Utah: https://coronavirus.utah.gov/
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Utah Coronavirus Information Line – 1-800-456-7707
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention