New cases abound, and all lives matter, but what if the numbers of inflicted were identified as to age cohort, etc., all the way down (or up) to the youngest or oldest . . .

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My cohort, 80 to 89, would figure very highly, of course. Off the charts, I bet, but I’d still like to know how 88-year-olds are doing . . .  In fact, in rundowns like this, I’d like to see it in the headlines. Not to be self-centered about it, of course . . .  Yet and still . . .

via Latest coronavirus news: July 4, 2020 live blog – Chicago Sun-Times

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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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