Tulsa Woman Quarantined in Italy

Tulsa Woman Quarantined in Italy

QUARANTINED IN ITALY FORNEARLY A MONTH.

AND NOW,SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE TRIPCOMING HOME.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S KATIEKELEHER SPOKE WITH HER ABOUTTHE IMPORTAN LESSONS SHE'SLEARNED... THAT CAN HELP HERFELLOW OKLAHOMANS, TOO."Nobody's there.

Nobody wasat the Vatican." THAT WASJAN PEPPLER LAST MONTH.

SHEARRIVED IN ITALY FOR ANEARLY SIX- WEEK TRIP ONMARCH 9...THE DAY AFTER THEITALIAN PRIME MINISTER PUTTHE COUNTRY ON LOCKDOWN..ALMOST A MONTH LATER.PEPPLER SAYS NOT MUCH HASCHANGED.JAN PEPPLER, TULSANQUARANTINED IN ITALY "I dosee more people out on thestreets now.PEPPLER'S PHOTOS SHOW EMPTYSTREETS IN THE SMALLSICILIAN TOWN OF BALESTRATE.EVERYONE INSTRUCTED TO STAYHOME EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIALERRANDS.

Or risk beingstopped by police."His comment to me was wheredo you live?

Do you live inBalestrate or do you live inthe United States?

And Isaid I live in the UnitedStates.

And he said, but whyare you here now?

And, youknow, that was a really goodquestion."She thought IT WOULD BESAFER TO STAY IN ITALY..."There is this universalunderstanding that whateverone person does affects theentire country." ITALY'SLOCKDOWN IS CURRENTLY SET TOEXPIRE APRIL 13TH.HER RETURN FLIGHT IS BOOKEDFOR APRIL 15TH.

BUT.

AT ATIME WHEN TRAVEL IS NOTRECOMMENDED.

IT WOULD BE AJOURNEY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTAND FLIGHTS THROUGH FOURDIFFERENT COUNTRIES ."Do I risk going throughfive airports and all thatexposure to come back toTulsa that hasn't even begunto feel the brunt of thisvirus?" PEPPLER IS IN ITALYTO WORK ON A BOOK ABOUT HOMEAND HOW YOU FIND ITANYWHERE.

Though THROUGH ITALL.

HER TULSAHOME IS WHERE SHE WANTS TOBE."As concerned as I am abouthow the United States ishandling this, I want to bethere with my family, withmy friends, even if we'reall self- isolated." AS SHEbegins to pack.

PEPPLERshares what she has learned."The lesson from Italy:cooperation, compassion andsolidarity.

And I think allof us in the United Statesreally need to gather roundthose three things." KATIEKELEHER, 2 WORKS FOR YOU.OKLAHO