Whitman Baltimore / Covid-19

Eh. We'll be there. None of the other dealers are ditching so we aren't either. Without getting into the politics of it, I don't PERSONALLY believe COVID-19 will be the world ender that everyone's making it out to be. TBH I think it'll be like a slightly nastier version of the swine flu outbreak we had a few years back. I caught it, it sucked, I'm still here. Like any normal virus or disease the only people significantly at risk are the old/young and immunodeficient. Not to get into a debate on here, so I'll leave it at that.

It's two weeks away.
You should be able to have a good idea of the situation by then.

I'll be there.
I live only about 35 miles away.
There's a coin I'm looking for and I know a dealer who has one.
Hope he brings it to the show.

And I've got an eye on a coin in one of the Stack's auctions.

Not within travel range of Whitman but my thoughts on coin shows and other crowded places in general:
When Covid-19 gets a bit closer to my state I'll start limiting leaving the house for non-essentials. But for now I still plan to attend the local coin show and continue looking for antiques and collectables for my collections but on a lesser scale only going to the best outlets. As someone whose immune system is compromised and has pre-existing respiratory issues I need to take this very seriously. I need to keep my job and health insurance so that might be the only place I go if this pandemic really hits the fan in my home state. I've been trying to stockpile some food and essentials.