Boo hoo and Primary

The Chinese government is upset that His High Orangeness referred to the virus as the Chinese virus. Word is that China spent good money bribing key folks in the WHO not to call it "Wuhan flu" or "China virus." A word to Beijing: You want to be a first-world country? Act like it! Clean up your country's sanitation problems, *then* worry about not getting blamed for one epidemic after another.

Arizona's Democratic Presidential Primary is officially today. Unlike some other states there really was no talk of postponing it, because the majority of all votes here have already been cast by mail, sent in as much as a month ago. Since the ballot contained 18 names all but two of whom aren't trying anymore, we might have some odd sounding results. People who got mail in ballots, but didn't mail them, can just drop them off today. Those who didn't sign up for mail-in voting will have to do it the old-fashioned way or skip it and not take their chances.

Years ago I was in a longish line at a polling place in firehouse in St. Louis County, a bit concerned about the fact flu was going around. I didn't catch anything, but they say the current virus is more contagious than flu.