I have Plague Poetry on my mind.

This morning I read an article about folks that are fleeing metropolitan centers to gypsy around in vans:

https://jezebel.com/influencers-are-social-distancing-by-ignoring-lockdown-1842560076

This reminds me of the 14th century novella, The Decameron, which details the lives of 10 young men and women who flee plague-stricken Florence to the safety of a country villa.

Every night, the group would gather in the evening to take turns telling stories, so after 10 nights, they had 100 tales shared among them.

The great Italian director Pasolini did a trippy cinema treatment of this classic:

Here’s a video that talks about Coronavirus commonalities with The Decameron:

After so many centuries, it’s interesting to see how the more things change, the more they stay the same. Plagues will come and folks will run. We’d do the same if we could.