Covid Support Thread
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America is clearly too fucking dumb to use science. Oh well. Whatever. Just wait till the deaths skyrocket in the coming weeks.
The Red States will become the Blood States.
Oh well. There is no saving most people. You can lead a human being to logic but almost zero of them will ever think.
Today is the most depressed I’m feeling since this started. I cried in the bathroom so the husband wouldn’t see. Maybe because it’s May and there is no end in sight and Chicago’s numbers are increasing more than I had thought they would.
And @Copa, I totally understand where you’re coming from. Even if our offices open, I won’t be comfortable taking public transit for a long time. This is the first time since moving here I wanted a car. We’re two and a half miles from the office. I’d be more likely to walk both ways, if absolutely needed to go in, than take public transit.
And I’m actually afraid to go walking today. It’s beautiful out. I think people are going to be crowding the sidewalks. Masks are required now and I think it’s going to give people a false sense of security.
I went and took a COVID antibody test yesterday. Results back by Wednesday. Fingers crossed it comes back positive from when I was sick last month. And yes, I know they’re flawed and no one is certain how long the immunity from having had it will last, but it’d be a relief to know that I had some even slight extra protection right now as the state opens back up to tourists like this is all just gonna magically go away with a hand wave. This is all just insanity at this point.
I think that I had hope in March that we’d suppress the infection and get back to normal in a month or two. Instead we’ve just plateaud at a really high level and people have decided to just give up on doing anything and we’ll just live with two thousand people dying every day.
Camp has been canceled, which was the right decision but it’s made me aware that my daughter could spend a year or two trapped in our rowhouse, unable for see any friends in person. I worry about what it’s going to do to her long term. I fantasize sometimes about selling our house and moving to someplace like Vermont with low infection rates where we could have a yard and we weren’t packed with so many other people. I walk the dog and I have to be constantly vigilant because there are lots of young people on the street who don’t wear masks and don’t keep their distance. I’m always having to wander off the sidewalk to avoid them. I don’t how we’re going to survive a year or two of this, with thousands of dying everyday and us cut off from all human contact.
@ktfran I went on a run earlier and bailed without finishing what I’d planned. It was… bad. GORGEOUS WEATHER, but so many out strolling (in groups!!!), biking, running. SO MANY people in the parks (even though they’re CLOSED!). I’ve been running in the road and haven’t had any issues, even on busier streets, but today felt impossible. It was really disheartening to see so many people not listening.
@Fyodor I see a lot of small groups walking around my area (today in particular) and it’s maddening. They take up the entire width of the sidewalk and are absorbed in conversation, so not paying attention. Yesterday I was out with my dog and he’s doing his business and a group of three chatty speed walking women, none in masks (but one had gloves on), couldn’t be bothered to give us space, brushed past me on either side. It’s the closest I’ve come to saying something. And these women were probably in their mid-40s, so it’s not just the youths. I see a lot of snide comments directed toward runners online, and yeah, I’m sure there are rude ones… but there are way more rude walkers, in my opinion.I’m glad I live in the People’s Republik of Cambridge right now. People keep their shit tight. I’m sitting in the nearly empty Radcliffe Quadrangle in a shady corner drinking a White Claw.
Also! Today Walgreens actually had travel-size hand sanitizer and boxes of masks!!!
My parents came by before that to drop off an A/C that’s almost new, and it turns out they have no Purell and can’t buy any wipes or sanitizing cleaner on Cape Cod. We had an extra bottle of Purell from before the plague and a thing of Clorox wipes to give them, and they were so excited.
I ordered peonies to be sent to my mom for Mother’s Day.
@copa, during the week when I’ve walked I’ve told people to walk single file when they’re being jerks and won’t move. Yeah, the walkers here are rude AF.
I didn’t attempt today. Tomorrow I think I’m going to wake up early and walk with the runners. It seems like the 11 – 4 timeframe is the time the groups are out.
To be perfectly honest, I almost broke today. I was so, so close to visiting the sister and niece and nephew in the suburbs. I didn’t. But fuck, I was close.
I asked the husband, at what point do you start taking calculated risks? I didn’t today because I would have felt far worse if we unknowingly had it and I passed it along.
I guess it’s when you can get tested? Idk. At this point I’m sort of losing hope.
I ended up reading on our roof a little while, which was nice.
Yeah, I won’t take a risk until there’s testing. I’ve seen my parents a couple times and we didn’t go inside or get within 6 feet. They let slip that they saw my brother though, which worries me. I think they had to get his stimulus check from him because they manage his bills. He has no hygiene at all. I would be shocked if he washes his hands 1x per day. I hope it was just a drive-by.
I just got home from getting a covid test. My symptoms returned yesterday morning after two weeks of feeling better. Last night I had chills so bad I was shivering under a duvet, a weighted blanket, and a heating pad. Then I got really hot and sweaty. Had a pounding headache for about 30 hours (it finally subsided) and lots of body aches and fatigue and low-grade fever (even w taking Tylenol all day). The dr at the clinic said they’re seeing a lot of secondary infections where people are sick for a couple weeks, feel better for around 10 days, and then get hit again, usually feeling even worse the second time. My symptoms aren’t exactly typical – I don’t have a cough or shortness of breath or high fever – so it may be something else entirely. I should have test results in a couple days.
@ktfran I hear ya on the calculated risk. I saw my sister once a few weeks ago on her bday, but we kept it socially distant and outside… no touching, no hugging. I baked her a cake and I think she was really grateful. I miss her. I’d also like to visit my parents. I know now isn’t the right time but I feel like maybe late this summer and when everyone feels comfortable with the idea, that may be a calculated risk we all take. We’ll see.
One of my cousins and his wife have a new baby. They’ve been taking calculated risks here and there to let their immediate family meet the baby, visit, and help out. Cousin’s wife is a former nurse so I’m assuming she’s well aware the risks involved. I don’t know what I’d do if I were them, but I can’t say I blame them.
Hope you feel better soon, @Wendy! I had a bizarre cold in mid-March after traveling and I’d love to take an antibody test. Not convinced I had it but also not convinced I didn’t.
