There are some great things coming out of the darkness. In England, there's a lovely old man who will be 100 at the end of the month. Captain Tom. His family were thinking of a special way of celebrating as he is rather special. He has survived cancer, he fell and broke limbs....so he wanted to do something to thank the National Health Service for their care. His daughter suggested that he do 100 lengths of his garden to raise £1000 for the health service. He has so captured our hearts that he has to date raised more than £12 million!

They showed this lovely gentleman on the news here. Truly heartwarming.

I’ll play the video when I’m not next to a sleeping spouse. But THIS is driving me nuts: There are also ads for things you just can't buy, like disinfectants and certain foods

That's so observant and descriptive, plllog! And the way I've felt too, watching the progression of commercials. I do admit that those I find most frustrating are the ones for disinfectants. I thought 'hospital ad, not gonna like it' - ha! What a great commercial! I watched it twice - the toddler and dog are precious together - yes, like a YouTube video put up by a family - no preaching, no gloom or solemn notes, no saying do this, do that - or you don't need to do this, do that. Just a simple, upbeat, ad, which made me smile : ) I've not seen any others like it.

Totally agree, plllog! I've seen the Dignity Health ad. Yes, they got it right, for sure.

The ads for things you can't buy are so over the line. Rolls and rolls of TP in some factory...really???

Just caught the story on Captain Tom this afternoon. He's amazing!

He's about to hit £20 million! I hope his family don't let him walk too much. Bless!

Stop the TV and try listening to public radio. Much better, deeper coverage and no advertisements at all.

Nope. I don't like radio., not even NPR. I don't need more or deeper coverage. I like hearing the info straight from the sources and seeing their faces. I know how to discern and fact check. I totally respect your choice, but it's not for me.

My big issue, now, is that the politically tilted "news" outlets are still pushing misinformation and are stirring up their followers to dangerous and self serving actions. There's a huge vein of selfishness running through this crisis during which most of us are trying to work together for the public benefit.

"the politically tilted "news" outlets are still pushing misinformation and are stirring up their followers to dangerous and self serving actions. There's a huge vein of selfishness running through this crisis during which most of us are trying to work together for the public benefit."

yes and I hate seeing most 'news' shows I won't watch but do get clips of it on the news channel I do watch. I've thought about emailing the one I watch and telling them to stop that 'cause I don't watch those other channels for that reason. but otoh, it's good to know what the others are putting out there even if I find it disgusting. they just want to stir up trouble and we don't need anymore of that. In some areas the politicians are using this bad time to exert power they don't have in this country. we do have to keep watch on them. So far where I am I think they're doing a good balance of safe keeping health and protecting our rights.

Thanks! I've never heard of Newsy before, and I do have it.

I still look up from what I'm doing to watch the little girl and the dog. I still like the song, and the laughter and the knowing look in the dog's eyes. :D It must makes me happy!