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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope I'm not DU's first Coronavirus case.
My daughter, who was indirectly connected to the Biogen conference and had been told to work from home, is now told that she is considered a close contact of a colleague being tested because she might have it. So now she has to self-quarantine.
I'm very involved with her kids. I took one to dance last night, and one to the dentist today. I don't know yet if the whole family has to be quarantined; I'd think so.
She'll know in a few days if the colleague has it. I'm 75 and in good health if you don't count five joint replacements. My husband is healthy too. We'll hope for the best, and keep washing our hands.
jls4561
(1,268 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)rurallib
(62,478 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)I'm in the epicenter of it out here. I guess we all have to wait and see how it plays out.
Croney
(4,674 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)you and your family.
Good luck.
Croney
(4,674 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,082 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)Wishing you and your family all the best. Keep us posted.
Croney
(4,674 posts)mountain grammy
(26,666 posts)Best wishes for good results.
Croney
(4,674 posts)tavernier
(12,415 posts)for ppl our age. Just about every article already has us dead and buried. I hope I live through it long enough to tell all those writers to kiss my ass. High five girl, and keep in touch.
Croney
(4,674 posts)Thanks!
llmart
(15,566 posts)You probably remember the Hong Kong flu pandemic then back in 1969 (I think that's when it was in the States). I was a newlywed and took care of my new husband who was sick as a dog. I never got it. Everyone around us was getting it. Many of the people I worked with got it. I didn't know anyone who had died, but thousands did. I used to wonder why I never got it. Maybe just lucky.
I just read that within one month of it hitting it's peak in the states, a vaccine was available.
Croney
(4,674 posts)Too bad we don't have that quick a vaccine response from our current so-called government.
tavernier
(12,415 posts)I got it Christmas week and I had a baby born on November 7. The doctor said my husband and two year old daughter had to leave our apartment, but my baby had to stay with me. I was breastfeeding and she had immunity. So there I was through Christmas and New Years alone with a newborn. My head was splitting and it hurt to move my eyes. We lived in an apartment complex and I still remember neighbors dancing and singing in the halls on New Years Eve, knocking on my door and wishing me happy new year. Wow. Hadnt thought about that in a while!
llmart
(15,566 posts)Well, not getting the flu but the story about New Years and your neighbors.
I was so young, 20 years old and we of course didn't have the internet back then, so other than your local and nightly news reports we didn't get a steady drumbeat of info, which in some ways may have been good. Young people are oblivious to stuff like that as was I. We had our whole lives ahead of us with grand plans. I just remember putting cold washcloths on my husband's head.
bluestarone
(17,105 posts)We probably, will ALL be in the same boat, before this subsides!
Croney
(4,674 posts)blm
(113,131 posts)totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)facing situations like this.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)intrepidity
(7,356 posts)Not from specific knowledge, but statistically.
Most of us will be in your situation soon enough if not already.
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)had it several weeks ago.
Post #3
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213033116
Croney
(4,674 posts)I hope those people are ok.
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)time it was written.
58Sunliner
(4,431 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Croney
(4,674 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)fingers crossed that you and your family are well and will stay that way!
Croney
(4,674 posts)Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)You have access to the latest and best information on how to stay well.
Croney
(4,674 posts)Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)Beacool
(30,254 posts)I hope none of you are affected. Hang in there!!!
barbtries
(28,818 posts)has a phone interview with BioGen tomorrow. we're glad it's a phone interview.
Karadeniz
(22,607 posts)StarryNite
(9,472 posts)Please keep us posted!
kairos12
(12,896 posts)Mars and Minerva
(369 posts)It's the only thing I can think of
femmedem
(8,210 posts)And I'm glad you're keeping us posted.
I'm in my late 50s and feeling very on edge, especially since I don't have health insurance. So far the closest known cases are about fifty miles away, but that's probably due to lack of testing.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Instead say, I am glad I am healthy and viruses an Bacteria avoid me.
BComplex
(8,082 posts)Coughing, sore joints, slight fever. I'm a little more than a little worried.
Joinfortmill
(14,504 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,257 posts)calimary
(81,594 posts)You have a slew of people who need you!
And please keep us posted. 'Cause we're gonna worry.
Tien1985
(920 posts)Sending healthy vibes :/
alfredo
(60,082 posts)Im also 75 but my immune system has been ravaged by Crohns and Cancer. Each morning I bathe in Purcell, at night Ouzo. I stay home, only venture out for groceries, and a bit of exercise.
Stay safe, wash hands, eat your vegetables, and boogie on tiger.
richdj25
(164 posts)I started feeling a bug coming on about three weeks ago. Decided to take my temperature, which I did daily. It never got above normal but was still feeling like crap, with body chills, runny nose and occasional headache.
After the second week, I called my doctor and was told to stay home and call back a week later if my symptoms persist. After putting myself through a case of the sweats for two days, Im feeling like my old self.
Got a call from my doctors assistant to come in but I declined. Dont know if I had coronavirus but this goes to show, America simply isnt ready, like the government Taiwan.
Croney
(4,674 posts)One bullet dodged, but the battle is far from over for all of us humans on the planet. Good luck to all.