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Coronavirus Update
Monday, April 6th, 2020 05:45 pm I don't want to write about the coronavirus. I don't want to think about it. It's everywhere, and almost all the news is related to it, and it's terrifying. But I've been feeling like I should do updates for February and March and even though this is a blog specifically to track my writing and reading, it didn't feel right to not say something about COVID-19. So, here it is:
*Aside from two people I haven't spoken to in over a decade, every single living human I love is at high risk for complications of COVID-19, including my partner who is healthier than I am.
*After the people I love, the next two people I care about in the world are not at high risk for complications, but one lives in an epicenter and the other works in an essential job in a large city and lives with their high risk spouse in another large city.
*My best friend (who is high risk) has been sick for weeks, along with his housemate, and it may be the coronavirus, or it may be the flu.
*I personally am at high risk for complications from COVID-19 if I catch it in at least three separate ways.
*Hospitals and states (including my state) are coming up with protocols that decide who lives and who dies if there is a supply shortage, and people like me are among those who will be denied things like ventilators if we need them so that healthier, more able-bodied, more productive members of society are given more opportunity to live.
*Because of the need to isolate, I am not receiving some of my medication, and am not able to go to many of my doctors.
*We are trying to self-isolate and social distance as much as possible, but both are privileges that not everyone has.
*My family has spent a fortune that they cannot afford in order to keep us from having to go out more, but we still have to go out sometimes anyway.
*Until yesterday one of my loved ones and their spouse were out working in an essential industry, but since they are self-employed and the spread of the virus is worsening, they have decided to take some time off, though they really cannot afford it.
*I have a medical procedure that I absolutely can't miss each month, and I'm hoping I'll be able to continue getting to it.
*We take the bus as our primary means of transportation and we do not drive, which puts us at higher risk.
*If I catch COVID-19, I will almost definitely of complications from it.
*People on SSI still have to jump through bureaucratic hoops in order to get their stimulus checks and there are still many people who won't be getting checks at all.
*I am terrified that my loved ones will catch it.
*I am terrified that I will catch it.
*Testing is still inadequate and supplies are still inadequate.
*So far, mercifully, other than my best friend (who may or may not have the coronavirus), none of my loved ones are ill, nor am I, besides unrelated health issues.
*Aside from two people I haven't spoken to in over a decade, every single living human I love is at high risk for complications of COVID-19, including my partner who is healthier than I am.
*After the people I love, the next two people I care about in the world are not at high risk for complications, but one lives in an epicenter and the other works in an essential job in a large city and lives with their high risk spouse in another large city.
*My best friend (who is high risk) has been sick for weeks, along with his housemate, and it may be the coronavirus, or it may be the flu.
*I personally am at high risk for complications from COVID-19 if I catch it in at least three separate ways.
*Hospitals and states (including my state) are coming up with protocols that decide who lives and who dies if there is a supply shortage, and people like me are among those who will be denied things like ventilators if we need them so that healthier, more able-bodied, more productive members of society are given more opportunity to live.
*Because of the need to isolate, I am not receiving some of my medication, and am not able to go to many of my doctors.
*We are trying to self-isolate and social distance as much as possible, but both are privileges that not everyone has.
*My family has spent a fortune that they cannot afford in order to keep us from having to go out more, but we still have to go out sometimes anyway.
*Until yesterday one of my loved ones and their spouse were out working in an essential industry, but since they are self-employed and the spread of the virus is worsening, they have decided to take some time off, though they really cannot afford it.
*I have a medical procedure that I absolutely can't miss each month, and I'm hoping I'll be able to continue getting to it.
*We take the bus as our primary means of transportation and we do not drive, which puts us at higher risk.
*If I catch COVID-19, I will almost definitely of complications from it.
*People on SSI still have to jump through bureaucratic hoops in order to get their stimulus checks and there are still many people who won't be getting checks at all.
*I am terrified that my loved ones will catch it.
*I am terrified that I will catch it.
*Testing is still inadequate and supplies are still inadequate.
*So far, mercifully, other than my best friend (who may or may not have the coronavirus), none of my loved ones are ill, nor am I, besides unrelated health issues.
