{"id":26363,"date":"2020-03-31T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=26363"},"modified":"2020-03-31T23:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T03:40:47","slug":"time-for-caravans-of-americans-to-flee-to-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/time-for-caravans-of-americans-to-flee-to-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for caravans of Americans to flee to Honduras?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How are things looking in  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/situation-reports\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/situation-reports<\/a>  ? Should caravans of Americans be heading south? A pillar of our political faith is that everyone who lives in Honduras (139 cases), Guatemala (36 cases), or El Salvador (30 cases) needs to come to El Norte (140,640 cases) for safety (once established here, the purported &#8220;gangs&#8221; that fought each other down there will never start up another fight?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does coronaplague change anything? Might it be smart for Americans to flee south in caravans (&#8220;Coronavans&#8221;?) to Central America? If so, which country looks like the best option?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Or how about Haiti? Our Deplorable President famously disparaged this fine nation of hard-working efficient well-organized citizens. But right now, with 15 cases, it looks like a safe haven, no?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An image from Guatemala, part of my <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/photography\/equipment\/mamiya-7\">Mamiya 7 camera review<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/images\/pcd4900\/29-29.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"347\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/29\/state-by-state-model-of-hospital-bed-and-icu-demand\/\">&#8220;State-by-state model of hospital bed and ICU demand&#8221;<\/a> (if you want to flee domestically)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are things looking in https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/situation-reports ? 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