If NSFL followed the rest of the country and suspended play, not much would change for Hank Steel. Hank grew up on a cattle ranch in rural North Dakota where the nearest gas station was a 40 minute drive over dirt roads. In that part of the country, social distancing has a completely different meaning. The second the NSFL stopped operation, Hank would have plenty of options: stay in his place in Portland where he can order all the delivery he wants or take his truck back to see his family in North Dakota. Staying in Portland is particularly attractive as Chipotle has just announced that they do delivery, which is every man’s dream come true. However, Portland has a lot more people around and therefore more coronavirus, so making the drive back to his hometown probably would end up being the choice. Growing up, his family was pretty big, having 6 brothers and 3 sisters whom all have since moved away leaving their father on the farm. Since the cattle cannot get coronavirus and the mailman only comes twice a month the virus has no where to spread. The biggest concern would probably be catching another, deadlier disease on the ranch due from all the critters living in the cow pasture.

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