Instead of вЂSix Degrees of Kevin Bacon,вЂ™ how about вЂSix Degrees of a Vaccine?вЂ™В I look forward to seeing how that plays out over time. Keep your distance, wash your hands, cover your face, and find distractions where you can to avoid falling into a funk. WeвЂ™ve come so far and yet here we are, still trapped in the fog of this pandemic, with no clear way out.В We all want more information, but daily statistics can be confusing and contradictory.В Our reporters try to explain the numbers, but the truth is no вЂњone statisticвЂќ tells the whole storyвЂ¦ especially when the numbers are politicized.Д«ut there is growing consensus that until we get a vaccine for coronavirus, we canвЂ™t let our guard down. The hit single Six Degrees of Separation is about the six stages, as the band would label, in the course of a persons emotional state after a break up. Lives have been turned upside down and some families destroyed.В And here we are four months later, and the president is canceling his convention activities in Jacksonville saying, вЂthings will probably get worse before they get better.вЂ™ That is not what you want to hear as you think about sending your kids back to school. IвЂ™m guessing you know someone tooвЂ¦ a friend, a co-worker, a family member.В As of today, 73,000 people across Tampa Bay have now tested positive, 1,200 have died.В ThatвЂ™s вЂњjustвЂќ Tampa Bay.

It was six degrees of separation, if not more.В Today, I know several people whoвЂ™ve had it.В ThatвЂ™s just one degree of separation. In early March, I didnвЂ™t know anyone who had the virus or anyone who knew anyone who had it. The theory of six degrees of separation contends that, because we are all linked by chains of acquaintance. If you apply the six degrees of separationВ concept to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, then I believe our collective degrees of separation in Tampa Bay have been reduced to one. In a world of 6.6 billion people, it does seem hard to believe.

вЂњThe actor, Kevin Bacon once said, вЂHe had worked with everyone in Hollywood or with someone whoвЂ™s worked with them.вЂ™ It led to a fun little game called вЂSix degrees of Kevin Bacon,вЂ™ based on the idea that any actor can be linked back to Bacon within six steps. (WFLA) - In this weekвЂ™s CateвЂ™s Corner, Keith Cate talks about six degrees of separation.

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