People say coronavirus is like prison. I can tell you: it’s not.

I live in New York City which is at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. I wear a face mask to walk my dog every day. People pass by and our dogs sniff each other while we chat from a social distance, and more than one dog owner has told me that they feel like they are in prison. One actually said, “I feel like I’m in solitary confinement.”

I asked, “Have you ever been in solitary confinement?” She told me she hadn’t, to which I replied, “I was in solitary — and being at home is nothing like being in solitary confinement!”