Are you a medical doctor in any way at all?
Because as I, with a 99.9° temperature, look through my living room window at the love of my life (who is standing there crying, who I can’t hold to comfort) outside dropping off food and supplies while I self isolate as a previous 30 year smoker and recent extended contact with co-worker who is now being tested, your “just relax it’s the flu y’all” pseudo medical wanna-be know-it-all advice makes me want to Bitch-slap a wake-up call.
You piss me off dude.
If it’s just the flu, go f’n volunteer at the hospital. Maybe they could use your professional medical advice.
Bring it on ace.
Yeah after all why would I bring up political aspects on a political thread? You just better hope Trump wins the next election so you can keep up your cry baby ways.
All love and FReespect over to you SheepWhisperer.
Perhaps you are self isolating because you might have it and don’t want to give it to your lover, or perhaps she’s going to worry about picking it up out there and bringing the virus back to you. Either way you are so right and so powerful in what you say about being pissed off. There are plenty of folks like you who really don’t need to get this virus!
I have been extensively researching the pathogenics/virology/etiology of Sars-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and not worrying much about the epidemiology yet. First question is “How does it kill?” The answer to that question leads to all the others and directs my curiosity as I study.
That said, this virus, at least at this point in my studies I can believe, does spread like the common cold so using the same protective measures against fomites and against close range large droplet transmission will be appropriate and will keep you both safe. I am not seeing the evidence for long range small droplet, aerosol transmission with this virus (but why risk it?)
Glad you are taking care of yourself. We need you around here irritating us!
If your coworker tests negative I do hope you’ll let us know. I prayed for you and your lover today. You’ll be back with those sheep in no time!
Prayers up for you. It is one thing to examine this as some board game on how to survive. Entirely something else as we will all have to deal with it in real life in the weeks ahead. For us all it will be a disruption to some degree. To many it will be being sick and isolated. I can’t imagine how that must be for you. (I recall getting sick in college, and just wishing I could ring the little bell and my mother would come running!)
I’m glad that you were able to see the love of your life through the window. Our neighbors were telling us of how they had been under quarantine at home twice. Once for hepatitis, the other with the measles. Grandma brought them meals. They all survived, as will most of us.
Difficult times - but hang in there and hope you are feeling better soon!