Until last week, I did not know anyone who had Covid-19.  But a close friend finally got it, or thinks he did.  And therein lies the insanity of this whole thing.

What do you think that is? Go ahead, take a minute and think: what is foaming chickens?

Today I returned from my first plane flight since the Covid-19 outbreak.  I flew from Charlottesville to Charlotte to do a farm consult for a young family on a multi-generational farm.  We spent yesterday dreaming and going through financial and resource issues, marketing and distribution, and putting together a plan to leverage their current position into a truly thriving pastured livestock farm.

Whatever your perceptions of Covid-19, on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day it seems fitting to appreciate that it has been the nicest thing to happen to the earth for a very long time.

The actual coronavirus is now yesterday's story. Today's story is the political and economic fallout. This is 9/11 on steroids. Here is a list of questions all thinking people need to ask right now:

The fuel that powers action in the coronavirus pandemic is the daily ticker. Of course, the Dow Jones Industrial average has had a ticker for a long time, and that of course, stimulates investment response.

Today I want to introduce you to a functional medical doctor, Dr. Justin Marchegiani whose podcasts were recommended to me by one of our former apprentices.  I've fallen in love with this guy.  I highly recommend you look at a couple of his presentations.  They ain't on the news.

The stimulus plan, as it's known, is far too generic to be beneficial.  I've talked to numerous economist-type friends and none can tell me definitively what all this sudden money out of thin air will do.  Normally, that's a recipe for inflation.

Perhaps the biggest casualty of the coronavirus outbreak is a cataclysmic breakdown of trust. As humans, we want to trust each other. I want to believe you have my best interests at heart.

With the closure of the 3,700-employee Smithfield pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota due to more than 200 employees testing positive for coronavirus, a new fear is building:  are we going to run out of meat?  Or food?  I mean, toilet paper is one thing; bacon is quite another.

Digesting more and more perspective from friends around the world regarding the coronavirus, and having Easter weekend to reflect on things, I'd like to pose another perspective about COVID-19.  As you listen to the official language surrounding this disease, the militant language is palpable:  it's an enemy, we're at war with the virus, we must fight until we win, let's defeat this horrible enemy.

As the unemployment numbers pile up, I've been thinking lately about the realignment of vocations post-coronavirus. Like you, I've seen projections of anywhere from 20-30 percent unemployment, which of course would rival the Great Depression of 1929.