Thanks for the kind words. I actually did not even hear about a down trend ...
One point I want to add to what I wrote before: this stream of news can also be detrimental to interpersonal relationships during a long quarantine.
Long-term confinement can already strain some relationships, the news can make things even worse. Another point to avoid talking about it among family members.
The children are teenagers and they have enough work from school to keep them busy. They also have me handy, so we talk about their work quite often.
They also help with the house more than usual.
If it was not for the food which is a pain in the bottom to get, and the fact that one cannot do sport outside (biking for instance) it would not be bad at all for us (I am talking about our specific case)
It is true that we do not discuss the pandemy itself too much (as there is not much to discuss)
Today I refused to switch on the tv and somehow nothing spectacular happened. I hope we are done with this news nonsense.
Radio is a bit better.
All the best for Italy, we were supposed to be in a week on vacation near Genua :(
We are closely watching you and hope your downtrend is real. All the best, ciao!