Broken Pieces

As WHO declares SARS-CoV-2 to be pandemic and the Swedish government bans all gatherings of more than 500 people, all bets for the spring are off. The aviation sector seems to be particularly hard hit, with cancellations at a scale not seen since the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (which I remember writing about here on Rawls & Me).

Today, I received two items in the mail, one glossy invitation to a Lund University alumni event and one blue EHIC card; clearly two outliers in terms of timing. With regard to timing, one event that is definitely more attuned to the times is the Ultra Interval Challenge which is taking place on 21 March. Being an entirely virtual event, it is 100% self-quarantine compatible and one of the few sports events that will actually happen as planned...