Covid Support Thread
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Good luck on your job interview @TheLadyE! Symptoms usually start 5-6 days after exposure (my husband & kids were sick for exactly that when I got symptoms) So you’re probably in the clear for those exposures.
I’m actually not feeling that bad. Low grade fever & some fatigue, but I could carry on with normal life. If I wanted to. And I don’t after being the sole caregiver for 2 kids & a bedridden husband for 5 unrelenting days. I’m about to take a nap while my husband plays with the kids. He’s just about back to normal! I’m shocked how quickly he recovered considering how sick he was. And so very, very grateful
I do worry about those in abusive and unloving situations. Mostly kids who have no where to go.
Argh. I ordered lunch from a local restaurant and had it delivered by Grubhub, and specified both in the notes and on the check-mark “no contact delivery” that I wanted the delivery driver to just leave the food on the porch and ring the bell. Hell, she didn’t even have to ring the bell, I have dogs. I’d know when she got there. But she didn’t read that part and stood on my porch waiting for me to open the door, and then handed the food to me and our fingers brushed despite me trying not to. Then she was like “you have an Amazon package out here, do you want me to hand it to you?” and I wanted to say NO I WANT YOU TO GET THE HELL OFF MY PORCH! I made an excuse about keeping my dogs inside but I knew there was a package there, I was letting it sit for a few days to make sure any germs died.
Don’t worry, I tipped very well on my card and was very nice to her, but the whole damn point of ordering delivery was not to come in contact with another human.
Also, last night I was walking my dogs around the neighborhood and other people with dogs kept coming up and wanting to talk to me, and not staying six feet apart. I felt like I was playing some sort of roulette dancing around them moving away every time they moved closer to me. Are people not watching the news?
People in Cambridge MA are staying 6 feet apart. It’s like a ghost town, and people do give each other a wide berth on the sidewalk (I’ve noticed when walking the dog). We took a walk down to Harvard Square and around Harvard yard, and it was so strange. Usually it’s full of students and a ton of tourists taking pics, but there was like one person on a bench and a couple of folks walking through.
Even at the dog park this morning everyone was standing with plenty of space between.
“I have been thinking there will be a divorce and a baby boom.”
Someone was joking that after months stuck home with the kids that there will be a vasectomy boom.
Lol.
We have no kids and I want my husband to get a vasectomy. I have an IUD, but god, I want to be doubly protected.
I’m wary of even takeout right now to be honest. Like, I don’t know who touched my food or if they were careful with their hygiene. Maybe it’s harmless — like meals I can nuke after I’m home to be extra safe — but for now, hard pass.
If people get too close to you on dog walks, you can absolutely say something. I live in a lively area of my city and can tell people are trying, though sometimes sidewalks are narrow and we’re closer than six feet. I came to my boyfriend’s last night and he’s in a quieter area so I think it’ll be a bit easier here.
We live on a very narrow old Philly street and we did am across the street cocktail hour. We brought chairs out and sat across the street (about fifteen feet) from another couple and drank wine and chatted.
