Thank you @Oro I have been using a new conditioner.
tosses hair over shoulder and winks
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I dumped olive oil on my dry ass scalp last night before I showered. Does that mean weāre flirting?
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@Meowmalade Thanks. Yes, we will have a nice little video chat etc.
I was considering still taking those days off and having a āstay-cationā instead, but if Iām going to be missing appointments or having folks cancel in the next few weeks I really should make as much money as I can.
I stupidly made a large payment toward medical bills (vet bills) about ten days ago thinking Iād be having my normal springtime busy season with work and could easily make it up, but now Iām getting a little bit worried that things are going to get tight.
I see why people partner up and/or stay near familyā¦ itās hard to be just untethered and completely alone during a crisis.
^ Sorry yāall, I think I was just having a bit of a vent.
In fact, as I was typing this I got a text canceling $120 worth of appointments this weekend. FORK.
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Turns out trump was wrong about our actual policy. Color me unsurprised. Citizens are not banned.
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My county just got its first confirmed case. It was only a matter of time but it does seem more real now. We are considering cancelling our trip to Nashville in two weeks. Both my husband and I work retail, so we have no choice but to be around people every day, we cannot work from home, and if we donāt work, we donāt get paid.
I worked in the restaurant industry in Boston before I moved here. I am seeing a lot of Boston restaurants post about how much they are suffering, how they have no customers, how they are cleaning everything. It annoys me because restaurant workers, although they have some sick leave under MA law (not the case everywhere), are under such pressure from their fellow cooks and bosses not to call out. If you call out, you screw everybody over, because restaurants are so leanly staffed. I have told bosses I feel sick before and they told me to still come in. I think restaurants need to dramatically change the culture so that they can function if somebody is too sick to work. Obviously they have very lean profits, but always operating with a skeleton crew will not cut it anymore.
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Coming down with a cold. Started with mild sore throat couple days ago, feeling of swelling in throat/glands, and this morning a slight cough. Occasionally feel really tired.
I have no reason to suspect itās coronavirus but would it be reasonable to pull out of all social events just in case? Based on the mild symptoms so far normally Iād do regular daily activity except maybe avoid more strenuous things.
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I live in the middle of Michigan where nothing much happens, and even Sams Club is out of toilet paper.
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Yes. You donāt know who at the events could be immunocompromised or be in close contact with immunocompromised people. Youād be putting those people at risk.
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Yes. And even without a pandemic, with mild cold symptoms itās good to pull out of social events or mask up and warn people. You donāt want to be the cause of someoneās tragedy
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@JanetJackson and @bucketsofrain, I really feel for the folks whose income is affected by this, and the workers who are exposed. I have already decided to stop eating out, and I can only imagine the impact on a large scale!
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Yes.
We were anyway, but I believe COVID-19 is acting as a major accelerant.
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This all makes me want to drop off the grid and live in a hut on a beach.
(No, not really. Iād miss the wifi.)
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Iām immunocompromised due to medications I have to take. My office has not instituted a work from home policy. We are meant to go on ābusiness as usual.ā Iām thinking about putting a sign on my office door stating that Iām immunocompromised and asking people to be mindful.
Anyone have any suggestions for wording ?
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Yeah, I did have a question about gym use. What do you guys think about attending the gym? I just use the equipment and donāt do classes, but I am feeling squeamish about the amount of bodily fluids present at the gym.
@TrisPrior ā personally I would still go to the dinner, but thatās just me. I ate out last night.
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Do they give you disinfectant to wipe down the machines after, and do people use it?
Folks are pretty religious about it here. I donāt know exactly what the disinfectant is, though.
Still, Iām squeamish.
The gym has become a serious mental health care thing for me, so losing that will be tough for me. (Itās the camaraderie, not the actual act of exercising, so home exercise wonāt do it for me plus my downstairs neighbor will bang on my ceiling.) It feels irresponsible even typing that out.
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@Marcela Thatās tough. Maybeā¦
I am not sick, but I am immunocompromised. That means itās easier for me to get sick and if I do get sick itās very serious. Please use extreme caution regarding hygiene around me, I would love to be here at work and not in a hospital quarantine with coronavirus!
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My opinion, as a higher risk person, is that at this point everyone should be going into public only for absolute needs. Some people literally cannot work from home or must go to the store for others, but skipping the gym, or a restaurant dinner, is entirely 100% within your control.
The teeny tiny very temporary sacrifices that you make now (and for the next several weeks) could literally save lives. I know so many of us here think of ourselves as people who care about social justice, equality, and the greater good. This is a beautiful real-world opportunity to act out and LIVE those beliefs. Lead by example, and talk about it! Encouraging others to be selfless during this time IS a form of activism. This IS about protecting underserved communities. Stay home and be proud about it and thankful that you can! <3 <3 <3
(Someone please help me off this soapbox!)
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Please stay on the soapbox. Youāre doing a great job. 
FWIW, I have stopped going to the gym.
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