Totally reasonable for him to sit there all alone and answer the phone. Or forward it to his cell.
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Totally disgusted by the TX Lt. Governor saying that seniors need to sacrifice themselves to get the economy up and running again for younger people. And by Trump saying that the economy needs to reopen sooner rather than later. All this is going to do is give companies who already didnāt want to let nonessential office workers work from home the justification to force everyone back into butt-in-seat. Because the President said so.
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Iām terrified that as soon as Trump says āoh, all clear, resume normal life,ā Boyfriendās company is going to force him back into the office (and onto the CTA). How do we keep him safe?
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The company operates in Illinois and has to follow Illinois/Chicago local rules and public health safety orders, no matter what the orange dingdong says.
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These arenāt the people that are scared by āShelter in Placeā. The people scared by this language are those who donāt typically have a local community and donāt know how to get food or help from neighbors.
Thereās been a lot of really good discussion about the semantics and how important it is in our local media, and the differences in available resources after announcements in āshelterā vs āstay homeā states. Scaring people hurts the vulnerable populations most. Scared people even with resources do not make rational decisions. Gaining cooperation through making it seem everyone is doing it seems to have the least detrimental effect to the greater population.
(I had a whole half day meeting about this at work last week so itās definitely being discussed all over)
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I read in the NYT that Wuhan is resuming public transportation tomorrow so weāll start having a sense of what risks for reemergence removing lockdown will cause.
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One of the rooms in our office is basically being gassed today.
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Thatās really good cat geometry. Nice paw technique too, prayer front paws with a classic back rabbit foot splay.
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I told her she did good geometry and she looked at me like āwell of course I didā.
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TW: updates and anxiety provoking info/language. Not actionable info, either. Justā¦ Angsty.
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Shits officially getting into bad territory here. Neighbor was taken by ambulance yesterday, thought it was a heart attack but likely a panic attack. He has a doc friend at this ED he was in and he told him āget the fuck out of here or youāre going to dieā. (Cancer survivor, 1 and 1/3 lungs). He said people were literally laying gasping for air in the waiting room. And I quote: āIāve seen some fucked up shit. Iāve seen a guy decapitated. Iāve never seen something as fucked up as yesterday. People were laying there dying. I havenāt been able to sleep since. I feel like the world is endingā
Also been talking to a couple of my nurse friends. Choice quotes: āit seems like they either need a tiny bit of oxygen, or we straight up have to prone them on ECMO. Thereās no in between. They die so fastā And āthereās easily 100 cases for every one we actually test in time and catchā and āplease tell me youāre still home with the baby. Iām scared for her if youāre workingā
Anyway, Iām gone put on PJs and rock softly in a corner now. K thx.
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Sending you hugs, Beej. 
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Ahhhh Bracken.
Iāve never been so glad my dad retired in January. Heās not working in a hospital right now, thank FSM.
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It definitely feels like things are getting worseā¦
My current dilemmas:
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Go to target tomorrow in search of toilet paper, or drive 30 min to a friendās house and get a few rolls from her porch to tide us over another week. I cannot find anywhere that will deliver toilet paper.
Target Pros: I can go during āpregnant womenā time in the first hour of opening, so maybe it will be less risky? If itās in stock, we can get enough toilet paper to last for a couple weeks. If Iām there, I can pick up a few other things that we donāt NEED but that we really WANT, like butter, and some cheese
Target Cons: It could be swarmed with 65+ and other compromised people who arenāt taking social distancing as seriously as I am. Am I putting myself at more risk than necessary? -
Do I keep my prenatal appointment on Friday?
Pros: Itās a high risk pregnancy and knowing whether or not thereās still a heartbeat will help with my anxiety. I can also get some important blood work done.
Cons: Both the blood work and the heartbeat can be postponed for 3 weeks until my next appointment (assuming they are still doing appointments then? I keep hearing about offices completely shutting down or canceling what used to be considered essential pre-natal appointments)
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Yeah shit is getting very real behind the scenes here. Not the caseload yet but we all know whatās coming.
Hugs to you. Also whiskey.
Iām also glad youāre not working. Which I have weird feels about given your expertise, so Iām sure this has got to be surreal and fucked up and hard for you (not a hard choice given Latte but still. So very hard).
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Does your doctor have advice about your Friday appointment?
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There is a confirmed case in my county now, and a total of 1791 in the state. I know itās because of more testing, but thatās a big overnight increase.
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My dad is a grumpus. If he had anyone to break rules with, he would.
I think that I will host a pizza and movie night so that I have a reason to order pizza. Also maybe a gameā¦bingo is good at a distance, yes? Everyone loves bingo, yes?
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Iām bummed that it doesnāt appear my opened but mostly full package of vinyl gloves (which I use for hair dyeing) canāt be used by any of the hospitals here who are taking donations. Nitrile and unopened only. Oh well. Thought maybe theyād be of help to someone.
Not reallyā¦the office has been sending out information and increasingly limiting access (no guests, temp at the door, lots of cleanings etc.). I think the visit is 50% for my peace of mind, and 50% to check on some concerning symptoms but if this pregnancy isnāt going to last, itās not like they can do anything about it.
Having been there, I know I can get in and out with minimal touching/human interaction (a short uncrowded elevator ride, a door handle into the office, sitting in a room with the dr/nurse) but Iām not sure itās worth the risk. On the other handā¦if itās only going to get worse then maybe this week is better than in a few weeks when even ācriticalā appointments may be cancelled?
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