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[shadowkat]

I kind of want to do a poll. Because, I've been wondering...does anyone have COVID-19? Does anyone's family or friends? Do you know people who have died from it?

[I know people who have had it, and people who have died. No one close to me has died, more distant, and an old guy at church who I'd gotten used to seeing and saying hello to.)

Is everyone in quarantine? To what extent? Are you opening up next week or have you done so already?

Do you feel this weirdness, where some people are living in the world of COVID and others seem to be oblivious...wandering about as if it's not an issue?

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[atpo_onm]

No one in my immediate family has or had it as far as I know, but immediate family for me is just my sister and her three sons, the youngest of which works in the lab at the largest local hospital, and walks around in a kind of daze-- but because he's extremely not oblivious.

Extended family is also okay, although my sister is a bit worried about one granddaughter who works in a nursing home in Virginia. (So far she's fine).

I work out of my home, and am reclusive by nature anyway, so I'm in the unusual position that it hasn't changed my habits by much. I go out for groceries once a week, and take my daily walks whenever the weather permits. Those are pretty stress-free, since the lower population density in my area makes it quite easy to avoid contact with others. Most people who are out walking are either walking their dogs, or like me, exercising.

As to the "re-opening", Lancaster has just joined several other counties in our region to open ahead of the June date the governor had set out. The city officials are pissed, but the county as a whole is nearly all repped by Republicans, so the city has little to say about such things.

In truth, and my sister agrees when I was talking to her on Monday, that business may open up, but that doesn't mean people will show up in any quantity. She certainly isn't (she's just turned 75), and I'm not (I'm 66). We're both annoyed by this recent, and escalating trend of right-wingers and other "I have my rights!!!" people) to basically dismiss the elderly population of the country as non-productive and therefore expendable.

Overall, though, I consider myself very, very lucky, and when I get in a bad mood I remind myself of that fact. Or take a walk. Or both.