This is not very good. It's not very good at all.

Okay. Well, I've made a very detailed plan. It's based off the bomb shelter plan I made when you were pregnant with

Havel and Dorothy, but adjusted for our present circumstances. Paul, are you sure that this is really necessary? Yeah, let's go over them together.

Number one, there will be one person to get groceries for all of us every other week. I was thinking it could be me, but I'm happy to negotiate.

We will wipe down all the surfaces of the groceries outside the apartment. Let's also be conservative as we can be with food and other necessities because stuff is flying off the shelves.

I bought a 60 roll pack of toilet paper off eBay yesterday. Oh, Paul, why did you do that? Because I don't want Bezos to benefit off this anymore than he's already going.

How much was it? I will tell you later. Number two, we will always use the stairs never the elevator. It's better ventilated in there and we're less likely to run into people.

Plus, it's some built-in exercise which we'll need both to stay physically and mentally healthy.

Number three, obviously we will not be seeing people for the time being. What about Ruth? Who's Ruth? Ruth Stock, from upstairs. She lives in 7F.

Does she know about everything that's happening? That's a great point. Evelyn, that's a very good point. I will email her about it.

Yeah, I don't think she has emailed that. Does that email? No. Okay, well then that's another very good point. Look, we're troubleshooting. See, that's good. That's a team thing. I'll phone her also tomorrow.

I'm going to check on her tonight. Check on... Do you mean in person? Yeah, I mean in person. Oh, no, I don't think so. Paul.

Dorothy, were you not listening to the bullets on my list? It's not fair to leave her in the dark like this.

Evelyn, it's a sweet idea to check on Ruth. And under normal circumstances, I'd absolutely say yes. It wouldn't even be a question.

But these are not normal circumstances. And your health and safety, the health and safety of your mother are my utmost. They're my only priority, Evelyn.

Sure. Us in toilet paper. You know what? You may not visit Ruth right now. How about that? All right? Not when your own safety and our safety are a variable. It is not up for discussion.

I know you don't have to like it.

Got me.

Hello? Ruth, hi. I'm Evelyn.

Back when COVID started, we didn't know what to make of it. We didn't know how long it would last or how bad it would get.

It's like this invisible boogie man floating on every face-to-face conversation. And it could be anywhere.

I'm Jonathan Mitchell and this is the truth. And this episode is about a young person who makes a questionable choice with the best of intentions.

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