DH got an email that a coworker tested positive. They didn’t identify the person by name, but everyone knew who it was based on the “last date of contact”. This person was the first (and, at the time, only one) to start “working from home” (she is immune-compromised and was scared). DH & co. were notified on the 13th day AFTER last contact. Not very helpful, but probably not uncommon either. Fortunately, neither DH nor any of his other coworkers (or their immediate families) have shown any symptoms (our state is “sheltering in place”, but he meets with coworkers by phone and online each day). In a way, it would be nice to believe they were all asymptomatic. However, given the odds & the timing, they feel it is more likely their coworker became infected after she left the office.
I had to make a grocery run this morning. The store was quieter than it had been in two weeks. They had pretty much everything except hand sanitizer. They had restocked their TP, but they were again down to their last four or five packages (so I grabbed one). All employees wore gloves, but no masks. They had tape on the floor to guide correct “social distancing”. They let me use my own bags.
I am (trying to) work from home. I wonder if the young folks in the office think I am sick? I am not - just heeding the warning and trying to set a good example.
BTW havent figured out how to tag this thing. If anyone knows,please do.
Two of my extended family members had the virus. A guy in his 30s in NYC, recovered at home, and a woman in Silicon Valley, in her 60s, plus she has an elderly mom and a husband who has health challenges so we’re very worried.
A different kind of bad news - a friend’s teenage son was a victim of an antisemitic attack in NYC. He’s not hurt but badly shaken. They’re afraid it would be getting worse and are seriously considering going away for the duration. Somehow this makes my heart ache more than all the virus news.
OMG, @yucca10! Thats horrible! This current climate is breeding hate and anger and seems to be getting worse. As an aside, if your family members left, where would they go? Any NY’er has to self quarantine for 14 days now as well.
So sorry they had to endure that
@jym626 They’re friends, not family members. Not relevant, of course, but she’s the sweetest soul and has helped many people in NYC and beyond (not telling how for privacy reasons). I believe they have family in other states with whom they could stay and self quarantine but I’m not sure.
thanks for this thread, @jym626 . It’s a specific focus and I think we need it. I feel it closing in. I’m in the Jersey NYC suburbs. 18 in my town, maybe more. 2 have died. A colleague of my H’s has it, as do her H and her parents. Possibly her kids. A very close friend was diagnosed with flu so they didn’t test; now she’s in the hospital with double pneumonia and I’m terrified for her.
I’m surprised you can “choose” to go to work or work from home–we’re a week or more away from that choice in NJ.
It looks like my husband may have it. He’s felt achy for the past several days, says his lungs feel heavy, and he’s now running a fever.
I’ve had persistent chills and a bit of a headache, but otherwise feel fine. I guess I’ll be sleeping on the couch, since hubby has taken over the bedroom and the guestroom from which he does some work. Seems silly since up to last night we’ve shared the same bed, but that’s what the CDC recommends, so…
My SIL lives in Norway and had the symptoms so called her doctor. She was told that more than likely she has Covid19 and to stay home, but no need to test. That was about five days ago and her cough is now almost gone and she is feeling better. It was not a bad case.
The field I am in is considered essential. Some kinds of services can be done remotely. Others not so much. And only I and one of the office staff are in the higher risk age group. And as far as I am concerned, its just the right thing to do, and sets a model for those we are trying to help.
2 of my friends kids tested positive. Both have parents that are health care professionals which is why they were tested. Mild fever for a day or 2. Slight cough. Nothing else. Both feel fine about 6 days into it. Families quarantined. No one else sick yet. Kids are 18 and 23.
Well, @jym626 , you know where I live. In fact, we had that CC meeting all those years ago right within the containment circle of New Rochelle, right near my house. So, yes, it hit close to home very quickly.
I have a brother in the middle of it all in CA and they were a week or so ahead of the N.Y. hit. So, the word was out for us and I was gearing up early.
However, so far, our family has been lucky in that we don’t personally know of anyone who has even tested positive, much been hospitalized or died. We’ve heard of people that are close to those we know, but hasn’t come within striking distance of actually knowingly have met anyone. The death rate , even in NY is hovering at 1-2% of those diagnosed. which is actually similar the state where I’m working but the raw number are much much lower. But I see things accelerating in NY rather than ramping down. I’m hoping next week gets out of the calculus of acceleration there.
Best case scenario is that things are not anywhere nearly as lac as predicted because of measures being taken. Hard to believe that the first diagnosed case in NY I’d win in this month and here we are with 800 or so deaths last I looked at the count.
Thing is, I can’t figure how we’re supposed to know we have “symptoms.” You can have it and be asymptomatic. Or not have it but be achy, etc. They say it takes 2-14 days to blossom. (Meanwhile, we were all out and about.) Some lung or breathing issues may be allergies or sinus. And the first line of response, whether positive or negative, is stay home, take it easy, limit contact with others in your home. So really, how to we self assess?
Local chat news is how the hospitals are out of beds, supplies, etc. Tonight, the hospital spoke and reiterated it’s not so. I’m being treated for something, asked the nurse if I should be tested, she said no, just the common (and common sense) refrain to wash hands, clean your space well, drink lots of non caffeine fluids, mind social distance. That good citizen reaction makes sense, to limit “potential” spread. But very little is “certain,” at this point. That’s the danger.
I saw one report for my state, the number tested who were positive was a small proportion. Of those, the number actually sent to hospital was low. Etc. This illness does not make sense, that’s a big issue.
Good luck to everyone. I’m not under-rating this threat, but we know very little, at this point.
One of my BILs is convinced he & his coworkers had COVID-19 in February.
He says everyone had tight chests, terrible dry coughs and he says it passed without serious complications.
Of course, no one was tested. At that time, it wasn’t in the news to the degree it is now.
I’ve been laid off. I’ve been putting in applications. One was to our local Trader Joe’s. It makes me very uneasy, the idea of being out, exposed to so many people.
I think it would bring so much peace of mind to know one already has antibodies.
Be well everyone. It’s so sad to take in the amount of suffering.
My daughter was untested but we are 98% sure she had it. Sore throat for a few days, then fever, cough and headache, nausea. She has been able to go back to work but is taken off of some of the physical tasks due to feeling “sore” in her lower lungs if she breathes deeply.
I am always a wreck when my kids are sick far away from me. What scared me was how worried my husband is still looking when she talks about her lungs.
We have relatives in Lambeth House in New Orleans. It’s a senior independent living building with a nursing home on a couple of floor. The virus took hold in the independent living. So far 11 dead with includes a couple in the skilled nursing area. I think 25 independent living residents are positive.
The news about ACE inhibitors possibly making one more susceptible to the virus and also causing more serious complications if one gets it has me nervous. H takes of those drugs. He’s not even taking it for hypertension for another condition.
Not sure how this information will change…things are so fluid.
He is simply staying home. Period, full stop. I am the designated shopper errand runner.
Yes, a former colleague (mid 50s) and my child’s friend’s grandmother have died. Both in NYC, where I am. I do know a few people who have it and are recovering at home. Someone in the building next to mine, according to the staff (who are still working. The building has tons of restrictions.) Stay home, all. You don’t want this.
