Like nearly everyone else in the world, our lives have been disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Before we made the decision to hunker down in Buenos Aires for the duration of the lock-down, we had plans to go to Mexico. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and we wrote about all the factors that went into our Coronavirus calculations for this already outdated article in 7×7: For a San Francisco Couple in South America, Coming Home is a Gamble in Time of Coronavirus.
Since the publication of that story, we decided to stay put in Argentina, where the government has ordered the entire country to shelter in place and called out the local and national police, border patrol, and community monitors to enforce the order. That is a whole ‘nother story, which we will share with you soon in Coronavirus Calculus: Part 2.