“On Wednesday, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, only three or four children were at an infant and child day-care center. It was a cloudless day, but on a baseball-field-size playground outside, there was nobody to be seen; the tricycles, slides and plastic toys — all untouched.
The only sign of life: one crow, sitting on a fence.”
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Wow. That sounds apocalyptic. I have written part of a novel on this topic...(not ebola), and that image sends chills down my spine.
I am supposed to make arrangements to fly out to Chicago (from Ottawa, Canada) to see my dad, sister and others. Now I seriously regret not having gone earlier.
My father’s immune system is compromised (I did read on an earlier thread somewhere that it may be a good thing, that people with the AIDs virus were less likely to get this? But that was a couple of days ago and I have no idea where on FR I saw that).
In any case, I don’t want to spread this to my dad. And at the same time, though, I am getting very concerned about my children, 15 and 19. They haven’t seen their grandfather in a long time. But I don’t want to put them into tight quarters on an airplane, etc. Public washrooms in an airport... etc. etc.
This whole situation ... stinks. Right before the holidays, right before flu season.
Stay safe, everyone.
Same to you and good luck with what-ever you decide to do.
About three weeks ago, I asked my son to cancel his plans to come see me at Christmas. He called me 'Dr Doom.'
When he answered the email, he was in Copenhagen on vacation.
Who in the right mind would go to that hospital? Or to the Dallas areas for that matter.