It’s a parental directive virtually all of us have lodged in our minds dating back to childhood days when our memories started to take root. “Look both directions,” they implored, emphasizing dangers posed by passing cars. Often, they’d throw additional dangers at intersections, thus providing more dreadful statistics that made us even more fearful of road-crossing. (Numbers have always been “brain-addling” to me, perhaps dating back to those very days.) Decades hence, “fore and aft” mileposts in life keep popping up. Currently, coronavirus topics – pre and post – are front and center. A vast canvas of the great unknown awaits paint application ...