How to help

It is awful to feel so helpless, to want to help during this crisis while not knowing the best way to do that. Some things are very obvious. College students can stop flocking to Florida beaches on Spring Break. The governor of Oklahoma can stop urging residents of his state to follow his example and take their families out to dinner and to go grocery shopping. People can fight the understandable impulse to stock up on so many supplies that they leave the grocery shelves bare. Donald J. Trump can stop calling it the “Chinese virus.” Price-gouging should stop. People can stop yelling at those who call them to postpone routine doctors’ appointments; yes, that is really happening. We can donate blood, if we can. And we all can strive for patience and pray for those at ground zero, like the Italians.
We also can try to support our local businesses and give what money we can afford to organizations on the front lines. I have donated to Doctors Without Borders and my community food bank and my favorite animal rescue. I wanted to do more, though, and so I was glad when I found this article listing all the charities and groups battling the coronavirus in numerous ways. I chose Direct Relief, which is trying to provide doctors and nurses and other health care workers with the protective masks and equipment they so desperately need, but there are so many charities to choose from. Here is the link.
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