It is a sad time. @snowball - I am sorry.
I worry very much about my mother catching the virus. She is living by herself, so it is possible for her to be very social distanced from people. She has told me that her biggest fear is to die alone.
I am so sorry @snowball… a Zoom funeral sounds totally surreal, but this is our reality. Hugs
When D called my MIL the other day, she asked about precautions in their AL facility. MIL said, “We live in a place where everyone is sitting around waiting to die, and the people here are doing everything they can so that won’t happen.” D let her know that Covid-19 is not a pleasant way to go, and she assured her that the staff was doing the right thing. Glad D knows how to handle her grandma’s comments.
It’s well known that some infected folks are asymptomatic. Can you even imagine making the decision to go without a mask and can’t follow through the thought process that you might end up killing someone? Who wants that on their conscience? Oh, wait. You’d have to have one first.
@snowball, what kind of reaction from management do you get when you voice your concerns? If employees are frequently disregard the policy, kind of makes you wonder what kind of real support management is giving to said policies.
@Nrdsb4 Actually, the managers have contacted the employee while I stand there. I did notice yesterday, that the ones wearing the store provided masks are the usual culprits. I believe the mask may be too big and are sliding down their face. This is for those with their nose uncovered, not those that aren’t wearing them, although at my store, everyone employee is wearing a mask, just not always over their nose.
While this isn’t someone “close to home” for me, its poignant: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/coronavirus-mother-funeral-texas-governor-greg-abbott-invited/index.html
My niece is 50 years old and not close by as she lives in GA but she has tested positive. : (
So far, she had a pretty mild case so I pray this continues to be the case for her.
My brother tested positive and was asymptomatic. He quarantined.
My dad, who has multiple risk factors, has been careful but got socked with a potential exposure. His best friend’s grandson got Covid at day care. The child is ill. The grandfather has not been around the kid lately, but has been around the father. (when? IDK) My dad has been near his friend, but while masked and outside. I hope all these possible contacts are too attenuated to affect my dad.
Crossing fingers for your Dad. Sounds like the odds are very long that he was infected by that exposure.
Any update, @Lizardly ?
So far so good. It has been almost a week.
My friends father in law just died of Covid. His wife has it too so no one can be with her and she can’t attend the funeral.
That is so sad. I am sorry for your loss. I think the fact that people have to go through this alone is the hardest part.
That is so very sad… I think that’s one of the absolute worst things about this pandemic-not being able to have anyone with you-people dying alone, loved ones not getting to say goodbye.
A week ago today (Monday), a carpenter on our remodel approached me to ask me questions about homeopathy or acupuncture or something. He knew from a prior comment that I’m a nurse. His English was pretty poor, and I couldn’t understand him very well. What bothered me was that he wasn’t wearing a mask (I was) and he came very close to me. It made me very very uncomfortable. Usually I tell people to back up when they get too close, but for some reason I didn’t-I tried to move away from him, but I was literally in the corner of the master bathroom and I didn’t have anywhere to go really. I told him I had no knowledge of those things and that he should probably look it up on the computer. He finally left. I think the entire encounter was just a few minutes. On Wednesday I found out the carpenter began feeling ill on Tuesday and had been tested for COVID. I have been self isolated at home ever since. I have been making DH keep his distance, but it’s kind of hard when you live in the same household.
Today I was informed that the carpenter tested positive. I immediately went to get a rapid antigen test, which came out negative. However, as that particular test can give false negatives, I am going to continue to quarantine another week. I feel perfectly fine, no symptoms at all. The test was a swab test and I thought it was pretty awful. I could totally see people having a vagal response and fainting. I kind of got light headed for just a moment. The person swabbing me said it would take 10 seconds, but she wasn’t finished until she had counted to about 15. Not fun at all.
Question: Would you re-test, and if so, when?
I think the builder is going to fire this carpenter for disregarding the mask mandate and exposing their client to COVID. I kind of feel bad for the guy. He is old and may lose his income. Allegedly his only symptom right now is fatigue.
People, it just takes ONE wrong encounter to completely change your life. Be careful.
I hope you remain negative. So scary.
Oh no, @Nrdsb4 ! I hope you are ok!
LOL, the last thing I expected was to have to take a COVID test on my birthday. Well, at least it wasn’t a positive result. That would be a terrible birthday present.
^^^ Happy Bday!!! 