It just got even more real in our little territory. Just received confirmation that the cause of death for one of my wife's colleagues is COVID-19. It happened about a week ago. He was off island, had left maybe four days before so he must have contracted it here. It clearly came on hard and fast. The academic community here is small and tight knit so hits hard.

Most of the Caribbean is shut down. BVI, right next door, is on 24 hour curfew through tomorrow,and that might get extended. The last country to have no cases, St. Kitts Nevis, had their first tow case confirmed about a week ago.

The university here has gone to all remote learning for the rest of the semester. That was and still is a big task for my wife and the rest of the faculty. As Dean of the College of Science and Math she (and everyone else) has been working flat out.